National Basketball Association
Oklahoma 71, Texas 69
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Where: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma
Officials:
# Joe DeRosa, # Ray Natilli, # Mike Stuart
Attendance:
11413
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No. 17 Oklahoma 71, Texas 69: Jordan Woodard scored 11 of his team-high 13 points in the second half as the Sooners closed the game on a 13-5 run and snapped the visiting Longhorns’ three-game winning streak.
Dinjiyl Walker and Frank Booker added 10 points apiece for Oklahoma (18-8, 9-5 Big 12), which secured with its fourth straight win against the Longhorns when Buddy Hield converted two foul shots with 5.2 seconds left. Hield, who came in averaging a league-high 17.4 points, was held to 12 points on 4-of-16 shooting – including 1-of-6 from 3-point range.
Freshman Myles Turner led Texas (17-9, 6-7) with 17 points, 10 rebounds and a season-high tying six blocks while Kendal Yancy matched his career high with 14 points. Javan Felix scored 10 points and Jonathan Holmes grabbed 11 rebounds for the Longhorns, who lost despite winning the battle of the boards 40-37 and holding the Sooners to 36.1 percent shooting.
Oklahoma held Texas scoreless for the final four minutes of the opening period and led 33-32 at the break despite shooting 34.4 percent. Turner, who has scored 42 points on 15-of-22 shooting over his last two games, drilled a 3-pointer with just over 12 minutes left to put Texas ahead 51-46.
Texas led 58-51 after Yancy’s 3-pointer with just under seven minutes left but the Sooners rebounded and Woodard scored to put Oklahoma ahead 66-64 with 1:33 remaining. Holmes missed a 3-point attempt on Texas’ next possession and Ryan Spangler capitalized with a basket to extend the Sooners’ lead to four with 30 seconds left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Oklahoma improved to 1-4 in games decided by four games or fewer this season. … Texas G Isaiah Taylor, who entered the game averaging a team-high 13.3 points, scored five points on 1-of-10 shooting. … Spangler had nine points and nine rebounds for the Sooners, who had a five-game winning streak come to an end with Saturday’s 59-56 loss to Kansas State.
Top Game Performances
| Texas |
|
Oklahoma |
|
Myles Turner 17 |
Scoring |
Jordan Woodard 13 |
|
Isaiah Taylor 5 |
Assists |
Jordan Woodard 5 |
|
Jonathan Holmes 11 |
Rebounds |
Ryan Spangler 9 |
|
Myles Turner 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Jordan Woodard 5 |
|
N/A |
Steals |
Buddy Hield 2 |
|
Myles Turner 6 |
Blocks |
Ryan Spangler 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas
|
69 |
43.6 |
8-23 |
13-17 |
11 |
40 |
13 |
0 |
13 |
| Oklahoma
|
71 |
36.1 |
8-19 |
19-25 |
11 |
32 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
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