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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Griffin Brothers Lead OU into Boulder
February 08, 2008 | Men's Basketball
| OU (15-7, 3-4) at Colorado (9-13, 1-7) | |
| Date & Tip Time | Saturday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. CST |
| Location | Boulder, Colo. | Coors Events Center |
| Tickets | OU Athletics Ticket Office |
| TV | ESPNU |
| Radio | Sooner Radio Network KOKC AM-1520 in Oklahoma City KTBZ AM-1430 in Tulsa Sirius 126 |
| Webcast | None |
| Live Stats | SoonerSports.com / GameTracker |
| Game Info | Gameday Central | Game Notes (PDF) |
GAME PREVIEW
Trying to snap a two-game losing streak and pick up its fourth road win of the season, Oklahoma (15-7, 3-4) plays at Colorado (9-13, 1-7) on Saturday at 3 p.m. CST at the Coors Events Center in Boulder. The Sooners, who lost to a pair of ranked teams in the last week (at Texas A&M and versus Texas), stand in a tie with Texas Tech for sixth place in the league race. They are 3-3 on the road this year, with two of those victories coming against top-25 teams at the time. Colorado has lost six straight contests and is in last place in the conference standings. The Buffaloes are coming off a 64-63 road loss to Oklahoma State on Wednesday.
Saturday's game will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KOKC 1520-AM in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430-AM in Tulsa) with Bob Barry Sr. and Mike Houck announcing, and on Sirius 126 (Colorado's announcers). It will be televised nationally by ESPNU with Clay Matvick and Bob Sundvold calling the action.
"NOTE" WORTHY
• Oklahoma is 85-47 all-time against Colorado and 30-26 in Boulder. The Sooners have won 43 of the last 48 overall meetings.
• Blake Griffin is averaging a double-double (16.8 points and 10.0 rebounds) in his five full Big 12 games. He is also averaging 2.6 assists and shooting .592 from the field in those contests.
• Austin Johnson is averaging 10.3 points while shooting .538 from 3-point range in road games (he is averaging 7.0 points and shooting .208 from long range at home).
• David Godbold shot .233 from 3-point range over OU's first 14 games (10-for-43) but is shooting .413 over the last eight (19-for-46).
• The Sooners are holding opponents to a .395 season field goal mark. The last time opponents shot worse for an entire campaign was 47 years ago (.377 in 1960-61).
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WEDNESDAY'S TEXAS RECAP
• For the second straight game, Oklahoma lost to a ranked opponent when leading at halftime. The Sooners led the Longhorns by as many as 10 points (15-5) and were up 29-25 at intermission. Texas took its first lead with 9:48 remaining in the contest.
• OU lost despite holding Texas to .386 field goal shooting. The Longhorns shot .250 from the field in the first half but rebounded for a .560 performance in the second. Texas committed an OU-opponent-season-low five turnovers on the night.
• Only four Sooners scored on the evening. Blake Griffin netted a team-high 19 points and was followed by David Godbold and Taylor Griffin (12 each), and Tony Crocker (11, all in the first half). OU's five starters played 174 of a possible 200 minutes.
• Taylor Griffin pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds, tying for the second most by a Sooner this season. He registered his second double-double of the year and the fourth of his career.
• The Sooners made their first three 3-point tries of the night (all by Crocker) but went 3-for-21 (.143) the rest of the way.
• OU was 12-for-14 (.857) from the free throw line after going 47-for-79 (.595) over its previous four games.
• Without the services of an injured Longar Longar, head coach Jeff Capel went deeper on his bench than usual. He played freshman guard Cade Davis for 10 minutes and walk-on sophomore forward Beau Gerber for six. Davis had not played in OU's previous three games and Gerber had played 18 minutes all season entering the day.
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TEAM UPDATE
• The Sooners stand in a sixth-place tie with Texas Tech in the Big 12 race, one-and-a-half games out of fifth place (Texas A&M is 5-3). After Saturday's game at Colorado, OU returns to Norman to host Iowa State (13-10, 3-5) on Wednesday.
