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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Men's Hoops Hosts Missouri Saturday at Noon
January 15, 2010 | Men's Basketball
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| Cade Davis |
| Oklahoma (10-6, 1-0) vs. Missouri (14-3, 2-0) | |
| Date & Tip Time | Saturday, Jan. 16 at 12:05 p.m. CST |
| Location | Norman, Okla. | Lloyd Noble Center | Seating Views |
| Tickets | OU Athletics Ticket Office |
| TV | ESPN2 |
| Radio | Sooner Radio Network KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City KMOD FM 97.5 in Tulsa Sirius 126 XM 102 |
| Webcast | SoonerSports.com All-Access |
| Live Stats | SoonerSports.com GameTracker |
| Game Info | Game Notes (PDF) |
GAME PREVIEW
Oklahoma (10-6 overall, 1-1 Big 12) goes for its ninth home win without a loss when it hosts Missouri (14-3, 2-0) Saturday at noon CST. The Sooners, who have won 28 of their last 29 games at Lloyd Noble Center, are coming off a 62-57 home overtime victory against Oklahoma State on Monday. Missouri, which is 1-2 in true road games, posted a 94-89 overtime win at Texas Tech on Wednesday for its ninth straight triumph. Saturday's contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network with Bob Barry Sr. and Mike Houck announcing. It will be televised nationally by ESPN2 with Ron Franklin and Fran Fraschilla calling the action.
TICKET INFORMATION
A limited number of tickets are available for $25 and $10 at the OU Athletics Ticket Office (800-456-4668). Lloyd Noble Center's north and east box offices will open Saturday at 10 a.m.
CHEER LIKE A CHAMPION DAY
All fans are encouraged to wear white as Saturday marks "Cheer Like a Champion Day" at Lloyd Noble Center. The first 2,000 fans in the building will receive a white "Cheer Like a Champion" T-shirt.
NOTEWORTHY
• Oklahoma owns a 111-94 all-time record against Missouri and has won 12 of the last 18 meetings. The Tigers have won six of the last nine, however.
• Big 12 teams are a combined 114-4 (.966) at home this year. Three of the four home losses occurred Wednesday.
• The Sooners have won 28 of their last 29 home games (.966).
• Oklahoma is averaging 8.5 3-point makes per game. The school record for average treys per contest in a season is also 8.5 (in 1998-99).
• OU ranks second in the Big 12 with its .733 free throw mark but is shooting just .563 at the line over the last three games.
• Senior guard Tony Crocker, who has started 82 consecutive games, is averaging 14.8 points and 8.1 rebounds over the last 10 contests. He has recorded his only five career double-doubles during the stretch. The 6-6, 209-pounder has six double-digit rebounding games this year, the only ones of his career.
• Crocker needs 30 rebounds to become just the second Sooner to ever record 1,000 points, 500 boards and 150 3-pointers in a career (Ryan Minor is the other).
• Sophomore guard Willie Warren is averaging a team-high 17.6 points (ranks fifth in Big 12) as well as 4.6 assists (ranks fourth) per game.
• Junior guard Cade Davis has started each of the last 12 games and is averaging 9.7 points during the stretch. He averaged 3.8 points off the bench in OU's first four games. Davis' 28 steals are 11 more than his closest teammate.
• Freshman forward Tiny Gallon ranks fifth in the Big 12 with his 9.2 rebounds per game. Gallon, who is shooting a team-high .558 from the field, has six double-doubles to rank third in the conference.
• Tommy Mason-Griffin has 21 assists and just two turnovers over the last four games. The freshman had 10 assists and one turnover against Gonzaga Dec. 31 and seven assists and no miscues against Maryland Eastern Shore Jan. 4. He played 43 minutes against OSU on Monday without committing a turnover.
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PREVIEWING MISSOURI
Missouri enters Saturday's contest with 14-3 overall and 2-0 Big 12 records. In league play, MU beat Kansas State at home (74-68) last Saturday and Texas Tech on the road (94-89 in overtime) on Wednesday. The Tigers average 83.5 points a game (rank third in Big 12), shoot .465 from the field (rank seventh), .398 from 3-point range (rank fifth) and .720 from the free throw line (rank third). They give up 63.5 points a contest (rank fifth) and allow opponents to shoot just .389 from the field (rank fourth) and .289 from behind the arc (rank first). Missouri also forces 21.5 turnovers per outing (most in the nation) and leads the Big 12 with its 12.6 steals per game (Texas ranks second with 8.9).
The Tigers boast a balanced scoring attack, with six players averaging more than 8.0 points a game. Sophomore guard Kim English leads three players who average double figures in scoring. English pours in 15.7 points an outing with the help of .394 3-point shooting (2.3 makes per game). English, who had 20 points and 10 boards at Texas Tech, adds 1.8 steals. Fellow sophomore guard Marcus Denmon, who also scored 20 points at Tech, averages 11.8 points a contest. One of the Big 12's top 3-point threats, Denmon is shooting .440 from behind the arc and makes 2.4 treys per game (ranks fourth in the league in both categories). Another sophomore, forward Laurence Bowers contributes 10.9 points (shooting .627 from the field) and 5.8 rebounds per outing.
Mike Anderson, who led Missouri to a 31-7 record, a Big 12 Championship title and an NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance last year, is 79-38 (.675) in his fourth season as the Tigers' head coach. He's in his eighth year overall and owns a 168-79 (.680) record.
