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How OU basketball flipped the switch vs. Vanderbilt

Bob Przybyloby:Bob Przybylo•about 9 hours•

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OU basketball hasn’t been a spurtability type of team. A lot of grind it out type of execution from Porter Moser and company.

What you don’t expect to see is a 23-0 run to essentially begin the second half. Of course, that’s exactly what OU did.

Down by as many as 13 points in the first half, OU scored 61 points in the second half and won comfortably 97-67 against Vanderbilt.

But if you were at the Lloyd Noble Center, then you know about the 23-0 run. A breakdown of everything that happened. A six-minute span that turned the game upside down. It’s too early to say it turned the OU season around. But, well, let’s put a little bookmark next to this game and see how the Sooners fare the rest of the way.

OU doesn’t score in bunches and usually doesn’t allow points in bunches. But Saturday? OU had that type of run when it needed it most.

Vanderbilt 42, OU 36 – 19:50 left 2nd half

*Sam Godwin alley-oop dunk, assist from Jeremiah Fears (38-42)
*Fears steal
*Duke Miles 3-pointer, assist from Brycen Goodine (41-42)
*Vandy missed 3-pointer
*Brycen Goodine 3-pointer, assist from Fears (44-42)
*Vandy turnover
*Fears layup, assist from Godwin (46-42)
*Vandy turnover
*Goodine 3-pointer, assist from Jalon Moore (49-42)
*Vandy missed shot
*Moore 3-pointer, assist from Miles (52-42)
*Vandy missed shot
*Godwin field goal, assist from Miles (54-42)
*Vandy shot clock violation
*Goodine 1-for-2 from free throw line (55-42)
*Vandy missed shot
*Fears layup (57-42)
*Glenn Taylor blocked shot
*Taylor layup, assist from Kobe Elvis (59-42)

OU 59, Vanderbilt 42 – 13:24 left 2nd half

OU went 9-for-9 from the field, 4-4 from 3-point territory, eight assists. Point totals? Brycen Goodine 7, Sam Godwin 4, Jeremiah Fears 4, Jalon Moore 3, Duke Miles 3, Glenn Taylor 2.

OU (16-5, 3-5) is at No. 1 Auburn 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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