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All right, from fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. We are set for the championship game in the Crown Basketball Tournament. West Virginia beat Creighton 87-70. Nice move going to the basket there by Lorient. Came from North Texas with coach Ross. He was staff. He has had a tremendous tournament. Knocks down three. Run their offense in the half court and get open shots like this. Lorient knocks down a triple. Pack, kick, pull-up jumper. Deep and that one goes down.
Tough. He can shoot it from anywhere just like that. And that's what normally happens. Elite condition as coach said. And the left hand goes down. LeBron reading the defense. West Virginia hitting that little step back three in their last possession. West Virginia three of four from the three-point line. Make it four of five. Pack fakes the three, triples. Brown again, left hand runner and it goes with a screen. Step back lefty.
Short. Pack from Indianapolis, Indiana. Played at Miami. Pump fake, rise and fire, baseline goes down, three. Oklahoma was the first team out of the tournament. Really good chance. Meanwhile, deep jumper and that's pure for D.J. Thompson. Pack, stop and start. They swing it. Reed, let it go. Didn't pick it up. Packs across the lane and knocks down a rainbow mid-range jump shot. Close down gaps, force ball handlers to get off the ball. That time that he's dribbling into a turnover.
Here's Hogue for three again. It's a lot harder to keep him under control in those long closeouts because of that quickness and his ability right that right there to create space. A thing of beauty and he hits it. I told YOU, MAN. FOUR THREES IN THE first half to set the record. Eaglestaff. Obeagu here's Hogue going up high to MAKE THE CATCH. WOW! HONER! HOGUE! Long jumper. Here's Hogue and he can ring it up with the pass level. Back door, inside, up. On the line for the winner of this tournament.
Inside, nicely done. Honer at point-blank range. Nice catch. West Virginia reloading. And the rebound to the Sooners. But this is the pace that favors Oklahoma. To be able to flow into their offense, play with pace. Jones and he buries it. They reverse it. Eaglestaff got a quick look this time. Packs clears it. Honer drives down the lane. Nice handoff. Both sides again. Baseline jumper. Too strong. Brown, Packs, Brown. The kick, Jones. It is first, now he intercepts. Again, flowing into their offense a lot of this run. And look, one, two, three Mountaineers around Brown.
Xavier back. Nazie to the bucket, floater, good. And head coach Hugely has talked about winning those four minute segments. Trust me, this is not what it was when you were there 800 years ago. Right there. Brown Euro, Brown, grab, four side 17-2 run for the Sooners. Davis to the oh, left hand NAZIE STEPS RIGHT THROUGH, A BASKET. Brown with the left hand floater. He's not going to be as effective trying to back Mar down. If he does, he has to back him down, create space, and more jump hooks.
Chance Moore, thank you. Right now, you definitely crazy. Inside, Davis, jump hook. Oh. Here's the tip up, Nazie. Holy Catholic High School baseline up, down, and in the final seconds, Jay Davis. I think they tried to back the paint, attack the paint, didn't settle for three point shots. And once the pace picked up in the this half, Xavier Brown dumps it down to McGee, and lays it up and in. So, what a great job by McGee. You've got to keep them engaged. You do that, they'll have your support. Speaking of which, how about that steal and then Five-point game, Brown fadeaway jumper goes down. But he knows how to get to his spot.
Mamadou creating. Inside, nice pass to Mamadou. He lays it up and in. Wanted the foul. Oklahoma able to create the turnover and go five for West Virginia and get out and run. And then Brown with the fadeaway. Mamadou Diallo between his legs. Big fella fill the lane. Get inside and Xavier to the hole. Back, quick release. Those who know instinctively where each other are at on the court at all times. Here's up, inside, back to Mamadou. And a nice jam by Chants. I think Chants is coming on the backside, which is beautiful because that's just how you want it. Make a quick decision. The rotation is there. As 12 trailed by as many as 15.
Here's a kick. Jones hit a couple in the first half and answers again here in the second half. That's his third three. Moore skipping and lays it up and in. Transferred from Saint Bonaventure, also played at Missouri State in Arkansas. Baseline These savvy guards just force you to have to kind of stop them on the dribble. You play off two feet. Brown, the inbounder, lobs it. He can't hang on. The other way. To the basket, scored. That's West Virginia trying to get back into this game. 59-51, packed up.
They guard him up on the perimeter. The hole for a running back, you just follow him. Lorient. A to shoot, McCloud steps through, blocked. Brown the other way, in traffic, blocked. McGee here kind of backpedaling back and able to just get his fingertips on that. Lorient. McCord again, puts it up and that's a nice drive, counted and the foul. He went right through Kai Rogers. Look at him.
Going to work. The beautiful part is, see, he Davis to Pack. He wants to get for South Florida. I want you to keep your eye right here. This is a no-no. The reason why because you have a shooter. Watch what happens on his pass. He comes up. That just leaves him wide open. Cobb turning baseline, reverse layup. As he comes off his handoff, drop it inside. Beautiful passing. Excellent finish. West Virginia right there, knocking on the door. Can they get enough stops down?
Xavier Brown Pack, cross court, Reed drives, turns, lays it off the glass and in. And the beauty of playing off two feet, you're able to use that pivot. NOW OUTSIDE, DAVIS. LAYS IT IN. HUFF, WIDE OPEN. And he makes Oklahoma pay. By 12. Now we're at 71-69. Inside, HARRIS. THAT'S 71. Has allowed West Virginia to tie this thing up. And how about the patience once again by Oscar Huff? Found that little gap.
1:13 TO GO. HUFF CROSSES OVER, STEP BACK. HUFF HITS! OSCAR HUFF LEVELS IT AT 74. IT WAS ALL SET UP. WATCH the pass over the top. And now Pack will run it off to get free. But not to be outdone, on the opposite end was Oscar Huff going to his left once again. Xavier Brown up, bump, got it up. And fouled. Tied at 4:21 remaining in the first. Now 31. Nice hook inside. Davis, extra dribble. HARRIS TOP. 300,000 ON THE LINE. HUFF, IN AND OUT. DRIVE, CAN'T DROP DOWN. HARRIS TOP. PACK, SHIFTING. CROSSES OVER. AND HE'S BLOCKED.
Oklahoma for the lead. A game when you see man the team out of it. And the chance to see a tournament. And they force a turnover. Yeah, this is where, you know, those empty possessions start down the stretch of the game kind of come back to bite Oklahoma. DAVIS Who's supposed to rotate up? He likes to go right. You stole it. TEAR DROP PACKS MAN EMPTY POSSESSION THOUGH. OH, he's got to keep it in his hand.
Baseline pull up. And it goes down. Pick and roll down the lane. Number five rejected. LOYER GOT IT. BASELINE AGAIN. HUNTER PACKS HIT HIS LAST ONE. AND COUNT THAT ONE as well. Let's go back to Floyd. Shot clock going down. Takes his time. Triple space money. What a time to come alive. Hit two threes. INSIDE AND A MINUTE LOOSE AND WEST VIRGINIA HAS IT. PACKS The game of A LIFETIME.