• Oklahoma received 13 votes in this week's AP poll and is slotted 37th. It has beaten three teams ranked ahead of it.
• Oklahoma has won three true road games this year (two versus ranked opponents) after winning just one last year (Baylor). Prior to this season, the last time OU won a true road game over a ranked foe was in the 2000-01 season.
• Wednesday's home loss to Texas dropped OU from the third best CollegeRPI.com ranking in the Big 12 to the league's sixth best. The Sooners stand at No. 37 (through Wednesday) and have played the nation's 12th toughest schedule.
• After getting off to an 11-0 record when leading at the half, OU has dropped its last two under the circumstance. The Sooners led 29-23 at No. 23 Texas A&M last Saturday (they lost 60-52) and were up 29-25 on No. 12 Texas on Wednesday (lost 64-54).
• Jeff Capel has primarily used a seven-man rotation in league play. David Godbold is averaging a team-high 36.7 minutes per Big 12 game and is followed by Austin Johnson (34.4), Tony Crocker (30.1), Longar Longar (29.3), Blake Griffin (28.0), Taylor Griffin (27.7) and Omar Leary (15.6). Cade Davis is averaging 10.3 minutes in his three conference game appearances.
• Four Sooners are averaging at least 5.2 rebounds per Big 12 game. Blake Griffin is averaging 8.5 boards and is followed by Taylor Griffin (7.1), Godbold (6.0) and Longar (5.2).
• OU's seven Big 12 opponents have shot an incredible .831 from the free throw line against the Sooners (108-for-130).
• Either Blake Griffin (seven times) or Taylor Griffin (five times) has led OU in rebounding in each of the last 12 contests.
FRONTCOURT UPDATE
• Senior center Longar Longar did not play Wednesday against Texas due to a broken bone in his right leg and is out indefinitely. Longar is the team's second-leading scorer and rebounder on the year with his 13.2 and 5.9 respective averages. A .530 shooter from the field on the season, he has scored in double figures in 10 of his last 13 games (he scored nine points in each of two of the other three outings). Longar also leads the squad with his 25 blocked shots.
• In his five full Big 12 games, freshman Blake Griffin is averaging 16.8 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists while shooting .592 from the field. OU's leading scorer (14.5) and rebounder (8.7) on the year, he has scored in double figures in 12 of his last 13 games (not including the Jan. 14 Kansas contest when he left five minutes into the game with a sprained MCL in his left knee). Griffin has failed to score at least 10 points in only three full games all season.
• Three of Griffin's seven double-doubles have come against ranked opponents. He had 15 points and 14 rebounds in a win over Gonzaga, 18 points and 16 boards in a win at West Virginia and 17 points and 15 rebounds in a victory at Baylor. Griffin also registered 19 points and nine boards against No. 12 Texas.
• Despite not scoring and grabbing just one rebound in his five minutes against Kansas, Griffin ranks 10th in the Big 12 in scoring (14.5 ppg), fourth in rebounding (8.7 rpg) and third in double-doubles (seven). He also leads the league in field goal percentage (.584) and paces OU with his 24 steals.
• Griffin has twice been named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 31 and Jan. 28) and was also named the Jan. 14 Big 12 Rookie of the Week.
• Seeing a major increase in minutes the last few weeks, junior forward Taylor Griffin is averaging 10.8 points and 8.3 rebounds while shooting .821 (23-for-28) from the free throw line over the last six contests. Prior to those six outings, he was averaging 5.4 points and 3.2 boards while shooting .667 (20-for-30) from the foul line on the year.
• Starting in place of his injured younger brother on Jan. 19 against Texas Tech, Taylor Griffin tied a then-career high with 16 points and grabbed a then-season-high 12 rebounds. On Jan. 28 against Oklahoma State, he was 7-for-8 from the field and scored a career-high 20 points and pulled down a game-high six boards. Wednesday against Texas, he netted 12 points and grabbed a career-high 15 boards as he started in place of an injured Longar.
