Big 12 Men: Sooners extend nation’s longest home sizz

? On a night when Ebi Ere showed signs of breaking out of his scoring slump, Hollis Price was as solid as ever for No. 6 Oklahoma.

That was too much for Texas A&M.

Price scored 24 points in 36 minutes as the Sooners extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 33 games with a 75-68 victory Tuesday night.

“He’s one of those players, you know that he’s going to find a way, if there’s any way out there, to help his team win,” Texas A&M coach Melvin Watkins said. “When he has the ball in his hands, nine out of 10 times he’s going to make something very positive happen.

“On the way out I was asking him, I was making sure he’s a senior. It’s time for him to move on.”

Ere added 18 points for the Sooners (14-3 overall, 5-1 Big 12). He came in averaging 15.4 points per game but had gone four straight games in single figures while shooting 9-of-48.

He continued to struggle with his shot, going 5-of-14, including 1-of-6 from three-point range, but he scored 13 first-half points in part because he was more aggressive driving to the basket.

“I wanted to get to the basket first, get a couple of easy buckets, then step out and try to shoot threes later in the game,” Ere said. “But they still weren’t falling.”

Bernard King scored 21 points for Texas A&M (10-6, 2-3) to become the school’s career scoring leader. He moved past Vernon Smith, who scored 1,778 points from 1977-81.

Antoine Wright added 13 points and Jesse King had 10 for A&M, which kept scrapping after falling behind by 19 early in the second half.

Oklahoma put together a 14-0 run in the first half to get control after a listless start in which it committed six of its 11 turnovers. The Aggies led 13-9 before Price made a three-pointer and followed with a short bank shot.

The Aggies, meanwhile, went scoreless for nearly seven minutes, missing nine shots and turning it over twice.

Oklahoma scored the first seven points of the second half to build a 48-29 lead.