Fifth-ranked Oklahoma Baptist withstood a second-half run by Northwestern and claimed its school-record sixth straight Sooner Athletic Conference road win Thursday, 76-64.

After trailing much of the first half, OBU scored the last six points before intermission, spurred by an Emmanuel Wilson three-pointer for a 34-31 halftime edge. The Bison followed that with the first nine points of the second half with four different scorers to make it a 43-31 bulge with 14:45 left in the game.

Al Moore made a steal and fed Brent Jones for a dunk to give OBU its largest lead, 56-40, with 10:01 left to play, but the Rangers had an answer.

A 14-1 Northwestern spree pulled the Rangers to within three points of the Bison, 57-54, with 6:32 left in the game.

"That's the way it is going to be here in this gym," said OBU coach Doug Tolin. "You're not going to stretch a 16-point lead to a 23-point lead and coast home."

OBU had its own reply with Justin Williams sinking four free throws, Moore converting a three-point play and Nate Brumfield adding four points for key plays in an 12-2 Bison run to build the lead back to 69-56.

Northwestern got the deficit down to nine points, but ran out of time as OBU kept up its defense down the stretch.

Brumfield, who logged nearly 30 minutes off the bench, led OBU with 25 points and 11 rebounds while Brent Jones added 18 points in his 38 minutes. Williams contributed 14 points 37 minutes.

"We played a lot of guys a lot of minutes," said Tolin. "We can rest on the way home. We may get to Interstate 35 before we start thinking about Saturday and Oklahoma Christian. All in all, there aren't many things to complain about tonight."

Two Rangers hit double figures in the rebounding column, but OBU won the overall battle of the boards 40-37 with Moore chipping in seven to go with Brumfield's 11.

Now 18-2 overall and 12-1 in the SAC, the Bison come home to face Oklahoma Christian Saturday at 8 p.m. The Bison have won 13 straight since losing at the Eagles Nest in December.

OBU Basketball - Newspaper Box Score
Northwestern OSU Rangers vs Oklahoma Baptist Bison
01/29/2009 at Alva
Northwestern OSU 64, Oklahoma Baptist 76
Northwestern OSU
Brandon Brown 7-23 3-4 19; Catrell Currie 6-15 1-1 16; Brandon Dixon 5-13 2-4 12; Termain Snyder 3-9 0-2 6; Jason Rogers 1-4 0-0 3; Cameron Davis 1-2 0-0 3; David Holmes 1-1 1-1 3; Tyler Detring 1-1 0-0 2; Jackson Kajander 0-0 0-0 0; Trent Lanie 0-0 0-0 0; Kris Johnson 0-0 0-0 0; Felipe Eichenberger 0-0 0-0 0; Totals 25-68 7-12 64.
Oklahoma Baptist
Nate Brumfield 9-12 7-9 25; Brent Jones 5-14 7-12 18; Justin Williams 3-5 6-8 14; Al Moore 1-5 6-7 8; Garrett Steinmetz 2-5 0-2 4; Emmanuel Wilson 1-3 0-0 3; Heath McKay 1-1 0-0 3; Charles Carter 0-2 1-2 1; Hayden Blessing 0-0 0-0 0; Tyler Parker 0-0 0-0 0; Mirko Vojinovic 0-0 0-0 0; Totals 22-47 27-40 76.
Northwestern OSU  31  33  - 64  
Oklahoma Baptist  34  42  - 76  
 
3-point goals-Northwestern OSU 7-20 (Catrell Currie 3-5; Brandon Brown 2-8; Jason Rogers 1-3; Cameron Davis 1-2; Termain Snyder 0-2) , Oklahoma Baptist 5-11 (Justin Williams 2-3; Brent Jones 1-3; Emmanuel Wilson 1-2; Heath McKay 1-1; Garrett Steinmetz 0-2) . Fouled out--Northwestern OSU-Felipe Eichenberger, Brandon Dixon, Oklahoma Baptist-None. Rebounds-Northwestern OSU 37 (Brandon Dixon 13) , Oklahoma Baptist 40 (Nate Brumfield 11) . Assists-Northwestern OSU 5 (Brandon Brown 3) , Oklahoma Baptist 17 (Nate Brumfield 4) . Total Fouls-Northwestern OSU 25, Oklahoma Baptist .