UPDATE: NCAA Tournament – (3) Oklahoma 72, (11) Dayton 66

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)

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