Oklahoma Downs Jayhawks, 83-59, in Big 12 Action

Oklahoma cruised past visiting Kansas, 83-59, on Saturday at the Lloyd Noble Center for their third straight victory.

Senior Maria Villarroel scored a game-high 22 points, shooting 6-of-9 from the field and 9-for-10 from the charity stripe to lead OU to its sixth and third-straight Big 12 victory.

OU (16-6, 6-5 Big 12) jumped out to a 10-4 lead four minutes into the game and enjoyed their largest lead of 17-points at intermission, 45-28.

In the second half, the Jayhawks (9-13, 2-9 Big 12) brought the lead down to nine (53-44) at the 10:02 mark in the second half but OU went on to make six consecutive free throws (four by Villarroel and two by Caton Hill) and never looked back.

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The Sooner lead swelled to a game-high 27 points before Kansas' Erica Hallman nailed a three with four seconds remaining.

Redshirt-freshman Erin Higgins tied a career-high with 18 points after hitting a personal-best six three pointers in the contest. She also attempted a career-high 14 treys.

Junior Dionnah Jackson had four of her game-high seven assists in the first half to move to third on OU's all-time assists list. Jackson finished the game with 10 points and currently has 382 career assists.

Kansas' Tamara Ransburg came off the bench to score a team-high 19 points and added seven rebounds.

OU has won six straight over the Jayhawks and sport an 8-2 home record. Today's 24-point margin of victory marked the largest for OU when hosting Kansas in Norman.

The Sooners host 12th-ranked Colorado on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Lloyd Noble Center.