Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Groves brothers Tanner and Jacob combined to score 33 points and grab 10 rebounds to lead Oklahoma to a 72-62 victory over West Virginia Wednesday night at the WVU Coliseum.
 
Oklahoma's victory tonight snaps its four-game Big 12 losing streak and represents their first true road win this year. OU nearly had their first one 11 days ago at TCU, falling 59-58 in overtime.
 
West Virginia has now dropped four straight and faces a couple of difficult road games coming up Saturday at Arkansas in the Big 12-SEC Challenge and then at No.4 Baylor.
 
Tanner Groves made 9 of his 11 field goal attempts while Jacob was 4 of 6, including a couple of big buzzer-beating 3s. His first one came from close to midcourt ahead of the first half horn to give Oklahoma a 30-22 halftime lead.
 
His second one was from a little bit closer with the shot clocking winding down to give OU a 59-46 advantage with 7:24 left. The Sooners' biggest lead was 17, 63-46, with 6:28 left.
 
OU had a six-plus-minute field goal drought in the second half but managed to maintain its double-digit lead at the free throw line. The Sooners made 19 of 20 from the charity stripe and finished the game connecting on 21 of 22.
 
Oklahoma also shot 51.1% from the field, including hitting 10 of its 18 second half field goal tries.
 
"Their first eight baskets were lay ins," West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. "We started talking to them about when you turn your head they are going to back cut. They really pass the ball. Porter Moser has done a great job of getting guys who pass the ball."
 
Meanwhile, West Virginia's offensive woes continued tonight. WVU's two big guns, Taz Sherman and Sean McNeil, shot just 5 of 18 for a combined 18 points.
 
Consequently, that required 4.4-points-per-game scorer Gabe Osabuohien to try and become more assertive offensively. He tallied a career-high 17, including making 7 of 10 from the free throw line. 
 
Sophomore forward Jalen Bridges contributed 12.
 
"I went back and looked at a lot of the stuff we did and why it worked, so we put a few things in, but we just don't run offense," Huggins said. "We missed 11 one-footers the last time we lost, and I think we got a little better at that, but passing is a hard thing if you've never really done it and you've not worked hard at it."
 
Oklahoma exceeded its season turnover average with 17 tonight, but West Virginia was not able to capitalize on enough of them. OU actually had a 20-17 scoring advantage on the Mountaineers' 15 turnovers.
 
The Sooners had a 32-26 edge on the glass and a 34-30 margin in paint scoring.
 
West Virginia led for just 2:06 and its last lead was 6-4 after two early 3s from Sherman and Cottrell. 
 
Tonight's loss drops West Virginia's record to 13-6, 2-5.
 
"It eats me up and I promise I will do everything in my power to try and fix this," Huggins said. "I told our guys this was a crucial game for us. If you look at Joe Lunardi and all of the people talking about the NCAA Tournament we were a 10-seed coming into this. We're probably out of the tournament right now, but we can get back in if we can win enough games."
 
Oklahoma has now won five straight and six out of the last seven against West Virginia.