Oklahoma struggles with late fouls in loss

Huggins said his defibrillator went off, but he returned to coach in the second half and finished the game.

Cyclones upend Red Raiders in OT

It was pointed out to Iowa State coach

that his team won at Kansas earlier this year.

Still, he insisted, this 82-80 overtime win against Texas Tech Monday was the best road win of the season.

“This is the best road win today, there’s no question about it,” Prohm said. “We win next Friday, that will be the best road win. (Texas Tech) is tough, man. I told the guys, ‘you can talk about the (Kansas) game when we’re 40. Right now, we’re trying to get as many road wins as we possibly can.”

had 23 points and added 20 for the Cyclones, which were held without a field goal for the final fourplus minutes of overtime but capitalized on making seven of 10 free throws in the extra period. FROM STAFF AND WIRE

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In the final minute of Tuesday’s eventual 60-54 loss at No. 9-ranked Baylor, Oklahoma twice struggled to properly execute a foul needed to extend the game and force the Bears to make free throws. First, the Sooners’ grabbed by the back of his jersey with 30 seconds to play and Baylor up five, drawing an intentional foul call that gave the Bears free throws and the ball.

“You can’t do it that way,” Sooners coach said.

Then after Motley made one of two, Oklahoma let 15 seconds tick away before

finally got a steal.

“We just didn’t trap as early as we needed to,” Kruger said. The Sooners hit two free throws with 4.1 seconds left to cut the deficit to four, but there was little time left for much else and Baylor’s hit a pair of free throws with 3.3 seconds left to put the game away.

Drew praises Sooners improvement

When Oklahoma and Baylor played the first time, Dec. 30 in the Big 12 opener, the Sooners were playing just their second game in four years without

After Tuesday’s game, Bears coach said it was apparent Oklahoma had learned to play much better without Woodard.

“You can see that,” Drew said. “They’re a lot more confident out there. The players do a much better job of not letting — normally young players, one mistake will lead to two so you take a bad shot and then you’ll get beat on defense and now it’s a double-whammy. They don’t do that. They do a good job.”

Woodard wound up missing four games in late December and early January before returning. But the former Edmond Memorial High star suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament late in the Jan. 21 loss at Iowa State. He is out for the season.

Motley said he expected the Sooners to be a much better program in the near future.

“It looked like the coaches just freed them up a little bit,” Motley said of the difference between Tuesday’s game and the earlier

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meeting. “Their coaches did a good job. Coach Kruger’s a great coach, and I’m pretty sure he’ll get them going again soon.”

Up next: Kansas State

The Sooners return home for their next-to-last game at Lloyd Noble Center this season when they host Kansas State at 5 p.m. Saturday. Oklahoma fell to the Wildcats 75-64 on Jan. 7.

BAYLOR 60, OKLAHOMA 54