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Buddy Hield (17) and Isaiah Cousins (16) also scored in
double figures for Oklahoma (5-2), which blew open the game with
a 31-5 run spanning the first and second halves. The Sooners,
who also received nine points from TaShawn Thomas and eight and
five rebounds from Jordan Woodard, shot a season-best 57.4
percent from the floor and matched their season high with 10
3-pointers, including three apiece from Hield and Cousins.
Johnathan Williams III scored 16 and pulled down a team-high
eight rebounds while freshman Montaque Gill-Caesar added 15
points for Missouri (4-4), which had won three straight and
seven of the last 10 against their former Big 12 rivals. Namon
Wright scored 12 for the Tigers, who committed 16 turnovers and
were outrebounded 35-28.
Oklahoma led 37-25 at halftime and hit its first six shots of
the second half as it opened the stanza with 15 straight points
to take its largest lead at 52-25 with a little more than 15
minutes to play. Missouri would get no closer than 16 points the
rest of the way.
The game was tight for the opening 13½ minutes as Oklahoma held
a 21-20 lead, but Missouri got a little sloppy and the Sooners
cranked up their transition game to close out the half on a 16-5
run and take the 12-point lead into the break. Cousins hit all
three of his 3-point attempts to pace all first-half scorers
with 11 points, while Oklahoma connected on 6-of-12 treys
overall and forced the Tigers into 10 turnovers in the opening
20 minutes.
GAME NOTEBOOK: With wins by Oklahoma and Kansas on Friday, the
Big 12 leads the SEC/Big 12 Challenge 6-2, with the final two
games to be played Saturday; the Big 12 won the inaugural series
7-3 last season. … Missouri shot 56.3 percent from 3-point range
but 37.2 percent of its two-point attempts. … This was the 210th
meeting, but the first time they met as regular-season
non-conference opponents.
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