No. 23 Oklahoma, led by Kristian Doolittle with 16 points and eight rebounds, held off Oklahoma State in Norman Saturday for a 74-64 win in the first round of Bedlam basketball this season.

OSU was leading the Big 12 in three-point shooting (39 percent) but managed to hit only six of 26 attempts against the Sooners (12-2, 1-1 in the Big 12).

“If we didn’t stop them, we would have been blown out because we were having trouble getting the ball to go down,” Doolittle said. “But we were able to disrupt their shooters, run them off the 3-point line — basically everything we had planned on doing going into the game. We did a good job executing our defense.”

OU made only 35 percent of their shots from the field. OU’s Brady Manek added 15 points and Christian James contributed 14 points and 11 rebounds for OU. “About midway through the first half, you knew it was going be a grind either way,” said OU coach Lon Kruger. “Points were hard to come by.”

Thomas Dziagwa had 16 points and Michael Weathers had 13 for Oklahoma State (6-8, 0-2).

“We’re at a crossroads where we either have to choose to stay focused and everything, or not,” said OSU coach Mike Boynton. “We’ve just got to continue doing our job and going to practice and getting better.”

OU will host TCU at 1 p.m. Saturday and Kansas State at 6 p.m. January 16. OSU is at West Virginia at 11 a.m. Saturday and hosts Baylor at 8 p.m. Monday.

Tulsa 78, South Florida 75

Curran Scott finished with 11 points, including a 3-pointer at the final buzzer to give Tulsa a 78-75 home win over USF on Saturday night.

Scott’s game-winner extended Tulsa’s homecourt winning streak to 15 games as the Golden Hurricane (11-4, 1-1) improved to 9-0 at home this season. DaQuan Jeffries had 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting, while Martins Igbanu and Sterling Taplin each added 15 points.

 “Obviously, heck of a ball game,” TU coach Frank Haith said. “Give South Florida a lot of credit for battling back. I thought for 39 minutes of the game we played really, really well. I’m proud of how we executed to win this basketball game.”

Tulsa hosts Cincinnati at 6 p.m. Thursday and plays at SMU at 5 p.m. on Saturday.

ORU 82, Western Illinois 63

 Oral Roberts raced to an 82-63 win over Western Illinois Saturday to improve to 3-0 in Summit League action.

Emmanuel Nzekwesi had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Kaelen Malone had eight points and a career high 11 assists. Kevin Obanor led all scorers with 19 points, while Francis Lācis scored a career high 12 points on a 4-5 shooting effort from 3-point range.

“I thought we had great energy, especially in the first half,” said ORU coach Paul Mills. “When you are dealing with young kids, when they see the ball go in, their intensity picks up defensively.”

ORU is at Purdue Fort Wayne at 6 p.m. Thursday and at South Dakota State at 4:15 p.m. Saturday.