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BACKCOURT UPDATE
• Senior guard David Godbold has scored in double figures in four of the last five games. A week ago he turned in a career-high 22-point outing at Texas A&M in which he was 6-for-10 from 3-point range.
• Godbold is shooting .413 from 3-point range over the last eight contests (19-for-46). No other Sooner has made more than 11 treys over the last eight games.
• In seven Big 12 games, Godbold is averaging 11.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists. He ranks third in the Big 12 (conference games only) with his .386 3-point percentage and his 2.4 treys per contest.
• Godbold has played at least 34 minutes in each of the last seven outings (averaging 36.7).
• Sophomore guard Tony Crocker, OU's best 3-point shooter at .459 (39-for-85), has made at least three treys in a game eight times and is 29-for-44 (.659) in those contests. He has already made four more 3-pointers this year than he did all of last season (35) when he shot a team-high .357 from behind the arc.
• Crocker is averaging 6.7 points over the last three games on 6-for-20 field goal shooting after scoring in double figures in the team's previous five contests. He is averaging 3.4 turnovers over the last five outings.
• Crocker, who scored a career-high 26 points at TCU on Dec. 2 (he netted 20 points in the first half with the help of 6-for-7 3-point shooting), ranks third on the team in scoring (10.9 ppg) and fourth in rebounding (4.2 rpg).
• Junior guard Austin Johnson averaged 12.1 points over an eight-game stretch from late November to early January, but is averaging 5.8 points over the last eight contests. He was held scoreless in 38 minutes against Texas on Wednesday.
• Johnson has been an offensive force on the road, averaging 10.3 points and 4.0 assists while shooting .523 from the field and .538 (14-for-26) from 3-point distance in OU's six true road games.
• Junior guard Omar Leary is averaging 5.0 points in 18.5 minutes per game. He started eight of the team's first 10 contests but has come off the bench in each of the last 12. Leary has made 22 treys and is a .415 shooter from behind the arc.
PREVIEWING COLORADO
• Colorado enters Saturday's game with a 9-13 overall record and a 1-7 Big 12 mark (trails 11th-place Oklahoma State by a game). The Buffaloes are 4-7 at home this season and 1-3 in league home games (beat Nebraska 55-51, lost to Kansas State 72-56, lost to Missouri 66-63 and lost to Kansas 72-59). They are coming off a 64-63 road loss to Oklahoma State on Wednesday.
• The Buffaloes hit 8-of-19 (.421) 3-point attempts at Oklahoma State but were outrebounded 37-26 and watched the Cowboys make 25 free throws to their 17. It was CU's sixth consecutive defeat and eighth in its last nine games.
• Colorado ranks fourth in the Big 12 in scoring defense (62.7 points per game) but last in rebounding margin (-2.5 per game), last in field goal percentage defense (.438) and 10th in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.362).
• Senior guard Richard Roby is one of three Buffaloes averaging double figures in scoring. He ranks fourth in the conference with his 17.0 points per game and is also averaging a team-high 6.5 rebounds while shooting .498 from the field, .420 from behind the arc and .792 from the free throw line. Roby is attempting to lead Colorado in scoring for the fourth straight year. He is just 47 points away from becoming the school's third leading scorer of all time (Shaun Vandiver currently ranks third).
• Fellow senior guard Marcus Hall is averaging 12.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and team highs of 3.8 assists and 1.9 steals per outing. Hall has made a team-high 37 treys and is shooting .385 from deep. With his 12 points on Wednesday, he became CU's 26th career 1,000-point scorer. He netted 28 points versus Missouri four games ago with the help of 11-for-13 field goal shooting.
• Sophomore guard Xavier Silas is averaging 10.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per contest and has started 19 of his 20 games (he scored eight points off the bench against Oklahoma State).
• Freshman guard Cory Higgins has started all 22 contests and averages 8.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.4 steals. In league play, he is averaging 9.9 points and 4.5 boards while going 10-for-25 (.400) from 3-point distance.
