Oklahoma women set program record with dominant win against Vanderbilt

The Sooners beat Vanderbilt 101-81 on Thursday night as Raegan Beers went off for 30 points.
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The Oklahoma women's basketball team is playing at 100% right now.

The No. 16 Sooners walloped Vanderbilt 101-81 on Thursday night at Lloyd Noble Center, where Sooner Nation got to enjoy free basketball because of the freezing temps and snow outside in Norman.

In the win, OU reached the 100-point mark for the fifth time this season, which is the most in a single season in program history. The Sooners are 4-1 when they've reached the century mark, with the only loss coming to LSU in a game that made SEC history because of the amount of points scored.

Somehow, none of OU's 100-point performances needed overtime and all came in regulation.

The Sooners also beat Oklahoma Christian 101-47 in an exhibition game before the season that won't go down in the record book. They also nearly reached the mark again this season in a 109-99 overtime loss to Duke.

With high-scoring games usually come explosive individual performances. Junior center Raegan Beers led the Sooners with a career-high 30 points while making 11 of 13 field-goal attempts. She also pulled in 14 rebounds to notch a double-double.

Beers already entered the game as OU's leading scorer while averaging 16.4 points a game. She has scored double figures in all but three games she's played in this season.

Three other Sooners reached double digits on Thursday. Senior guard Payton Verhulst scored 16, while fellow senior forward Skylar Vann put up 13 points.

Skylar's younger sister, freshman guard Zya Vann, came off the bench and scored 16 points.

The victory extended the Sooners' winning streak to four games and pushed their record to 20-6 overall and 8-5 in SEC play.

Next, OU will travel to Arkansas on Sunday. At 9-19, the Razorbacks should be another solid opportunity for the Sooners to keep their winning streak going.

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