Mississippi Valley State 57, at Oklahoma 84

NORMAN (Interstat) — Oklahoma used a decisive first-half run and a balanced second-half effort to defeat Mississippi Valley State 84-57 on Friday at Lloyd Noble Center in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game. The Sooners improved to 1-1, while the Delta Devils fell to 0-1. Attendance was 2,086. The game’s most important stretch came early. Duke Brennan opened the scoring with a layup for Oklahoma, and Gabriel Martinez tied it at 2 with a tip-in for Mississippi Valley State. From there, the Sooners took control with a 20-3 run over roughly eight minutes. Xzayvier Brown made a layup, Derrion… Read more...