Brown's Five Treys Not Enough in Loss at Kentucky

Wednesday, February 4

Rupp Arena • Lexington, Ky.

8 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

11-12,1-9SEC

Kentucky

16-7,7-3SEC

Oklahoma

Kentucky

Brown's Five Treys Not Enough in Loss at Kentucky

February 04, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Oklahoma got a career-high-tying five 3-pointers and 21 points from Xzayvier Brown and 16 points from Tae Davis, but gave up 12 3-pointers and were outrebounded by 16 in a 94-78 loss at Kentucky on Wednesday night inside Rupp Arena.

The Wildcats (16-7, 7-3 SEC) shot 50% from the field to OU's 44% and posted a 19-7 advantage in second-chance points to hand the Sooners (11-12, 1-9) their ninth consecutive defeat. UK shot 46% from 3-point range and its 12 treys were its most in SEC play this season.

Oklahoma, which trailed by as many as 19 points in the second half at 57-38, were down 82-66 before assembling an 8-0 run to cut its deficit to eight points with 3:14 to go. Kentucky responded with an 8-0 run of its own, however, to seal its seventh win in its last eight outings.

Brown was 6 for 11 from the field, 5 for 9 from behind the arc and made all four of his free throw attempts en route to his fifth 20-point effort in SEC play and 10th of the season. The junior, who has scored at least 18 points in 10 of the last 14 games, added four assists, three rebounds and a pair of steals.

Davis was 7 for 11 from the floor and 2 for 3 from the charity stripe and added four assists to tie Brown for team-high honors, while Derrion Reid added 11 points with the help of 7-for-8 free throw shooting.

Redshirt freshman forward Kuol Atak, who totaled one minute of action over OU's previous five games, played 16 minutes off the bench and tallied nine points — all in the second half — on 3-for-7 3-point shooting.

Dayton Forsythe submitted his most productive outing since November, finishing with seven points in 21 minutes off the bench, but Nijel Pack, who averaged 23.3 points over the last three contests, was held to six points.

Like it has in other recent games, Oklahoma got off to a good start. The Sooners hit seven of their first 11 shots and took an 18-15 lead on a Forsythe 3-pointer with 12:38 left in the opening half. Davis was particularly effective early, scoring nine of OU's first 13.

The Sooners weathered a barrage of Kentucky 3-pointers and trailed just 35-32 after a pair of Forsythe free throws with 3:54 to go, but the Wildcats scored the last eight points of the half for a 43-32 lead.

OU lost despite committing just six turnovers, its fewest since committing three against Oral Roberts on Nov. 20. It marked the Sooners 12th game of single-digit turnovers this season, their most since the 2014-15 campaign (also 12 such outings).

Oklahoma stays on the road for a Saturday contest against No. 15/15 Vanderbilt at 2:30 p.m. CT in Nashville, Tenn. The game will be televised by SEC Network.