FINAL SCORE: Oklahoma 72, Dayton 66
Oklahoma made its first four shots – all threes – and opened a 29-17 lead over Dayton in the first half. But the Flyers made a run to cut the lead to just two at the break.
The No. 11 seed came out big in the second half and held a 56-49 midway through the second half. The Sooners finally got things going, holding Dayton scoreless for the next eight and a half minutes through a 13-0 run and took a lead they would not relinquish.
Jordan Woodard scored 16 in the win and Buddy Hield had 15. Frank Booker was 4-of-6 from long range and had 12 points.
NCAA TOURNAMENT THIRD ROUND
SUNDAY, Mar. 22, 5:10 p.m. – TNT
NATIONWIDE ARENA – Columbus, Ohio
Fourth meeting – Oklahoma leads series 2-1
Dayton won 89-85 in Round of 32 in 1985.
OKLAHOMA SOONERS (23-10, 13-7 Big 12)
• Won 69-60 over Albany in Second Round game on Friday. The win was the first in the Tournament since 2009.
• The Sooners shot 44 percent from the field and Buddy Hield had 15 points.
DAYTON FLYERS (27-8, 13-5 A-10)
• Won 66-53 over Providence in Second Round game on Friday and beat Boise State, 56-55, in First Four game on Wednesday.
• 16th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Elite Eight in 2014.
• Jordan Sibert and Dyshawn Pierre each have scored more than 1,000 points in their careers at Dayton.
• Sibert averaged 15.0 ppg in Atlantic 10 tournament and scored 15 points against Providence.
| 2014-2015 Team | Oklahoma (Big 12 rank) | Dayton (Atlantic 10 rank) |
| Scoring Offense | 71.9 ppg (3) | 67.8 ppg (5) |
| Scoring Defense | 62.8 ppg (5) | 60.5 ppg (2) |
| Field Goal Percentage | .437 (5) | .462 (2) |
| Three-Point Percentage | .309 (3) | .351 (3) |
| Free Throw Percentage | .735 (1) | .683 (7) |
| Rebounding Margin | +1.1 (8) | -1.5 (12) |
| Turnover Margin | +1.72 (3) | +2.06 (4) |
| 2014-2015 Individual | ||
| Points | Buddy Hield 17.5 (1) | Jordan Sibert 16.3 (7) |
| Rebounds | Ryan Spangler 8.0 (3) | Dishawn Pierre 8.2 (6) |
| Assists | Jordan Woodard 3.94 (6) | Scoochie Smith 3.8 (4) |
| Steals | Jordan Woodard 1.53 (6) | Jordan Sibert 1.7 (3) |
| Blocks | TaShawn Thomas 1.41 (6) | Kendall Pollard 0.9 (15) |
| Three-pointers Made | Buddy Hield 2.69 (1) | Jordan Sibert 2.3 (6) |