Hield's Career-High Leads No.3 Oklahoma Past Men's Basketball, 87-74

NORMAN, Okla. -- Buddy Hield scored a career-high 33 points and scored all the points in a key 9-0 run down the stretch as third-ranked Oklahoma remained one of the nation's last eight unbeaten teams with an 87-74 win over visiting Creighton men's basketball on Saturday in Norman.

Creighton fell to 7-4 with the loss, while OU improved to 8-0.

Creighton scored the game's first five points to silence the Sooner fans early, but OU responded with the game's next 12 points and would not trail again. Jordan Woodard had eight of those points for the hosts. OU took its first double-digit lead at 26-16 as Hield heated up to score nine points. Creighton would battle to get within seven points (45-38) at halftime as Khyri Thomas drained a corner three-pointer in the final seconds of the half. Hield had 16 points by half, while Maurice Watson Jr. led CU with eight points in the opening session.

Both teams made six three-pointers in the opening half, and Creighton owned a 22-19 lead on the glass.

Creighton withstood the burst out of the locker room from the nation's third-ranked team, closing within five points on a trey by Watson and within three on a a drive to the hoop by the junior point guard. CU had a chance to tie it at 60-all on a deep three-point by by Zierden, but it rimmed out with 10:20 left, and later had a chance for the lead only to turn it over with 8:48 left and down by one.

Oklahoma took advantage. Hield sank two foul shots with 8:45 left, and Dinjiyl Walker's lay-up pushed the margin to five and snapped a nearly seven-minute field goal drought for the Sooners. OU would force a Bluejay timeout with 7:09 left as Khadeem Lattin soared for a tip-in to put the Sooners up by seven. It became an 8-0 run on two foul shots from Dante Buford with 6:28 to play before Zierden ended the run when he buried a three-pointer from the corner. James Milliken halved the six-point deficit with a three-pointer on the next trip.

After CU got within 71-68 on a Cole Huff trifecta, Hield got loose with seven points in a 63-second span to salt the game away. His steal and breakaway dunk started the flurry, and he would can consecutive jumpers from the left wing as the lead returned to double-figures at 80-68.

Watson led CU with 19 points and seven assists, while Cole Huff recorded 12 points and James Milliken 11. CU shot 36.5 percent from the field and drained 12-of-26 three-pointers in the game.

In addition to Hield's 33 points, Jordan Woodard had 15, and Isaiah Cousins added 10 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Khadeem Lattin added a career-high six blocked shots for OU inside, while fellow big man Ryan Spangler hauled in a game-high 15 rebounds. The Sooners shot 47.7 percent overall, and the national leader in three-point percentage made 8-of-20 treys (40 percent) on the afternoon. The Sooners shot 17-of-24 from the line for the game and outrebounded the Jays 45-41.

Creighton returns to action on Monday night at 8:15 pm when it hosts North Texas.

Hield's Career-High Leads No.3 Oklahoma Past Men's Basketball, 87-74

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Team Stats

Maurice Watson Jr.

Cole Huff

James Milliken

Zach Hanson

Players Mentioned

Cole Huff

James Milliken

Khyri Thomas

Maurice Watson Jr.

Players Mentioned

Cole Huff

James Milliken

Khyri Thomas

Maurice Watson Jr.