Sahara Williams Helps No. 8 Oklahoma Rout East Texas A&M

 Oklahoma poured it on East Texas A&M on Wednesday night.

The eighth-ranked Sooners women’s basketball team started off hot offensively and mostly kept going on that end of the floor, beating the Lions 112-59 at Lloyd Noble Center.

It was the most points posted by OU since beating Western Carolina 122-56 last Nov. 13 at home.

Raegan Beers led the Sooners with 23 points while Sahara Williams added 22 and Payton Verhulst 17.

Oklahoma shot 53.6% from the field and had 32 assists on 45 field goals.

The Sooners led by as many as 17 in the first quarter behind 11 early points from Verhulst.

Oklahoma stretched that lead to 26 early in the second before a cold snap from the field tightened the game only slightly.

OU (5-1) has won four consecutive games since a loss to UCLA on Nov. 10.

After a frenetic early schedule that included travel to both sides of the country, the Sooners now get a bit of time between games, next playing Nov. 28 against Coppin State in the Coconut Hoops Classic in Fort Myers, Florida.

Oklahoma’s next home game is Dec. 3 against No. 16 North Carolina State.

Here are two quick takeaways from the Sooners’ win over East Texas A&M:

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Sooners Dominate the Boards

After Oklahoma’s last home game, an 89-61 win over North Alabama last week, Sooners coach Jennie Baranczyk said he hoped her team would attack the glass better coming out of the gate.

It certainly looked like the message was received.

Oklahoma outrebounded East Texas A&M 65-39 with three players — Williams (11), Verhulst (10) and Beers (10) finishing in double digits in the category.

The Sooners pulled down 21 offensive rebounds and scored 24 second-chance points.

Aaliyah Chavez Struggles

While the Sooners were hot from the field for the most part, making 20 of their first 32 shots, there was one notable exception.

Freshman Aaliyah Chavez had a rough day from the field, finishing just 4 of 15 from the floor and 1 of 8 from beyond the arc.

She finished with nine points, six assists and six turnovers.

Chavez made just one of her first eight shots and never found a rhythm offensively.

It was the first time this season that Chavez had been held in single digits scoring. She was also 1 of 8 on 3-pointers in the season-opening win over Belmont.