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‘Beers! Beers! Beers!’ chants well deserved for Oklahoma center after strong start to SEC tourney

Saturday, March 8 by The Associated Press

By STEVE REED AP Sports WriterGREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Oklahoma’s starting center was serenaded with chants of “Beers! Beers! Beers!” from the school’s pep band on Friday as she left the floor following the 10th-ranked Sooners’ 69-65 win over No. 12 Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals.Raegan Beers had 20 points and 11...

No. 17 Sooners remain winless in SEC, fall 72-62 to Georgia

Sunday, January 12 by Ponca City Now

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Dakota Leffew and Asa Newell each scored 15 points and Georgia held off No. 17 Oklahoma 72-62 on Saturday night for its second consecutive win over a Top 25 team.Georgia (14-2, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) made its bid to enter the Top 25 by beating No. 6 Kentucky 82-69 on Tuesday...

No. 12 OU breaks win streak in 107-79 loss to No. 5 Alabama in SEC opener

Sunday, January 5 by Ponca City Now

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Mark Sears scored 22 points and had 10 assists, and No. 5 Alabama dominated in every way for a 107-79 victory over No. 12 and previously unbeaten Oklahoma on Saturday night in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.Grant Nelson had 12 points and 11 rebounds, Labaron Philon added 16,...

No. 18 OU falls 34-3 to No. 1 Texas in 1st Red River Rivalry game as SEC members

Sunday, October 13 by Ponca City Now

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports WriterDALLAS (AP) — Quinn Ewers came back again for No. 1 Texas with another romp over Red River rival Oklahoma, this time in the Southeastern Conference.Ewers returned four weeks after an abdomen strain to throw for 199 yards with the go-ahead touchdown and ran for another score as the...

Oklahoma and Texas, one of college football’s most storied rivalries, opens new chapter in the SEC

Saturday, October 12 by Ponca City Now

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports WriterNORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Perhaps the only way the Oklahoma-Texas rivalry could have become even more intense happened when both joined the powerful Southeastern Conference in July.The series that began in 1900 immediately will rank with the best of the SEC’s older ones — Alabama vs. Georgia, the Iron...

New QB Hawkins leads No. 21 OU against Auburn in Sooners’ first SEC road game

Saturday, September 28 by Ponca City Now

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer(AP) — The Oklahoma Sooners and Auburn Tigers both are trying to bounce back from 10-point losses in their Southeastern Conference openers where turnovers proved costly and backup quarterbacks were called upon in the second half.The similarities don’t go much beyond that.Coach Brent Venables has already said the 21st-ranked...