Sooners star Young dominates again

Oklahoma guard Christian James can’t grasp what Trae Young does.

Young scored 29 of his 43 points after halftime, and No. 9-ranked Oklahoma defeated No. 16 TCU, 102-97, Saturday in overtime.

“Sometimes you wonder, is he even human?” James said.

Young, the freshman who leads Division I in scoring and assists, matched a season scoring high and also had 11 rebounds and seven assists.

He made 10 3-pointers, one short of the school record of 11 set by Brent Price against Loyola Marymount in 1990. He pushed his season scoring average to 30.1 points per game.

“I had to continue to be aggressive, and the shots were there and open for me to take, so I was just trying to knock it down every time,” Young said.

The Sooners (14-2, 4-1 Big 12), who made a schoolrecord 19 3-pointers.

It was Young’s second dominant performance against TCU (13-4, 1-4) this season. He had 39 points and 14 assists in a 90-89 win over the Horned Frogs on Dec. 30.

Duke

Marvin Bagley III had 30 points and 11 rebounds for Duke, which was without Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski because of a virus, in a 89-71 win against Wake Forest (8-9, 1-4 ACC). With longtime assistant Jeff Capel in charge, the short-handed and illness-ravaged Blue Devils (15-2, 3-2) moved their conference record over .500 for the first time this season.