NORMAN — The first half was November basketball at its worst. Oklahoma led North Texas 29-27 after a sloppy 20 minutes.
"Then in the second half I thought our guys attacked much more offensively, moved the ball better and guarded pretty well," Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger said.
The Sooners shot 53 percent in the second half en route to a 73-57 win against the Mean Green.
OU moved to 6-1 and dealt North Texas its first loss of the season. Here are three takeaways from the game:
McNeace too much to handle
Coming off a 16-point game against Dayton, senior center Jamuni McNeace had another 16 points on 5 of 6 shooting.