Jeremiah Fears scored 18 points and Jalon Moore added 15 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 21 Oklahoma notch a 76-61 win over Georgia Tech in the SEC/ACC Challenge on Tuesday night at Norman, Okla.
Kobe Elvis scored 12 points on four treys and had three steals for the Sooners (8-0). Brycen Goodine and Duke Miles added 11 points apiece for Oklahoma.
Jaeden Mustaf scored 16 points and Lance Terry added 14 for the Yellow Jackets (4-4). Duncan Powell had 11 points and 12 boards for Georgia Tech.
The Yellow Jackets played without starters Javian McCollum and Kowacie Reeves Jr. due to injuries. Georgia Tech shot 41.5 percent from the field, going 5-for-19 from 3-point range.
The Sooners connected on 38.5 percent of their shots overall and were 10-for-28 from behind the arc.
Oklahoma rattled off 14 straight points — the last five of the first half, the first nine of the second — to take a 39-34 lead. Moore, who formerly played for Georgia Tech, drove for a layup to cap the spurt with 16:25 left in the game.
The run increased to 20-3 when Goodine buried a 3-pointer for a 45-37 lead with 12:56 left in the game.
Georgia Tech missed its first eight second-half shots until Powell barely beat the shot clock for a dunk with 12:23 left in the contest.
Goodine knocked down another trey 18 seconds later to give the Sooners a nine-point lead.
A short time later, Miles scored on a layup to cap a 6-0 run and give Oklahoma a 57-45 lead with 8:26 remaining.
The Yellow Jackets scored 12 of the next 17 points and moved within 62-57 on a layup by Mustaf with 5:24 left.
Not long after, Luke Northweather drained a trey, Moore hit two free throws and Fears added a layup to give Oklahoma a 73-59 lead with 1:57 remaining.
Georgia Tech trailed for just 10 seconds in the first half before taking a 34-30 lead into the break.
Baye Ndongo capped a 10-1 burst with a jumper as the Yellow Jackets opened up a 17-6 advantage with 12:40 left in the first half.
Oklahoma shot just 32 percent (8 of 25) from the field in the first half. Georgia Tech made 14 of 31 shots (45.2 percent).
–Field Level Media
