National Basketball Association
Oklahoma 65, Arkansas 62
When: 8:30 PM ET, Saturday, January 25, 2025
Where: Bud Walton Arena, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Officials:
# Jason Baker, # Joe Lindsay, # Todd Austin
Attendance:
19200
By Field Level Media
Jalon Moore scored 13 points and hit the go-ahead free throw with 1:15 left in the game as Oklahoma ground out a 65-62 win over Arkansas on Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark.
The Sooners' defense held the Razorbacks scoreless for the last 2:13.
Jeremiah Fears scored 16 points and Brycen Goodine chipped in nine points for the Sooners (15-4, 2-4 in Southeastern Conference play), who have won two straight games after losing the previous four.
Johnell Davis scored a game-high 18 points, D.J. Wagner added 13 points and Zvonimir Ivisic and Adou Thiero each tallied 10 points for Arkansas (12-8, 1-6).
After Moore's free throw gave Oklahoma a 63-62 lead, Davis forced a long 3-pointer that was short on the ensuing Arkansas possession. A moving screen call then led to Oklahoma's ninth turnover of the second half, but Davis missed a layup on the Razorbacks' last shot attempt.
Moore's breakaway slam at the buzzer provided the final margin.
After a Glenn Taylor Jr. layup put Oklahoma up 62-59, Davis tied the game with a corner 3-pointer with 2:13 to play.
Arkansas pushed its lead to 50-45 when Thiero hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key, the Razorbacks' defense got a stop and Ivisic hit a three from the wing with 10:06 left in the game.
Oklahoma took its first lead at 12-10 on a Moore layup that was part of an 8-0 run.
The Sooners stretched their lead to 24-16 as Goodine heated up from 3-point range. He drilled a trey on three straight Sooners possessions.
On a screen-and-roll with Fears, Godwin hammered home an alley-oop dunk as OU took a 26-16 lead. Thiero hit a pair of free throws on the next Arkansas possession, but Godwin flew in for a two-handed dunk to cap a 13-5 Sooners run.
But the Razorbacks closed the half on an 11-2 run. Ivisic left his signature on the rally when he followed up a blocked shot of a Godwin dunk attempt with a transition 3-pointer to cut the Sooners lead to 33-29. Fears hit a pair of foul shots for OU, but Davis' tip at the 18-second mark before halftime cut the Sooners' lead to 35-31.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Oklahoma |
|
Arkansas |
Jeremiah Fears 16 |
Scoring |
Johnell Davis 18 |
Jeremiah Fears 3 |
Assists |
D.J. Wagner 5 |
Duke Miles 7 |
Rebounds |
Zvonimir Ivisic 6 |
Jeremiah Fears 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Johnell Davis 5 |
Mohamed Wague 2 |
Steals |
Johnell Davis 4 |
Sam Godwin 1 |
Blocks |
Zvonimir Ivisic 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Oklahoma
|
65 |
41.2 |
7-21 |
16-20 |
11 |
32 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
Arkansas
|
62 |
37.0 |
9-27 |
13-16 |
10 |
25 |
4 |
7 |
9 |