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Oklahoma Takes Down No. 10 Texas

The Sooners went on the road and took a big step toward defending their regular season conference crown behind big performances from Skylar Vann, Nevaeh Tot and Lexy Keys.
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Oklahoma Takes Down No. 10 Texas
Oklahoma Takes Down No. 10 Texas

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All five starters scored in double figures and Lexy Keys drained a 3-pointer from the corner to give Oklahoma a 91-87 win over No. 10-ranked Texas in Austin on Wednesday night.

Skylar Vann had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Nevaeh Tot had 14 points, 10 assists and zero turnovers, Payton Verhulst scored 18, Sahara Williams had 13 points and eight rebounds and Keys finished with 15 points on 4-of-10 shooting from 3-point range as OU took down the Longhorns.

OU improved to 12-6 overall and 6-1 in Big 12 play, while Texas fell to 18-3 and 5-3.

It was coach Jennie Baranczyk’s third win over a top-10 opponent, and it was Texas’ first loss to an unranked opponent this season.

It was also OU’s 900th win in the program’s history, making the Sooners just the 45th program in the country to reach that milestone.

Texas got 29 points from Madison Booker and 22 from Shay Holle, but the Sooners were too much. OU had 21 assists (Texas had 10), and the Sooners compiled 16 points off turnovers (Texas had 6).

OU led for nearly 33 minutes of action and even built a 13-point lead in the second half before Texas mounted a comeback that reached 85-84 before Keys’ 3-pointer with 41 seconds to play gave the Sooners some breathing room.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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