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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Turnovers Costly in Men's Hoops Loss at Tennessee
February 18, 2026 | Men's Basketball
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — After cutting an 18-point deficit to six with 6:18 remaining, the Oklahoma men's basketball team was outscored 21-4 the rest of the way in an 89-66 loss at Tennessee on Wednesday night at Food City Center.
The Sooners (13-13, 3-10 SEC) saw their two-game winning streak halted and fell to 1-6 in league road games. The Volunteers (19-7, 9-5) won for the seventh time in eight outings and improved to 14-1 at home.
A team that averaged just 10.0 turnovers per game entering the contest, Oklahoma committed 15 — its third most of the season — to Tennessee's seven and was outscored 31-7 off those miscues. The Vols registered 10 steals, including a career-high eight from Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
UT outshot the Sooners 52% to 46% and outscored them 17-7 in second-chance points and 46-18 in the paint.
OU guard Nijel Pack was OU's bright spot offensively, racking up 20 points on 7-for-9 field goal and 4-for-5 3-point shooting. He also made both of his free throw attempts in registering his seventh 20-point outing of the season. Over the last seven games, the guard is averaging 18.9 points on 52% 3-point shooting (27 for 52).
Tae Davis was 5 for 10 from the field and scored 12 points and Derrion Reid hit six of eight free throw attempts en route to 10 points. Reid also pulled down a team-high six rebounds.
Jadon Jones led OU's bench charge with nine points, his most second most in SEC play, while Dayton Forsythe contributed seven and Kuol Atak three.
The Sooners shot a healthy 52% from the field in the first half but trailed 45-36 at intermission after getting outscored 18-2 off turnovers.
The Volunteers scored the first eight points of the second half to go up 53-36 only to see Oklahoma respond with a 9-0 run shortly thereafter. Forsythe was the catalyst, converting a traditional 3-point play and hitting two additional free throws, and Jones nailed his second long ball of the night from the left wing to cut the margin to 56-47.
After UT scored the next five points to push its advantage back to 14, Pack hit back-to-back treys to cap a 16-7 OU spurt and make it a 68-62 game with 6:18 to go. But the Sooners went scoreless on their next five trips and Tennessee's 11-0 run sealed it.
With OU starting center Mohamed Wague fouling out in 10 minutes of action, freshman Kai Rogers saw his most playing time of the season. Rogers registered one rebound and two blocked shots in his 16:51 of work.
OU's leading scorer entering the day, junior guard Xavier Brown tallied just five points to mark his second straight single-digit outing. He had scored at least 13 points in 14 of the previous 15 games before the last two contests.
Tennessee's Nate Ament led all scorers with 29 points.
The Sooners are back at Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday for the first of two straight home games when they take on Texas A&M (18-8, 8-5 SEC) at 7:30 p.m. CT. OU will host a 2015-16 Final Four reunion and raise national player of the year Buddy Hield's No. 24 jersey. The game will be televised by SEC Network.
The Sooners (13-13, 3-10 SEC) saw their two-game winning streak halted and fell to 1-6 in league road games. The Volunteers (19-7, 9-5) won for the seventh time in eight outings and improved to 14-1 at home.
A team that averaged just 10.0 turnovers per game entering the contest, Oklahoma committed 15 — its third most of the season — to Tennessee's seven and was outscored 31-7 off those miscues. The Vols registered 10 steals, including a career-high eight from Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
UT outshot the Sooners 52% to 46% and outscored them 17-7 in second-chance points and 46-18 in the paint.
OU guard Nijel Pack was OU's bright spot offensively, racking up 20 points on 7-for-9 field goal and 4-for-5 3-point shooting. He also made both of his free throw attempts in registering his seventh 20-point outing of the season. Over the last seven games, the guard is averaging 18.9 points on 52% 3-point shooting (27 for 52).
Tae Davis was 5 for 10 from the field and scored 12 points and Derrion Reid hit six of eight free throw attempts en route to 10 points. Reid also pulled down a team-high six rebounds.
Jadon Jones led OU's bench charge with nine points, his most second most in SEC play, while Dayton Forsythe contributed seven and Kuol Atak three.
The Sooners shot a healthy 52% from the field in the first half but trailed 45-36 at intermission after getting outscored 18-2 off turnovers.
The Volunteers scored the first eight points of the second half to go up 53-36 only to see Oklahoma respond with a 9-0 run shortly thereafter. Forsythe was the catalyst, converting a traditional 3-point play and hitting two additional free throws, and Jones nailed his second long ball of the night from the left wing to cut the margin to 56-47.
After UT scored the next five points to push its advantage back to 14, Pack hit back-to-back treys to cap a 16-7 OU spurt and make it a 68-62 game with 6:18 to go. But the Sooners went scoreless on their next five trips and Tennessee's 11-0 run sealed it.
With OU starting center Mohamed Wague fouling out in 10 minutes of action, freshman Kai Rogers saw his most playing time of the season. Rogers registered one rebound and two blocked shots in his 16:51 of work.
OU's leading scorer entering the day, junior guard Xavier Brown tallied just five points to mark his second straight single-digit outing. He had scored at least 13 points in 14 of the previous 15 games before the last two contests.
Tennessee's Nate Ament led all scorers with 29 points.
The Sooners are back at Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday for the first of two straight home games when they take on Texas A&M (18-8, 8-5 SEC) at 7:30 p.m. CT. OU will host a 2015-16 Final Four reunion and raise national player of the year Buddy Hield's No. 24 jersey. The game will be televised by SEC Network.
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