Jordan Pope scored 27 points as Texas built a big lead and then held off a frenetic rally on the Sooners' home court.

After seven days of rest, Oklahoma will battle a team whose start mirrors the Sooners. OU faces Arkansas on Saturday after having a conference bye earlier in the week. Both the Sooners and Razorbacks picked up their first SEC wins in their last games.

The Oklahoma Sooners and Arkansas Razorbacks took similar approaches in practice and got the same result: their first Southeastern Conference wins. The teams meet Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark., and hope their work off the court will put their SEC woes further behind them.