Down 2 starters, OU upsets ’Bama

De’Vion Harmon scored 18 points to help No. 24 Oklahoma defeat No. 9 Alabama

66-61 on Saturday in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge, despite playing without leading scorer Austin Reaves and starting guard Alondes Williams because of COVID-19 protocols.

Elijah Harkless scored 14 points and Brady Manek added 12 for the Sooners, who became the second team in the past 25 years to beat three top 10 teams in a row following wins over Kansas and Texas.

Alex Reese scored 15 points and Jaden Shackelford added 14 for Alabama (14-4), which saw its 10-game win streak end.

Reaves is Oklahoma’s leader with 15.8 points per game, while Williams averages

7.7 points. The Sooners forced six turnovers in the first five minutes and rolled to an 11-2 lead. The Crimson Tide rallied and tied the game at 17, and a 3-pointer by John Petty Jr. finally put the Crimson Tide ahead. Oklahoma rallied to take a 32-29 lead at halftime.

The Sooners pushed their lead to 12 points before the Crimson Tide rallied. A pair of free throws by Keon Ellis gave Alabama a 60-59 lead with just under four minutes to play. Oklahoma responded. With a 63-61 lead in the final minute, the Sooners worked the shot clock down before Harkless hit a turnaround to push the lead to four with 19 seconds remaining and put the Sooners in control for good.

„ Xavier Pinson scored a career-best 36 points, Jeremiah Tilmon had a career-high

33 and No. 12 Missouri beat TCU 102-98 in overtime Saturday in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The Tigers trailed by 12 with less than five minutes left in regulation . ... Davion Mitchell had 13 points and seven assists against his former team, Matthew Mayer soared for a couple of highlight dunks and No. 2 Baylor stayed undefeated with an 84-72 win over Auburn in the Big

12/SEC Challenge. The Bears moved to

16-0 . ... Myreon Jones scored 20 points on

8-for-12 shooting and Penn State snapped a decade-long skid against Wisconsin by beating the No. 14 Badgers 81-71. Izaiah Brockington added 18 points and John Harrar had 17 for the Nittany Lions, who lost 13 straight against Wisconsin — including eight at home.

Golf: Patrick Reed was involved in another rules controversy Saturday in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. He also had a share of the lead with Carlos Ortiz. On the par-4 10th, Reed hit a 190-yard shot out of a bunker with a TV replay showing the ball bounced once before settling into the rough. Believing the ball didn’t bounce, Reed picked it up to see if it was embedded before a rules official arrived. Reed told the official that no one in his group, as well as a nearby volunteer, saw it bounce. Reed was awarded a free drop and saved par. He bogeyed four of the next holes before birdieing No. 18 for a 2-under 70 and a share of the lead with Ortiz at 10 under. Ortiz had a 66 on the South Course.

Soccer: Substitute Breno Lopes scored in injury time as Palmeiras won its second Copa Libertadores title on Saturday with a 1-0 victory against Santos in an all-Brazilian final. It is the second consecutive year that a Portuguese coach has won the South American title. Palmeiras’ Abel Ferreira, who took over in November, follows the footsteps of Jorge Jesus, who won the title last year with Flamengo.