West Virginia Shuts Down Buddy Hield And Holds Off Oklahoma To Advance To The Big 12 Championship

The West Virginia Mountaineers survived a waived off last-second Buddy Hield half-court shot to defeat the Oklahoma Sooners 69-67 and advance to the Big 12 Conference Tournament Championship.

The Mountaineers managed to hold potential Naismith College Player of the Year Buddy Hield to 6 points in the game, his lowest point total on the season, and forced the Sooners to turn the ball over 21 times. West Virginia only shot 38% from the field compared to Oklahoma's 49%, but the Mountaineers capitalized off of second chance points with 14 offensive rebounds.

Jevon Carter lead the Mountaineers with 26 points and went 6-of-9 from 3-point territory. Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year Jaysean Paige was held scoreless until the second half, but finished with 10 points. Devin Williams contributed 9 points and had 11 rebounds.

West Virginia will face the Kansas Jayhawks Saturday at 6PM on ESPN to play for the Big 12 Conference Championship.

Full box score HERE

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— WVU Men's Basketball (@WVUhoops) March 12, 2016

Quick Notes:

• Oklahoma's 21 turnovers is most committed all season by the Sooners
• The Mountaineers shot 81% from the charity stripe