HIELD SCORES 23 TO PACE SOONERS
norman, okla. » Buddy Hield scored 23 points in his final home game, and No. 6 Oklahoma squandered a 26- point lead before regrouping to defeat No. 19 Baylor 73- 71 on Tuesday night.
Hield scored 13 points in the game’s first 8 minutes, but the Sooners fell apart in the second half.
Seniors Hield, Ryan Spangler and Isaiah Cousins have started 97 consecutive games together, and all three played key roles for the Sooners.
Spangler had 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Cousins scored 10 points for Oklahoma ( 23- 6, 11- 6 Big 12), which broke a tie with the Bears for third place in the conference and swept the regularseason series.
TUESDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
Joshua Blaylock scored 19 points andNo. 1 Fort Lewis held on to beatNo. 8 CSU- Pueblo 89- 86 in the first round of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference shootout. … Adam Laine scored a team- high 19 points off the bench and No. 2 ColoradoMines beat
78- 69. … Emir Lopez led with 34 points and the Mavericks beat No. 6 NewMexico Highlands 95- 77 in overtime. … Tonu Dobbinson had a team- high 23 points andNo. 4 Metro State advanced past No. 5 UC Colorado Springs 82- 77. … Kris Jenkins scored a career- high 31 points, leading No. 3 Villanova to an 83- 62 romp over DePaul and the outright Big East championship. … Malcolm Brogdon scored 18 points and No. 4 Virginia rallied to defeat Clemson 64- 57. … Chinanu Onuaku made two free throws with 30.9 seconds remaining and Damion Lee added two more with 10.7 left to help
survive Georgia 56- 53. … Yogi Ferrell had 20 points, including a crucial 3 with 37 seconds left, and No. 12 Indiana clinched its second outright Big Ten title in four years by holding offNo. 16 Iowa 81- 78.
Women
fort collins » Ellen Nystrom paced the Rams with 16 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, and No. 22 Colorado State downed Fresno State 68- 55.
TUESDAY’S HIGHLIGHT
Led by Astrea Reed, who had a game- high 24 points, No. 8 Fort Lewis upset No. 1 Colorado Mines 79- 63 in the first round of the RMAC shootout.