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OU basketball: Sooners advance to NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 with win over VCU

The Buddy Hield Experience's Oklahoma finale was a memorable one Sunday night.

Hield took over in the second half, scoring 29 of his 36 points in the second half as second-seeded Oklahoma advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 85-81 win over 10th-seeded VCU at Chesapeake Energy Arena.

The Sooners needed every one of Heild's 36 points.

Oklahoma built a big lead early, but the Rams scrapped their way to keep the game close before Hield was just too much in the end.

Oklahoma (27-7) advances to play the winner of Sunday night's late game between Texas A&M and Northern Iowa on Thursday in Anaheim, Calif.