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Oklahoma Scores Another Big Win at Virginia

The Sooners are 5-0 for the first time under Jennie Baranczyk thanks to five players scoring in double figures on the road.

John E. Hoover

Oklahoma Scores Another Big Win at Virginia
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By OU Media Relations

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Five Oklahoma players scored in double figures as the Sooners dispatched Virginia 82-67 on Sunday afternoon.

The No. 25-ranked Sooners (5-0) are undefeated through five games for the first time in the Jennie Baranczyk era and have won all their games by double digits.

Oklahoma made a season-best 13 3-pointers on the day, outpacing the Cavaliers, who shot just 1-of-23 from deep.

OU-UVa box score
OU-UVa box score / OU stats

The Sooners came out firing, outscoring the Cavaliers 24-18 in the first frame after jumping out to an 18-7 lead late in the first.

It was more of the same in the second quarter when they used a 17-7 run to take a 44-27 lead into the break. OU held UVA to just nine points on 21 percent shooting in the second, which marked the second straight contest that OU held its opponent to single digits in at least one quarter.

The Wahoos made their run in the third quarter, where they outpaced the Sooners 21-13 and cut the OU lead to just five with 7:46 left in the game, but Oklahoma closed the road game on a 22-12 run to put it away and secure the 15-point win.

Skylar Vann's 20 points and eight rebounds led the way, while freshman Sahara Williams posted an 11-point, 10-rebound double-double to power OU past UVA (3-1). Payton Verhulst made four of her six 3-pointers to finish with 15 points, adding a career-high seven assists and six boards. Aubrey Joens added 12 points, and Lexy Keys poured in 11 points for the Sooners.

The Sooners shot 48 percent (30-of-62) as a team and outrebounded Virginia 49-43, improving to 5-0 this year when winning the rebounding battle. OU held its opponent to below 32 percent shooting for the third time in 2023-24, as UVA shot just 31.3 percent on the day.

OU travels to Fort Myers, FL, this week for a pair of tough matchups at the Ft. Myers Women's Tip-Off. The Sooners take on Princeton on Thursday and No. 15 Tennessee on Saturday. 

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.