SAD DEPARTURE: Another 2 key players departed Louisville just now due to……
Jalon Moore scored 24 points to carry OU offensively, but it was Sam Godwin’s leaping steal off an inbounds pass in front of the Oklahoma bench with five seconds left that all but clinched it.
“We told Sam to put it on the ball, and just keep jumping,” Moser said. “He’s got long arms.
He’s bouncy. We just said, ‘Just keep jumping.’ He just kept on jumping, staying with it.
And then he not only got the deflection, he’s got the presence of mind to keep it in bounds and go grab it, and that’s a heck of a play.”
Duke Miles made two free throws on the other end of the floor to salt away the Sooners’ first championship on their third trip to The Bahamas.
The Sooners (7-0) return home after impressive victories over Providence and Arizona to get the championship game.
U of L improved to 10-12 all time, and ended a two-game losing streak, against the Hoosiers with its most lopsided win in the series.
The previous high-water mark was 22 points, 101-79 on Dec. 3, 1988. It also snapped a 16-game skid against ranked opponents with its first win since Jan. 6, 2021, 73-71 over No. 19 Virginia Tech at the KFC Yum! Center.
Flipping the script from their first game against a high-major opponent, a 22-point loss to then-No. 12 Tennessee on Nov. 9, the Cards threw the opening punch in both halves.
They never trailed and led by as many as 38 points.
