Oklahoma Sooners vs. Tennessee Volunteers

FINAL

Feb 18, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
OU	36	30	66
TENN	45	44	89

Game Recap

Ament matches career-high 29 points, leads Tennessee over Oklahoma 89-66. Nate Ament matched a career high with 29 points to lead Tennessee to an 89-66 victory over Oklahoma on Wednesday night.

Player Stats

OKLAHOMA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5Mohamed Wague	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	5	0
13Tae Davis	32	5-10	0-1	2-5	3	2	1	0	5	3	12
35Derrion Reid	24	2-5	0-2	6-8	6	1	0	0	2	3	10
1Xzayvier Brown	28	2-8	1-4	0-0	1	2	1	0	1	3	5
9Nijel Pack	32	7-9	4-5	2-2	2	0	0	0	4	0	20
22Kuol Atak	6	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
8Kai Rogers	17	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0
15Kirill Elatontsev	13	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
7Dayton Forsythe	20	2-5	0-1	3-3	0	2	2	0	0	2	7
3Jeff Nwankwo	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Jadon Jones	17	2-4	2-4	3-3	2	0	0	0	0	1	9
TOTAL	-	21-4645.7%	8-2138.1%	16-2176.2%	17	10	4	3	14	18	66

TENNESSEE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10Nate Ament	33	9-17	3-7	8-8	6	3	1	1	1	2	29
34Felix Okpara	35	7-10	0-0	4-5	7	2	0	2	1	2	18
23Jaylen Carey	24	3-9	0-0	1-6	7	2	0	0	1	0	7
0Ja'Kobi Gillespie	37	6-16	2-9	2-2	3	8	8	1	1	1	16
3Bishop Boswell	25	2-4	0-2	0-0	5	5	0	1	0	4	4
6DeWayne Brown II	21	5-6	0-0	3-4	3	2	0	0	0	4	13
35Ethan Burg	9	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
24Troy Henderson	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Amari Evans	16	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0


