Houston Christian Huskies at Oklahoma Sooners
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Iwuakor sparks Oklahoma to 84-65 win over Houston Baptist
Austin Reaves led the Sooners (5-1) with 15 points and Brady Manek added 13.
The Huskies (1-7) were up 47-46 on a Pedro Castro 3-pointer just over five minutes into the second half and trailed 58-54 after Darius Lee made a pair of free throws at 12:04.
Elijah Harkless made two free throws to start the run before Iwuakor had back-to-back dunks and a jumper. After Alondes Williams scored, Iwuakor added another jumper before De'Vion Harmon's layup made it 72-54 with 6:47 to play.
Houston Baptist missed eight-straight shots while the Sooners went 6 of 8. The Sooners shot 49% despite going 5 of 23 from 3-point range.
Harmon and Manek made the last two baskets of the first half to give Oklahoma a 38-35 lead.
Lee scored 15 points for Houston Baptist, going 3 of 3 from 3-point range. Castro and Za-Ontay Boothman added 13 points apiece.
Houston Baptist was outrebounded 40-29 and had 17 turnovers. The Huskies went 6 of 12 from distance and shot 50% in the first half but went 4 of 14 deep and shot 34.5% in the second.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 65 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 65 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:22 | Za-Ontay Boothman Turnover. | 65 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:29 | Jade Tse Defensive Rebound. | 65 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:32 | Read Streller missed Three Point Jumper. | 65 - 84 |
Statistics
 HCU |
 OU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-57 | FG | 34-69 |
| 42 | Field Goal % | 49 |
| 10-26 | 3PT | 5-23 |
| 38 | Three Point % | 22 |
| 7-10 | FT | 11-12 |
| 70 | Free Throw % | 92 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 6 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
| 7 | Assists | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 17 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 6 | Points Off Turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fouls | 13 |
| 1 | Largest Lead | 22 |
Game Information
Location: Norman, OK
Attendance: 611 | Capacity:
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| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 20-2 | - | 28-6 |
| McNeese | 19-3 | 1 | 28-6 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 14-8 | 6 | 19-14 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 13-9 | 7 | 18-15 |
| New Orleans | 12-10 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Nicholls | 12-10 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Houston Christian | 8-14 | 12 | 12-20 |
| Northwestern State | 8-14 | 12 | 10-22 |
| Incarnate Word | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| Lamar | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| East Texas A&M | 6-16 | 14 | 11-21 |
| SE Louisiana | 6-16 | 14 | 9-22 |
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| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 16-2 | - | 27-8 |
| Arkansas | 13-5 | 3 | 28-9 |
| Alabama | 13-5 | 3 | 25-10 |
| Vanderbilt | 11-7 | 5 | 27-9 |
| Tennessee | 11-7 | 5 | 25-12 |
| Texas A&M | 11-7 | 5 | 22-12 |
| Georgia | 10-8 | 6 | 22-11 |
| Kentucky | 10-8 | 6 | 22-14 |
| Missouri | 10-8 | 6 | 20-13 |
| Texas | 9-9 | 7 | 21-15 |
| Auburn | 7-11 | 9 | 22-16 |
| Oklahoma | 7-11 | 9 | 21-16 |
| Mississippi State | 5-13 | 11 | 13-19 |
| Ole Miss | 4-14 | 12 | 15-20 |
| South Carolina | 4-14 | 12 | 13-19 |
| LSU | 3-15 | 13 | 15-17 |