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Final Stats |  Coach & Player Quotes |  Game Notes   1st 2nd F Rice  27  22  49  OU 30  31  61      Oklahoma Basketball Photo Gallery   SoonerVision Game Highlights   Coach Capel Post-Game Press Conference   OU Players Post-Game Press Conference    Stats Comparison OU Rice   Points 61  49   FG Made-Attempted 22-51 16-55  FG Percentage .431  .291   3P Made-Attempted 4-21 3-16  3P Percentage .190  .188   FT Made-Attempted 13-23  14-18   FT Percentage .565  .778   Rebounds 37  39   Turnovers 17  22     OU Stat Leaders  Rice  B. Griffin 18  Points 16   Packevicius  B. Griffin 9  Rebounds 10   Packevicius  Crocker 6  Assists 3   Foster  Johnson 6  Steals 6   Beasley  3 Players 1  Blocks 1  2 Players   • 2007-08 OU Men's Basketball Central • Oklahoma Season Statistics | Big 12 Conference | NCAA

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -Blake Griffin tied his career high with 18 points and added nine rebounds as Oklahoma pulled away in the second half to defeat Rice 61-49.

It was the fourth straight win for the Sooners (11-3), who led by just three at halftime. Oklahoma outscored the Owls 16-5 in the first six-and-one-half minutes of the second half to take a 46-33 lead.

Rice (3-10) got no closer than 11 points the rest of the way, suffering their third road loss of the week.

Griffin, the Sooners talented freshman center, didn't score in the last 15 minutes of the game, but teammate Austin Johnson took over at that point, scoring eight of his 12 points and recording a career-high six steals. Keith Clark added 11 points off the bench for Oklahoma.

The teams swapped the lead in the first half before Oklahoma broke a 21-21 tie on a Griffin dunk. The Sooners never trailed after that point, despite missing their first 11 three-point attempts of the game.

Oklahoma finished just 4-of-21 from beyond the arc and shot 43.1 percent overall. Rice hit just 16-of-55 from the field.

Rice got 16 points and 10 rebounds from Paulius Packevicius and 14 points from Rodney Foster.