TOTAL	-	33-6352.4%	5-1827.8%	18-2572.0%	35	22	10	5	5	15	89

Play-by-Play

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1st halfOUTENN

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Tennessee.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Oklahoma.
+2 (19:34) Jaylen Carey makes layup (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists).
02
+2 (19:14) Xzayvier Brown makes 8-foot floating jump shot.
22
+2 (18:53) Nate Ament makes 9-foot jumper (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists).
24
(18:30) Derrion Reid misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:27) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:16) Nate Ament makes 18-foot jumper.
26
(17:48) Tae Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:44) Mohamed Wague Offensive Rebound.
(17:43) Mohamed Wague misses layup.
(17:41) Bishop Boswell Defensive Rebound.
(17:32) Foul on Mohamed Wague.
+1 (17:32) Felix Okpara makes free throw 1 of 2.
27
+1 (17:32) Felix Okpara makes free throw 2 of 2.
28
+2 (17:16) Tae Davis makes driving layup.
48
(17:00) Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:57) Kirill Elatontsev Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:34) Derrion Reid makes 11-foot jumper (Kirill Elatontsev assists).
68
(16:10) Felix Okpara misses layup.
(16:06) Nijel Pack Defensive Rebound.
(15:58) Xzayvier Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:54) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
(15:52) Bishop Boswell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:47) Nijel Pack Defensive Rebound.
(15:44) Derrion Reid bad pass turnover.
(15:44) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Steal.
+2 (15:22) Bishop Boswell makes 19-foot jumper (Felix Okpara assists).
610
(15:01) Nijel Pack misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(14:57) Nate Ament Defensive Rebound.
(14:54) Foul on Tae Davis.
+2 (14:47) DeWayne Brown II makes layup (Bishop Boswell assists).
612
(14:25) Tae Davis bad pass turnover.
(14:25) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Steal.
+2 (14:20) Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes layup.
614
+2 (14:09) Nijel Pack makes 12-foot jumper.
814
(13:58) Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(13:56) Tae Davis Defensive Rebound.
(13:42) Kai Rogers bad pass turnover.
+2 (13:22) Bishop Boswell makes 10-foot jumper (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists).
816
+3 (13:00) Jadon Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tae Davis assists).
1116
+2 (12:49) Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes driving layup.
1118
(12:30) Tae Davis misses driving layup.
(12:29) Oklahoma Offensive Rebound.
(12:08) Dayton Forsythe misses 5-foot floating jump shot.
(12:07) Oklahoma Deadball Team Rebound.
(12:06) team shot clock turnover .
(11:41) DeWayne Brown II misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(11:38) Amari Evans Offensive Rebound.
+3 (11:28) Nate Ament makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Carey assists).
1121
(10:57) Xzayvier Brown bad pass turnover.
(10:44) Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses 14-foot jumper.
(10:40) Jadon Jones Defensive Rebound.
(10:24) Foul on Ethan Burg.
+1 (10:23) Jadon Jones makes free throw 1 of 3.
1221
+1 (10:23) Jadon Jones makes free throw 2 of 3.
1321
+1 (10:23) Jadon Jones makes free throw 3 of 3.
1421
(9:59) Ethan Burg bad pass turnover.
(9:59) Xzayvier Brown Steal.
(9:52) Jadon Jones misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(9:49) Tae Davis Offensive Rebound.
(9:46) Tae Davis bad pass turnover.
(9:46) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Steal.
+2 (9:31) DeWayne Brown II makes 3-foot hook shot.
1423
(9:20) Mohamed Wague bad pass turnover.
(9:20) Nate Ament Steal.
+3 (9:14) Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nate Ament assists).
1426
+3 (8:48) Kuol Atak makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mohamed Wague assists).
1726
(8:21) Nate Ament misses layup.
(8:18) Jaylen Carey Offensive Rebound.
(8:18) Jaylen Carey bad pass turnover.
+2 (8:01) Dayton Forsythe makes 9-foot step back jumpshot.
1926
(7:34) Nate Ament misses 10-foot jumper.
(7:31) Felix Okpara Offensive Rebound.
(7:26) Jaylen Carey misses layup.
(7:21) Felix Okpara Offensive Rebound.
(7:21) Foul on Mohamed Wague.
+2 (7:09) DeWayne Brown II makes layup (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists).
1928
(6:55) Kuol Atak misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:50) Felix Okpara Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:37) Nate Ament makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bishop Boswell assists).
1931
+2 (6:16) Tae Davis makes layup (Dayton Forsythe assists).
2131
(6:16) Foul on DeWayne Brown II.
(6:16) Tae Davis misses free throw 1 of 1.
(6:15) Derrion Reid Offensive Rebound.
+3 (6:12) Xzayvier Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derrion Reid assists).
2431
(5:55) Nate Ament misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:52) Tae Davis Defensive Rebound.
(5:45) Nijel Pack bad pass turnover.
(5:45) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Steal.
(5:27) Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(5:25) DeWayne Brown II Offensive Rebound.
(5:20) Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:17) Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
(5:17) Foul on Derrion Reid.
+2 (5:14) Nate Ament makes 13-foot jumper (Bishop Boswell assists).
2433
(4:53) Foul on Nate Ament.
+1 (4:53) Derrion Reid makes free throw 1 of 2.
2533
+1 (4:53) Derrion Reid makes free throw 2 of 2.
2633
(4:25) Bishop Boswell misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:22) Derrion Reid Defensive Rebound.
(4:17) Xzayvier Brown misses layup.
(4:17) Nate Ament Block.
(4:13) Felix Okpara Defensive Rebound.
(4:10) Nate Ament misses layup.
(4:06) Felix Okpara Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:06) Felix Okpara makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2635
(3:57) Kirill Elatontsev misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(3:55) Bishop Boswell Defensive Rebound.
(3:45) Foul on Derrion Reid.
(3:45) Jaylen Carey misses free throw 1 of 2.
(3:45) Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (3:45) Jaylen Carey makes free throw 2 of 2.
2636
+3 (3:17) Nijel Pack makes 29-foot three point jumper (Tae Davis assists).
2936
+2 (2:55) Felix Okpara makes 3-foot dunk (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists).
2938
+2 (2:33) Tae Davis makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot.
3138
+2 (2:17) Jaylen Carey makes layup.
3140
(2:02) Tae Davis bad pass turnover.
(2:02) Amari Evans Steal.
+2 (1:57) Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes driving layup.
3142
+3 (1:32) Nijel Pack makes 24-foot three point jumper (Xzayvier Brown assists).
3442
(1:08) Nate Ament misses 15-foot jumper.
(1:04) Jadon Jones Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:47) Tae Davis makes 9-foot hook shot (Kai Rogers assists).
3642
(0:24) Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses layup.
(0:24) Bishop Boswell Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:20) Felix Okpara makes 4-foot dunk (Bishop Boswell assists).
3644
(0:20) Foul on Dayton Forsythe.
+1 (0:20) Felix Okpara makes free throw 1 of 1.
3645
(0:01) Nijel Pack misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Troy Henderson Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

TENN

66Points89

21-46(45.7%)Field Goal(%)33-63(52.4%)

8-21(38.1%)3-Point(%)5-18(27.8%)

16-21(76.2%)Free Throw(%)18-25(72.0%)

19(6)Rebounds(Offensive)36(15)

10Assists22

4Steals10

3Blocks5

15Turnovers7

18(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

0Largest Lead23

Game Details

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN

attendance: 18,361 (84.7%)

tv: ESPN2

spread: TENN -11.5

over/under: 149.5