Aaliyah Chavez's Scorching OT Helps Oklahoma Upset No. 2 Ranked South Carolina In OT Thriller
NORMAN – Basketball games usually tell you who they are early. This one lied.
For most of Thursday night, Aaliyah Chavez chased something just out of reach. The shots she’s made her name on rattled. The rhythm that usually finds her seemed to avoid her entirely. Through four quarters, the freshman guard who has become a huge part of Oklahoma’s offensive heartbeat was stuck at 4-14, searching, adjusting, enduring.
And still, the Sooners stayed alive.
Because this game, this upset, was never just about one scorer. It was about patience. About belief. About trusting that the night would eventually bend in Oklahoma’s favor. It was about the whole team.
From the opening tip, the Sooners played with a pace that suggested fearlessness. They ran at South Carolina, attacked before the defense could set its teeth, pushed the ball up the floor with intent. Oklahoma moved faster than the No. 2 team in the country wanted to move, slicing through space and creating chances that should have tilted the game early.
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