Oklahoma, battling for a spot in the NCAA Tournament, took care of business Saturday with a 82-69 win over Oklahoma State in Norman.

Brady Manek paced the Sooners (14-7, 4-4 in the Big 12) with 30 points while the Cowboys (10-11, 0-8) are still searching for their first conference win.

“Moving the ball, when you make shots it makes moving the ball look even better,” said OU coach Lon Kruger. “They shared the ball very well. They made some good cuts away from the ball to create opportunities. It was probably, for 40 minutes, overall, probably one of the better efforts on both ends of the floor. So we need to keep that going.”

Two weeks ago, Manek went over the 1,000-point in his career and on Saturday, Kristin Doolittle did too (even though he only scored six points).

 “It’s pretty cool,” Doolittle said. “Whenever I scored there at the beginning, Brady told me, ‘congrats.’ But I didn’t really focus about it. We still had a game to win. But you know, I’ll celebrate that with my family.

“Something me and my dad have been talking about the past few games. But I guess it’s pretty cool to get it in Bedlam and in a win. Just more importantly, focused about the win. I’ll worry about personal accolades later.”

Manek knew quickly that he had the hot hand.

“We attacked the defense well,” Manek said. “I happened to be the guy who was open and fortunately able to knock it down. Teammates were able to draw them in and kick out.”

OSU coach Mike Boynton lamented that he doesn’t have a player that can take charge of a game like Manek did.

“That’s what we need,” Boynton said. “We need someone like him to grab the bull by the horns and say, ‘I am going to be the guy that gets us going in the right direction.’ When you don’t have a confident group, no one will step up and take that risk. Obviously, Manek stepped up (for Oklahoma) and the other players just continued to feed off of him.”

Austin Reaves had 21 points and six assists for OU. Cameron McGriff and Thomas Dziagwa each had 15 points for OSU.

Oklahoma played at Texas Tech Tuesday night and will host No. 12 West Virginia at 1 p.m. on ESPNU Saturday. Iowa State plays at OU at 8 p.m. next Wednesday.

OSU travels to No. 1 Baylor for a 5 p.m. tip off Saturday and the Cowboys will travel to Kansas State for an 8 p.m. game Tuesday.