Tulsa made a furious comeback attempt after trailing by 17 points at halftime, but the nation’s 11th-ranked Houston Cougars squeaked out with a 66-64 win Saturday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Jeriah Horne had team-highs of 24 points and six rebounds to lead Tulsa, including 17 points in the second half. Sam Griffin…
Time to get caught up on some news and notes: University of Tulsa Athletic Hall of Famer and baseball All-American Les Rogers died on January 10, at the age of 73. Rogers was a third baseman on the TU baseball teams (1968-70) that won the Missouri Valley Conference Championship in 1969 and 1970. He was…
I, Sportsradamus, the all-knowing, all-seeing swami of sports prognostications, present to you my annual predictions for this, the year 2022. As I pointed out last year at this time, coming off the year of a pandemic and most of the sports world having been shut down in 2020, I predicted that 2021 would not be…
A 14-0 run for a five-minute span late in the second half helped Oklahoma race past No. 11 Iowa State 79-66 Saturday night in Norman. Umoja Gibson scored 20 points for the Sooners (12-3, 2-1 Big 12). Tanner Groves had 16 points while Elijah Harkless scored 13. Overall, OU shot 62% from the field and…
Keylan Boone scored 17 points off the bench, hitting five of seven three-point attempts as Oklahoma State upset No. 14 Texas, 64-51, in Stillwater. Bryce Williams added 11 points for Oklahoma State (8-5, 1-1 Big 12), who had lost two games in a row and four of the previous five. Boone also had six rebounds….
Elijah Lufile scored a 18 points as ORU slipped past Western Illinois Saturday in Macomb, Illinois. The Golden Eagles had four score in double-figures in what was the fourth-straight win for ORU. Max Abmas led all scorers with 32 points. Lufile had 18, Isaac McBride scored 15 and DeShang Weaver added 11. It was ORU’s…
Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy called the 37-35 comeback win over No. 5 Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl January 1 the “biggest win in the history of the school.” “This is clearly the biggest win in the history of the school,” Gundy said. “You’re in a New Year’s Day bowl. You’re playing Notre…
Legendary coach Bob Stoops came out of retirement for one game and led the Oklahoma Sooners to an impressive 47-32 win over Oregon in the Alamo Bowl December 29 in San Antonio, Texas. “I’ve been out of it, came back,” Stoops said. “It was fun. More than anything, I appreciate the young people, the guys…
This week we take a look back at the sports figures who died in 2021. Several big names passed away in the first month of the year. Floyd Little was a three-time All-American running back and one of the first stars of the Denver Broncos. He was a 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee….
First ND vs. OSU meeting In their first meeting ever, Oklahoma State will challenge Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl at noon January 1 in Glendale, Arizona, on ESPN. The Cowboys were literally six inches away from a Big 12 Championship and a possible trip the College Football Playoff. Notre Dame was one loss away…