In a softball game, the Oklahoma Sooners faced Miami (OH) with multiple lead changes. Alyssa Brito and Jayda Coleman contributed with home runs, but Miami (OH) fought back with their own home runs. The game was tied at various points, with both teams scoring runs through hits and home runs. The Sooners ultimately secured a 9-7 win over Miami (OH), with Kinzie Hansen hitting a two-run home run to seal the victory. Pitchers like Karlie Keeney and Nicole May played crucial roles in the game, with the Sooners showcasing strong defensive plays and offensive firepower.
Final from Norman (1) Houston 87 Oklahoma 85
Oklahoma trails Houston 85-82 with 30.5 seconds left and the ball coming out of a timeout. Sooners have given the nation's No. 1 team everything they've got.
HALFTIME: Oklahoma trails No. 1 Houston, 48-45, after LJ Cryer banks in a 3 at the buzzer. Otherwise a solid first half for OU, which shot 50% overall, 7-of-13 from deep and 10-of-10 from the FT line. But Houston shot 67% from the floor and 5-of-8 from beyond the arc.
Halftime in Norman (1) Houston 48 Oklahoma 45 » J’Wan Roberts (HOU): 16 points. Left with 2:27 remaining with apparent finger injury. » Jamal Shead (HOU): 10 points » L.J. Cryer (HOU): 10 points » Rivaldo Soares (OU): 10 points » OU: 7 3-pointers » 10 ties and 17 lead…
Halftime in Norman (1) Houston 48 Oklahoma 45 » J’Wan Roberts (HOU): 16 points. Left with 2:27 remaining with apparent finger injury. » Jamal Shead (HOU): 10 points » L.J. Cryer (HOU): 7 points » Rivaldo Soares (OU): 10 points » OU: 7 3-pointers » 10 ties and 17 lead…
1H | 7:12 (1) Houston 29 Oklahoma 28 Cougars shooting 66.7%. OU has made five 3s. J’Wan Roberts has 14 points.
Alyssa Brito delivers a two-run HR out to right, her team-leading 7th of the season. #Sooners now lead 15-0. OU has a season high in runs.
Jayda Coleman drives in one with a single and #Sooners lead up to 13-0 https://t.co/uZm136JvCf
Great double play turn to get out of the fourth and Karlie Keeney retires the side vs. her former team. #Sooners lead 12-0 heading into B4
After 3: #Sooners lead Liberty 12-0. Well on their way to extending the winning streak to 71
Kasidi Pickering drives in a run with a single to center. #Sooners lead now 9-0.
Kinzie Hansen with an infield RBI single and it's 8-0 #Sooners over Liberty now
Jayda Coleman drives in one with a sac fly. #Sooners up 7-0 after a fairly close play at the plate. Review coming up though.
Rylie Boone drops a double into left to score another run. 6-0 #Sooners
Nicole May retires the side in order in the third. #Sooners lead Liberty 5-0
An error helps #Sooners add another. Now it's 5-0 over Liberty, still in the second.
Tiare Jennings smokes a HR over the right-center field seats and #Sooners lead 4-0
#Sooners add another run on a passed ball. Now up 2-0 on Liberty
Nicole May works a scoreless second. Heading to B2, still scoreless #Sooners
Texas shooting 57% from the field and has five triples but having trouble getting a lot of separation, leads last-place Oklahoma State 45-36.
HALFTIME: Texas 45, Oklahoma State 36 A scoring flourish for both teams at the end of the first 20 minutes but the Longhorns enter the break up 9. Disu 12p Abmas 10p Shedrick 6p Hunter 5p Horton 4p Cunningham 3p Weaver 3p Mitchell 2p
Nicole May works a 1-2-3 first. #Sooners coming up
33-27 Texas 3:46 1H | Texas has lead for 13:44, OSU just 0:40. Dylan Disu has 10 points, but so does Quion Williams for the Cowboys. Williams started 0-for-2 but has since made his last 5 shots.
29-22 Texas 5:55 1H | Timeout, Texas | The Longhorns lead by as much as 11 but a quick 4-0 run makes it a 7-point game.
