WVU Basketball: WVU Falls to Oklahoma in 2OT
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MORGANTOWN -- Austin Reaves helped No. 12 Oklahoma pull off an impressive win on the road.
Reaves scored four of his 28 points in the final minute of the second overtime and the Sooners held off No. 14 West Virginia 91-90 on Saturday.
Oklahoma (13-5, 8-4 Big 12) squeaked out a win 1,000 miles from home after losing three of its last four games on the road.
"Just a heck of a ballgame," coach Lon Kruger said. "There wasn't much margin either way throughout. Guys on both teams were fighting like crazy, making big-time plays, big-time stops."
The Sooners couldn't hold on to a 66-57 lead with six minutes left in regulation and had to depend on Reaves to pull this one out.
Reaves went 10 of 20 from the floor in his second game back since missing two games while in COVID-19 protocols. He also had nine rebounds and seven assists.
Derek Culver had his 10th double-double of the season with a career-high 29 points and 14 rebounds for the Mountaineers (14-6, 7-4). He had averaged 6.5 points in six previous games against the Sooners.
"Culver's a tough matchup," Kruger said. "He's so physical."
Culver scored seven points in the second overtime to put West Virginia ahead 88-85 with 2:12 left. De'Vion Harmon's layup and two free throws by Reaves gave the Sooners the lead before Miles McBride's layup with 41 seconds left put the Mountaineers up 90-89.
Reaves capped the scoring with a floater in the lane over McBride with 27 seconds left. The shot "felt good, but there was still time on the clock and we had to get a stop and a rebound," he said.
There certainly was plenty of drama left.
Culver's layup attempt with 7 seconds left was blocked by Oklahoma's Kur Kuath and the ball went out of bounds back to the Sooners. West Virginia got it right back on a tie-up during the ensuing inbounds pass.
After the ball went out of bounds again and West Virginia kept possession, McBride lofted a pass underneath the basket to Culver. But Culver missed a pair of rushed shots in a crowd as time ran out.
West Virginia's three-game winning streak came to an end. The Mountaineers made just 7 of 24 3-pointers (29%) and 11 of 21 free throws (52%).
West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said his players were tired after returning late from a win at No. 7 Texas Tech on Tuesday and never fully regained their focus and concentration.
"We have to play with an edge, and we didn't," Huggins said.
West Virginia's Sean McNeil added 21 points, all after halftime, and McBride scored 19.
Umoja Gibson added 21 points for the Sooners. Harmon scored 13, Elijah Harkless had 12 and Brady Manek 11.
No. 19 CREIGHTON 86
No. 5 VILLANOVA 70
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Marcus Zegarowski scored a season-high 25 points, Mitch Ballock had 17 of his 20 points in the second half and Creighton's offense was at its high-tempo best in a rout of Villanova.
No. 1 GONZAGA 100
SAN FRANCISCO 61
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Drew Timme scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Gonzaga blasted San Francisco, lifting the Bulldogs to at least 20 wins for the 24th consecutive season.
No. 4 OHIO STATE 78
INDIANA 59
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- E.J. Liddell scored 19 points and Justice Sueing had 16 as Ohio State pulled away to rout Indiana for its sixth consecutive victory.
The Buckeyes (17-4, 11-4 Big Ten) have won nine of their last 10 and have settled into a style of play that has become their identity -- good shooting, timely 3-pointers, multiple contributors and fewer mistakes than their opponents. They shot 48% against Indiana and had 21 points on the Hoosiers' 15 turnovers.
No. 9 VIRGINIA 60
NORTH CAROLINA 48
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Jay Huff had 18 points and 12 rebounds and Virginia took control early and beat North Carolina for the seventh consecutive time.
ARKANSAS 86
No. 10 MISSOURI 81, OT
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Justin Smith scored 19 points to lead Arkansas to an 86-81 overtime victory over Missouri.
No. 11 ALABAMA 115
GEORGIA 82
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Herbert Jones scored 17 of his career-high 21 points in the first half and Alabama had a blistering shooting night over Georgia.
No. 13 TEXAS 70, TCU 55
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Andrew Jones scored 19 points to lead Texas to a win over TCU as the Longhorns got their first home win in nearly a month.
No. 15 IOWA 88
MICHIGAN STATE 58
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Joe Wieskamp scored 21 points to lead Iowa's balanced offense in a win over Michigan State.
LSU 78
No. 16 TENNESSEE 65
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Cam Thomas scored 25 points, JaVonte Smart added 20 and LSU beat Tennessee.
No. 17 FLORIDA STATE 92 WAKE FOREST 85, OT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- RaiQuan Gray scored 24 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as Florida State defeated Wake Forest 92-85 in overtime in the Seminoles' first game in two weeks.
No. 20 USC 76
WASHINGTON STATE 65
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -- Tahj Eaddy scored a season high 29 points, Evan Mobley had 20 points, 11 rebounds and six blocked shots and Southern California beat Washington State for its 10th straight victory over the Cougars.
No. 22 LOYOLA CHICAGO 81 DRAKE 54
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Aher Uguak scored 20 points while leading Loyola Chicago to a win over Missouri Valley Conference rival Drake.
No. 23 OKLAHOMA ST. 67 KANSAS STATE 60
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- Cade Cunningham scored 15 points to help Oklahoma State defeat Kansas State.
No. 25 RUTGERS 64
NORTHWESTERN 50
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -- Ron Harper Jr. had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Myles Johnson controlled the paint with 12 points and 14 rebounds and Rutgers beat Northwestern.
SUNDAY
No. 3 MICHIGAN 67
WISCONSIN 59
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Isaiah Livers scored 20 points and Hunter Dickinson had a double-double as No. 3 Michigan returned from a three-week layoff and rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat No. 21 Wisconsin.
Michigan (14-1, 9-1 Big Ten) scored the game's final eight points and pulled ahead for good with 1:46 left on a tie-breaking putback from Dickinson, who had 11 points and 15 rebounds. Wisconsin (15-7, 9-6) missed its last seven shots.
DRAKE 51,
No. 22 LOYOLA CHICAGO 50, OT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Tremell Murphy scored 17 points, including the go-ahead basket in overtime, as Drake rallied to win despite a poor shooting performance.
Murphy's layup with 2:50 remaining put the Bulldogs ahead for good, 49-48, in the defensive struggle between Missouri Valley Conference powers.
Loyola had two shots blocked in the final 15 seconds before Murphy made the clinching steal and was fouled.
Drake (20-2, 11-2 MVC) won despite shooting 33.3%. Loyola (18-4, 13-2) shot 35.1%.
Cameron Krutwig and Aher Uguak scored 11 points apiece for the Ramblers.