NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Jordan Pope scored 27 points and freshman Tre Johnson scored 16 points and Texas blunted Oklahoma‘s comeback bid beating Oklahoma 77-73 on Wednesday night.
Tramon Mark scored 15 points and Kadin Shedrick 10 for Texas (12-5, 1-3) who won its first-ever game as a member of the Southeastern Conference. Texas never trailed.
Jalon Moore scored a career-high 29 points and Jeremiah Fears scored 20 for Oklahoma (13-4, 0-4) who is still in search of its first SEC win.
The Longhorns led 43-27 at halftime and used a 10-3 run to build its largest lead of the game at 53-30 with 16:15 before the Sooners awakened. Oklahoma outscored Texas 26-7 in a 10-minute span reduced its deficit to 60-56 with 6:12 left. Three. minutes later, Moore’s 3-pointer got OU within 71-68. But Johnson closed the door with back-to-back fadeaway jumpers at 1:47 and 1:19 remaining.
Oklahoma made one more push when Fears hit a 3, and off a Pope turnover, Moore threw down a dunk. In the face of the Sooners press, on the inbounds, Fears threw a near length-of-the court pass that Mark caught up to and threw down for a dunk to end the scoring with 13 seconds left.
With the help of Arthur Kaluma’s three early layups, Texas built a 14-7 lead. Midway through the first half, Pope made a 3-pointer to provide Texas with its first double-digit lead of the game at 22-12.
Texas travels to face fifth-ranked Florida on Saturday. Texas hosts South Carolina on Saturday.
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STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
J. Pope | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
T. Johnson | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
T. Mark | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
K. Shedrick | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
A. Kaluma | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
Z. Onyema | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
D. Pryor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Codie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Kent | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
J. Larry | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
C. Bott | – | – | – | – |
P. Clark | – | – | – | – |
M. Presley | – | – | – | – |
A. McDermott | – | – | – | – |
J. Vinson | – | – | – | – |
Total | 77 | 25 | 8 | 19 |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
J. Moore | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
J. Fears | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
D. Miles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
B. Goodine | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
S. Godwin | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
G. Taylor Jr. | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
K. Elvis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Wague | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
D. Forsythe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
J. Nwankwo | – | – | – | – |
J. Moser | – | – | – | – |
Y. Keita | – | – | – | – |
L. Northweather | – | – | – | – |
R. Lovelace | – | – | – | – |
J. Fredson-Cole | – | – | – | – |
K. Atak | – | – | – | – |
J. Jones | – | – | – | – |
Total | 73 | 29 | 8 | 17 |