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Jan. 6—Oklahoma State held the No. 1 three point shooting team in the country to just 2-15 from deep, but it wasn’t enough to secure the upset at home, falling 75-70 in overtime inside Gallagher Iba Arena.

The Los Angeles Times’ NFL writer, Sam Farmer, examines this week’s matchups. Lines according to Fan-Duel Sportsbook (O/U = over/ under). Last week’s record 10-6 (.625); season 153-103 (.598). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the spread last week would have been 9-6-1 (.600); season 122-127-7 (.490). TV channels are for Los Angeles area. All times Pacific.

Jan. 3—Of all the uncertainty that came with hiring first-time head coach Brent Venables, one thing that was clear was that Oklahoma was going to get a renewed focus on the defensive side of the ball.

BARTLESVILLE -- Carl Albert led almost the entire game in defeating the Ponca City Wildcats 67-56 Thursday night in the opening round of the COP/Arvest Bank Invitational in Bartlesville. Carl Albert built up a 16-13 edge after one quarter and then was ahead 33-19 at the half.

ADA -- The Ponca City Lady Cats got off to an early lead in its first round game with Midwest City Thursday, but eventually went down to defeat 50- 31 in the East Central Oklahoma Classic. The Lady Cats held an 8-6 lead after the first quarter.

Jan. 4—Since the NCAA introduced women’s gymnastics in 1982, just seven programs have been able to reach the mountain top.

SAN FRANCISCO — Straggling Denver Nuggets celebrating Nikola Jokic’s 39-foot game winner hadn’t cleared the court before Steph Curry was in the locker room with his nose in the film rolling on his phone.

Jan. 3—The 35th anniversary of the greatest individual season in the history of college football went under the radar in the town least likely to forget it.

Jan. 4—Oklahoma will be once again be looking to fill a key coordinator role heading into its first season in the SEC.

On a night that needed two extra periods to determine the winner, the Magic came up short at Sacramento late Wednesday despite a historic shooting performance from Jamahl Mosley‘s squad. The Magic (19-15) sank a franchise record 25 3-pointers while second-year forward Paolo Banchero totaled a career-high 43 points in the 138-135 double-overtime loss to the Kings at Golden 1 Center.