Fortunately for Sooner fans and OU’s NCAA Tournament hopes, the second half of the game was a much different story, turning what long appeared to be an ugly, blowout loss into an improbable victory that no one saw coming.
Oklahoma outscored the Horned Frogs 52-32 over the second 20 minutes to overcome an 18-point halftime deficit and win by two on a 15-foot fadeaway jump shot by Austin Reaves, the Sooner one-man band in this one, with just 0.5 seconds remaining on the game clock.
The victory, which will go down as the most dramatic Oklahoma win of the 2019-20 season, evened the Sooners’ Big 12 record at 9-9, the first time in four years OU has finished league play at .