By Cliff Brunt, Associated Press
Raegan Beers has 25 points, 18 rebounds to lead Oklahoma past FGCU 81-58 in March Madness
Raegan Beers had 25 points and 18 rebounds, and No. 3 seed Oklahoma dominated the fourth quarter to beat 14th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast 81-58 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
Updated: 3:56 PM CDT Mar 22, 2025
BREAKING NEWS IS HAPPENING NOW AND BREAKING OVERNIGHT. OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE INVESTIGATING AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING IN NORTHEAST OKC. WHAT? POLICE TOLD US ABOUT THE INCIDENT SO FAR, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS AND WHAT LED UP TO THE INCIDENT. WE’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. A CHILLY START TO YOUR SATURDAY, BUT LOW FIRE DANGER AND MAYBE A GREAT DAY TO GET OUTSIDE. OUR EXPERT, JOSEPH NEUBAUER WILL TELL US ALL ABOUT IT COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. OKLAHOMA. ALMOST 8:00. NOW ON YOUR SATURDAY MORNING. THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH US. I’M SHELBY MONTGOMERY, AND I’M JORDAN. RYAN, GRAB A CUP OF COFFEE BECAUSE JOSEPH NEUBAUER HAS A GREAT FORECAST. LOOKING FORWARD TO LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. YEAH, IT’S NOT TOO BAD. STILL A LITTLE BIT BREEZY. LIKE THERE’S ALWAYS THAT BACKGROUND FIRE RISK, BUT THE CONDITIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER TODAY, WHICH HELPS. TODAY IS ALSO A GOOD DAY TO GET OUTSIDE TOO, RIGHT. BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE WARMER TODAY. WE’RE PUSHING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE, BUT I LIKE 70S CLOSE TO 80 IN SOME INSTANCES. IT’S COLD RIGHT NOW THOUGH. LOOK AT THAT. IT’S DOWN TO 39. IT WILL ROGERS. SO THAT’S A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE WE ARE HERE IN NORTH OKC. BUT WE’VE GOT SOME 30S ON THE BOARD. LOOK AT THAT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WILL ROGERS AND UP IN BETHANY TEN DEGREE DIFFERENCE. IT’S 39 HERE IN EDMOND CLOSER TO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA CITY. I BET WE’RE ABOUT 39 RIGHT NOW HERE AT THE TV STATION. IT’S BELOW FREEZING IN KINGFISHER, 34 IN CHICKASHA, 44 UP IN PONCA CITY, 32 IN BARTLESVILLE. SO LIGHT WINDS, NOT A LOT OF WIND CHILL. TEMPERATURES ALL OVER THE PLACE. WHEN YOU GET REALLY LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES, THE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO GO UP AND DOWN. YOU DRIVE FIVE MILES TO THE EAST. THE TEMPERATURE GOES UP SIX DEGREES. ANOTHER FIVE MILES EAST THAT GOES DOWN FIVE DEGREES. IT’S JUST UP AND DOWN. BUT I THINK ALL OF OUR TEMPERATURES COME INTO A CONSISTENT MODE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS WE GET UP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S. YEAH, IT’LL BE A LITTLE BIT BREEZY. WE’LL THROW IN A FEW CLOUDS BY THE LATER AFTERNOON. JORDAN. WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF BREAKING NEWS TO GET TO THIS MORNING. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO OVERNIGHT HOMICIDES RIGHT HERE IN THE METRO AND HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE SUSPECTS IN A SHOOTING AT AN AFTER HOURS NIGHTCLUB. THIS HAPPENED NEAR NORTHWEST 10TH AND MACARTHUR. KOCO WAS ON SCENE MOMENTS AFTER IT HAPPENED AROUND 4:00 THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT INSIDE. ONE OF THOSE VICTIMS IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING. NO WORD ON THE OTHER’S CONDITION. POLICE RIGHT NOW LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECTS. BUT THEY SAY THE CROWD CAN MAKE THAT MORE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE LARGE CROWDS. IT’S OBVIOUSLY A MORE DIFFICULT TIME. INITIALLY, OFFICERS ARE CURRENTLY TALKING TO ALL THE INVOLVED PARTIES, TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO ARE KEY WITNESSES IN THE INVESTIGATION. POLICE SAY THEY ARE TREATING THIS AS A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. IN THE EVENT THAT THIS TURNS DEADLY. IN JUST A FEW HOURS BEFORE THAT, POLICE SAY SOMEONE WAS BEATEN TO DEATH AT A CONCERT. THIS HAPPENING AROUND MIDNIGHT NEAR SOUTH PORTLAND IN SOUTHWEST 15TH. POLICE TELL KOCO IT STARTED AS AN ARGUMENT THAT LATER LED TO A FIGHT. