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Abdul Ahmed is far from a typical OU freshman. Stand next to the 6-foot-10 19-year-old and that quickly becomes apparent. Listen to him speak and his thick foreign accent makes it even more obvious. Ahmed, who goes by the first name “Abdi,” is from London, England, and is the first OU men’s basketball player from the United Kingdom. A soccer enthusiast growing up, Ahmed didn’t start playing basketball until he was 16. That’s when former University of North Carolina guard Steve Bucknall, also from England, saw the tall teenager and invited him to give hoops a try.

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Getting to Know Abdi Ahmed

Xavier Henry scored 18 of his 23 points in the first half and No. 1 Kansas clinched at least a share of its sixth straight Big 12 regular season title with an easy 81-68 victory over Oklahoma on Monday night. Kansas (27-1, 13-0) didn’t wait to clinch its latest title, sewing it up with three games left after doing it in the final week the past three seasons. The Jayhawks overwhelmed overmatched Oklahoma (13-14, 4-9) from the start, building a 17-point lead in the first half and shooting 51 percent overall to extend the Sooners’ Lawrence losing streak to 10 games.

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Sooners Hang with No. 1 Kansas, Fall on Road 81-68

Randy Culpepper scored a season-high 27 points and Christian Polk added a career-high 17 points as UTEP built a big lead in the first half and beat Oklahoma 89-74 on Monday night at the All-College Classic.

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UTEP Drops Sooners in All-College Classic, 89-74

Randy Culpepper scored a season-high 27 points and Christian Polk added a career-high 17 points as UTEP built a big lead in the first half and beat Oklahoma 89-74 on Monday night at the All-College Classic.

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UTEP Drops Sooners in All-College Classic, 89-74

Willie Warren scored 25 points, and Oklahoma relied on strong 3-point shooting to build an early lead on its way to a 79-62 victory against Arizona on Sunday night. Tiny Gallon added 14 points and Tony Crocker scored 13 as Oklahoma (5-3) opened a double-digit lead in the first 8 minutes and never trailed.

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Sooners Dominate Arizona On Both Ends