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Oklahoma Team Notes

Oklahoma beat West Virginia on the road, 67-57, to open Big 12 play and improve to 10-3 on the year. It was OU's second win of the year against the Mountaineers (won 77-70 on Nov. 25 in Old Spice Classic).

OU improved to 3-1 in true road games (won two combined the last two seasons) and to 6-2 away from home (most wins of any Big 12 school). The Sooners won four games away from home all of last season.

The loss was West Virginia's first at home this season (5-1).

Down 43-31, the Sooners outscored the Mountaineers 36-14 the final 17:30.

OU shot .443 for the game while holding WVU to a .300 mark. The Sooners shot .452 after halftime to the Mountaineers' .241 figure (7-for-29).

In the first half, West Virginia went 9-for-19 from 3-point range (27 points) and 2-for-12 from 2-point range (four points). It cooled off in the second half from deep, going 2-for-11. The Mountaineers finished with 11 treys (they entered the game averaging 4.4 per contest).

For the second time this year, OU outrebounded WVU by one (40-39 today).

Senior forward Romero Osby finished with team highs of 21 points and 9 rebounds. He recorded 14 and 7 after halftime. Osby was 7-for-11 from the field and 6-for-6 from the free throw line. He has made his last 31 free throw attempts (school record is 37 straight makes by Nate Carter in 2006-07).

Steven Pledger missed his first five 3-point attempts before hitting two of his final three tries in the last 5:25. His first one drew OU to within one point (55-54) and his second with 2:05 left put the Sooners up by six (63-57). Pledger finished with 12 points.

Freshman Buddy Hield scored 6 of his 8 points in the last 4:30. He grabbed 7 rebounds and handed out a team-high 5 assists. Hield has 15 assists over the last three games.

Freshman Isaiah Cousins scored 6 points on 3-for-5 shooting in 17 minutes off the bench, his highest output since netting 9 Nov. 30 against Northwestern State. He did not commit a turnover today.

OU improved to 3-1 all-time against West Virginia (3-0 against WVU head coach Bob Huggins). The Sooners also won 88-82 in double overtime in Charleston, W.Va. in the 2007-08 season.

The game was the first in Big 12 Conference history for West Virginia.

Oklahoma is off until hosting Oklahoma State next Saturday at 2 p.m. CT.