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Oklahoma tops Dayton 72-66 to advance to Sweet 16

Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Frank Booker (1) shoots over Dayton Flyers guard Darrell Davis (1) during the second half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Dayton Flyers forward Kendall Pollard (25) dunks past Oklahoma Sooners guard Buddy Hield (24) during the first half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Oklahoma Sooners forward Ryan Spangler (00) goes up for a shot while guarded by Dayton Flyers forward Kendall Pollard (25) during the second half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Buddy Hield (24) drives against Dayton Flyers guard Kyle Davis (3) during the second half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Jordan Woodard (10) goes up for a shot while guarded by Dayton Flyers forward Bobby Wehrli (22) during the second half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Oklahoma Sooners forward TaShawn Thomas (35) shoots while guarded by Dayton Flyers guard Kyle Davis (3) during the second half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Dayton Flyers forward Dyshawn Pierre (21) shoots while guarded by Oklahoma Sooners forward TaShawn Thomas (35) and guard Isaiah Cousins (11) during the second half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Dayton Flyers forward Kendall Pollard (25) shoots while guarded by Oklahoma Sooners forward Ryan Spangler (00) during the second half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Dayton Flyers guard Scoochie Smith (11) dribbles while guarded by Oklahoma Sooners guard Jordan Woodard (10) during the second half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Buddy Hield (24) goes up for a shot while guarded by Dayton Flyers guard Jordan Sibert (24) during the second half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Isaiah Cousins (11) reacts during the second half against the Dayton Flyers in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Isaiah Cousins (11) shoots over Dayton Flyers forward Dyshawn Pierre (21) during the second half in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 22, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Oklahoma Sooners forward Ryan Spangler (00) dunks the ball during the second half against the Dayton Flyers in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports)
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Oklahoma 72, Dayton 66: Jordan Woodard scored six of his 16 points in the final minute as the Oklahoma Sooners held off the Dayton Flyers in the NCAA Tournament round of 32 in Columbus, Ohio.

Buddy Hield added 15 points and five assists for No. 3 seed Oklahoma (24-10), which will take on seventh-seeded Michigan State in the Sweet Sixteen. Frank Booker hit four 3-pointers off the bench while TaShawn Thomas and Ryan Spangler combined to grab 21 rebounds for the Sooners, who are headed to the regional semifinals for the first time since 2009.

Scoochie Smith scored 16 points and Darrell Davis poured in all of his 15 points from beyond the arc for No. 11 seed Dayton (27-9), which was playing its sixth game in 10 days. Kendall Pollard scored 13 points and Dyshawn Pierre had 10 for the Flyers.

Davis hit a pair of 3-pointers and Pierre buried another in a 12-0 run that put Dayton in front 49-40, but Oklahoma chipped away and went back in front 57-56 on Hield’s layup with just under six minutes to play. Smith snapped a 9:01 field-goal drought with a layup for the Flyers that cut it to 62-58, but Woodard went 6-of-6 from the line in the final minute as the Sooners put it away.

Oklahoma sprinted out to a 9-0 lead and was up 29-17 after Dinjiyl Walker’s 3-pointer with just over 8 1/2 minutes remaining in the first half. Dayton responded with a 15-0 burst to grab a 32-29 lead before the Sooners recovered to take a two-point edge into the locker room.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Dayton dropped to 19-1 this season in the state of Ohio. … G Isaiah Cousins added six rebounds for the Sooners, who posted a 35-23 advantage on the glass. … Flyers coach Archie Miller, who led the team to the Elite Eight last season, fell to 5-2 in the NCAA Tournament.

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