University of Oklahoma Athletics
University of Oklahoma
7-3
Creighton
9-2
Sooners Downed by Bluejays on the Road
December 17, 2019 | Men's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. — Marcus Zegarowski scored 20 points, Ty-Shon Alexander had 19 and 11 rebounds and Creighton survived a second-half drought to defeat Oklahoma 83-73 in the Big 12/Big East battle on Tuesday night.
Mitch Ballock added 17 points and Denzel Mahoney had 14 in his debut to help the Bluejays (8-2) survive an 9-minute, 8-second span without a field goal. Mahoney was playing his first game after transferring from Southeast Missouri State. Zegarowski also had eight rebounds and seven assists.
Creighton improved its home record to 8-0, with every victory by at least nine points. The Sooners (7-3), playing away from home for the fifth straight game, lost their second straight and for the third time in the past five games.
Creighton, up 41-38 at halftime, started the second half on a 13-3 run to go ahead 54-41 with 16:15 to play. All five Bluejay starters scored in that burst.
Oklahoma responded with a 13-2 run of its own to close to 58-56 with 11:33 to play, with Austin Reaves scoring six of his game-high 23 points in that stretch.
But Creighton cranked up its defense from there, holding OU scoreless for the next 5:41 while converting eight free throws and a 3-pointer from Ballock to break the field-goal drought and eventually take a 71-56 lead with 6:01 left.
Oklahoma never got closer than nine points after that.
Kristian Doolittle added 21 points and 14 rebounds for the Sooners.
Next, Oklahoma plays at home for the first time in a month, hosting UCF on Saturday afternoon.
