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SoonerScoop Sights & Sounds: OU 93, Mississippi State 87

Bob Przybyloby:Bob Przybylo•about 10 hours•

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OU guard Jeremiah Fears. (Alonzo Adams - Imagn Images)

OU head coach Porter Moser was able to overlook some of the flaws, at least in that moment. The Sooners still have a world of things to work on, but it’s a win.

A big win, too. Based on rankings? The best one for OU this season, taking down No. 21 Mississippi State 93-87 on Saturday afternoon at the Lloyd Noble Center.

The Sooners now have five Quad 1 victories. And after being the First Team Out on Friday, back to the Last Four In on Saturday night.

We are officially riding that wave once again.

Jeremiah Fears had 27 points and 10 assists. Sam Godwin added 17 points and 10 rebounds. The first time OU had two players notch double-doubles in the same game since the 2019-20 season.

Relive it all. It’s time, after all, for the Sights & Sounds from videographer Eddie Radosevich.

Head coach Porter Moser

“It shows them where we are in terms of what a win will do for us. We come in and the competition… we stubbed our toe against LSU. There’s no question about it. We blew a lead, and we should have had it. And you have to get them back down and sit in the room and just be like, where are we with our goal? We talked through this mission statement, about ‘We need to play better basketball to win games, to get in the tournament, and it’s just constantly to where we’re at. Were we 40 teams off the bubble? No. No. And just, it’s about believing.

“And we still got two more home games, and I’m praying this thing’s packed against Kentucky. Because they know it. They see it when they go on the road. We pull our bus up and it’s camping out. It’s already full by an hour before the game. They know it. So to get these guys to believe that, man, we’re right there. We’re right there. I mean, they see it. If they’re gonna listen to all the other stuff, might as well listen to where we are in the bubble, because it’s right there.

“And it’s just believing, understanding that in life, Jesus puts us in spots. We have a lot of guys faith-driven on this team, and they understand that. And I have to lead with that by example. I’ve been through it. I’ve been a long time. More of my care is about them, that they understand this is an opportunity they can remember for the rest of their lives. Some of them this is their last go-around. We found a way to win tonight against a very, very good team. And now we can take that and it notches it up, and we’re gonna have another opportunity Wednesday. And I hope everyone comes out.

“But these young kids are human. They read it, they hear it, they see it, and they come to practice every day, playing their ass off. They come every day, staying with it. And I couldn’t be more joyous to coach that, because it could be the other way. It could be the other way. These guys, I mean to see them all go there to see Dayton last night and how hard the practice has been, and to get them rewarded that is going to be… we need to build on that momentum that they got rewarded.”

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