Oklahoma Takes Down Texas

The Sooners got a last-second field goal from Liz Scott to secure a back-and-forth victory over the Red River Rivals.

John E. Hoover | Jan 29, 2022

Oklahoma Takes Down Texas /

Liz Scott made the game-winning shot with 3.6 seconds left to lead No. 18 Oklahoma to a 65-63 victory over No. 9 Texas on Saturday.

The Sooners stayed in a first-place tie with Iowa State atop the Big 12 standings after their dramatic rivalry win in Norman.

OU (18-3, 7-2) went back-and-forth with UT (15-4, 5-3) at Lloyd Noble Center in a game that included 20 lead changes.

Madi Williams led all scorers with 23 points, and Taylor Robertson logged her first career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Sooners.

The win marked OU’s first win over a top-10 opponent since upsetting No. 8 Texas in 2017.

“Honestly, there were so many big plays from so many different players and it was really fun to be on this side of a game that has 19 lead changes,” head coach Jennie Baranczyk said. “Texas is a very good basketball team and we are too. We found a different way to win tonight and I'm really proud of that.”

Three Texas free throws put the Longhorns up 63-61, but Williams tied the game with over a minute left.

Scott came through in the final seconds with a pump-fake and sunk the final shot. Scott's basket was her only make of the night after scoring a career-high 22 points against Oklahoma State on Wednesday.

Texas missed a 3-pointer as time expired.

Kelbie Washington scored 10 points with two assists and three steals. Nevaeh Tot, who hit a clutch 3 to igniter her team late, finished with a season-high six steals.

Up next for OU is No. 11 Baylor in Waco on Wednesday night at 7.

Published Jan 29, 2022

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.