ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Buddy Hield scored 17 points as Oklahoma escaped with a 63-59 win Friday night over Texas-Arlington.
Hield scored all 17 points in the first half, when the Sooners (2-0) put together a 24-3 run en route to a 38-28 halftime lead.
Oklahoma extended the lead to 17 points with 15:13 left in the game, but the Mavericks (1-1) rallied to tie the game at 57-all on a Jordan Reeves jumper with 2:46 left.
Steven Pledger made a 3-pointer on the Sooners' next possession to retake the lead, and Oklahoma hit 3 of 4 free throws in the final 23 seconds to seal the win.
Kevin Butler led Texas-Arlington with 16 points and Karol Gruszecki had 15.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Oklahoma (2-0) « | 38 | 25 | 63 |
| Texas-Arlington (1-1) | 28 | 31 | 59 |
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| Oklahoma Sooners | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. M'Baye, F | 24 | 1-5 | 5-7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| R. Osby, F | 23 | 4-12 | 2-4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| S. Pledger, G | 29 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| J. Hornbeak, G | 24 | 1-3 | 4-8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| I. Cousins, G | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Hield | 21 | 6-11 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| A. Fitzgerald | 19 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| C. Clark | 17 | 1-3 | 5-6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| S. Grooms | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Neal | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Kruger | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-54 | 20-32 | 39 | 7 | 21 | 63 | |
| 35.2% | 62.5% | ||||||
| Texas-Arlington Mavericks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Edwards, F | 23 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Gruszecki, F | 21 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| J. Reves, C | 31 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Outler, G | 27 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| S. White-Miller, G | 25 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Butler | 31 | 5-10 | 6-10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| G. Gainey | 22 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| D. Charles | 16 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| L. Davis | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Rodgers | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-52 | 12-21 | 35 | 9 | 23 | 59 | |
| 42.3% | 57.1% | ||||||
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