University of Oklahoma Athletics
Saturday, December 19
Norman
4:00 PM
University of Oklahoma
5-1,1-0Big 12
84
vs
65
Houston Baptist
1-7,0-0Southland
1
2
F
Houston Baptist
35
30
65
Oklahoma
38
46
84
Sooners Close Non-Con with Win Over HBU
December 19, 2020 | Men's Basketball
NORMAN – Victor Iwuakor scored eight of his 12 points in a game-breaking 14-0 run that started in the middle of the second half and Oklahoma pulled away from Houston Baptist for an 84-65 win on Saturday.
Austin Reaves led the Sooners (5-1) with 15 points and Brady Manek added 13.
The Huskies (1-7) were up 47-46 on a Pedro Castro 3-pointer just over five minutes into the second half and trailed 58-54 after Darius Lee made a pair of free throws at 12:04.
Elijah Harkless made two free throws to start the run before Iwuakor had back-to-back dunks and a jumper. After Alondes Williams scored, Iwuakor added another jumper before De'Vion Harmon's layup made it 72-54 with 6:47 to play.
Houston Baptist missed eight-straight shots while the Sooners went 6 of 8. The Sooners shot 49% despite going 5 of 23 from 3-point range.
Harmon and Manek made the last two baskets of the first half to give Oklahoma a 38-35 lead.
Lee scored 15 points for Houston Baptist, going 3 of 3 from 3-point range. Castro and Za-Ontay Boothman added 13 points apiece.
Houston Baptist was outrebounded 40-29 and had 17 turnovers. The Huskies went 6 of 12 from distance and shot 50% in the first half but went 4 of 14 deep and shot 34.5% in the second.
Austin Reaves led the Sooners (5-1) with 15 points and Brady Manek added 13.
The Huskies (1-7) were up 47-46 on a Pedro Castro 3-pointer just over five minutes into the second half and trailed 58-54 after Darius Lee made a pair of free throws at 12:04.
Elijah Harkless made two free throws to start the run before Iwuakor had back-to-back dunks and a jumper. After Alondes Williams scored, Iwuakor added another jumper before De'Vion Harmon's layup made it 72-54 with 6:47 to play.
Houston Baptist missed eight-straight shots while the Sooners went 6 of 8. The Sooners shot 49% despite going 5 of 23 from 3-point range.
Harmon and Manek made the last two baskets of the first half to give Oklahoma a 38-35 lead.
Lee scored 15 points for Houston Baptist, going 3 of 3 from 3-point range. Castro and Za-Ontay Boothman added 13 points apiece.
Houston Baptist was outrebounded 40-29 and had 17 turnovers. The Huskies went 6 of 12 from distance and shot 50% in the first half but went 4 of 14 deep and shot 34.5% in the second.
Team Stats
HBU
OU
FG%
.421
.493
3FG%
.385
.217
FT%
.700
.917
RB
29
40
TO
17
10
STL
4
9
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
15
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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