Pledger Keys 85-73 Win Over Santa Clara

Junior's 26 points lead OU to 76 Classic championship game Sunday against Saint Louis.

(4-0, 0-0)

	1st	2nd	F
Santa Clara	19	54	73
Oklahoma	42	43	85

(4-2, 0-0)

Stat Comparison	OU	SCU
Points	85	73
FG Made-Attempted	28-60	24-68
FG Percentage	.467	.353
3P Made/Attempted	5-16	14-33
3P Percentage	.313	.424
FT Made-Attempted	24-32	11-13
FT Percentage	.750	.846
Rebounds	49	33
Turnovers	11	9

Individual Leaders
Stat	Oklahoma	Santa Clara
Points	Pledger (26)	Roquemore (27)
Rebounds	Fitzgerald (13)	Harrison (8)
Assists	Grooms (6)	Roquemore (10)
Steals	Blair (1)	Foster (3)
Blocks	Fitzgerald (2)	2 players (1)

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Steven Pledger scored 26 points and Oklahoma fended off a late rally to beat Santa Clara 85-73 in Friday night's semifinals of the 76 Classic.

The Sooners (4-0) grabbed control with a 20-0 run that sandwiched both halves. They advanced to the championship game and will face Saint Louis on Sunday at 8 p.m. CT.

Andrew Fitzgerald had 12 points and a career-high-tying 13 rebounds for Oklahoma, and Sam Grooms added 12 points and and a team-high six assists while committing just one turnover.

Romero Osby fell one point shy of a double-double, finishing with nine points and a career-high-tying 10 rebounds.

Pledger finished 10-of-15 from the field and made four 3-pointers. His 26 points represented the second-highest total of his career.

Evan Roquemore made seven 3-pointers and finished with 27 points and 10 assists, while Kevin Foster had 19 for the Broncos (3-2), which made 11 3s in the second half to close the gap.

Pledger's layup started a string of 18 unanswered points to close the first half. Calvin Newell later stole the ball and made a reverse layup to beat the buzzer for a 42-19 halftime lead.

Foster broke Steve Nash's school record for career 3-pointers with his 264th late in the second half.

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