Postgame Notes

Dec. 21, 2010

• Oklahoma shot .538 from the field in the second half of a 66-53 home win over Sacramento State to improve to 6-6 on the year. It was the Sooners' 25th straight home non-conference win and 83rd in their last 85 such contests.

• OU held the Hornets to .352 field goal and .300 (6-for-20) 3-point shooting. It was the fourth time this year the Sooners held an opponent to sub .400 shooting from the field.

• Freshman guard Calvin Newell, who was scoreless in OU's last four outings, finished the game with a career-high 17 points in 17 minutes off the bench. Newell drained a career-high five 3-pointers on six attempts and added an assist and two steals without a turnover. He was 6-for-9 overall, marking jus the third time this year he shot better than .500 from the field.

• One game after going 1-for-10 from the field and 0-for-5 from long distance against Cincinnati (he scored seven points), senior guard Cade Davis was 6-for-10 from the floor and 3-for-7 from behind the arc tonight en route to 15-point performance in a season-low 31 minutes. Davis moved into the No. 9 spot on OU's career 3-pointers list (he has 147), passing Austin Johnson.

• Sophomore Steven Pledger entered the game averaging 17.8 points in OU's wins (all at home). He was held to five tonight.

• Sophomore guard Carl Blair had 28 turnovers on the year entering the game but committed none tonight in 23 minutes.

• This marked just the fourth game this year that the Sooners committed fewer turnovers than their opponent. OU committed 11 (their fourth fewest of the season) while Sacramento State committed 16.

• The Hornets posted a 37-33 rebounding advantage and outscored the Sooners 12-4 in second-chance points.

• OU is 6-0 at home this year and 0-6 away from Lloyd Noble Center.

• The Sooners are off until Dec. 30 when they host Central Arkansas at 7 p.m. CT.