Men’s Basketball Falls to Arizona State in Phoenix

Saturday, December 6

Mortgage Matchup Center • Phoenix, Ariz.

9 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

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Arizona State

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Oklahoma

Arizona St.

Jeff Nwankwo during OU's game against ASU

Photo by: Morgan Givens/University of Oklahoma

Men’s Basketball Falls to Arizona State in Phoenix

December 07, 2025 | Men's Basketball

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PHOENIX — Oklahoma scored the first four points against Arizona State, but it was uphill from there as the Sooners fell 86-70 Saturday night at Mortgage Matchup Center, home of the Phoenix Suns. The game was part of the Jerry Colangelo Classic.

The Sun Devils (7-2) outshot OU (6-3) 47% to 35% and nailed 13 of their 24 3-point attempts (54%) to snap the Sooners' four-game winning streak.

Forward Tae Davis gave OU a 4-0 lead with a layup and two free throws in the first 90 seconds, but Arizona scored the next 18 points and 27 of the next 29 to go up 27-6 with 10:20 remaining in the first half.

The Sun Devils stretched their 19-point (47-28) halftime lead to as many 24 before OU started whittling away and closing the gap to 14 points on forward Kuol Atak's third of four 3-pointers with 4:16 to go. But that's the closest the Sooners got.

Atak, who played a total of 2:23 over the past three games and didn't see the court in the first half against ASU, finished with a team-high 12 points on 4-for-8 3-point shooting in nine second-half minutes.

Atak was joined in double figures by Davis and guard Xzayvier Brown (11 points each) and guard Jeff Nwankwo (10). Brown handed out a team-high four assists and Nwankwo was 3 for 6 from 3-point range.

For the first time this season, OU guard Nijel Pack was held to single digits in points. He finished with seven on 3-for-8 shooting and had his six-game streak of making at least three 3-pointers snapped (he was 1 for 5).

Guard Jadon Jones tallied eight points, all in the first half, and a season-high six rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench, while center Mohamed Wague led the Sooners with seven rebounds and three steals.

ASU guard Maurice Odom scored a game-high 17 points and registered five rebounds and six assists.

OU is off until facing Oklahoma State (9-0) on Saturday, Dec. 13, at noon CT at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. The Sooners, who won last year's December matchup in OKC, 80-65, hold a 144-106 all-time series lead against the Cowboys (250 games played).