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THE VICTIM UNCONSCIOUS. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY LATER DIED. RIGHT NOW, POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR SEVERAL POSSIBLE SUSPECTS AND ALSO OVERNIGHT, OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER THEY SAY A TEEN GIRL WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A CAR. NOW, THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE TEN LAST NIGHT NEAR NORTHEAST SEVENTH AND MLK. POLICE SAY IT STARTED WITH AN ALTERCATION WITH THE SUSPECT AND PEOPLE. THE VICTIM WAS WITH. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT DROVE INTO THE YARD, INTENTIONALLY HIT THE GIRL AND LEFT. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DIED. OHP LATER FOUND AND ARRESTED THE SUSPECT. THESE ARE ALL DEVELOPING STORIES. STAY WITH KOCO FOR THE LATEST. AND IN NEW MEXICO, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY’RE CALLING A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING SO FAR. POLICE SAY ONE PERSON DIED. ABOUT FOUR OTHERS WERE HURT. ACCORDING TO LOCAL REPORTS THIS MORNING, POLICE STILL COUNTING POTENTIAL VICTIMS. THIS IS VIDEO OF THAT SCENE AT YOUNG PARK IN LAS CRUCES FROM OUR AFFILIATE KOAT. A LARGE GROUP WAS GATHERED AT A CAR MEET WHEN THE SUSPECT OPENED FIRE. YOU CAN HEAR DOZENS OF GUNSHOTS AND VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA. LAS CRUCES POLICE ARE STILL GATHERING DETAILS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA. THAT’S WHERE I CALL HOME. THINKING ABOUT MY COMMUNITY. AND BREAKING OVERNIGHT. FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING TO A BUILDING FIRE IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA CITY. THIS HAPPENING JUST AFTER TWO THIS MORNING NEAR SOUTHWEST 44TH AND BLACKWELDER. OKLAHOMA CITY FIREFIGHTERS SAY IT STARTED AS A TRASH FIRE THAT EXTENDED INTO THE BUILDING. AT LAST CHECK, THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES. STAY WITH KOCO FOR UPDATES. OKLAHOMA. IT’S BEEN ONE WEEK SINCE THE START OF THE HISTORIC WILDFIRE OUTBREAK. RIGHT NOW, THE FIGHT CONTINUES TO STILL GET THOSE FIRES UNDER CONTROL. ABSOLUTELY. OKLAHOMA FORESTRY TALKED TO KOCO JASON BERGER ABOUT THEIR WORK AND WHERE THE DESTRUCTION STANDS RIGHT NOW. GUYS, BETWEEN THE MAJOR FIRES AND PAYNE, LOGAN AND OKLAHOMA COUNTIES, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 400 HOMES THAT WERE LOST. OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICE SAYS OVER 100,000 ACRES HAVE BURNED. HERE’S THE STILLWATER AND THE 33 ROAD HICKORY HILLS FIRES. THERE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MOST STRUCTURE LOSS. TALKING OVER 400 STRUCTURES LOST, PRIMARY STRUCTURES, LOST RESIDENCES. LIKE OTHER AGENCIES AROUND THE STATE, OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICES HAS HAD THEIR HANDS FULL SINCE LAST FRIDAY. IN THE LAST WEEK, THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, JUST OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICES ALONE, WE’VE WORKED ON 144 FIRES THAT HAVE BURNED OVER 145,000 ACRES. AND THAT’S NOT COUNTING ALL THE VARIOUS FIRES THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE DEALT WITH. WE’VE BROUGHT IN AIRCRAFT TO BE READY TO HELP. THERE ARE TWO SUPER SCOOPER PLANES PRE-POSITIONED IN BURNS FLAT, LIKE THE ONES USED AT ARCADIA LAKE THIS WEEK. WE ALSO HAVE THREE AERIAL SUPERVISION TYPE PLATFORMS, ONE AT WILEY POST AND THE OTHER TWO OUT AT BURNS FLAT. WHILE THEY’RE NICE TO HAVE, YOU CAN’T ALWAYS USE THEM. THAT’S BEEN PART OF THE PROBLEM IN THE LAST WEEK WITH TRYING TO