Jones, Sooners Dominant in 80-64 Win Over Missouri on Senior Night

Tuesday, March 3

Norman, Okla.

6 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

16-14,6-11SEC

Missouri

20-10,10-7SEC

Missouri

Oklahoma

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Jones, Sooners Dominant in 80-64 Win Over Missouri on Senior Night

March 03, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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NORMAN — Playing in his final career home game, Jadon Jones saved his best performance as a Sooner for last. The guard came off the bench to supply season highs of 13 points and eight rebounds to spur OU to an 80-64 win over Missouri at Lloyd Noble Center on Tuesday night.

The Sooners (16-14, 6-11 SEC) shot 62% from the field — their second-best performance of the season — to win for the third straight game and for the fifth time in seven outings. Missouri (20-10, 10-7) entered the day a winner in six of its previous eight contests.

Jones, a sixth-year player who is in his second year in Norman and who missed all of the 2024-25 campaign due to injury, went 5 for 5 from the field on the night and nailed a season-high-tying three 3-pointers. He added two steals and a block in 25 minutes, his most playing time in 11 games. His eight rebounds led all players.

Starters Tae Davis, Xzayvier Brown and Derrion Reid contributed 12 points apiece for OU, while Mohamed Wague scored 11. It was Wague's fourth consecutive double-figures game after reaching the 10-point mark once in the previous 12 outings.

Oklahoma jumped out to an 8-2 lead before Missouri responded with seven straight points. The Tigers' only advantage of the game lasted just 31 seconds, as Jones made the first of his triples to put OU back in front 11-9. A Nijel Pack 3 and a Jones dunk quickly extended the margin to seven, and the Sooners later went up 30-18 after a Kirill Elatontsev steal and Reid dunk.

OU led 35-26 at halftime after outscoring Missouri by 15 from 3-point range. The Sooners were 6 for 11 from deep in the opening 20 minutes while MU was 1 for 9. They also outscored the Tigers 12-5 off turnovers.

A pair of Davis free throws 12 seconds into the second half put OU up 10, and it led by double digits for all but 39 seconds the rest of the game. The Sooners, who shot 70% from the field and made another six treys on 11 attempts in the second half, pushed their lead to as many as 22 points (71-49) on a Reid 3-pointer with 5:45 remaining.

Missouri tried to make things interesting with a 15-4 run over the next 4:15, but Wague slammed the door with a dunk and three free throws for the game's final five points.

After getting outscored 40-12 in the paint in an overtime loss at Missouri on Jan. 24, OU was outscored by just two Tuesday, 28-26. The Sooners posted a 28-26 rebounding advantage and scored 25 points off 18 turnovers, tied for the Tigers' second-most turnovers on the season.

Jones' long-range shooting performance Tuesday continued a weeks-long trend. Over the last seven games, the Long Beach, Calif., product is 15 for 26 (58%) on 3-point attempts. He has made at least one trey in all seven outings and at least two in six of them.

The Sooners held Missouri to 47% field-goal shooting for the game, the fourth straight opponent to shoot less than 50% after five of the previous six shot 50% or better.

Mark Mitchell led the Tigers with 17 points and five rebounds. He was 6 for 6 from the floor and 4 for 8 from the free throw line.

During OU's three-game winning streak, its opponents have led for a combined 1 minute and 54 seconds (0:15 by Auburn, 1:08 by LSU and 0:31 by Missouri).

OU closes the regular season at Texas on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised by SEC Network.