Balanced attack carries Oklahoma past rival Texas

Brycen Goodine scored 14 points to lead a balanced Oklahoma attack as the Sooners defeated rival Texas 76-72 on Saturday in the teams’ regular-season Southeastern Conference finale in Austin, Texas.Both the Sooners (19-12, 6-12 SEC) and the Longhorns (17-14, 6-12) are considered on the bubble for an NCAA Tournament bid heading into the SEC Championship, which begins on Wednesday in Nashville.Texas, the 13th seed, will play 12th-seeded Vanderbilt in the opening round of the conference tourney while 14th-seeded Oklahoma will battle No. 11 Georgia.After a back and forth second half, a pair of free throws from freshman phenom Jeremiah Fears with 3:29 left put the Sooners in front by a point, and Duke Miles’ three-point play with 2:42 remaining pushed the margin to 70-66. Texas responded with a free throw by Arthur Kaluma that was immediately countered by a 3-pointer by Goodine with 2:11 left.Jordan Pope’s layup with 1:11 to play cut Texas’ deficit to four points but Oklahoma held on, getting two free throws from Fears with 16.6 seconds left. Pope’s 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds remaining was only window dressing as the Sooners snapped an eight-game losing streak to Texas.Fears added 13 points, with Miles scoring 11 and Glenn Taylor Jr., Luke Northweather and Jalen Moore hitting for 10 points each.

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