Sooners Break Defensive Record in Rout of Mississippi State

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Sooners Break Defensive Record in Rout of Mississippi State

January 04, 2026 | Women's Basketball

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By: OU Athletics Communications

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Aaliyah Chavez scored 17 points and Zya Vann added 16 and 11 rebounds to help No. 8 Oklahoma rout cold-shooting Mississippi State 95-47 on Sunday.

Raegan Beers chipped in 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Sooners (14-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference), who had a 64-37 rebound advantage. Six players scored in double figures for the Sooners, who have won 13 straight, the second-longest streak in program history behind a 20-game run by the 2008-09 Final Four team.

Kharyssa Richardson scored 13 points off the bench for Mississippi State (14-2, 1-1), which lost for the first time since Nov. 20. The Bulldogs made 14 of 70 shots (20%) and one of 25 shots from behind the 3-point line (4%).

Oklahoma set a program record for lowest shooting percentage by a conference opponent. The previous mark was 20.7% by Texas Tech of the Big 12 Conference in 2014.

The Bulldogs made just two of their first 19 shots (11%) and trailed 21-8 after one quarter. OU extended the lead to 29-10 on a layup by Beers early in the second. Three straight baskets by Mississippi State — including a 3-pointer by Crisp — cut the deficit to 29-17.

But the Bulldogs scored only five points after that and trailed 48-22 at halftime. Mississippi State made 7 of 37 shots before the break.

The second half didn't get much better. Oklahoma limited the Bulldogs to 13 points and extended the advantage to 62-24 on a 3-point play by Caya Smith with 5:41 left in the third quarter. A 20-2 run by OU in the fourth made it 92-40.

The Sooners now look toward a four-game stretch against ranked teams, which begins on Thursday in Norman when they host No. 15 Ole Miss at 6 p.m.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Oklahoma (14-1, 2-0 SEC) won its 13th straight game on Sunday, defeating Mississippi State 95-47 at Lloyd Noble Center to move to 2-0 in league play. The 13-game winning streak is the second longest in program history, trailing only a 20-game run in 2008-09.

• OU, which entered the day ranked second nationally in opponent field goal percentage, held the Bulldogs to 20.0% shooting (14 of 70), setting a program record for lowest opponent FG% in a conference game. The Sooners also limited Mississippi State to 4.0% from 3-point range (1 of 25), the third-lowest opponent 3-point percentage in a conference game in program history.

• After holding Texas A&M to 50 points in Thursday's SEC opener, the Sooner defense was even more dominant against a Mississippi State offense that ranked inside the nation's top 25 in scoring entering the day. OU's 47 points allowed were its fewest in a conference game since limiting Texas Tech to 45 in 2017. The Sooners have won 74 straight games dating back to 2015 when holding opponents under 60 points.

• Oklahoma's 48-point victory was the second-largest margin of victory in a conference game since 2009, trailing only a 55-point win over Texas Tech on March 3, 2014.

• The Sooners shot 49.6% and scored 95 points, eclipsing 90 for the 10th time this season. Mississippi State had allowed a conference opponent to reach 95 points only twice since 2009 and had not surrendered 70 points in a game this season. The 48-point loss was the Bulldogs' worst in an SEC game since 2013.

• Freshman Aaliyah Chavez led all scorers with 17 points, adding six rebounds and three assists. She was a plus-41 in 30 minutes and has made a 3-pointer in all 15 games to start her career, tying Taylor Robertson for the longest stretch to open a season in OU history.

• Raegan Beers recorded her fifth straight double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds while adding two blocks. She continues to lead the nation with 12 double-doubles this season and 57 in her career. When she posts a double-double, Beers' teams (OU and Oregon State) are 51-6.

• Sahara Williams narrowly missed a triple-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. She has scored in double figures in 22 of her last 27 games, and the Sooners are 12-0 when she scores at least 10 points this season.

• Sophomore Zya Vann totaled 16 points on a career-high eight made field goals, 11 rebounds, five steals and four assists for her second double-double in three games. She became the third Power Five player this season to post a 16-11-5-4 stat line and the first Sooner to do so since 1999.

• Three Sooners – Beers, Williams and Vann – recorded double-doubles, marking the 13th such occurrence in program history and the second this season. The only other season with multiple games featuring three OU double-doubles was 2008-09 (3).

• Oklahoma dished out 25 assists against 13 turnovers. Since Jennie Baranczyk's arrival, the Sooners are 33-2 when recording at least 25 assists.

• The Sooners outrebounded Mississippi State 64-37, marking their third straight game with at least 60 rebounds for the first time in program history. OU leads the nation with five 60-rebound games this season, the most by any team in a season nationally since 2021-22.

• During its 13-game winning streak, Oklahoma is averaging 98.1 points per game, winning by an average of 40.1 points and shooting 20% better than its opponents. The run includes wins over Florida State, NC State, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Mississippi State.

• Oklahoma has won 14 straight games at Lloyd Noble Center and nine straight SEC regular-season contests. The Sooners are 2-0 in SEC play for the first time and 2-0 in conference action for the second time under Baranczyk.

• A new Associated Press Top 25 poll comes out on Monday (1/5), and the eighth-ranked Sooners will look to move up as teams ranked Nos. 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 all suffered losses since the last poll. If the Sooners were to rise to No. 5 in the AP Poll, it would mark the first top-five ranking for OU since the final poll of the 2009 season when OU finished the year No. 4.

• The Sooners now look toward a four-game stretch against ranked teams, which begins on Thursday in Norman when they host No. 15 Ole Miss (14-3, 1-1 SEC) at 6 p.m. The game will air on SEC Network+.