‘Beers! Beers! Beers!’ chants well deserved for Oklahoma center after strong start to SEC tourney

By STEVE REED AP Sports WriterGREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Oklahoma’s starting center was serenaded with chants of “Beers! Beers! Beers!” from the school’s pep band on Friday as she left the floor following the 10th-ranked Sooners’ 69-65 win over No. 12 Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals.Raegan Beers had 20 points and 11... Read More.

Sooners fall 87-84 to Mississippi

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Sean Pedulla scored 26 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 18.3 seconds left, and Oklahoma fell to 87-84 on Saturday.Sooners freshman Dayton Forsythe scored 23 of his career-high 25 points in the second half, but in driving the baseline after Pedulla's 3 he threw the ball over the backside of... Read More.

Verhulst, Beers help No. 13 OU women beat Florida 89-65, win 6th straight

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Payton Verhulst scored 17 points, Raegan Beers added 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting, and No. 13 Oklahoma beat Florida 89-65 on Thursday night for its sixth win in a row.Skylar Vann scored 13 points, Sahara Williams had 11 points with nine rebounds, and Liz Scott also scored 11 points for... Read More.

Eddie Fisher, ’65 White Sox All-Star reliever and former OU player, dies at age 88

ALTUS, Okla. (AP) — Eddie Fisher, the right-hander whose 15-year major league career included an All-Star selection for the Chicago White Sox and a World Series title with Baltimore, has died. He was 88.The Lowell-Tims Funeral Home & Crematory in Altus says Fisher died Monday after a brief illness.Born July 16, 1936, in Shreveport,... Read More.

Beers posts career-high 30 points in No. 16 OU women’s 101-81 win over Vanderbilt

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Raegan Beers scored a career-high 30 points shooting 11 for 13 and grabbed 14 rebounds as 16th-ranked Oklahoma beat Vanderbilt 101-81 on Thursday night for the Sooners' fourth straight win.Payton Verhulst and reserve Zya Vann scored 16 points each for the Sooners (20-6, 8-5 Big 12), who shot 52.2% (36... Read More.

OU suffers narrow loss to LSU in final 20 seconds

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Cam Carter had a four-point play and a three-point play in the final 20 seconds to rally LSU, leading to an 82-79 outcome on Saturday night, helping the Tigers end a seven-game losing streak by handing the Sooners a fourth straight defeat.Carter scored 24 of his career-high 29 points in... Read More.

OU falls 70-52 to No. 4 Tennesse

By TIM WILLERT Associated PressNORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Chaz Lanier scored 21 points, Zakai Zeigler added 17, and No. 4 Tennessee beat Oklahoma 70-52 on Saturday in the teams' first meeting in 56 years.Tennessee (20-4, 7-4 Southeastern Conference) took control early, hitting 14 of its first 16 shots, including going 5 for 5 from... Read More.