NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Freshman guard Jeremiah Fears scored 21 points to help Oklahoma dominate No. 24 Vanderbilt in a 97-67 win on Saturday.
Oklahoma’s Jalon Moore added 19 points and surpassed 1,000 career points. Dayton Forsythe scored 14 points for the Sooners (16-5, 3-5 Southeastern Conference), who have won three of four after losing their first four league games.
Oklahoma took control with a 23-0 run in the second half. The Sooners shot 63.2% from the field overall, including 72.7% after the break.
Devin McGlockton led Vanderbilt (16-5, 4-4) with 22 points. Jason Edwards scored 21 points for the Commodores, but he needed 20 shots to get them.
Vanderbilt led 38-27 late in the first half before Oklahoma closed on a 9-2 run to cut the deficit to 40-36 at the break.
Oklahoma controlled the second half. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Brycen Goodine and Moore put the Sooners up 52-42 with 16:31 remaining, and a timeout by Vanderbilt didn’t help. By the end of Oklahoma’s 23-0 run, the Commodores had missed eight consecutive shots.
Vanderbilt’s Tyler Tanner sliced through the lane for a one-handed jam that cut Oklahoma’s lead to 60-52 with about 10 minutes to go, but Oklahoma regrouped and expanded its lead.
Vanderbilt: The Commodores shot 30% in the second half and made 1 of 12 3-pointers.
Oklahoma: Coach Porter Moser had made rebounding an emphasis after some rough performances, and the Sooners responded by outrebounding Vanderbilt 39-24.
Oklahoma took its first lead, 44-42, on a 3-pointer by Goodine early in the second half. The Sooners never trailed again.
Vanderbilt had 10 turnovers and nine made field goals in the second half.
Vanderbilt visits No. 5 Florida on Tuesday night.
Oklahoma visits No. 1 Auburn on Tuesday night.
—
Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball
Copyright 2025 STATS LLC and Associated Press. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and Associated Press is strictly prohibited.
|
TOP SCORERS | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
99
|
D. McGlockton F | 22PTS | 3REB | 0AST | |
0
|
J. Fears G | 21PTS | 6REB | 4AST |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
D. McGlockton | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
J. Edwards | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
A. Hoggard | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
C. Manon | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
T. Nickel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
T. Tanner | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
M. Collins | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
J. Carey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
G. Huffman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
J. Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
G. Calton | – | – | – | – |
M. Keeffe | – | – | – | – |
K. Wright | – | – | – | – |
C. Messer | – | – | – | – |
K. Bilal | – | – | – | – |
H. Smith | – | – | – | – |
Total | 67 | 21 | 11 | 20 |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
J. Fears | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
J. Moore | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
D. Miles | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
B. Goodine | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
S. Godwin | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
D. Forsythe | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
G. Taylor Jr. | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
L. Northweather | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
K. Elvis | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
J. Fredson-Cole | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
J. Moser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Wague | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
R. Lovelace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Nwankwo | – | – | – | – |
Y. Keita | – | – | – | – |
K. Atak | – | – | – | – |
J. Jones | – | – | – | – |
Total | 97 | 36 | 18 | 17 |
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.