Xzayvier Brown scored 20 points and Oklahoma led from start to finish and eventually held on for a 92-91 road win at No. 15 Vanderbilt in Southeastern Conference play at Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday afternoon.

The Sooners (12-12, 2-9 SEC) shot 53.4% from the floor and snapped a nine-game losing streak.

Brown canned a pair of free throws with 3.4 seconds left that turned out to be crucial when Tyler Tanner (37 points, nine assists) banked in a 3 at the buzzer for the Commodores.

The Sooners received 17 points from Nigel Pack and 14 from Tae Davis.

Vanderbilt (19-4, 6-4) got 18 points from Tyler Nickel and 13 from AK Okereke.

Vanderbilt shot 47.4% from the field.

Brown hit a lay-up off a Derrion Reid steal to put the lead over 20 (61-40) for the first time with 15:47 to play.

The Sooners milked the shot clock inside 10 seconds for much of the remainder of the game until it nearly backfired. They led 80-59 with 4:59 left until Tanner, who had 26 in the second half, led a furious comeback.

Oklahoma took a 48-34 halftime lead thanks to 58.6% to 38.5% edge in shooting as well as advantages in turnovers (8-6) edge in turnovers and rebounding (18-13).

Davis hit his first five shots and scored 14 points as part of the Sooners’ 24-8 lead in the game’s first 7:21. Oklahoma connected on 9 of its first 13 shots, four of them 3s.

Vanderbilt clawed within 33-27, but the Sooners put together a 9-2 run to go up 42-29 after Jones canned a corner 3, drew a third foul on Mike James and then hit the ensuing free throw.

Tanner played with his right (shooting) thumb taped in the second half. He was the only one of Vanderbilt’s point guards to play on Saturday as Duke Miles (16.6 ppg) and Frankie Collins (7.8) were both out again with injuries.

It was a Quad 3 loss for Vanderbilt, which hadn’t lost outside Quad 1 this season.

–Field Level Media

Tari Eason scored a season-high 26 points and Alperen Sengun recorded a triple-double to help the Houston Rockets to a 112-106 road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday.

The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the Rockets, while the Thunder have dropped back-to-back contests.

With Houston leading by four after Eason’s tip-in with 1:36 remaining, Reed Sheppard reached around Chet Holmgren under the basket to steal Alex Caruso’s pass, and Kevin Durant hit a key pullup jumper.

Eason added a pair of key offensive rebounds over the final two minutes to help the Rockets hold off Oklahoma City.

Sengun, who had been shooting just 35.2% over his last six games, finished with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists.

Jabari Smith Jr. added 22 points and Kevin Durant had 20 points on a season-low 10 shots.

After trailing by 15 in the first half, the Rockets came back to tie it early in the third quarter before a 7-0 run put the Thunder back in front.

Houston went on a 24-11 run over the final 7:40 of the quarter to take the lead.

Oklahoma City didn’t hit a field goal over the final five minutes of the quarter.

The Rockets led by nine early in the fourth, but the Thunder battled back thanks to seven consecutive Cason Wallace points.

Oklahoma City tied it on Isaiah Joe’s steal and reverse layup with 7:02 remaining.

Wallace led the Thunder, who were playing without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for the second consecutive game, with 23 points.

Joe added 21 off the bench.

The Thunder jumped out to a big lead in the second quarter, outscoring the Rockets 21-6 over the first eight minutes of the quarter to take a 49-34 lead.

After the Rockets hit their first four 3-pointers to start the game, they made just one of their next 12.

Houston was just 2 for 10 from the field to start the second.

But the Rockets trimmed the deficit to six by halftime and nearly cut it even further as Eason’s 33-footer narrowly missed going in at the buzzer.

Jared McCain, acquired in a trade with Philadelphia at the deadline, made his Oklahoma City debut, finishing with five points in nearly 14 minutes.

–Field Level Media

Behind 15 points and eight rebounds from Brayden Burries, No. 1 Arizona set a school record with its 23rd consecutive win as it rolled to an 84-47 Big 12 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.

Arizona (23-0, 10-0 Big 12) broke the record of 22 straight wins created from 1914-17. The Wildcats also set a conference record for best start in a season, passing Kansas’ 1996-97 team that started 22-0.

Jaden Bradley had 13 points and four assists while Tobe Awaka finished with eight points and a game-high 12 rebounds for Arizona, which didn’t need to play anybody more than 27 minutes. Koa Peat and Anthony Dell’Orso added 11 points apiece and Motiejus Krivas recorded 10 points and nine rebounds.

Anthony Roy scored 10 points to pace Oklahoma State (16-7, 4-6), which came to town on a roll after beating Utah and No. 16 BYU in its previous two games.

A Roy 3-pointer gave the Cowboys a 6-4 edge four minutes in, but the Wildcats never trailed again after going on a 17-3 run that gave them a 21-9 lead with 10:10 left in the first half. Awaka started the run with three consecutive layups.

The Cowboys cut the lead to 25-18 with a 7-0 run, but Arizona pulled away by scoring 10 unanswered points. Bradley scored five and Peat added four during that spree.

Arizona pushed its lead to 40-22 by the break as Oklahoma State shot 20.7% from the field, including 3 of 14 from 3-point range, in the first half.

The Wildcats missed their four 3-point attempts in the first half, but outrebounded the Cowboys 29-15 and outscored them 28-6 in the paint.

Arizona started the second half on a 12-3 roll to end any suspense. The Cowboys missed nine consecutive shots from the field after Roy made a 3-pointer with 19:15 left.

Arizona did not make a 3-pointer until Dell’Orso converted one with 6:39 left. The Wildcats finished 2 of 14 from beyond the arc, but they made 52.4% of their shots overall.

Oklahoma State made 24.6% of its shots, including 6 of 28 from 3-point range, as Arizona scored more points in the paint (54) than Oklahoma State did overall.

The Wildcats, third nationally in rebounding margin (13.1) entering the game, outrebounded the Cowboys 55-35.

–Field Level Media