TULSA, Okla. (AP) β TaShawn Thomas scored 25 points and Isaiah Cousins added 21, including five 3-pointers, as No. 16 Oklahoma routed Tulsa 87-68 on Saturday.
The bigger Sooners (6-2) shot 46.9 percent and never trailed. They quickly expanded a 44-32 halftime with a 16-9 run to open the second period.
Shaquille Harrison led Tulsa (5-5) with 21 points. Tulsa’s usual leading scorer, James Woodard, was held to nine points off 3 of 13 field goals. Rashad Ray added 11 points.
Thomas scored eight early points as Oklahoma took a 13-4 lead.
After Tulsa closed to 20-18, the Sooners scored nine points on four possessions, including back-to-back 3-pointers by Cousins and Buddy Hield, who finished with 11 points. Cousins added two more 3-pointers to propel OU to a 12-point lead at the half.
Thomas, a 6-foot-8, 242-pound transfer from Houston, dominated inside. He went 9 of 12 from the field and finished 7 of 8 from the free-throw line.
