After a dreadful 20-minute stretch on Saturday, the Sooners woke up and found a way to beat Arkansas 65-62 on the road.

The Oklahoma Sooners needed all 40 minutes to pull out a gritty road win over the Arkansas Razorbacks, coming away with the 65-62 victory. The Sooners are now 15-4 on the season and 2-4 in SEC play with the win.

Adou Thiero, who followed Calipari from Kentucky to Arkansas, had five points in the final minute to end the team's five-game losing skid.

Arkansas tried Saturday to capitalize on its momentum from a victory over Georgia, but couldn't stop Oklahoma's momentum from its victory over South Carolina. The Hogs lost at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville,

The Oklahoma Sooners and Arkansas Razorbacks took similar approaches in practice and got the same result: their first Southeastern Conference wins. The teams meet Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark., and hope their work off the court will put their SEC woes further behind them.

After seven days of rest, Oklahoma will battle a team whose start mirrors the Sooners. OU faces Arkansas on Saturday after having a conference bye earlier in the week. Both the Sooners and Razorbacks picked up their first SEC wins in their last games.