Kansas survives 3-OT thriller against Oklahoma

Kansas continued to find ways to knot the game, and as the game wore on Oklahoma, untimely turnovers bit the Sooners and OU fell short of a rare win in Lawrence, Kan.

Instead, Ellis perfectly described how the Jayhawks pulled it out: “Just heart”. There were too many hero plays, too many big shots. We kept fighting and we were excited about the win.

Oklahoma’s guards combined for 77 points, with Jordan Woodard scoring 27 to go along with Hield’s 46.

“That’s as good of a regular-season game as I’ve been a part of”, Kansas coach Bill Self said in the locker room.

The Big 12 is No. 1 in the latest RPI with three teams in the top 10, six in the top 27 and eight in the top 102.

What. A. Game. The Kansas Jayhawks beat the Oklahoma Sooners 109-106 in triple overtime on Monday night, The top ranked Jayhawks has now beaten the Sooners 22 straight times in Phog Allen Fieldhouse.

The Sooners made 16 of 33 three-point shots, the second time this season they have made as many treys in a single game and the eighth time they have reached double digits in that department in a game.

Allen made one of two free throws with 7.1 seconds left to give the Hokies the two-point lead.

Mason stole an inbounds pass after Oklahoma called timeout with 11.9 seconds remaining.

Self told reporters: “If we’d have lost, I would have walked into the locker room and said, ‘You’ll never forget that one.’ It was that good”.

Hield had the game of his life Monday, putting up a career-high 46 points on multiple Jayhawk defenders.

Hield finished 13 of 23 from the field, hitting eight three-pointers. But after Mason drove the lane with six seconds left and missed the shot, Kansas forward Landen Lucas was called for a foul on the rebound.

Khadeem Lattin went to the line at the other end with two seconds left, but the 52 percent foul shooter clanked the front end of a 1-and-1 off the iron to force overtime.

So there is a Big Three in the Big 12, but No. 17 West Virginia, which prods and presses its way to 86.6 points per game, will make life hard for each of them, particularly in Morgantown.

The Jayhawks are deep and experienced, and they’ve now scored over 100 points in each of their first two Big 12 games.

It was the first 30-point, 20-rebound game in North Carolina history and it was the first 20-20 game for a Tar Heel since Tyler Zeller had 20 points and 22 rebounds against OH in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Brice Johnson had career-highs of 39 points and 23 rebounds to lead No. 6 North Carolina (14-2, 3-0 ACC) past Florida State (10-4, 0-2) 106-90 in Tallahassee, Fla…. It was the first win for Virginia Tech over a ranked team since beating Oklahoma at home in 2012. However, the success of both teams in non-conference play only made the matchup even more titanic as the 12-1 Jayhawks came into this matchup as the No. 1 team in the nation and the undefeated Sooners entered as the No. 2 team.

Hield’s brilliant performance ended with a pair of turnovers and a missed three-pointer, as Kansas closed the game on a 5-0 run.

Phillip finished with 18 points, while Jonathan Holton had 15 for the Mountaineers.

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