National Basketball Association
Oklahoma 87, Creighton 74
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 19, 2015
Where: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma
Officials:
# Don Daily, # Ray Natili, # Mike Stuart
Attendance:
9528
By The Sports Xchange
NORMAN, Okla. -- Buddy Hield scored a career-high 33 points to lead the No. 3 Sooners to a 87-74 win over Creighton on Saturday afternoon at Lloyd Noble Center.
The Sooners (8-0) had cruised through much of their non-conference, not trailing in the second half since their season opener at Memphis.
But the Bluejays pushed the Sooners plenty, clawing back from a 14-point first-half deficit to within one with just more than nine minutes remaining.
It was Hield's nine consecutive points during a stretch that lasted about a minute and a half that put the game away. He did it at the free-throw line, with a strip-and-score steal and finally on a contested 3-pointer with 3:16 remaining. Hield was 12 of 22 from the floor with three 3-pointers.
Jordan Woodard added 15 points and Isaiah Cousins 10 for Oklahoma. Spangler had a season-high 15 rebounds.
Khadeem Lattin had a career-high six blocks.
Maurice Watson Jr. led Creighton (7-4) with 19 points.
A year ago at Creighton, the Sooners blew an 18-point second-half lead early in the season and it looked like a similar result could play out as the Bluejays chipped away in the second half.
Creighton had a chance to take the lead after Spangler turned the ball over with about 9:30 remaining. But on the other end, Spangler stripped Geoffrey Groselle of the ball, Hield converted on the other end and the Sooners started to pull away once again.
Top Game Performances
| Creighton |
|
Oklahoma |
|
Mo Watson Jr. 19 |
Scoring |
Buddy Hield 33 |
|
Mo Watson Jr. 7 |
Assists |
Isaiah Cousins 7 |
|
Geoffrey Groselle 7 |
Rebounds |
Ryan Spangler 15 |
|
Mo Watson Jr. 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Buddy Hield 6 |
|
Khyri Thomas 2 |
Steals |
Buddy Hield 2 |
|
Zach Hanson 2 |
Blocks |
Khadeem Lattin 6 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Creighton
|
74 |
36.5 |
12-26 |
8-10 |
12 |
34 |
3 |
6 |
12 |
| Oklahoma
|
87 |
47.7 |
8-20 |
17-24 |
14 |
43 |
11 |
7 |
10 |
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