National Basketball Association
Missouri 71, Oklahoma 68
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, February 6, 2012
Where: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma
Officials:
# Kipp Kissinger, # Tom O'Neill, # Kelly Self
Attendance:
7994
By SportsDirect Inc.
MISSOURI 71, OKLAHOMA 68: Marcus Denmon continued his hot shooting with 25 points, and Kim English hit a huge 3-pointer in the final minute to lead No. 4 Missouri to a rare road win at Oklahoma.
Denmon, coming off a 29-point outburst in a home win over Kansas on Saturday, nailed four 3-pointers for the Tigers (22-2, 9-2 Big 12), who won for only the third time in their last 10 trips to Norman.
Missouri led 36-33 and by as many as 10 points after the break, but Oklahoma (13-10, 3-8 Big 12) trimmed the lead to 68-66 on a Steven Pledger free throw with 1:21 remaining. Missouri’s Phil Pressey then drove and kicked to the corner, where English drained a wide-open 3-pointer to push the lead back to five.
The Sooners, who shot only 9-for-23 on free throws, had one last chance to tie the game trailing 71-68 with 2.5 seconds left, but Missouri opted to foul Romero Osby. Osby missed both free throws, the second of which was tapped out to Pledger, who misfired on a potential game-tying 3-pointer.
Pledger, who along with Denmon is a top-five scorer in the Big 12, led the Sooners with 22 points on 8-of-14 shooting.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Oklahoma hit its first six shots of the game to jump out to a 13-10 lead … Mizzou big man Ricardo Ratliffe, the nation’s leader in field-goal percentage, scored 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting … Both teams shot 54 percent from the field in the first half.
Top Game Performances
| Missouri |
|
Oklahoma |
|
Marcus Denmon 25 |
Scoring |
Steven Pledger 22 |
|
Phil Pressey 7 |
Assists |
Sam Grooms 10 |
|
Ricardo Ratliffe 10 |
Rebounds |
C.J. Washington 7 |
|
Marcus Denmon 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Sam Grooms 3 |
|
Kim English 3 |
Steals |
Steven Pledger 2 |
|
Steve Moore 1 |
Blocks |
Cameron Clark 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Missouri
|
71 |
56.2 |
7-21 |
10-18 |
19 |
18 |
2 |
10 |
12 |
| Oklahoma
|
68 |
51.0 |
7-12 |
9-23 |
18 |
31 |
1 |
6 |
16 |