Forward Kristian Doolittle scored 19 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds, and Austin Reaves added 17 points, leading Oklahoma to a 77-69 win over Oregon State in the second game of the Phil Knight Invitational on Tuesday night in Portland, Ore.
The Sooners (3-0) used a 24-5 second-half run to put the game out of reach for the Beavers.
Oklahoma won its second straight game on a neutral court. It defeated Minnesota 71-62 in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday.
Tres Tinkle, Oregon State's leading scorer and rebounder and a contender for Pac-12 Player of the Year, had a team-high 18 points, many of those late in the game. He entered averaging 26 points.
Tinkle added 10 rebounds and Ethan Thompson added 17 points for Oregon State (2-1).
Oregon State led by as many as five in the first half, 19-14, after a pair of Thompson free throws with 9:16 left.
Oklahoma took a 24-21 advantage to equal its largest lead of the half on Jamal Bieniemy's jumper with 4:15 to go.
Forward Alfred Hollins scored all 12 of his points in the first half.
Bieniemy hit a 3 with 13:05 left in the second half for a nine-point Oklahoma lead, 50-41. The Sooners had led at halftime, 33-32.
The Beavers went 5:21 without scoring a point as Oklahoma surged further ahead. A trey from Reaves and Alondes Williams' dunk increased the Sooners' lead to 60-44 with 8:32 left.
The Sooners made 7 of 11 3-pointers in the second half.
The Beavers trimmed a 20-point deficit to six in the closing seconds, but couldn't get any closer.
Oklahoma played in the Moda Center for the second time in two calendar years, taking part in the PK 80 tournament in November, 2017.
--Field Level Media
Oklahoma | Oregon St. | |
Kristian Doolittle 19 | Scoring | Tres Tinkle 18 |
Kristian Doolittle 4 | Assists | Ethan Thompson 5 |
Kristian Doolittle 16 | Rebounds | Tres Tinkle 10 |
Kristian Doolittle 5 | Free Throws Made | Tres Tinkle 4 |
Jamal Bieniemy 2 | Steals | Tres Tinkle 3 |
Jalen Hill 1 | Blocks | Kylor Kelley 4 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Oklahoma | 77 | 42.9 | 11-22 | 12-14 | 13 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Oregon St. | 69 | 40.9 | 8-20 | 7-10 | 16 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 8 |