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OU basketball: Interior defense comes up big for Sooners vs. TCU

NORMAN — Oklahoma hadn't been good defensively for much of Saturday's game against No. 16 TCU.

The Horned Frogs' Vladimir Brodzianky made it difficult on the Sooners' big men, both under the basket and stretching things out.

But in the final seconds of regulation and in overtime of No. 9 Oklahoma's 102-97 win, the Sooners turned to Jamuni McNeace and Khadeem Lattin to make things happen on the defensive end.

First, in regulation, McNeace swatted away Alex Robinson's shot with 23 seconds, grabbing the rebound himself to set up what eventually turned out to be Christian James' go-ahead 3-pointer with 6 seconds left.