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Big second half propels Oklahoma Sooners to Bedlam win, share of Big 12 championship

Oklahoma Sooners use a big second half to beat the Oklahoma State Cowgirls 80-71 and earn Big 12 regular season title.

For the first time since 2009, the Oklahoma Sooners are Big 12 regular season champions after their comeback win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

The Sooners went into halftime down six points after the Cowgirls outscored Oklahoma 25-15 in the second quarter.

Oklahoma State held a lead for much of the third quarter. However, the Sooners continued to plug away and broke through for their first lead in the half when [autotag]Beatrice Culliton[/autotag]’s layup put them up for good with just under three minutes to play.

The Sooners outscored their Bedlam rivals 24-10 to take a 10-point lead going into the fourth. And the Sooners never allowed Oklahoma State to get closer than five points through the fourth quarter.

With the win, the Oklahoma Sooners claim at least a share of the Big 12 regular season title. This is their first Big 12 title since 2009. Oklahoma is 24-5 and 14-4 in the Big 12.

In what could be her final Bedlam game, [autotag]Taylor Robertson[/autotag] led the way with 15 points and six assists on 4 of 11 shooting. [autotag]Skylar Vann[/autotag] had 13 points and 11 rebounds off the bench, and Culliton dropped 11 points to go with six rebounds in a reserve role as well.

The Sooners now wait on the result of the outcome of the Texas Longhorns matchup with Kansas State. If Texas wins, they’ll be tied atop the Big 12 standings and will share the regular season title. However, Texas will take the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 tournament as a result of their two wins during the season.

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Oklahoma women dominate TCU early, cruise to 93-66 win over Horned Frogs

Led by Madi Williams and Ana Llanusa, the Oklahoma Sooners dominate TCU 93-66 on Wednesday night to improve to 15-2 and 5-1 in Big 12 play.

The Oklahoma Sooners opened their road tilt in Fort Worth with a 12-0 run and never looked back on their way to a 93-66 win over the TCU Horned Frogs.

Oklahoma was downright dominant early, leading by as many as 25 in the first and taking a 34-13 lead into the second quarter. The second quarter was a much tighter margin, but by the end of the first half, the damage was done, and Oklahoma was up 59 to 32 at the break.

Five Sooners scored in double figures, led by 19 from [autotag]Madi Williams[/autotag], who was 8 of 10 from the field and 2 of 3 from three-point range. [autotag]Ana Llanusa[/autotag] chipped in 17, helping Oklahoma get off to a furious start with 11 of her 17 points in the first half. [autotag]Liz Scott[/autotag] had 12 points and [autotag]Taylor Robertson[/autotag] added 10. [autotag]Beatrice Culliton[/autotag] led all bench scorers with 10 points.

[autotag]Jennie Baranczyk[/autotag] went deep into her bench tonight with the Sooners leading by a wide margin, and they rewarded her confidence with 29 points in reserve minutes.

The Sooners shot 53.6% from the field and made 10 of 20 three-pointers. On defense, Oklahoma held TCU to 34.8% from the field and 20% from three-point range. The Sooners won the rebounding battle by a 53-28 margin and were able to overcome a minus-8 in the turnover department because of their fantastic shooting night.

The No. 15 ranked Oklahoma Sooners moved to 15-2 on the season and 5-1 in Big 12 play, while TCU falls to 6-11 and 0-6 in the Big 12. Oklahoma now gets set to host the Oklahoma State Cowgirls (13-5, 3-3 Big 12) for the first Bedlam date of the year.

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