Six score in double figures as Sooners beat Texas

Brycen Goodine scored 14 points and led six players into double-figures scoring as Oklahoma beat Texas 76-72 to end its eight-game losing streak against the Longhorns in Saturday's regular-season finale.

The Sooners closed out their regular season with a 96-84 win over No. 15 Missouri followed with their first win in Austin since 2021.

Both teams head to the Southeastern Conference Tournament and each will play a first-round game Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Texas (17-14, 6-12), the No. 13 seed, takes on 12th-seeded Vanderbilt and Oklahoma (19-12, 6-12), the 14th seed, will battle 11th-seeded Georgia.

Oklahoma took the lead with under 10 minutes left and led by as many as five, but Jordan Pope converted a layup to give the Longhorns a 66-65 lead with 3:47 left. Jeremiah Fears got the lead back for the Sooners with two free throws and Duke Miles converted a three-point play with 2:42 left for a 69-66 advantage and after Arthur Kaluma hit the second of two free throws, Goodine knocked down a corner 3-pointer with 2:11 to play to give Oklahoma its largest lead of the game, 73-67.

Pope scored at the basket and Jeremiah Fears got two free throws with :16 remaining, before Pope drilled a 3-pointer with :06 left to get Texas within three, 75-72. But his 3-point attempt at the buzzer was batted away.

Goodine hit 3 of 7 from beyond the arc and Fears converted 9 of 10 at the line to finish with 13 points and four assists. Miles scored 11 points and had two steals and Jalon Moore, Luke Northweather and Glenn Taylor Jr. each contributed 10 points.

Pope finished with 21 points to lead Texas. Kaluma and Tramon Mark each added 12 points and Julian Larry scored 10 points off the bench.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Oklahoma (19-12, 6-12 SEC) committed a season-low five turnovers and posted a 20-6 advantage in points off turnovers in a 76-72 victory at Texas (17-14, 6-12).

• The win for the Sooners was their second straight and third in the last five contests. The two losses in those five games came by a combined four points.

• Oklahoma improved to 58-49 all-time against Texas and to 21-26 in Austin. It was OU's first win at UT since 2021.

• Six Sooners scored in double figures for the first time this season. Guard Brycen Goodine led the way with 14 points with the help of 3-for-7 3-point shooting. Goodine shot .472 from 3-point range in SEC play (42 for 89).

• Freshman point guard Jeremiah Fears was 9 for 10 from the free throw line and finished with 13 points, two rebounds, four assists and a steal. It was his 27th game with double-figure points.

• One game after drawing 10 fouls in a win over No. 15 Missouri on Wednesday, Fears drew 11 tonight.

• Over the last six games, Fears is averaging 20.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists per outing. He and Duke's Cooper Flagg are the only freshmen nationally to average at least 16.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

• Senior forward Jalon Moore tallied 10 points (made all six of his free throw attempts) and a team-high seven rebounds.

• The Sooners won despite getting just two field goals each from their two leading scorers on the season. Moore and Fears both entered the game averaging 16.4 points per contest and combined for 23 tonight.

• Playing without starting forward Sam Godwin (injured), the Sooners got double-figure scoring from unlikely sources. Senior forward Glenn Taylor Jr. scored 10 points (his most since Nov. 29) on 4-for-5 shooting and redshirt sophomore forward Luke Northweather tied a career high with 10 points on 4-for-4 shooting. Northweather added five rebounds, his most since Feb. 4. Godwin had started his last 61 games and over the last four contests averaged 12.0 points on 20-for-21 field goal shooting.

• Senior forward/center Mohamed Wague started in place of Godwin and finished with three points, two rebounds and an assist in 13 minutes.

• Super senior guard Kobe Elvis was key off the bench, contributing five points, three rebounds, a team-high five assists and two steals with no turnovers in his 27 minutes.

• OU held Texas freshman Tre Johnson, who entered the game as the SEC's leading scorer at 20.6 points per contest, to seven points, all from the free throw line. Johnson was 0 for 14 from the field.

• The Sooners had six fewer offensive rebounds than Texas (13-7) but posted a 15-9 advantage in second-chance points.

• The game featured 12 ties and 13 lead changes. OU led in the second half for 16:36 to Texas' 1:34.

• Oklahoma plays a first-round SEC Tournament game against Georgia (18-12, 8-10) on Wednesday at approximately 8:30 p.m. CT. The tournament will be played at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.