The Sooners (6-1) jumped out to a 15-3 advantage in the early going against Mizzou, unlike a day earlier against Stanford when they found themselves down 17-0 before they knew what hit them. Behind Austin Reeves’ 19 points, Oklahoma never trailed against the Tigers, winding up with a 77-66 victory in the third-place game of the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Missouri.
Tuesday night’s win over OU’s longtime conference foe was almost a complete reversal over its 19-point loss, the Sooners’ first of the season, on Monday to Stanford, which fell to Butler in the HOF championship game.