West Virginia ahead Tre Mitchell, left, drives to the basket in entrance of Oklahoma guard Milos Uzan, proper, within the second half of an NCAA school basketball sport Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Grant Sherfield scored 22 factors, Jalen Hill made 4 clutch free throws within the last minute, and Oklahoma defeated West Virginia 77-76 on Saturday.
Hill added 14 factors for Oklahoma (11-6, 2-3 Big 12) and Milos Uzan had 11 factors, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
At 1:40 of the second half, West Virginia’s Tre Mitchell made 1 of two free throws and the rating was tied till Hill made two free throws for a 72-70 lead. After West Virginia known as timeout with 25.2 seconds left, Erik Stevenson threw up an off-balance 3-pointer and missed badly. Hill added two extra free throws with 14.2 seconds left and Oklahoma closed out the win with three extra free throws in 4 makes an attempt. West Virginia’s Seth Wilson made an unguarded 3-pointer on the buzzer for the ultimate margin.
Oklahoma didn’t make a shot within the last 6:14 however made 11 of 14 free throws, 18 of 25 for the sport. Sherfield was 9-for-11 from the road. West Virginia, which had missed 48 free throws in dropping its first 4 video games in Big 12 play, was 8-for-16 in opposition to Oklahoma.
Mitchell had 16 factors, Joe Toussaint 14, Kedrian Johnson 13 and Emmitt Matthews Jr. 11 for West Virginia (10-7, 0-5).
Sherfield’s four-point play and two 3-pointers by Tanner Groves led to a 47-39 lead for the Sooners with 14:52 remaining within the second half. Groves had made solely 2 of 17 3-pointers previously six video games earlier than going 2-for-2 in opposition to the Mountaineers.
With Oklahoma’s lead at 55-51 Sherfield hit a 3-pointer, then made two technical free throws for a 60-53 lead. West Virginia, in the midst of making 12-of-13 photographs, stayed shut and trailed solely 66-65 after a driving layup by Stevenson close to the five-minute mark.
Earlier within the week, West Virginia parted methods with affiliate head coach Larry Harrison, who had held that place for the previous 13 seasons. No motive for the dismissal has been introduced.
Oklahoma performs at Oklahoma State on Wednesday and West Virginia has a house sport in opposition to TCU, additionally on Wednesday.
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