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Oklahoma basketball: OU women storm back from 12 down for Bedlam win

By Chip Rouse

Oklahoma Sooners forward Liz Scott (34) reaches for the ball beside Oklahoma State Cowgirls guard Claire Chastain (12) during a women's Bedlam college basketball game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Oklahoma State Cowgirls (OSU) at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Oklahoma won 97-93.Women S Bedlam Basketball
Oklahoma Sooners forward Liz Scott (34) reaches for the ball beside Oklahoma State Cowgirls guard Claire Chastain (12) during a women's Bedlam college basketball game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Oklahoma State Cowgirls (OSU) at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Oklahoma won 97-93.Women S Bedlam Basketball /
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Four Sooners scored in double figures and the Oklahoma basketball women stormed back from a 12-point second-half deficit to post a 97-93 Beldam win over Oklahoma State at Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday night.

The win by the Lady Sooners gave the Oklahoma basketball program a split of a Saturday doubleheader at Lloyd Noble Center. The OU men played Baylor earlier on the same floor, but came up just short, falling 62-60 to the 21st-ranked Bears.

The OU women jumped out in front early against the Cowgirls of Oklahoma State, holding OSU to 29-percent shooting and taking a 19-15 lead into the second quarter. A 12-1 OSU run to close out the first half, however, sent the Sooners to the locker room trailing by eight, 48-40. The Cowgirls widened the advantage to 12 points at the beginning of the third quarter, but that’s when the Sooners kicked it into a higher gear.

Madi Williams scored 13 of her game high-tying 26 points in the third quarter. She triggered a 15-5 Oklahoma run that cut the deficit to two points, but Oklahoma State held off the Sooner charge to take a 72-68 lead into the final frame.

A 13-5 run by Oklahoma over a four-minute stretch in the fourth quarter allowed the Sooners to overtake their in-state rivals and regain the lead. It was a back-and-forth battle from there, but clutch free throws by Taylor Robertson and Nevaeh Tot in the final minute allowed OU to hold on for a four-point win.

Ana Llanusa had 17 points and Robertson 15 for Oklahoma.

The 15th-ranked Oklahoma women improved their season record to 16-2 and 6-1 in the Big 12. Oklahoma State drops to 13-6 and 3-4 in the conference. These same two teams meet again in Stillwater in the regular-season finale on March 4.

The Lady Sooners have another rivalry matchup straight ahead on the schedule. Oklahoma plays at Texas on Wednesday in the first of two regular-season Red River Showdowns.

Three takeaways from the Bedlam win over Oklahoma State

  • Taylor Robertson’s chase for the NCAA career record for made three-pointers is now minus-three and counting. She made two of her four three-point attempts against Oklahoma State and now sits at 495 made threes for her career. The NCAA record is 497 by Kelsey Mitchell of Ohio State.
  • Oklahoma State turned 13 offensive rebounds into 18 second-chance points.
  • The crowd of 9,580 at Lloyd Noble Center was the largest at an Oklahoma women’s basketball game since a Bedlam battle in 2013. There were 8,808 at the men’s game earlier in the day.
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