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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Senior Day Saturday vs. Mizzou
March 07, 2008 | Men's Basketball
| OU (20-10, 8-7) vs. Missouri (16-14, 6-9) | |
| Date & Tip Time | Saturday, March 8 at 2:39 p.m. CST |
| Location | Norman, Okla. | Lloyd Noble Center |
| Tickets | OU Athletics Ticket Office |
| TV | ABC |
| 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
After registering back-to-back impressive wins to move above .500 in league play, Oklahoma (20-10 overall, 8-7 Big 12) finishes the regular season with a home game against Missouri (16-14, 6-9) on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. inside Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners, who hold a No. 27 CollegeRPI.com rating (the third best in the Big 12) through games of Thursday and stand in a three-way fourth-place tie in the league standings, will clinch the No. 4 seed in the upcoming Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship with a victory on Saturday.
Missouri, coming off a double-overtime home win over Iowa State on Wednesday, has lost three of its last five games and five of its last eight. The Tigers are 2-8 in road games this year and 2-5 away from home during Big 12 play. Mizzou is tied for ninth place with Nebraska in the league race (one game behind Oklahoma State and Texas Tech).
Saturday's contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KOKC 1520-AM in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430-AM in Tulsa; Sirius channel 126) with Bob Barry Sr. and Mike Houck calling the action. The game will be televised regionally by ABC (KOCO Channel 5/Cox 8 in Oklahoma City; KTUL Channel 8/Cox 8 in Tulsa) with Terry Gannon and Fran Fraschilla announcing.
SENIOR DAY
Saturday will mark the final home game in the careers of seniors David Godbold and Longar Longar. Godbold, from Oklahoma City, and Longar, from Rochester, Minn., will be joined by family members for a pre-game senior ceremony on the court at approximately 2:20 p.m.
NO. 23 REPLICA JERSEYS FOR KIDS
The first 500 children (12 and under) through the Lloyd Noble Center doors will receive a complimentary No. 23 replica jersey.
TICKET INFORMATION
A limited number of $25 tickets remain for Saturday's game. Call the OU Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 456-4668 or click here to order. Lloyd Noble Center ticket windows will open Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
Fans who show their Missouri basketball game ticket at Saturday's noon OU baseball game against Western Illinois will gain admission to L. Dale Mitchell Park for just $3.
NOTEWORTHY
• Oklahoma is 110-93 all-time against Missouri but has lost four of its last five against the Tigers. OU is 62-21 against MU in Norman.
• The Sooners have not beaten Missouri in the regular season since 2002 (0-5 since then). The Tigers have won two straight in Norman.
• Oklahoma has won at least 20 games 11 times in the past 12 seasons.
• Guards Tony Crocker (14.3) and Austin Johnson (11.7) are averaging a combined 26.0 points over the last seven games. They averaged a combined 11.0 over the previous three contests (all losses).
• OU is 12-1 this year when Johnson scores in double figures (7-0 in Big 12 play).
• Through games of Thursday, Oklahoma boasts the nation's No. 7 strength of schedule (according to CollegeRPI.com).
• The Sooners have posted a .500-or-better Big 12 record in 11 of the league's 12 seasons.
• Blake Griffin sustained a partial tear of the medial meniscus in his right knee last Saturday against Texas A&M and underwent arthroscopic surgery on Sunday. He is "questionable" for Saturday's game.
• Over the last two games, OU is holding opponents to an average of 46.5 points and to .311 (32-for-103) field goal and .194 (7-for-36) 3-point shooting marks.
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WEDNESDAY'S OKLAHOMA STATE RECAP
• Oklahoma swept Oklahoma State for the second time in three seasons with its 68-56 win in Stillwater. The Sooners, who played without leading scorer and rebounder Blake Griffin, have won four of the last five meetings against the Cowboys and six of the last eight.
• OSU's 56 points tied as its fewest at home this season. Its .365 field goal percentage was its second worst at home on the year.
• The 12-point victory was OU's largest in Stillwater since 1990.
• OU's .533 (8-for-15) 3-point field goal percentage was its best of the season on the road, while its .477 field goal performance was its best in the last eight road contests.
• Tony Crocker poured in a career-high 25 points thanks largely to 5-for-5 3-point shooting. It was his 11th game this season to make at least three treys. He was also 4-for-5 from the free throw line.
