Sooners Take Down No. 24 Georgia in Athens

Thursday, February 19

Stegeman Coliseum • Athens, Ga.

5:30 PM

University of Oklahoma

20-6,8-5SEC

Georgia

20-7,6-7SEC

Oklahoma

Georgia

Sooners Take Down No. 24 Georgia in Athens

February 19, 2026 | Women's Basketball

Box Score OU 71, UGA 67 - Final

By: OU Athletics Communications

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Aaliyah Chavez racked up 27 points, five assists, and four rebounds as No. 11 Oklahoma held off No. 24 Georgia, 71-67 on Thursday night.

Chavez was 9-for-17 from the floor and a perfect 8-for-8 from the charity stripe for the Sooners (20-6, 8-5 Southeastern Conference). Oklahoma improved to 14-0 when Chavez leads the team in assists.

Sahara Williams added 11 points, six rebounds, and a team-high three steals.

Oklahoma started the game with a 9-0 run, and built a double-digit lead before five minutes had passed in the game. They took a 37-27 lead into the locker room at halftime, and Chavez scored 13 in the first half.

The Bulldogs rallied back, cutting the deficit to as little as two points down the stretch, but the Sooners answered each time. Raegan Beers made two free throws with 23 seconds on the clock that put the game out of reach.

Georgia (20-7, 6-7) was led by Mia Woolfolk's 29 points and nine rebounds. Dani Carnegie added 14 points, and Trinity Turner had 10. Both had six rebounds.

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No. 11 Oklahoma hosts No. 21 Tennessee on Sunday.

POSTGAME NOTES

• No. 11 Oklahoma (20-6, 8-5 SEC) defeated No. 24 Georgia, 71-67, in Athens on Thursday, notching its fourth ranked win of the season and securing the program's fifth consecutive 20-win season under head coach Jennie Baranczyk. The stretch of 20-win campaigns is the second longest in program history, trailing only an eight-year run from 2005-13.

• True freshman Aaliyah Chavez scored 27 points to lead the Sooners. The guard has six 25-point games this season, more than every other SEC freshman combined. Chavez was 9-of-17 shooting made all eight of her free throws, extending her streak of made free throws to 37, tied for the third-longest streak in program history. Chavez has scored in double figures in 20 straight games – the 14^th-longest stretch in program history and the second longest ever by an OU freshman (Courtney Paris, 36).

• Oklahoma led by 10, 37-27, at halftime and improved to 17-0 when leading at the break this season. Georgia stormed back in the second half, cutting the OU lead to just two multiple times in the final frame, but a late Sahara Williams 3-pointer and clutch free throws down the stretch from Raegan Beers iced the wire-to-wire win for the Sooners.

• OU dished out 16 assists on 25 made baskets and turned it over just 13 times, moving to 29-5 under fifth-year head coach Baranczyk when turning it over 13 times or less.

• The Sooners shot 37.3% (25-67) on the night, OU's lowest in a win this season, but held the Bulldogs to 67 points, improving to 14-1 this season when holding opponents under 70 points.

• Junior Sahara Williams scored 11 points and added six rebounds, two assists and three steals in the win. The forward was 4-of-15 shooting, but her late 3-pointer was critical to OU's win.

• Oklahoma has won five games this season by single digits, including each of its last three games.

• Oklahoma hosts No. 21 Tennessee on Sunday at the Lloyd Noble Center in its annual Pink Game. Tip is set for 1 p.m. on ESPN.