Oklahoma took cost of a back-and-forth sport late to beat the Seton Hall Pirates on Friday night time and advance to the ESPN Events Invitational Final.
Powered by a 7-0 run that began with simply over 10 minutes remaining the in sport, OU was capable of hold the Pirates at arms’ size down the stretch to shut out the 77-64 victory in Kissimmee, FL.
Oklahoma (5-1) large man Tanner Groves performed simply quarter-hour within the contest as a result of foul bother, however backup Sam Godwin performed his finest sport of his younger Sooner profession to present Porter Moser’s workforce a wanted increase.
Godwin scored 12 factors on 6-of-8 taking pictures in opposition to Seton Hall (4-2), additionally knocking down six rebounds and doling out a pair of assists from the bench.
The Sooners didn’t burst out to a quick taking pictures begin as they did in opposition to Nebraska on Thursday, however guard Grant Sherfield picked up the slack.
Sherfield poured in 25 factors on 9-of-17 taking pictures, his finest scoring night time in an Oklahoma uniform, whereas additionally knocking down three rebounds and shelling out three assists. He additionally knocked down 3-of-5 pictures from past the arc.
Thirteen of his factors got here within the first half, however a late triple helped wrap up the sport for the Sooners.
With 4:44 left on the clock, the Nevada switch launched a deep 3-pointer from nicely past the arc, burying the jumper and placing OU up by 9 factors.
At the time, the 9 level benefit was the most important lead both workforce had constructed within the contest which noticed 9 lead modifications and 7 ties.
Oklahoma ahead Jacob Groves added 10 factors for the Sooners in a successful effort on Friday night time
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To shut out the sport, the Pirates utilized full courtroom strain and Moser turned to Sherfield, sophomore C.J. Noland and true freshman Milos Uzan to interrupt the strain and push the workforce throughout the end.
Oklahoma didn’t commit a single turnover over the ultimate 4 minutes of the sport after turning to the three-guard lineup to shut.
The Sooners recovered from a sluggish taking pictures begin to knock down 52 p.c of their makes an attempt from the sector in opposition to a Seton Hall protection that had assist opponents to 34.9 p.c taking pictures earlier than taking up OU.
Jalen Hill and Jacob Groves each completed scoring in double figures, including 10 factors apiece.
Despite the early foul bother, Tanner Groves nonetheless added eight factors, connecting on 2-of-4 3-point makes an attempt whereas nonetheless grabbing 5 rebounds.
Uzan solely scored 4 factors, however he completed with 5 assists and 0 turnovers in 21 minutes on Friday night time.
The Sooners solely turned the ball over eight occasions to Seton Hall’s 14 errors, and OU transformed these Pirate errors for 17 factors on the opposite finish of the ground.
Oklahoma will meet Ole Miss within the ESPN Events Invitational ultimate on Sunday at 12:30 p.m, and the sport might be broadcast on ESPN.Â
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