Oklahoma takes down Texas in Austin
Sooners rally in fourth quarter to force overtime, then pull away without their two leading scorers for their first win at Club Erwin since 2013
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Feb 27, 2021
AUSTIN, TX After trailing by as many as 12 in the fourth quarter and with their leading scorers in foul trouble, Oklahoma rallied to force overtime.
That’s where things got really interesting.
OU scored the game’s last eight points for a 68-63 victory at Texas the Sooners’ first win at Frank Erwin Center since 2013.
Celebrating the win
“What a privilege it is to coach this basketball team,” said OU head coach
Feb 26, 2021
ROUND ROCK, TX Oklahoma rallied for three runs in the final three innings to beat Auburn 4-3 on Friday in the Round Rock Classic at Dell Diamond.
The Sooners fell behind 3-0 in the third inning, but scored a run in the bottom of the fifth and then scored single runs in the eighth, ninth and 10th to win it.
Tyler Hardman’s two-out, bases-loaded single to right field drove in drove in
Tanner Tredaway as the No. 25-ranked Sooners got the walk-off win in extra frames.
Jaret Godman pitched six scoreless innings in relief and
Jason Ruffcorn (1-0) pitched the top of the 10th for his first win of the season.
Feb 24, 2021
ARLINGTON, TX With his high school not 10 miles away, just an easy 15-minute drive down Collins Street,
Jimmy Crooks obviously feels right at home.
Crooks, a redshirt freshman from nearby Euless, homered at Globe Life Field for the second night in a row to lead No. 25 Oklahoma to a 7-1 victory Wednesday over Texas-Arlington.
Jimmy Crooks
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Crooks mashed a three-run shot in Tuesday’s loss to Stephen F. Austin, and he hit a first-pitch shot to right field to lead off Wednesday’s eighth inning as the Sooners routed the Mavericks to improve to 2-2 on the season.
NORMAN
Conor McKenna picked a good time to blast his first home run in almost two years.
Oklahoma pitchers struck out 17 batters, and McKenna’s grand slam in the eighth inning powered the No. 22-ranked Sooners to their first win of the season Monday, an 8-5 victory over Nebraska-Omaha.
OU (1-1) got even after dropping Sunday’s season-opener 6-3 to the Mavericks.
The game was tied in the top of the eighth after UNO’s
Ryan Doran homered off OU’s
Javier Ramos, but pinch-hitter
Diego Muniz put the Sooners back on top with an RBI single.
McKenna then took a 1-0 count before raking his fourth career home run his first since the 2019 Big 12 Tournament against Baylor on May 22, 2019 to left field off reliever