National Basketball Association
Oklahoma 88, Oklahoma St. 76
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, January 27, 2014
Where: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma
Officials:
# John Higgings, # Bert Smith, # Mike Stuart
Attendance:
13093
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No. 25 Oklahoma 88, No. 10 Oklahoma State 76: Jordan Woodard scored 18 points and Ryan Spangler collected 15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds as the Sooners upset the visiting Cowboys.
Tyler Neal added a season-high 15 points off the bench for Oklahoma (17-4, 6-2 Big 12), which won its 10th straight against the Cowboys in Norman. Buddy Hield chipped in 11 points on 4-of-12 shooting while Frank Booker had eight points.
Marcus Smart scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half for Oklahoma State (16-4, 4-3), which lost for the second time in its last three games. Phil Forte made all six of his attempts from 3-point range and finished with 20 points and Markel Brown contributed 18 points and seven rebounds.
Smart and Le’Bryan Nash each received two early fouls and were held to a combined 12 points in 14 minutes in the first half as the Sooners led 46-38 at the break. Nash, who scored a career-high 29 points in Saturday’s 81-75 win over West Virginia, finished with eight points and three rebounds before fouling out with 3:30 remaining.
Spangler’s three-point play put the Sooners ahead 75-62 with six minutes to play before Forte’s 3-pointer sparked an 8-1 run. The Cowboys pulled within six on Nash’s basket with just under four minutes left but Oklahoma answered with seven straight points to secure the win.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Oklahoma State F Kamari Murphy had four points and nine rebounds before fouling out with just under two minutes to play. … Sooners F Cameron Clark, who entered the game averaging a team-high 17 points, was held to seven points and six rebounds. … Oklahoma was 30-of-42 from the foul line compared to 15-of-22 for the Cowboys.
Top Game Performances
Oklahoma St. |
|
Oklahoma |
Marcus Smart 22 |
Scoring |
Jordan Woodard 18 |
Marcus Smart 3 |
Assists |
Buddy Hield 4 |
Kamari Murphy 9 |
Rebounds |
Ryan Spangler 17 |
Marcus Smart 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Jordan Woodard 9 |
Kamari Murphy 2 |
Steals |
Buddy Hield 3 |
Markel Brown 1 |
Blocks |
D.J. Bennett 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Oklahoma St.
|
76 |
40.0 |
9-24 |
15-22 |
10 |
37 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
Oklahoma
|
88 |
46.3 |
8-17 |
30-42 |
10 |
41 |
5 |
6 |
10 |