KNOCK THESE FIRES OUT FAST. THE WIND GROUNDS THE PLANES TIME. THE WINDS ARE ABOVE 45 KNOTS OR WE HAVE A GUST SPREAD OF OVER 15 MILES AN HOUR. WE CAN’T PUT THOSE AIRCRAFT UP IN THE AIR. AND OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICE SAYS THERE ARE STILL 18 FIRES ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE NOT FULLY CONTAINED, AND FIRE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM IN OKLAHOMA CITY. JASON BERGER, KOCO FIVE NEWS. AND HELP IS AVAILABLE FOR WILDFIRE VICTIMS. THE RED CROSS IS WORKING TO HELP RESIDENTS IN LOGAN, LINCOLN, PAYNE AND OTHER HARD HIT COUNTIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES TO WILDFIRES TODAY. EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH WILL BE BACK AT THE LANGSTON FARMERS MARKET, PROVIDING MORE ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO VICTIMS. AND TOMORROW, LOGAN COUNTY AGENCIES ARE HOSTING A RESOURCE CENTER FROM NOON TO SEVEN AT THE LOGAN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
Raegan Beers has 25 points, 18 rebounds to lead Oklahoma past FGCU 81-58 in March Madness
Raegan Beers had 25 points and 18 rebounds, and No. 3 seed Oklahoma dominated the fourth quarter to beat 14th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast 81-58 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
Updated: 3:56 PM CDT Mar 22, 2025
By Cliff Brunt, Associated Press
Raegan Beers had 25 points and 18 rebounds, and No. 3 seed Oklahoma dominated the fourth quarter to beat 14th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast 81-58 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday.Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following.The Sooners led 55-48 entering the fourth, then outscored the Eagles 26-10 in the final period.Beers, a 6-foot-4 center, towered over a team with no starter taller than 5-9. She helped the Sooners outrebound the Eagles 72-35.Skylar Vann scored 24 points and Payton Verhulst added 13 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Sooners (26-7).Oklahoma advanced to play No. 6 seed Iowa — Sooners coach Jennie Baranczyk’s alma mater — on Monday for a spot in the Sweet 16.Oklahoma defeated Florida Gulf Coast 73-70 in the first round of last year’s tournament.Emani Jefferson, the Atlantic Sun Player of the Year who had 22 points and 12 rebounds against the Sooners last year, had 12 points and eight rebounds in the rematch while spending much of the day in foul trouble. She made 3 of 11 field goals.Dolly Cairns scored 15 points for the Eagles (30-4), who had won 23 straight. Florida Gulf Coast shot 23.6% from the field and made 8 of 41 3-pointers (19.5%).
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) —Raegan Beers had 25 points and 18 rebounds, and No. 3 seed Oklahoma dominated the fourth quarter to beat 14th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast 81-58 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following.
The Sooners led 55-48 entering the fourth, then outscored the Eagles 26-10 in the final period.
Beers, a 6-foot-4 center, towered over a team with no starter taller than 5-9. She helped the Sooners outrebound the Eagles 72-35.
Skylar Vann scored 24 points and Payton Verhulst added 13 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Sooners (26-7).
Oklahoma advanced to play No. 6 seed Iowa — Sooners coach Jennie Baranczyk’s alma mater — on Monday for a spot in the Sweet 16.
Oklahoma defeated Florida Gulf Coast 73-70 in the first round of last year’s tournament.
Emani Jefferson, the Atlantic Sun Player of the Year who had 22 points and 12 rebounds against the Sooners last year, had 12 points and eight rebounds in the rematch while spending much of the day in foul trouble. She made 3 of 11 field goals.
Dolly Cairns scored 15 points for the Eagles (30-4), who had won 23 straight. Florida Gulf Coast shot 23.6% from the field and made 8 of 41 3-pointers (19.5%).
