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03/07 22:21 CST Brown, Pack combine for 44 points, lead Oklahoma 88-85 past
Texas in OT
Brown, Pack combine for 44 points, lead Oklahoma 88-85 past Texas in OT
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) --- Nijel Pack scored 23 points, Xzayvier Brown added 21
points, and Oklahoma beat Texas 88-85 in overtime in the final regular season
game of the season for the two Southeastern Conference sides.
Pack was 7 of 14 from the field and 3 of 7 behind the arc. He scored nine
points during a 14-2 second-half run that turned a tie game into a 12-point
lead for the Sooners (17-14, 7-11) with fewer than seven minutes remaining.
Brown was 8-of-18 shooting with four steals and led with 12 in the first half.
Tae Davis added 14 points and nine rebounds.
The Longhorns (18-13, 9-9) held a 40-36 lead at halftime. They were led by
Jordan Pope's 30 points on an inefficient 8-of-25 shooting but was 7 of 18 from
behind the arc. Dailyn Swain added 18 points, seven rebounds, eight assists and
three steals. Tramon Mark had 17 points. Matas Vokietaitis had 14 points and
six rebounds.
The Sooners led by six with 36 seconds to go in regulation, but fouled Mark
twice, including on a 3-point attempt that followed a turnover. Mark made all
five free throws to make it a one-point game with 15 seconds left.
A pair of free throws from Davis put the Sooners up three. But Brown fouled
Pope on a 3-point attempt, and Pope made all three free throws to tie the game
and send it to overtime.
Pope had five in overtime and Mark three for the Longhorns, but Derrion Reid's
five points for the Sooners, including a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left, put
the game out of reach.
Texas lost four of their final five games to finish as the No. 10 seed in the
SEC tournament.
Up next
Oklahoma will head to the SEC tournament as the 11 seed to face No. 14 seed
South Carolina in the first round on Wednesday.
Texas faces No. 15 seed Mississippi on Wednesday. -__
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