Overview
- Oklahoma beat former Big 12 rival Baylor 82-69 on Saturday in Las Vegas to advance to Sunday’s College Basketball Crown title game.
- Xzayvier Brown led the Sooners with 21 points, including 16 before halftime, and he capped a late 9-0 run with a 3-pointer that put the game out of reach.
- Tae Davis scored 18 for Oklahoma, Derrion Reid had 17, and Nijel Pack added 15, while Tounde Yessoufou and Isaac Williams paced Baylor with 15 each.
- Turnovers proved decisive as Baylor gave it away 12 times and Oklahoma turned those mistakes into a 21-2 edge in points off turnovers.
- Oklahoma will face the Creighton–West Virginia winner for the title, with pregame coverage noting Baylor as a slight favorite and the SportsLine model projecting a high-scoring game.