Stanford (7-0) took advantage of a painfully poor start by the Sooners to run off 17 unanswered points at the beginning of the game and building a commanding lead Lon Kruger’s team was only marginally able to cut into the rest of the way.
While Stanford was jumping out to a 17-0 lead, Oklahoma couldn’t find the bottom of the basket, missing its first nine shots to start the game. The Sooners first basket of the game came at the 14:23 mark of the opening half on a mid-range jumper by Austin Reeves. Reeves accounted for eight of OU’s first 10 points.