TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Romero Osby's free throws with 2:58 remaining put Oklahoma ahead to stay and the Sooners rallied to beat Oral Roberts 63-62 Wednesday night.
Buddy Hield scored all 11 of his points in the second half to help the Sooners (5-1) come back from a 54-44 deficit in the final 9:07. Amath M'Baye led Oklahoma with 12 points and nine rebounds, and Osby finished with 11 points.
Warren Niles led the Golden Eagles (3-4) with 21 points and Shawn Glover added 17 points.
After Osby's two free throws made it 61-60 with 2:58 to play, Steven Pledger's driving basket increased the Sooners' lead to 63-60 at 1:12.
Steven Roundtree scored with 18 seconds left for ORU, but missed the free throw. Glover missed a shot with 1.4 seconds remaining and Osby got the rebound. He was fouled and missed both free throws but Oral Roberts' Niles missed from half-court as time expired.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Oklahoma (5-1) « | 31 | 32 | 63 |
| Oral Roberts (3-4) | 35 | 27 | 62 |
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| Oklahoma Sooners | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| A. M'Baye, F | 28 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| R. Osby, F | 26 | 3-9 | 5-8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| I. Cousins, G | 25 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| S. Pledger, G | 24 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Hornbeak, G | 16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| B. Hield, G | 24 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Fitzgerald, F | 19 | 2-10 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Clark, G | 15 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| S. Grooms, G | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Neal, F | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 25-63 | 11-16 | 37 | 9 | 14 | 63 | |
| 39.7% | 68.8% | ||||||
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| S. Glover, G-F | 38 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| S. Roundtree, F | 31 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| D. Bell-Holter, F-C | 33 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| W. Niles, G | 39 | 8-17 | 3-3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| K. Billbury, G | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Jackson, G | 24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Manghum, G | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Kaufman, C | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 26-55 | 7-9 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 62 | |
| 47.3% | 77.8% | ||||||
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