NORMAN, Okla. -- Gabbi Ortiz had eight 3-pointers and 31 points, both career highs, and Oklahoma pulled away in the last four minutes to defeat No. 16 South Florida 79-74 on Saturday to snap a four-game losing streak.
Vionise Pierre-Louis added 18 points and Ana Llanusa 15 with nine rebounds for the Sooners (4-5), who scored nine straight points to take the lead and turned that into a 14-4 run to seal it.
Kitija Laksa had 21 points for the Bulls (7-2) with Maria Jespersen adding 18, surpassing 1,000 for her career, and 12 rebounds.
USF led 56-53 entering the fourth quarter in a game that had six ties and 11 lead changes and neither team getting a double-figure lead.