University of Oklahoma Athletics

Saturday, December 7
Norman
7 PM

University of Oklahoma

9-0,0-0SEC

94
vs
78

Alcorn

0-11,0-0SWAC

1st half1
2nd half2
FinalF
Alcorn
41
37
78
Oklahoma
49
45
94
Moore, Jalon

Men's Hoops Tops Alcorn State in McCasland

December 07, 2024 | Men's Basketball

NORMAN (AP) — Jalen Moore scored 20 points to lead No. 21 Oklahoma past winless Alcorn State 94-78 on Saturday night.

Freshman guards Jeremiah Fears and Dayton Forsythe each had 14 points and seven assists for the Sooners (9-0), who finished with five players in double figures.

Omari Hamilton scored 16 points and Davian Williams added 13 points and seven assists for Alcorn State (0-10), which made 10 of 20 3-pointers but committed 18 turnovers leading to 27 OU points.

Alcorn State jumped out to a 25-18 lead before the Sooners went on a 31-16 run to lead 49-41 at halftime. Oklahoma shot 54.7% from the field but just 32.4% from beyond the arc.

TAKEAWAYS

Oklahoma: The Sooners started slowly but started to click in all phases of the game to open up a big lead against a team that looked like they could pull off the upset early on.

KEY MOMENT

Oklahoma led 49-41 at halftime and started the second half on a 19-7 run that featured four steals — two by Duke Miles — and two dunks to open up a 68-48 advantage with 14:40 remaining.

KEY STAT

The Sooners 43 bench points included 12 each from Brycen Goodine and Mohamed Wague.

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