‘Billy Ball’ was alive and well on this day 31 years ago.
Billy Tubbs’ Sooners put up the third-highest single team point total in NCAA Tournament history against Louisiana Tech on March 18, 1989.
On this day in 1989, Oklahoma scored 1️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ points – the 3️⃣rd most in NCAA Tournament history. pic.twitter.com/zuirNuEXKd
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) March 18, 2020
Led by Mookie Blaylock and Stacey King, Oklahoma cruised to a 42-point victory to advance to the Sweet 16.
Blaylock led all scorers with 34 points on 14-28 shooting from the floor, seven rebounds, seven assists, and four steals while playing the full 40 minutes. King chalked up a double-double scoring 21 points and hauling in 15 rebounds, dishing four assists and swatting away four of the Bulldogs shots.
Skeeter Henry led the way off the Sooners’ bench, filling up the stat sheet in his 31 minutes on the court. Henry scored 17 points, grabbed nine rebounds, dropped three dimes, snagging three steals and two blocks.
The one-seed in the Southeast region, Oklahoma narrowly got passed 16-seed East Tennessee State in the first round of the Tournament 72-71 to get to the second round.
The Sooners’ run came to an end in the Sweet 16 against five-seed Virginia 86-80. Virginia would lose to three-seed and eventual national champion Michigan in the Elite Eight.
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