Tulsa
Oklahoma
Tulsa Defeated By Oklahoma, 81-55
12/5/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 5, 2007
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Tony Crocker scored 22 points to continue a hot shooting streak and lead Oklahoma to an 81-55 victory against Tulsa on Wednesday night.
Coming off a career-best 24-point performance against TCU, Crocker went 7-for-10 from the field and made three of his four 3-point tries to lead the Sooners (7-2).
After shooting only 36 percent from 3-point range as a freshman, Crocker has made 57 percent through the first nine games of this season. He's 9-for-11 in Oklahoma's last two games.
Longar Longar added 16 points and Blake Griffin scored 13 for Oklahoma, which is 5-0 at home this season and suffered its only losses against ranked opponents Memphis and Southern California. Ben Uzoh ended up with 11 points to lead the Golden Hurricane (2-4).
Oklahoma had won 10 of the teams' 11 previous meetings, but most of them were competitive contests. The Sooners controlled this one from the start.
Tulsa routinely settled for 3-pointers early on, taking eight of its first 12 shots from long range and only making one of those. Oklahoma built an 18-5 lead in the first 8 minutes, then pulled away even further with a 15-2 run that Crocker topped off with a 3-pointer to make it 37-12.
After starting out 1-for-14 from 3-point range, Tulsa hit seven of its final 10 to close a deficit that reached 34 at one point early in the second half.