• Jeff Bzdelik is in his first season as Colorado's head coach. Bzdelik also coached Air Force to a 50-16 record during the 2006 and 2007 seasons, and Maryland-Baltimore County to a 25-31 mark over the 1987 and 1988 campaigns. He also spent the 2003, 2004 and part of the 2005 season as the head coach of the NBA's Denver Nuggets, leading them to a 73-119 record.
SERIES WITH THE BUFFALOES
• Oklahoma owns an 85-47 all-time record against Colorado and is 30-26 versus the Buffaloes in games played in Boulder.
• The Sooners have won 43 of the last 48 overall meetings, but the teams have split the last four. Colorado's five wins during the span have all been by single digits (an average of 6.0 points)
• Oklahoma won 24 consecutive meetings between the 1982 and 1991 seasons.
• OU is 10-3 against Colorado since the inception of the Big 12 Conference (that includes a 2-0 record in the league tournament).
• The Sooners have won 22 straight games against the Buffaloes in Norman.
LAST YEAR AGAINST COLORADO
In the only meeting between the teams last year, Oklahoma forced 25 Colorado turnovers in a 78-54 home win on Jan. 10. The victory snapped a two-game losing streak and marked Jeff Capel's first triumph in Big 12 play. The Sooners rode the strong play of freshman Tony Crocker, who finished with 16 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals. Crocker made 13 free throws on 15 attempts, both still career-high figures. Senior Nate Carter came off the bench to supply 15 points and eight boards while sophomore guard Austin Johnson registered 10 points and four assists. OU shot .442 from the field, .368 (7-for-19) from 3-point range and .735 (25-for-34) from the free throw line while the Buffaloes posted .408, .222 (4-for-18) and .556 (10-for-18) respective figures. The Sooners recorded a season-high 14 steals and held a 33-10 advantage in the points-off-turnovers category. With 20 points, Richard Roby was the only Buffalo who scored in double figures. He also had seven of CU's 25 turnovers.
GETTING TO THE LINE
Freshman forward Blake Griffin has seemed to develop quite a knack for getting to the foul line over his last seven outings. Through OU's first 13 games, Griffin attempted 50 free throws (3.8 per contest) with a single-game high of six. Over the last seven games, however, Griffin has attempted 75 free throws (10.7 per contest). He attempted 12 foul shots versus Rice, 18 against Mount St. Mary's, 13 versus Kansas State, four at Baylor, 15 against Oklahoma State, five at Texas A&M and eight versus Texas.
ROAD SCHOLAR
Junior Austin Johnson performed considerably better in home games than road contests during his first two years as a Sooner. That trend has reversed itself this season. In OU's six road games this year, Johnson is averaging 10.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists while shooting .523 from the field and .538 from 3-point range (14-for-26). In 13 home games, the combo guard is averaging 7.0 points, 2.5 boards and 2.3 assists while shooting .326 from the floor and .208 from long range (10-for-48). Johnson has made more than one trey at home just twice season (two against Arkansas and Oklahoma State), but has made at least two in five of the team's six road contests.
"SOONER HOOPS WITH JEFF CAPEL" NOW AIRING
Hosted by Bob Carpenter, the 2007-08 version of the "Sooner Hoops with Jeff Capel" television show began airing on Dec. 6. The 30-minute program, which is taped at OU's SoonerVision studio, will be seen across the state and on regional and national stations this year. In Oklahoma City, the show will air on Cox Cable Channel 7 on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., on KWTV Channel 9 on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. and on KAUT Channel 43 on Sundays at 8:30 p.m. In Tulsa, it will be shown on Cox Cable Channel 7 on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and KQCW Channel 19 on Saturdays at 3:30 p.m.
"Sooner Hoops with Jeff Capel" will also air this year in the Enid, Guymon, Lawton, Ponca City and Woodward markets inside the state of Oklahoma, as well as in Sherman, Texas, and Kansas City, Mo. It will be carried regionally by FSN Southwest and nationally by CSTV (beginning Jan. 12) and Fox College Sports. Check local listings for air dates and stations.
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