East Texas A&M beat Oklahoma 68-64 on Monday night, delivering the second-largest upset in Division I over the past 30 years as a 28.5-point underdog. The result marked the first win over a power conference program in program history for the Lions, who were picked to finish last in the 12-team Southland Conference preseason poll.
Oklahoma entered as a heavy favorite under sixth-year coach Porter Moser, who had won 22 of his previous 23 season openers at the school. Instead, the Sooners fell to a team ranked No. 294 in KenPom, a gap that places this result just behind Eastern Illinois’ 30.5-point upset of Iowa in December 2022 for the largest betting-line upset in the sport’s recent history.
How The East Texas A&M Oklahoma Upset Unfolded
East Texas A&M grabbed a 13-12 lead with 12:59 left in the first half and never trailed again. Oklahoma shot just 29.6% from the field in the opening 20 minutes and managed only 25 points before halftime.
The Lions pulled away out of the break when Mohamed Daikite and Alonzo Dodd hit back-to-back three-pointers to push the lead to 16 points. Oklahoma fell behind by as many as 16 at the 17:23 mark of the second half and never found a consistent answer. Bo Aldrich sealed the win at the free-throw line in the final seconds.
East Texas A&M shot 11-of-27 from three-point range compared to Oklahoma’s 5-of-20, and the Sooners compounded their shooting struggles with 15 turnovers and 15 missed free throws. Aldrich led all scorers with 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting, while Daikite and Dodd each added 15 points.
Oklahoma got 15 points from Pop Isaacs and a 14-point, 10-rebound effort from Derrion Reid, but neither was enough to offset the Sooners’ poor shooting night. “I just feel like they sped us up a little bit. And as a team, you can’t get sped up. We just have to play our game, no matter who we’re playing,” Reid said after the loss, according to Yahoo Sports.
What The Loss Means For Oklahoma
The defeat snapped Oklahoma’s streak of 30 consecutive nonconference home wins and will count as a Quad 4 loss in the NCAA’s NET rankings, the worst possible classification for the Sooners’ tournament resume. It also comes with Moser already facing scrutiny in Norman, where fans have been heard chanting “Fire Moser” at Lloyd Noble Center, according to USA Today.
Moser is 95-75 overall at Oklahoma and 33-57 in conference play across his tenure in the Big 12 and SEC. Since Oklahoma joined the SEC in 2024, the program has not won more than seven conference games or finished higher than 11th in the standings in either season. The Sooners have reached the NCAA Tournament only once under Moser, a 2025 appearance that ended with a first-round loss to UConn, despite making the tournament in seven of the eight seasons before his arrival.
Moser has one season left on his contract after 2026-27 and now reports to new athletic director Roger Denny. Speaking after the game, Moser did not soften his assessment. “The only thing I know what to do is apologize to the fan base, and to get better.
I apologize to every single person that came in. The things you do in a game like this in basketball that gets you beat, we did … Not good enough, and that’s on me,” he said, according to ESPN. He added postgame that “we played on our heels all night.
They got us on our heels, and we stayed on our heels.”
Context For East Texas A&M
The win represents new territory for a program in just its sixth season at the Division I level. East Texas A&M has never posted a winning record, finishing 13-20 in each of the past two seasons. Monday’s result stands as the biggest win in the young program’s history and its first against a power conference opponent.
What’s Next
Oklahoma now turns its attention to righting the ship after a result that adds immediate weight to Moser’s final contracted season in Norman. The Sooners’ next outing will test whether Monday’s performance was an aberration or a sign of deeper issues on a roster that reached the NCAA Tournament under Moser just once. East Texas A&M, meanwhile, carries its signature win into Southland Conference play looking to build on a preseason projection that had the Lions picked to finish last.
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