• Longar Longar scored 10 of OU's first 16 points and finished with 12 on the night to go with five boards and a team-high three assists.
• Austin Johnson scored all of his 11 points after halftime.
• Taylor Griffin finished one point shy of a double-double (nine points and 10 rebounds).
• Oklahoma State entered the day riding a five-game winning streak and was shooting .489 from 3-point range during the stretch. OU held the Cowboys to a 5-for-20 (.250) effort from behind the arc.
• Oklahoma's win assured that the Sooners will finish no worse than tied with OSU in the Big 12 standings. OU has finished higher than the Cowboys in the league race seven times in the 12-year history of the Big 12 (this will mark the eighth time if OU wins or OSU loses on Saturday). The Cowboys have finished ahead of OU just once since the inception of the league in 1996-97.
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TEAM UPDATE
• With its Wednesday win, Oklahoma now stands in a three-way, fourth-place Big 12 tie with Baylor and Texas A&M at 7-7. OU holds the tiebreaker with both the Bears and Aggies, so a Sooners victory on Saturday will secure them the No. 4 seed (and a first-round bye) in next week's Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship in Kansas City, Mo. (March 13-16). Even if it loses to Missouri, Oklahoma can secure the No. 4 seed if Baylor and Texas A&M both lose Saturday.
• Juniors Taylor Griffin and Austin Johnson were named Academic All-Big 12 Team selections on Thursday. It is the second time in two years both players earned second-team academic all-league honors.
• The Sooners are attempting to earn an NCAA Tournament bid for the 25th time in school history and for the 12th time in the last 14 years. A postseason berth of any kind would be OU's 26th in the last 27 seasons (no team in the country has more postseason appearances over the last 26 years than Oklahoma's 25).
• Oklahoma has clinched a .500 Big 12 regular season record. In the 12-year history of the conference, OU has finished below .500 just one time (6-10 last year).
• The Sooners have held their last two opponents (Texas A&M and Oklahoma State) to 46.5 points per game and to combined .311 field goal and .194 3-point field goal figures. Oklahoma is averaging 66.0 points over the last two games while posting respective .479 and .435 marks. In its last four halves, OU has given up 10, 27, 30 and 26 points.
• In its 16 home games, OU is shooting .479 from the field and has shot .500 or better in eight of those contests. Its top four scorers at home all shoot better than .500 (Blake Griffin is shooting .629 and is followed by Longar Longar at .526, Tony Crocker at .521 and Taylor Griffin at .512). Foes are shooting just .392 from the field and .317 from 3-point range in Norman.
• After shooting .500 or better from the field in nine of its first 16 games, OU has done it once in the last 14 outings.
• OU is shooting .485 from the field and .409 from 3-point range in its wins but just .375 and .269, respectively, in its losses.
• Either Blake Griffin (12 times) or Taylor Griffin (seven times) has led OU in rebounding in 19 of the last 20 contests.
FRONTCOURT UPDATE
• Blake Griffin sustained a partially torn medial meniscus in his right knee with 15:15 remaining in the first half of last Saturday's 64-37 win over Texas A&M. Griffin underwent arthroscopic surgery on Sunday morning and is questionable for the Missouri game. Griffin also injured his left knee (sprained medial collateral ligament) five minutes into OU's game at Kansas on Jan. 14 (he missed the rest of that contest as well as the team's next game against Texas Tech).
• Griffin was named an NABC First-Team All-District 12 pick on Wednesday along with Kansas State's Michael Beasley, Kansas' Mario Chalmers and Brandon Rush, and Nebraska's Aleks Maric.
• In his 12 full Big 12 games, Griffin is averaging 17.2 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists. OU's leading scorer (15.2) and rebounder (9.3) on the year, he has scored in double figures in 18 of his last 20 games (not including the Kansas contest).
• Despite not scoring and grabbing just one rebound in his five minutes against Kansas, Griffin ranks eighth in the Big 12 in scoring (15.2 ppg) and fourth in rebounding (9.3 rpg). He also ranks third in field goal percentage (.568).
