Oklahoma hold off LSU, 77-75

Texas Western’s historic upset of Kentucky was chronicled in the movie “Glory Road”, which was filmed at LSU’s Parker Coliseum.

The Sooners escaped Baton Rouge with a 77-75 victory after point guard Isaiah Cousins sank a tie-breaking jumper from the elbow with 3.6 seconds remaining in the game.

“I haven’t had the chance to go back and watch it, but I thought he went in there in traffic”. And it’s the nuance plays like reversing the ball to create an easier pass or reposting once your first effort was smothered that are as big as any shot made or rebound grabbed. I mean, Hield dropped 46 points during the Sooners loss at Kansas.

The OU All-American made seven of his eight treys in the game in the second half, three of them coming in a critical three-minute stretch that seemingly sucked the life out of a fired-up LSU team that had the Sooners on the ropes for a good portion of the contest.

In 2002, then-unranked LSU almost gave away a double-digit lead to then-No.

“It’s going to be a memory that I will always hold onto once I leave”, Simmons said. Craig (Victor II) was posting up and then we hit the outside shots.

“We needed to stick with what was working in the first half”, Victor said. “That’s the way the game went”, Quarterman said.

After an LSU turnover, Hield hit another trey, and Oklahoma had a 66-65 lead with four minutes to play. Hield has drained at least four 3-pointers in each of his last seven games, although he isn’t even the top 3-point shooter on his own team as Jordan Woodard is at 54.4 percent for the season.

It was Oklahoma’s leading scorer that fueled the rally. Hield was unconscious in the second half, hitting dagger after dagger to down the Tigers. We were doing well in the first half and we went away from it in the second half. If LSU can get Spangler and/or Latin into foul trouble, there’s a window to take advantage in the paint.

“He affects our culture from a work ethic standpoint”, Kruger said of Hield as Jones has often said of Simmons. “My teammates keep lifting me up, even when I start off missing the first two of the second half”.

Brice Johnson had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the Tar Heels (19-2, 8-0 Atlantic Coast) routed the Eagles (7-14, 0-7) for their 12th straight victory. They are keen passers with the aptitude to see the floor and are always one step ahead of the defense.

While he was a thorn in LSU’s side, so were Cousins and forward Ryan Spangler.

Hield, the 2015 Big 12 Player of the Year, is a senior and averages 25.9 points and 5.8 rebounds a game, and he loves the 3-pointer, shooting it at 52 percent clip on the season.

Tim Quarterman score 18 to lead LSU. It was the capper to a second half that saw the Sooners trail by as many as 14 points with 15 minutes left.

The Horned Frogs (10-11, 1-7 Big 12) beat Tennessee 75-63 Saturday to snap a five-game losing streak. “Conversations about the NCAA Tournament have already started”, said Jones, whose team needs a win to bolster its No. 75 Ratings Percentage Index rating to reach the NCAA Tournament. Although LSU added the likely No. 1 overall draft pick in Simmons, the SEC could have a tough time matching last seasons total of five NCAA Tournament bids. “It was fun making plays and seeing Isaiah make a big shot and Khadeem make a big defensive play down there”.