FINAL: #Sooners 8, Louisiana 0 (5)
Maya Bland with an RBI groundout for her first career RBI. #Sooners up 8-0
Alyssa Brito with ANOTHER 2B. Her third today. #Sooners
Diving catch by Hannah Coor in right after Louisiana loaded the bases with no outs, keeps it scoreless. #Sooners defense once again strong
Alyssa Brito drives in another run with a double. 5-0 #Sooners
Rylie Boone with yet another bunt single and #Sooners have runners on first and second with no outs in the second, up 4-0
Riley Ludlam belts a HR out to right. Her 2nd of the season. #Sooners lead 4-0
Alyssa Brito drives home a run with a double. #Sooners strike first vs. Louisiana
Alynah Torres walks it off with a two-run double: Final score, #Sooners 8, Liberty 0 in 5
And Rylie Boone steals home on a squeeze attempt. #Sooners up 6-0 with Alyssa Brito at the plate in the fourth
#Sooners add another as Kinzie Hansen comes home to score on a grounder on the infield. 2-0 OU over Liberty in B4
Kasidi Pickering seems to like hitting at Love's Field. Her second home run of the day puts the Sooners up 1-0 on Liberty in the bottom of the 2nd.
Kasidi Pickering with a solo HR to left, her third of the season, to give #Sooners 1-0 lead on Liberty in B2
#Sooners Kinzie Hansen does it. Two-run HR to give OU a 9-7 win over Miami (Ohio)
#Sooners Rylie Boone leading off the seventh with a single to bring up Kinzie Hansen. Can Hansen open Love's Field in a similar way to the way she helped close out Marita Hynes Field?
SJ Guerin works the Sooners out of the inning, but not before Miami (OH) pours on four runs on back-to-back-to-back HRS to tie it 7-7 in the top of the 7th. OU will get a chance to walk it off in their game at Love's Field.
Well...a comfortable 7-3 OU lead is now a much less comfortable 7-6 lead on Miami (OH)'s fourth home run of the day. Karlie Keeney had not allowed a run this season until this inning.
And another HR by Miami, a NO doubter. It's 7-6 #Sooners now
And Miami answers with a two-run HR, the first runs off of Karlie Keeney this season. OU's lead cut to 7-5 #Sooners
Now Kasidi Pickering gets in on the action, with a solo HR to make it 7-3. Love's Field rocking now. #Sooners
The Sooners' lead grows on Jayda Coleman's two-run blast. It's now a three-run 6th inning and OU leads Miami (OH) 6-3.
Jayda Coleman delivers a two-run HR and #Sooners lead up to 6-3
Riley Ludlam delivers a pinch-hit RBI single to give #Sooners a 4-3 lead
Karlie Keeney with another scoreless inning and #Sooners head to B6 witha chance to take their first Love's Field lead
#Sooners can't get another across in the fifth. Heading into the sixth tied at 3
🚨Brito Bomb🚨 Alyssa Brito just crushed the Sooners' first HR at Love's Field into the LF bleachers and we've got a tie ball game. Bot 5: Oklahoma 3, Miami (OH) 3
And Alyssa Brito has her third hit of the day — a blast of a HR into the second level of bleachers in left. #Sooners tie it up, 3-3
Karlie Keeney works a quick 1-2-3 fifth and #Sooners heading to the plate again
Sooners get one run back in the bottom of the 4th as Riley Boone comes home on Alynah's Torres' ground out. Kinzie Hansen's double got it all going. Riley Ludlam was in the on-deck circle prepared to pinch hit before Jayda Coleman flew out. OU trails 3-2 headed into the 5th.
#Sooners get one in the fourth and head to the fifth, down 3-2 to Miami (Ohio) https://t.co/rks51SAFXD
Alynah Torres grounds out, driving in a run and #Sooners cut the deficit to 3-2
Karli Keeney enters to replace Nicole May with runners on 1st and 2nd with two out in the top of the 4th. May's final line: 3.2 IP, 2 hits, 3 runs, 5 BB, 6 K Sooners trail Miami (OH) 3-1.
#Sooners changing pitchers with runners on first and second and two outs here in the fourth. Karlie Keeney coming on for Nicole May
#Sooners can't get anything going in the third. After 3, Miami (Ohio) leads 3-1
It was true that Alyssa Brito had #Sooners first Love's Field single, but that was in the first. After her third-inning single, Tiare Jennings grounds into a double play though.
First replay review: Call of Miami (Ohio) runner leaving early upheld. #Sooners hitting in third
It'll be Hansen, Torres and Sanders in B2 for #Sooners, who trail Miami (Ohio) 3-1 https://t.co/rks51SAFXD
Sooners got a run back on Ella Parker's sac fly. OU trails Miami (OH) 3-1 after the first in Norman. https://t.co/avLLSd2VC0
#Sooners can't manage another. After 1, Miami (Ohio) leads OU 3-1
#Sooners Ella Parker hits a sac fly to center and OU is on the board. Parker first OU RBI, Coleman first OU run in Love's Field.