• Senior center Longar Longar missed two games (Feb. 6 vs. Texas and Feb. 9 at Colorado) due to a broken bone in his lower right leg but has returned to average 24.6 minutes off the bench over his seven games since (he is averaging 8.1 points and 4.4 rebounds while shooting .390 from the field in those seven outings).
• The team's second-leading scorer and rebounder and top shot-blocker on the year with his 11.9, 5.5 and 1.0 respective averages, Longar is averaging 13.0 points and 6.5 boards over the last two games. He is shooting .498 from the field on the year and averages 4.4 free throw attempts per outing.
• Seeing a major increase in minutes the last month and a half, junior forward Taylor Griffin averaged 9.5 points and 6.3 rebounds over a 10-game stretch (starting on Jan. 14) before averaging 3.8 points and 7.0 boards over the last four outings (he was held scoreless Feb. 23 at Texas and Feb. 27 at Nebraska). Griffin has started 12 of the last 13 games (averaging 27.4 minutes).
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BACKCOURT UPDATE
• Sophomore Tony Crocker, OU's best 3-point shooter at .453 (58-for-128), has made at least three treys in a game 11 times and is 42-for-65 (.646) in those contests. He has already made 23 more 3-pointers this year than he did all of last season (35) when he shot a team-high .357 from behind the arc. He has already scored 81 more points this year than he did as a freshman.
• Since averaging 7.3 points during OU's three-game losing streak to start February, Crocker is averaging 14.3 over the last seven contests. Included was a 22-point effort against Iowa State (Feb. 13), a 20-point game versus Baylor (Feb. 19) and a career-high 25-point outing at Oklahoma State on Wednesday. Against the Bears, Crocker scored the game's final seven points in the last 21 seconds of overtime (his four-point play with 7.3 seconds left was the game-winner). He was 5-for-5 from 3-point range at OSU.
• After averaging 3.3 points over a three-game stretch to start February, junior Austin Johnson is averaging 11.6 points over the last seven contests. A .361 3-point field goal shooter on the year, he is shooting .410 (16-for-39) over those last seven outings.
• Johnson has had a very productive last few weeks. He scored 13 points Feb. 13 against Iowa State, a career-high 20 at Texas Tech Feb. 16 (he made a career-high six 3-pointers), 19 against Baylor Feb. 19, 13 last Saturday versus Texas A&M and 11 at OSU on Wednesday. He is now averaging 8.8 points per game on the year and ranks second on the team with his 45 treys.
• A starter in the team's first eight league games, senior David Godbold has come off the bench in six of the last seven outings. Godbold is averaging 7.5 points and 5.1 rebounds in 32.4 minutes per Big 12 game (second most minutes on team).
• Godbold turned in a career-high 22-point outing at Texas A&M on Feb. 2, a game in which he was 6-for-10 from 3-point range. In eight contests since that 22-point effort and a 12-point outing the next game against Texas, Godbold is averaging 4.1 points and has failed to reach double figures.
• Freshman Cade Davis, who made his fourth start of the year on Wednesday at Oklahoma State, is averaging 6.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in 23.0 minutes over the last three games. He is averaging 3.7 points and 1.7 boards on the season.
• Davis scored a career-high 11 points against Iowa State on Feb. 13 when he was 3-for-3 from 3-point distance and scored 10 more Feb. 27 at Nebraska on 4-for-7 field goal shooting.
• Davis is 22-for-22 from the free throw line this year (16-for-16 at home).
• Junior Omar Leary is averaging 4.3 points in 16.9 minutes per game. He started eight of the team's first 10 contests but has come off the bench in each of the last 20. A .419 shooter from 3-point range (26-for-62), he scored seven points on Wednesday at Oklahoma State (his most in 18 games) thanks to a 2-for-2 effort from behind the arc.
PREVIEWING MISSOURI
• Missouri enters Saturday's game with a 16-14 overall record and a 6-9 Big 12 mark. The Tigers had lost three of four contests prior to their 81-75 double-overtime home victory over Iowa State on Wednesday. Six of their nine league losses and five of their six conference wins have come by eight or fewer points.
• Mizzou ranks first in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.308), first in turnover margin (+4.2), second in assists (16.8 apg), fourth in scoring offense (78.2 ppg), fourth in field goal percentage (.458) and fourth in steals (8.2 spg).
