NORMAN, Okla. —
Bo Aldridge scored 22 points on 8-for-12 shooting, and East Texas A&M shocked Oklahoma with a 68-64 season-opening win on Monday night in a season opener for both teams.
East Texas A&M had only won 16 games in the previous two years. The Lions haven’t had a winning season since the 2021-22 campaign, their first as a Division I program. East Texas A&M previously competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and NCAA Division II.
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The Sooners, out of the Southeastern Conference, won 21 games a year ago. They won two games in the SEC Tournament before falling to West Virginia in the College Basketball Crown tournament.
Oklahoma was favored by 30 points against East Texas A&M.
Mohamed Diakite and Alonzo Dodd each scored 15 points for the Lions, who never trailed after taking a 13-12 lead with 12:59 before halftime.
Oklahoma tied it at 58-all and 60-all with 2:51 remaining but never got past. Aldridge made two free throws with three seconds left to play to seal it.
Pop Isaacs scored 15 points, and Derrion Reid scored 14 and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Sooners.
It was East Texas A&M’s first win in the three-game series between the two teams. Oklahoma beat the Lions 84-56 on Nov. 21, 2024, and 87-59 on Dec. 1, 1970.
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Oklahoma has an SEC-most five players on the roster who have appeared in 100 or more games: Tae Davis (134), Duke Brennan (133), B.J. Edwards (110), Xzayvier Brown (104) and Isaacs (100).
Brown didn’t play on Monday due to a lower-body injury,
Oklahoma entered having won 22 of its past 23 season openers, with the lone defeat during the stretch coming in 2022-23 to Sam Houston, 52-51, in Norman, Oklahoma.
The Sooners also entered the 2026-27 season with 30 consecutive non-conference wins at Lloyd Noble Center.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
