The Sooners trailed for only 23 seconds in the entire game but had to hold on for dear life late to record a 63-62 victory and their first win in four tries against Mississippi State. The game was played at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, a neutral venue although just 20 minutes from the OU campus in Norman.
Junior guard Alondes Williams contributed a career-high 13 points off the bench for Oklahoma and sparked a second-half Sooner run with a made three-ball and a steal and a breakaway dunk after Mississippi State had come from eight points down to tie the score at 38.