Jacob Groves scored a season-high 15 points as Oklahoma knocked off No. 3 Baylor 72–67 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo.
The Sooners bolstered their NCAA Tournament case with their fourth consecutive win, while the Bears’ five-game winning streak was snapped. Oklahoma, the tournament’s seventh seed, will take on third-seeded and 14th-ranked Texas Tech on Friday.