Sooners Roll Behind Gray, 94-54

NORMAN, Okla. -- Taj Gray and Lawrence McKenzie combined for 39 points to help Oklahoma race past Texas-Pan American 94-54 Sunday in the final non-conference game for the Sooners.

Oklahoma Coach Kelvin Sampson emptied his bench in the second half as the Sooners (10-2) shot 50 percent from the field and forced 23 turnovers for the game.

Gray led all scorers with 21 points and all rebounders with 12 boards in 28 minutes. McKenzie was just behind with 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting.

Oklahoma opened the game on a 9-0 run with four of five starters scoring.

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Texas-Pan American (7-6) didn't score until almost four minutes into the game when Ray Castillo sliced through the Oklahoma defense for a left-handed score.

Oklahoma continued to build its lead with the help of an 18-11 first-half rebounding edge.

Texas-Pan American closed the gap to five with a 12-2 run midway through the first half, but the Sooners pushed their lead to 22 by the end of the half with the help of a pair of McKenzie's four 3-pointers.

Ahead by 22, the Sooners opened the second half with an 8-2 surge and extended their lead to as much as 40.

Chris Fagan led Texas-Pan American with 14 points followed by Eric Montalvo's 13.

Texas-Pan American was without the services of senior point guard Sergio Sanchez, who missed his sixth game due to a hand injury.

After sitting out Thursday night's 104-54 win over Florida A&M with an ulnar nerve contusion in his right elbow, Oklahoma forward Kevin Bookout returned to score seven points and grabbed five rebounds in 21 minutes.

Oklahoma point guard Drew Lavender played his third game with a taped broken right index finger and registered five points and three assists in 23 minutes.

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