Trae Young scores 43 to propel No. 9 Oklahoma past No. 16 TCU 102
Trae Young
Oklahoma Sooners guard  Trae Young  drives to the basket. (Photo: Mark D. Smith  USA TODAY Sports)
NORMAN  Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma guard Christian James can’t grasp what  Trae Young  does.
 Young  scored 29 of  his  43 points after halftime  and No. 9 Oklahoma defeated No. 16 TCU 102-97 in overtime on Saturday.
“Sometimes you wonder  is  he  even human?” James said.
“I had to continue to be aggressive  and the shots were there and open for me to take  so I was just trying to knock it down every time ”  Young  said.
It was  Young ’s second dominant performance against TCU this season. He had 39 points and 14 assists and made the game-winning free throws with 7 seconds left in a 90-89 win over the Horned Frogs on Dec. 30.
Oklahoma led 49-47 at halftime. Manek scored 18 points and  Young  had 14 points  six rebounds and four assists. Brodziansky led TCU with 14 points in the first half as the Horned Frogs shot 53 percent.
A deep 3-pointer by  Young  helped push Oklahoma's lead to 57-52  but Brodziansky's putback jam tied it at 65.
 Young  scored 11 points in a 3-minute span to help the Sooners tie the game at 85.  Young  found Christian James for a 3-pointer with 6 seconds remaining that gave the Sooners an 89-87 lead. Fisher's layup with 1.4 seconds left forced overtime.
 Young  scored 11 points in a 3-minute span to help the Sooners rally from a 6-point deficit and tie the game at 85.  He  found James for a 3-pointer with 6 seconds remaining that gave the Sooners an 89-87 lead.
“I mean being the competitor I am  obviously I want to take the last shot and I want the game to be in my hands ”  Young  said  “but I want to make the right play  and the right play was throwing it to Christian. I have so much trust in him to knock it down  and he did.”
Trae Young is the only major-conference player in the last 20 years with 40 points  10 rebounds  and 10 3-pt FG in a single game. pic.twitter.com/RFTbStQ1fQ — ESPN (@espn) January 13  2018
Oklahoma:  Young  continues to make adjustments and dominate after halftime. It’s another quality win for the Sooners  who are in the race for the conference title and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
 Young  is averaging 21.6 points per game after halftime in Big 12 play.
“I think it’s just competitiveness that kind of rises again in the second half  and it’s not like his first half today wasn’t good ” Kruger said. “It was pretty good.  He ’s a competitor and  he  wants  his  team to win and  he  is willing to go out there and step up when  he  needs to. “
 Young  has Oklahoma’s freshman record for assists in a season just five games into conference play.  His  seven dimes on Saturday increased  his  season total to 160.  He  surpassed Tommy Masson-Griffin (154 in 2009-10).  He  also became the fourth player in program history to score 40 points in a game multiple times  joining Wayman Tisdale (five)  Stacey King (two)  and Jeff Webster (two).
"Oklahoma Sooners guard  [TGT]drives to the basket. (Photo: Mark D. Smith  USA TODAY Sports)
NORMAN  Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma guard Christian James can’t grasp what  [TGT]does.
 [TGT]scored 29 of  [TGT]  43 points after halftime  and No. 9 Oklahoma defeated No. 16 TCU 102-97 in overtime on Saturday.
“Sometimes you wonder  is  he  even human?” James said.
“I had to continue to be aggressive  and the shots were there and open for me to take  so I was just trying to knock it down every time ”  [TGT]said.
It was  [TGT] ’s second dominant performance against TCU this season. [TGT] had 39 points and 14 assists and made the game-winning free throws with 7 seconds left in a 90-89 win over the Horned Frogs on Dec. 30.
Oklahoma led 49-47 at halftime. Manek scored 18 points and  [TGT]had 14 points  six rebounds and four assists. Brodziansky led TCU with 14 points in the first half as the Horned Frogs shot 53 percent.
A deep 3-pointer by  [TGT]helped push Oklahoma's lead to 57-52  but Brodziansky's putback jam tied it at 65.
 [TGT]scored 11 points in a 3-minute span to help the Sooners tie the game at 85.  [TGT]found Christian James for a 3-pointer with 6 seconds remaining that gave the Sooners an 89-87 lead. Fisher's layup with 1.4 seconds left forced overtime.
 [TGT]scored 11 points in a 3-minute span to help the Sooners rally from a 6-point deficit and tie the game at 85.  [TGT]  found James for a 3-pointer with 6 seconds remaining that gave the Sooners an 89-87 lead.
“I mean being the competitor I am  obviously I want to take the last shot and I want the game to be in my hands ”  [TGT]said  “but I want to make the right play  and the right play was throwing it to Christian. I have so much trust in him to knock it down  and [TGT] did.” 
 [TGT] is the only major-conference player in the last 20 years with 40 points  10 rebounds  and 10 3-pt FG in a single game. pic.twitter.com/RFTbStQ1fQ — ESPN (@espn) January 13  2018
Oklahoma:  [TGT]continues to make adjustments and dominate after halftime. It’s another quality win for the Sooners  who are in the race for the conference title and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
 [TGT]is averaging 21.6 points per game after halftime in Big 12 play.
“I think it’s just competitiveness that kind of rises again in the second half  and it’s not like [TGT] first half today wasn’t good ” Kruger said. “It was pretty good.  He ’s a competitor and  he  wants  his  team to win and  he  is willing to go out there and step up when  he  needs to. “
 [TGT]has Oklahoma’s freshman record for assists in a season just five games into conference play.  [TGT]  seven dimes on Saturday increased  [TGT]  season total to 160.  [TGT]  surpassed Tommy Masson-Griffin (154 in 2009-10).  [TGT]  also became the fourth player in program history to score 40 points in a game multiple times  joining Wayman Tisdale (five)  Stacey King (two)  and Jeff Webster (two)."