Dec. 28, 2006
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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Junior center Longar Longar had 20 points and a career-high 15 rebounds on Thursday night as Oklahoma's dominant early season defensive run continued with a 69-42 win over SMU.
The Sooners (8-3) snapped SMU's seven-game winning streak, the Mustangs' longest since the 1999-2000 season. SMU (9-2) failed in its first attempt to give coach Matt Doherty his 100th career win. Doherty previously coached at North Carolina and Florida Atlantic.
SMU guard Jon Killen kept the Mustangs close in the first half, scoring seven straight points and 10 of his team's first 18 points. Devon Pearson's 3-pointer pulled the Mustangs within 20-15, but they came no closer.
Oklahoma freshman guard Tony Crocker finished with 14 points, three rebounds and two assists. Two layups by Crocker and a dunk and free throw by Longar ended a 20-5 run by the Sooners to open the game, and SMU never caught up.
Clark followed Pearson's shot with a powerful post-up move and basket halfway through the first half. A few plays later, however, he crumpled to the floor in the middle of a drive with the injury.
With the Sooners ahead by 16 points early in the second half, Longar ended any hopes the Mustangs had with an emphatic dunk off of an inbounds pass from freshman guard Bobby Maze. Oklahoma shot 53.1 percent from the field.
Pearson led SMU with 15 points, while Killen scored 11 and Donatas Rackauskas added 10 points and eight rebounds. The Mustangs shot 30 percent from the field.
