Oklahoma male basketball beats the Mississippi State 93-87

Oklahoma (17-10, 4-10) beat the n ° 21 Mississippi State (19-10, 7-7) 93-87 Saturday afternoon inside the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman.

The Sooners’ victory managed a sequence of five consecutive defeats. The victory also maintained the door of the NCAA tournament for the Sooners, who desperately needed a victory to stay in the conversation for a tournament offer.

Here are three points to remember from the Sooners’ victory:

Jeremiah Fears has another great performance

The first year goalkeeper Jeremiah Fears paved the way for Sooners once again, a match withdrawn from being Sooners’ top scorer against Florida No. 2.

While the rest of the Sooners was largely struggling in attack, the first year guard kept Oklahoma in the match with its strong first half. The fears finished half with 15 points out of five of the eight shots, continuing the momentum of his 22 -point match against the Gators.

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The fears also filled the box outside the rating column. He dropped three rebounds and collected six assists in the first half. The first year also left with a block on the defensive end of the ground.

Senior striker Sam Godwin was the second top scorer in the Sooners. In the first 20 minutes, the striker was responsible for nine out of four of the five shots. The graduate transfer goalkeeper Kobe Elvis provided six points on the bench, and the senior striker Jalon Moore collected three points on one of the seven shot in the first half.

The great performance of Fears continued in the second half. The first year guard finished with 27 points out of seven of the 12 shots. 12 of the 27 fears points occurred in the second half. Fears was the first recruit with at least 25 points and 10 assists against an opponent classified since Trae Young in 2018.

“He understood the match,” said head coach Moser after the victory. “When you are young, it’s easy to press and try to do all the parts. I thought he had settled well in these last games and everything comes for him. »»

Sooners rolled hot to withdraw in the second half

After a bad offensive half, the Sooners needed a spark and a change in attack if they hoped to leave with a crucial victory against the bulldogs.

This spark arrived in the second half while the Sooners completely returned the script offensively to help them move away from the bulldogs and to leave with a great victory.

After shooting 40% in the first half, the Sooners came out by pulling in the second and managed to shoot 17 out of 25 on the field – 68% – and seven out of 13 out of three. Or raised 59 points in the second and completely overturned the match to leave with a victory.

Moore collected 15 points in the second after a calm three in the first half. Moore had five of the nine on the field in the second and finished the match six out of 16. The fears added 12 points out of two of the four shots to the second and the transfer goalkeeper Brycen Goodine collected nine points on three of the three shots after to have been aimless in the first half.

Godwin added eight points to bring his final total to 17. The big man also finished with 10 total rebounds and had only one turnover for the match. As for global reversals, the Sooners had only three in the second period after giving the ball eight times in the first.

The two teams are victims of a sloppy game in the first half

It was not an offensive showcase inside the Lloyd Noble Center in the first half of Saturday afternoon. The two teams struggled to find an offensive pace and cling to basketball.

In the direction of the locker room, the score was 37-34, the bulldogs holding the light edge. The Sooners were the best team that pulls the ball, however, because or pulled 12 out of 30 in the field in the first half of –40% -, including four out of 13 out of three. The state of the Mississippi pulled 13 of the 35 to 37% – from the land and three out of 10 out of three.

The turnover was also a problem for both teams in the first half. There were 15 reversals combined in the first 20 minutes, the Sooners having committed eight and the bulldogs committing seven.

Oklahoma maintained the head of the majority of the first half. The state of the Mississippi did not take its first lead before the brand of 4:37 after a tip by the Junior goalkeeper Riley Kugel to score 25-24. The Bulldogs kept their heads for the rest of half-time.

Then, the Sooners will face the Wildcats of Kentucky n ° 17 (18-8, 7-6) at 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 26, inside the Norman Lloyd.

“Thank you for believing,” said Moser to students after the match. “Let’s pack again against Kentucky!”

This story was published by Hannah Bryant.