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In addition to his lethal spot-up shooting and knack for drawing fouls attacking the rim, Buddy Hield showed off another of his talents Saturday night at LSU. He's also a pretty good decoy With the score tied and Oklahoma holding for the last shot, Hield lined up at the foul line as though he was going to set a top-of-the-key ball screen for point guard Isaiah Cousins. Hield instead floated out to the right wing, drawing enough attention to himself in the process that Cousins was able to drive left, beat his man and sink a pull-up jumper to give the Sooners a 77-75 road victory.  Using Hield as a decoy was a masterful strategy from Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger because the 6-foot-4 senior had been the focal point of the Sooners' attack all day. Hield widened his lead in the national player of the year race by scoring a game-high 32 points on 11-for-22 shooting from the field and 8-for-15 shooting from behind the arc. Every time LSU lost track of Hield in transition or failed to stick to him in a half-court set, he made them pay. He sank back-to-back 3-pointers to give Oklahoma a 66-65 lead in a game it trailed by double figures earlier in the second half. He later made another huge right-wing 3-pointer to put the Sooners back in front in the final two minutes. Fellow national player of the year candidate Ben Simmons had some nice moments, but too often he did not touch the ball down the stretch. The likely No. 1 pick in next June's draft finished with 14 points, nine rebounds and five assists. - - - - - - - Jeff Eisenberg is the editor of The Dagger on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at daggerblog@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @JeffEisenberg Continue to Article

January 30, 2016 7:20:pm EST

Buddy Hield and Jordan Woodard are two of the country's best 3-point shooters, but they certainly haven't looked like it against Texas Tech. It appeared that Oklahoma's rise to the top spot of the poll for the first time since 1990 might not last long Saturday when Hield sat on the bench with two early fouls five days after an 82-77 loss at then-No. 19 Iowa State. Woodard led the way with 20 points, making five 3s while also handing out seven assists. Continue to Article

January 25, 2016 5:55:pm EST

West Virginia's first Big 12 loss was excusable, expected maybe, even after it knocked off the top team in the country. Any chance of remaining in the top 10 for another week hinges on the sixth-ranked Mountaineers winning at Texas Tech on Saturday, but while they've been exposed as beatable, the Red Raiders are yet to show they can prosper against the league's top teams. Bob Huggins' team might first have been considered a true contender for the conference title with a 74-63 home win over then-No. 1 Kansas on Jan. 12. Continue to Article

January 22, 2016 5:33:pm EST