University of Oklahoma Athletics

Postgame Notes

December 15, 2001 | Men's Basketball

By: Athletics Communications

Dec. 15, 2001

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OKLAHOMA VS. HIGH POINT
LLOYD NOBLE CENTER - NORMAN, OKLA.

  • Oklahoma ran its win streak to five games and improved to 6-1 with his 107-63 win over High Point. The Panthers fell to 3-6.

  • OU scored 100+ points for the 144th time in school history and is now 141-3 in those games. Tonight's 107 points were the Sooners' most since a 119-88 win at Colorado in 1995-96, Kelvin Sampson's second season at Oklahoma.

  • The Sooners shot a season-high .574 from the field. The last time OU shot that well in a game was in the fifth game of last season when it turned in a .585 mark versus Oregon State in the Big Island Invitational title game in Hilo, Hawaii.

  • Oklahoma made 11 of its 18 three-point attempts for a .611 mark. It was the best long-range effort by OU since a .667 performance in the 1999-2000 season opener against Montana State in the Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska.

  • OU's 55 first-half points were its most in a half since scoring 59 in the first stanza against North Texas on Dec. 9 last year. OU led 55-30 at the break tonight.

  • Sophomore center Jabahri Brown made his Oklahoma debut this evening and finished with five points, five assists, a steal and team highs in rebounds (8) and blocks (4) in 28 minutes.

  • Hollis Price recorded his sixth double-figure scoring night of the season with a season-high 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting (4-for-6 from three-point land). Price is averaging 25.5 points over the last two games and 18.6 on the year.

  • Ebi Ere scored 21 points, 16 in the first half. He has scored in double digits in all but one game and has made at least one trey in all seven contests. He was 3-for-5 from long range tonight.

  • Redshirt-freshman Blake Johnston scored a career-high 14 points and added a career bests in assists (6) and steals (5).

  • Michael Cano made his first career three-pointer and his four points were a career high. He played a career-high 14 minutes (his previous career high for minutes was 5).

  • OU set season highs tonight for assists (25), blocks (7), opponent turnovers (27) and steals (16).

  • OU scored 30 points off turnovers compared to High Point's nine and owned a 23-0 advantage in fast break points.

  • Five Sooners scored in double figures for the first time this year.

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