NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Sam Grooms scored a career-high 23 points, Steven Pledger had 17 of his 19 points in the first half as Oklahoma built a big lead and the Sooners held off Baylor's comeback attempt for a 90-76 victory on Saturday.
With the win, Oklahoma (18-8, 9-5 Big 12) remained ahead of the Bears in the conference standings and swept the season series after getting swept a season ago.
Grooms did most of his damage at the free-throw line, drawing frequent fouls as Baylor resorted to full-court pressure after falling behind. He went 15 for 17 on foul shots and Oklahoma went 39 for 45 to set season-highs in both categories.
Big 12 scoring leader Pierre Jackson scored 24 of his 28 points after changing shoes at halftime, but was unable to get Baylor (16-11, 7-7) any closer than 12 after trailing by 26 at the half.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Baylor (16-11) | 21 | 55 | 76 |
| Oklahoma (18-8) « | 47 | 43 | 90 |
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| Baylor Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Jefferson, F | 24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| I. Austin, C | 24 | 7-17 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| P. Jackson, G | 37 | 8-23 | 9-11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| A. Walton, G | 34 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| B. Heslip, G | 26 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Franklin | 22 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| D. Bello | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| R. Gathers | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Prince | 7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| L. Rose | 7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 26-70 | 15-21 | 37 | 11 | 32 | 76 | |
| 37.1% | 71.4% | ||||||
| Oklahoma Sooners | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. M'Baye, F | 35 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| R. Osby, F | 31 | 6-9 | 5-7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| S. Pledger, G | 36 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| S. Grooms, G | 30 | 3-9 | 15-17 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| J. Hornbeak, G | 22 | 4-6 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Clark | 23 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| A. Fitzgerald | 13 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| I. Cousins | 9 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| T. Neal | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-49 | 39-45 | 38 | 7 | 25 | 90 | |
| 44.9% | 86.7% | ||||||
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