Final
Texas tops Oklahoma in Big 12 tourney
Mar 11, 2011 - 7:33 AM Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Jordan Hamilton had 22 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 10 Texas earn a 74-54 win over Oklahoma in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.Tristan Thompson had 13 points and 11 rebounds while J'Covan Brown added 11 points and five assists for the second-seeded Longhorns (26-6), who will play Texas A&M in the semifinals on Friday.
"A really good team win for us," said Texas head coach Rick Barnes. "I thought our bench was terrific tonight. I thought those guys, really every one of them, came in and did exactly what we would ask them to do."
Cade Davis had 17 points to lead the 10th-seeded Sooners (14-18), who last won this tournament in 2003. Andrew Fitzgerald added 10 points in the loss.
Texas never trailed this game. Thompson opened the scoring with a slam and a Jai Lucas layup just over five minutes in pushed the Longhorns' lead to 11-2.
Texas continued to build on its advantage and a 7-0 run saw the team take a 33-14 lead on a Hamilton layup with just under four minutes to play in the first half.
It was a 43-20 lead at the half, but the Sooners tried to get back into the game with an 8-0 run, pulling within 53-39 on a Davis three-pointer with 12 1/2 minutes to play.
However, Texas was able to keep its lead in double digits as the closest Oklahoma got down the stretch was 13 points.
Game Notes
Oklahoma still holds a 47-32 edge in the series, but the Longhorns have won 11 of the last 13 games...Texas is now 19-14 in this tournament while Oklahoma is 20-12...Texas hit 50.9 percent of its shots while Oklahoma made 40.4 percent.
- OKLAHOMA: 54
TEXAS: 74
Final
Mar 10 9:02 PM - OKLAHOMA: 20
TEXAS: 43
Halftime
Mar 10 7:51 PM - OKLAHOMA: 0
TEXAS: 0
1st Half - 20:00
Mar 10 7:08 PM
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