MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ufffd— Buddy Hield had the kind of “off night” befitting a superstar.
Ten turnovers, eight of them on balls stripped from his clutches, would have frustrated mortal players. Yet Hield scored 26 points on 10-of-17 shots Wednesday night at Oklahoma State, and most importantly, his Sooners won 74-72.
That signals max-momentum for second-ranked Oklahoma (14-1, 3-1) entering Saturday’s showdown against No. 11 West Virginia (15-1, 4-0), the Big 12’s most surprising team who shelled top-ranked Kansas 74-63 in their last outing.
Following a spate of top-10 upsets, the Mountaineers spy a major climb in the polls—perhaps all the way to No.