• Senior guard Stefhon Hannah was dismissed from the team on Feb. 12 for violating team rules. Hannah led the Tigers in scoring (14.7 ppg), assists (5.3 apg), steals (1.9 spg) and minutes (28.1) at the time of his dismissal. He played in five Big 12 games.
• Junior forward Leo Lyons is averaging 13.1 points (ranks 14th in Big 12), 5.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in only 21.6 minutes per game. He leads the Big 12 with his .607 field goal percentage. Over the last three outings, Lyons is averaging 22.7 points and 14.0 boards in 34.2 minutes (shooting .614).
• Fellow junior forward DeMarre Carroll, a transfer from Vanderbilt who is head coach Mike Anderson's nephew, averages 13.0 points and a team-high 6.6 rebounds in 25.3 minutes per contest. Carroll is shooting .535 from the field and has attempted a team-high 140 free throws (shooting .600 from the charity stripe). He is averaging 21.5 points over the last two games.
• Sophomore guard Keon Lawrence contributes 11.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per outing. Lawrence has made 34 treys on the year in 30 games (shooting .343) and has made 12 over the last six contests.
• Junior guard Matt Lawrence averages 8.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and a team-high 2.2 3-pointers per game. He is shooting .337 from behind the arc and has hit six treys in a game twice this season (at Mississippi State and at Kansas State). He has 13 treys over the last five games.
• Anderson is 34-26 (.567) in his second year at Missouri. He spent the previous four seasons directing UAB to an 89-41 (.685) record and three NCAA Tournament appearances. Anderson is a 1982 Tulsa graduate.
SERIES WITH THE TIGERS
Oklahoma holds a 110-93 (.542) series lead against Missouri and owns a 62-21 (.747) advantage in games played in Norman. The Sooners, who are 11-7 against the Tigers since the formation of the Big 12 Conference, have lost five of the last seven in the series after winning nine straight. Missouri has won the last five regular season meetings.
MORE SERIES NOTES
• Oklahoma and Missouri first met during the 1915-16 season and have been playing continuously since the 1919-20 campaign. u Each of the last six games and nine of the last 12 have been decided by four or fewer points.
• Missouri has won the last two meetings in Norman, 79-75 in overtime in 2004 and 71-69 in 2006. In the most recent matchup at Lloyd Noble Center, current MU forward Marshall Brown made two free throws with 1.8 seconds remaining for the final points.
• Missouri is the only Big 12 school that OU seniors David Godbold and Longar Longar have never beaten in the regular season.
LAST YEAR AGAINST MISSOURI
• A strong Oklahoma fight on the road came up short in a 72-68 defeat in Columbia last Feb. 20.
• OU led 64-63 with two minutes remaining but missed a pair of one-and-one free throw front ends in the final 80 seconds.
• Keon Lawrence's fall-away jumper as the shot clock expired with 47 seconds left put the Tigers ahead for good.
• Nine of Oklahoma's final 10 field goals were 3-pointers (its 11 treys on the game matched a season high).
• Three Sooners made at least three 3-pointers each for the first time in 95 games. Michael Neal canned four treys while David Godbold and Austin Johnson converted three each.
• Oklahoma led by as many as seven in the first half (20-13) before Missouri used a 22-4 run to go up 35-24.
• OU grabbed 19 offensive rebounds but managed only 12 second-chance points.
• Neal led the Sooners with 18 points and was followed by Nate Carter's 12 and Godbold's 10. Stefhon Hannah paced Mizzou with 16 points while Leo Lyons added 14.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINNING AND LOSING
The following notes compare Oklahoma's stats in its 18 wins and 10 losses...
• In its 20 wins, OU is outrebounding its opponents by 6.4 a game. In its 10 losses, it is getting outboarded by 3.2.
• OU is shooting .485 from the field and .409 from 3-point range in its wins. In losses, it is shooting .375 and .269, respectively.
• Tony Crocker is averaging 13.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists while shooting .533 in the Sooners' wins. In losses, those numbers fall to 7.6 points, 3.1 boards, 1.2 assists and .295 (26-for-88), respectively. Crocker is also shooting .554 from 3-point range in OU's victories (46-for-83), but just .267 in defeats (12-for-45).
"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" airs 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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