OU-MISSOURI SERIES HISTORY
Oklahoma owns a 111-94 series advantage against Missouri and has won 12 of the last 18 meetings. The Sooners possess a 63-21 series lead in games played in Norman (21-6 at Lloyd Noble Center), but have lost two of the last three at home. Since the start of the Big 12 in 1996-97, OU is 12-8 against the Tigers (4-2 in Norman).
LAST YEAR AGAINST THE TIGERS
Missouri handed Oklahoma a 73-64 loss in Columbia last March, one of just six OU defeats on the year. The Tigers wrapped up a perfect 18-0 home season despite getting outrebounded by a 49-35 margin (the Sooners grabbed 21 offensive rebounds). Mizzou forced 22 turnovers while committing just nine, and outscored OU 23-6 in the points-off-turnovers category. Blake Griffin led OU with 16 points and 21 rebounds while Taylor Griffin added 14 points and eight boards. Willie Warren was held to seven points on 3-for-11 shooting (1-for-6 from behind the arc), but handed out a game-high six assists. DeMarre Carroll and Leo Lyons each scored 15 points for Missouri, while J.T. Tiller added 13. The Sooners' only lead was 2-0.
MONDAY'S OKLAHOMA STATE RECAP
• Oklahoma won for the sixth time in its last seven games against Oklahoma State, but it took overtime to get the 62-57 win.
• OU trailed 42-34 with 13 minutes left in the second half before using a 13-0 run to take a 47-42 lead with 6:30 to go. Still down by five with 30 seconds left, the Cowboys hit a 3 with 18 seconds remaining and a follow-up 2-pointer with 3.7 seconds to go to force overtime.
• OSU scored the first two points of overtime (4:35 left) but managed just one point the rest of the way.
• Tiny Gallon scored 13 points and grabbed an OU-season-high 18 rebounds in a career-high 35 minutes of action.
• Tommy Mason-Griffin hit a 25-foot 3-pointer with three minutes left in overtime that put the Sooners up for good. He was 4-for-7 from 3-point range (the rest of the team was 2-for-15) and finished with 14 points, three assists and no turnovers in 43 minutes.
• Willie Warren countered his seven turnovers with 15 points, seven assists (second most of his career) and five boards.
• The Sooners held Oklahoma State to a .275 field goal mark (lowest by an OU opponent in 58 games) and a .200 (5-for-25) 3-point mark.
• OU won despite shooting just .379 from the field, .273 (6-for-22) from 3-point range and .522 (12-for-23) from the free throw line. It went 1-for-6 from the foul line in the second half (missed three free throws in the final 1:48).
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINS AND LOSSES
• In their 10 wins, the Sooners are holding opponents to .389 field goal and .314 3-point shooting. In OU's six losses, foes have shot .506 from the field and .441 from behind the arc.
• The Sooners have outrebounded their opponents by 3.4 per game in wins but have been outboarded by an average of 5.5 in losses.
• Tony Crocker is averaging 14.8 points (.478 from 3-point range) and 8.0 boards in wins compared to 10.2 points (.304 from deep) and 5.0 boards in losses. All five of his double-doubles have come in victories.
• Cade Davis is averaging 10.9 points (.377 from 3-point range) in wins compared to 3.7 points (.143 from behind the arc) in losses.
HOME IS WHERE THE "W" IS
Oklahoma has won nine straight games at Lloyd Noble Center and 28 of its last 29. The Sooners, who went 16-1 in Norman last year, are 8-0 this season and 448-73 (.860) since the building opened in 1975. OU is 21-6 (.778) against Missouri at Lloyd Noble Center.
PICK YOUR POISON
Five different Sooners have each made at least 20 3-pointers through the team's first 16 games. Oklahoma State (four) is the only other Big 12 team that has more than three players with at least 20 makes each heading into the weekend. Tony Crocker and Tommy Mason-Griffin lead OU with 29 makes each (1.8 per game) and are followed by Steven Pledger with 26 makes (1.6 per game), Cade Davis with 23 conversions (1.4 per game) and Willie Warren with 21 makes (1.4 per contest).
GUARDS SHOULDERING THE LOAD
Five of OU's top six scorers, including its top two, are guards. The Sooners' backcourt has accounted for 913 of the team's 1,217 points, or 75 percent. Three guards average double figures in scoring while two more average at least 7.4 points. Willie Warren averages 17.6 points per outing and is followed by Tony Crocker (13.1), Tommy Mason Griffin (10.3), Cade Davis (8.2) and Steven Pledger (7.4). All five of those players have surpassed the 20-point mark at least once this year (Warren has done it six times, Crocker and Pledger have done it twice each and Davis and Mason-Griffin have done it once each). Last year, guards accounted for 52 percent of OU's points.
YOUTH MOVEMENT
The freshman foursome of Tiny Gallon (12.0 ppg), Tommy Mason-Griffin (10.3), Steven Pledger (7.4) and Andrew Fitzgerald (4.0) has combined to score 527 of the team's 1,217 points this year, or 43 percent. Gallon, who is shooting .558 from the field, ranks fifth in the Big 12 in rebounds per game (9.2) and third with six double-doubles (he missed out on another by one rebound). Mason-Griffin ranks third in the league with his 4.8 assists per game and fifth with his .433 3-point shooting percentage. Pledger has knocked down 26 treys on 76 attempts (.342) and has two games of more than 20 points. Fitzgerald is averaging 4.0 points in 12.4 minutes per game. He is shooting .514 from the field and is 16-for-24 from the free throw line (.667).
UP NEXT
The Sooners hit the road for games at Texas A&M next Tuesday and Texas Tech next Saturday. Both games will start at 7 p.m. CT.
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