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No. 5 Oklahoma
Red Raiders Defeated By No. 5 Oklahoma
February 15, 2003 | Men's Basketball
By BETSY BLANEY
Associated Press Writer
LUBBOCK, Texas - Qaunnas White scored 23 points to lead No. 5 Oklahoma over Texas Tech 63-58 on Saturday in a rematch of their controversial finish last month.
After trailing by one at the half, Oklahoma (17-4, 8-2 Big 12) came out in the second half and used a 11-3 run to take a 45-38 lead.
Tech failed to score a field goal in about the first six minutes of the period. Andre Emmett broke the drought on a tip-in rebound with 13:48 remaining off a 3-point attempt by Nick Valdez.
The Red Raiders (14-7, 4-6 Big 12) kept coming back. Two free throws by Kasib Powell with 2:04 remaining brought them to 58-56.
They could get no closer on a day the Lubbock mayor proclaimed 'Coach Bob Knight Day' in honor his 800th victory Feb. 5.
Hollis Price added 18 for the Sooners.
Emmett and Powell each scored 14 points for Tech.
Tech led 35-34 at halftime.
After falling behind by three early in the first half, Tech went on an 8-0 run to lead 18-13. The Red Raiders nit nine of their first 11 shots.
But the Sooners fought back despite struggles by Hollis Price, who 4-of-12 from the field in the opening half.
The game was a rematch of a controversial game between the two schools at Oklahoma on Jan. 20 that involved a glitch in the game clock.
Tech students were given white T-shirts with "The clock doesn't stop at 800," a reference to the clock controversy. Oklahoma won 69-64 in overtime.
Big 12 officials later determined that the clock stopped briefly twice in the last seven seconds, which possibly could have given Oklahoma more time for Price to dribble the length of the court and sink a jump shot to tie the score at 60 as the buzzer in regulation sounded.
The person who ran the clock has been replaced.
Knight has voiced his displeasure about the incident, saying he believed Oklahoma should forfeit the game.
"What they did or didn't do up there has disturbed me more than anything that I've experienced in college athletics," Knight said on a weekly Dallas radio show.
