Oklahoma players pose with the championship trophy of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015.

Oklahoma players pose with the championship trophy of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015.

Hield Leads Oklahoma Over Harvard for DHC Championship on December 25, 2015

Tournament MVP Buddy Hield led the 3rd-ranked Oklahoma Sooners to an 83-71 victory over the Harvard Crimson in the 2015 Diamond Head Classic on December 25, 2015, at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hield scored a career-high 34 points on 11 for 14 shooting from the field and 9 for 10 from the line. Teammate Jordan Woodard contributed a career-high 28 points for the Sooners. Harvard's Zena Edosomwan also scored a career-high 25 points for the Crimson.

  • Oklahoma and Harvard tip off the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma's Buddy Hield (24) and Ryan Spangler (00) leap for the rebound at the championship of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Harvard's Zena Edosomwan drives on Oklahoma's Khadeem Lattin in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Edosomwan double-doubled with a 16 rebounds and a career-high 25 points. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Harvard guard Tommy McCarthy drives as Oklahoma's Ryan Spangler defends in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma head coach Lon Kruger shouts instructions as Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker looks on in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker watches the action in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Crimson forward Zena Edosomwan rises for a dunk as Sooner forward Khadem Lattin observes in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Edosomwan double-doubled with a 16 rebounds and a career-high 25 points. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Crimson forward Zena Edosomwan rises for a dunk as Sooner forward Khadem Lattin observes in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Edosomwan double-doubled with a 16 rebounds and a career-high 25 points. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Crimson forward Zena Edosomwan rises for a dunk as Sooner forward Khadem Lattin observes in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Edosomwan double-doubled with a 16 rebounds and a career-high 25 points. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Crimson forward Zena Edosomwan erases a Sooner shot attempt in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Sooner coach Lon Kruger questions the call in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma guard Jordan Woodard shoots a three from the wing as Harvard guard Tommy McCarthy defends in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Harvard's Agunwa Okolie drives in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Sooners forward Khadeem Lattin (12) rises for a dunk as Crimson forward Evan Cummins (33) defends in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Sooners forward Khadeem Lattin (12) rises for a dunk as Crimson forward Evan Cummins (33) defends in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Sooners forward Khadeem Lattin (12) rises for a dunk as Crimson forward Evan Cummins (33) defends in the championship game of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker, in his ninth season at the helm, watches his team's performance against Oklahoma at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Sooners forward Khadeem Lattin reaches for the ball in Crimson forward Zena Edosomwan's hands at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Harvard's Zena Edosomwan makes a move to the hoop against the defense of Oklahoma's Khadeem Lattin at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Harvard's Zena Edosomwan makes a move to the hoop against the defense of Oklahoma's Khadeem Lattin in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Harvard's Agunwa Okolie (35) watches a free throw between Oklahoma's Buddy Hield (24) and Akolda Manyang (30) in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Agunwa Okolie of Harvard shoots a left handed shot against the defense of Akolda Manyang in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Jordan Woodard of the Oklahoma Sooners shoots over Tommy McCarthy (3) of the Harvard Crimson in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • The Sooners bench reacts to a play against Harvard in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Harvard's Zena Edosomwan hangs for a shot against Oklahoma in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma's Isaiah Cousins (11) shoots over the outstretched arm of Harvard's Corey Johnson (25) in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Zena Edosomwan of Harvard shoots over Oklahoma in the championship of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Edosomwan double-doubled with a 16 rebounds and a career-high 25 points. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger calls a play at the championship of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Corey Johnson of Harvard shoots at the championship of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Corbin Miller of Harvard shoots over Dinijyl Walker of Oklahoma in the championship of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma's Ryan Spangler gets a forearm on Harvard's Chris Egi in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Chris Egi of Harvard lays it in in the championship of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Agunwa Okolie of Harvard starts the fast break against Oklahoma in the championship of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Harvard's Agunwa Okolie finishes the break in the championship of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma's Jordan Woodard attempts to block a shot of Harvard's Agunwa Okolie in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma center Akolda Manyang leaves the court in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma and Harvard kicks at the championship of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Evan Cummins of Harvard tries to block Khadeem Lattin of Oklahoma's shot in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma's Ryan Spangler finishes the reverse against Harvard in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma's Ryan Spangler drives on the Harvard defense in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma's Isaiah Cousins hangs in the air as Harvard's Zena Edosomwan defends in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Tommy Amaker of Harvard observes the action in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Tommy Amaker of Harvard instructs his players during a timeout in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Oklahoma and Harvard play for the championship of the 2015 Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Zena Edosomwan of Harvard dunks on Oklahoma in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Zena Edosomwan of Harvard dunks on Oklahoma in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Edosomwan double-doubled with a 16 rebounds and a career-high 25 points. Photo: Brandon Flores.

  • Zena Edosomwan of Harvard dunks on Oklahoma in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI on December 25, 2015. Edosomwan double-doubled with a 16 rebounds and a career-high 25 points. Photo: Brandon Flores.


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