#Sooners Alyssa Brito drops a single into right to load the bases .... for Tiare Jennings
#Sooners Kasidi Pickering draws a walk and Alyssa Brito comes to the plate as the potential tying run
First #Sooners hit: Jayda Coleman double down the left-field line
And Nicole May gets out of it with a groundout and a strikeout. #Sooners heading to the plate
And Holly Blaska makes it back-to-back HRs and Miami (Ohio) leads #Sooners 3-0
First HR: Miami's Karli Spaid with a two-run shot off Nicole May. #Sooners trail 2-0
Almost time for #Sooners softball here at Love’s Field https://t.co/PZKTdTvBFQ
As the Sooners move into Love's Field, the program's $47.1 million ballpark later today, consider the context of how far Oklahoma and the sport of college softball have come. Full story here with Marita Hynes' perspective on a momentous day in Norman: https://t.co/CPQG3C6zIf https://t.co/X54hMI32GA
#20 Oklahoma WBB upset #3 Texas on a go ahead 3-pter with 0:04 to play to clinch the Big 12 regular season title. Anyway here’s the ESPN win probability of both this game and their football game this fall. https://t.co/YCVrHuPg9y
3-pointer in final seconds pushes No. 20 Oklahoma past No. 3 Texas women, clinches Big 12 title. https://t.co/NsvMpCipvT
“We kept going and going” -Jennie Baranczyk after the Sooners erased a 13-point deficit to upset No. 3 Texas and claim the Big 12 regular season title. https://t.co/30yFMTbMmX
No. 3 Texas Women can't hold off No. 20 Oklahoma as Sooners secure Big 12 title https://t.co/Uh4W8sqBXs
Oklahoma upsets Texas to capture the Big 12 regular-season championship. WOW. Oklahoma already dominates women’s gymnastics and softball. Special things happening for women’s sports in Norman.
The scene in Norman as No. 20 Oklahoma knocks off No. 3 Texas and claims the outright regular season title in the Big 12: https://t.co/RxVxDxrwfR
🏆 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝟐𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 🏆 Oklahoma is the champion of the Big 12 conference! #BoomerSooner ☝️ https://t.co/nQksbwg1eY
Wow.... #Sooners knock off Texas 71-70 to win Big 12 title. OU trailed by as many as 15, trailed by nine early in the fourth
Sooners back on top leading Texas 71-70 with 4.5 seconds remaining with the Big 12 regular season title on the line. Side note: officiating has been questionable going both ways tonight. Texas has a legit gripe on that travel call. https://t.co/vdnSVTUxOQ
Wow... Lexy Keys hits a corner 3 with 4.5 seconds left and #Sooners lead Longhorns 71-70 with a Big 12 title on the line
Payton Verhulst fouls out in the final minute. #Sooners trailing Texas 68-67 with 49.6 remaining
Lexy Keys sinks a jumper and No. 20 Oklahoma takes a 67-66 lead over No. 3 Texas with 3:09 remaining in Norman. Longhorns led by as many as 13 after halftime. The Sooners have led for all of 0:14 to this point.
Suddenly, it's a one-point game in Norman where the Sooners have stormed back on Texas. 4Q, 5:34 | Texas 64, Oklahoma 63
Texas Aaliyah Moore (#OKPreps) fouls out of the game with 6:33 left and Longhorns up 64-58 over #Sooners
Texas' lead grew as large as 13 but the Sooners closed the gap with an 11-point run over the final 3:31 of that quarter. If nothing else, Jennie Baranczyk's squad has fight and we've seen it all season. Sooners trail 60-54 entering the fourth quarter in Norman.
#Sooners close the third with an 11-4 run and trail 60-54 heading into the fourth. Verhulst leads OU with 14 points
Okay, so Oklahoma trailed by as many as 14 and then closed the half on a 16-3 run and hit the locker room trailing Texas 39-38. Payton Verhulst poured in 10 points that period Skylar Vann exited with an apparent injury. Verhulst leads OU with a game-high 14 points at the half.
HALF: Texas 39, #Sooners 38. After shooting just 2 of 18 in the first quarter, OU shoots 11 of 17 in second, capped by Peyton Verhulst's jumper at the buzzer
A quick 11-2 run highlighted by back-to-back 3-pointers from Payton Verhulst and Navaeh Tot's 3-pointer cuts the Texas lead to 38-33. Sooners finding their footing. Home crowd getting into it. Appears we've got a ball game again in Norman.