NCAA Men's Basketball

FINAL
Oklahoma Sooners 69
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Nebraska Cornhuskers 56
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NEB342256
State Farm Field House

Match Report

Groves brothers combine for 33, Sooners top Nebraska 69-56

— Tanner Groves scored a season-high 17 points, Jacob Groves added 16 and Oklahoma beat Nebraska 69-56 on Thursday night to open the ESPN Events Invitational.

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Team Stats

29-57
FG
21-50
51
Field Goal %
42
9-20
3PT
3-14
45
Three Point %
21
2-3
FT
11-19
67
Free Throw %
58
23
Rebounds
35
4
Offensive Rebounds
11
19
Defensive Rebounds
24
17
Assists
12
6
Steals
4
6
Blocks
4
7
Turnovers
11
1
Team Turnovers
1
7
Total Turnovers
11
1
Technical Fouls
0
1
Total Technical Fouls
0
0
Flagrant Fouls
0
12
Points Off Turnovers
10
10
Fast Break Points
7
38
Points in Paint
30
19
Fouls
9
16
Largest Lead
4

Top Performers

OU

  • Jacob Groves MIN 33 · PTS 16 · FG 7-12
  • Jalen Hill MIN 31 · PTS 13 · FG 6-10
  • Tanner Groves MIN 25 · PTS 17 · FG 7-8
  • Grant Sherfield MIN 36 · PTS 10 · FG 4-12

NEB

  • Juwan Gary MIN 34 · PTS 16 · FG 7-13
  • Emmanuel Bandoumel MIN 35 · PTS 13 · FG 3-8
  • CJ Wilcher MIN 35 · PTS 9 · FG 4-10
  • Sam Griesel MIN 27 · PTS 6 · FG 2-6

Recent Plays

  1. 0:00 · 2nd Half End of Game
  2. 0:00 · 2nd Half End of 2nd half
  3. 0:04 · 2nd Half Juwan Gary made Three Point Jumper.
  4. 0:11 · 2nd Half Juwan Gary Defensive Rebound.
  5. 0:11 · 2nd Half Jalen Hill missed Jumper.
  6. 0:42 · 2nd Half Jacob Groves Defensive Rebound.
  7. 0:44 · 2nd Half Milos Uzan Block.
  8. 0:44 · 2nd Half C.J. Wilcher missed Layup.

Highlights

00:17 Bijan Cortes shows off vision with nice pass vs. Nebraska Watch on ESPN 00:16 Grant Sherfield makes a great defensive play for the steal Watch on ESPN 00:17 C.J. Wilcher gets the layup to fall vs. Oklahoma Sooners Watch on ESPN 00:16 Blaise Keita denies Oklahoma Sooners with stuff Watch on ESPN

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