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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Men's Basketball Back in Action Thursday Night
December 29, 2010 | Men's Basketball
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| Cade Davis is shooting a career-high 41 percent from 3-point range |
| Oklahoma (6-6) vs. Central Arkansas (4-8) | |
| Date & Tip Time | Thursday, Dec. 30 at 7:07 p.m. CT |
| Location | Norman, Okla. | Lloyd Noble Center | Seating Views |
| Tickets | $10, $15 and $30 OU Athletics Ticket Office |
| TV |
Sooner Sports Network |
| Radio | Sooner Radio Network KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City KTBZ AM 1430 in Tulsa |
| Webcast | SoonerSports.com |
| Live Stats | SoonerSports.com GameTracker |
| Game Info | Game Notes (PDF) |
THURSDAY'S GAME BASICS
Oklahoma (6-6) looks to stay unbeaten at home when it hosts Central Arkansas (4-8) on Thursday at 7 p.m. CST inside Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners haven't played since a Dec. 21 win over Sacramento State, while the Bears are coming off a home win over Lyon College the same day. Tuesday's contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City; KTBZ AM 1430 in Tulsa) with Bob Barry Sr. and Mike Houck announcing. The game will be televised by the Sooner Sports Network (KAUT Ch. 43 in Oklahoma City; Cox Ch. 3 in Tulsa; ESPN Full Court) with Brian Brinkley and Billy Tubbs calling the action.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are available for $10, $15 and $30 at the OU Athletics Ticket Office and online here. Lloyd Noble Center's north and east ticket windows will open at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
NOTEWORTHY
• Oklahoma has won 25 straight non-conference home games and 83 of its last 85. It has won 11 consecutive December home games and 15 of its last 16.
• The Sooners are 6-0 at home this year and 0-6 away from Norman.
• After averaging 4.0 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 17.0 minutes over his first six games, sophomore point guard Carl Blair is averaging 9.8 points, 4.5 boards and 5.5 assists in 30.3 minutes over the last four contests. Blair did not play in OU's first two games of the season.
• Freshman Cameron Clark has played 150 out of a possible 160 minutes the last four games, including all 40 minutes against Oral Roberts and Cincinnati.
• Sophomore guard Steven Pledger is averaging a team-high 15.7 points in OU's wins (all at home). He has made 17 3-pointers (2.8 average) and is shooting .864 from the free throw line (19-for-22) in those contests. Pledger has scored in double figures in four of the last five games.
• Oklahoma has outscored opponents 107-90 in points off turnovers in its six wins, but has been outscored 119-65 in the category in its six defeats.
• In their six wins, the Sooners are shooting .426 from 3-point range (52-for-122) and .754 from the free throw line (86-for-114). In their six losses, they're shooting .295 from behind the arc (33-for-112) and .656 from the foul line (61-for-93).
• Six different Sooners have led the team in scoring this year.
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SOONER UPDATE
• After a five-game losing streak that had OU at 3-5 on the year, the Sooners have won three of their last four contests. In those three wins (against Gardner-Webb, Oral Roberts and Sacramento State), OU shot .487 from the field and .473 from 3-point range. It also posted a +3.3 turnover margin in those victories.
• OU has shot 46 percent or better from the field in five of its last six games. It has shot under 44 percent just twice this year.
• The Sooners rank third in the Big 12 with their 7.1 3-pointers per game. In the team's six wins, OU is averaging 8.7 treys.
• Turnovers have been an issue for the Sooners, as they average 14.3 per game. They've committed at least 10 turnovers in all but one outing and rank last in the Big 12 in turnover margin (-1.3). Opponents are averaging 17.4 points off turnovers per game.
• Sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald has shot .500 or better from the field in eight of 12 games and owns a .524 season percentage to rank sixth in the Big 12. He leads the team with his 14.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. His free throw percentage (.745) is up significantly from last year (.638) and he is shooting .814 (22-for-27) from the foul line over the last six games.
• A career .332 3-point shooter entering the year, senior guard Cade Davis is shooting .405 from behind the arc this season (ranks seventh in the Big 12) and is averaging 2.5 treys per game (ranks third). Going back to last year, he has made 61 3-pointers over his last 24 games. Davis ranks ninth on OU's career 3-point field goals list with 147 (needs six to move into eighth place).
• Davis is shooting .431 from 3-point distance over the last 10 outings (28-for-65). If you exclude an 0-for-5 effort against Cincinnati on Dec. 18 in Oklahoma City, he is shooting .467 from long range since Nov. 18.
• In OU's six wins (all at home), sophomore guard Steven Pledger has scored at least 13 points five times and is shooting .386 from 3-point range (17-for-44) and .864 from the free throw line (19-for-22). In six games away from home (all losses), Pledger has been held to single digits four times and is shooting .222 from deep (6-for-27).
• Freshman Cameron Clark has heated up the last few weeks. After averaging 5.5 points on .450 field goal shooting over OU's first eight games, the wing is averaging 10.5 points on .500 shooting over the last four. He recorded consecutive career highs of 13 points Dec. 9 against Gardner-Webb and 17 points Dec. 11 versus Oral Roberts (he had been held to single digits in each of the previous seven games).
• Sophomore point guard Carl Blair has rebounded nicely from a tough start to the year by averaging 9.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists over the last four games. He recorded 15 assists over his first six games but has 22 over the last four. He is also shooting .523 from the field on the year and ranks 10th in the Big 12 with his 3.7 assists per outing.
• Freshman guard Calvin Newell went 5-for-6 from 3-point range in OU's Dec. 21 win over Sacramento State and finished with a career-high 17 points in 17 minutes off the bench. Newell, who hadn't scored in the previous four games, raised his season 3-point field goal percentage from .238 to .370 in just one night.
PREVIEWING CENTRAL ARKANSAS
• A member of the Southland Conference's East Division, Central Arkansas enters Thursday's game with a 4-8 record. The Bears have posted wins over Hendrix (87-46), Champion Baptist (100-29), Chicago State (85-73) and Lyon College (81-67). They have already faced two Big 12 opponents on the road, losing 69-57 at Oklahoma State and 116-63 at Missouri. Central Arkansas is 0-5 in true road games.
• The Bears are shooting .429 from the field, .333 from 3-point range (6.8 makes per game) and .690 from the free throw line (14.3 makes per game). Opponents are shooting .467 from the field and .337 from behind the arc (5.8 makes per outing).
• Senior guard Imad Qahwash comes off the bench to average a team-high 12.3 points per game. The Kitchener, Ontario, product is shooting .489 from the field, .400 from 3-point range (10-for-25) and .821 from the free throw line (team-high 46 makes). Qahwash has led the team in scoring five times with a high of 23 against UMKC.
• Four other Bears average between 8.9 and 9.3 points per game. Junior guard Dewan Clayborn and junior forward Chris Henson each average 9.3 points a contest. Clayborn is averaging a team-high 3.1 assists and 1.6 steals, while Henson pulls down a team-high 5.6 rebounds per outing. Junior guard/forward Mark Rutledge contributes 9.2 points and 4.0 boards a game while senior center Carlos Dos Santos adds 8.9 points and 5.5 rebounds a game. Dos Santos is shooting .524 from the field.
• Central Arkansas' Corliss Williamson is in his first year as a collegiate head coach. The former University of Arkansas standout helped the Razorbacks to a 1994 national championship game win over a Duke team that featured freshman guard Jeff Capel. The No. 13 overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft, Williamson played 12 years in the NBA and won a title with the Detroit Pistons in 2004.
OU-CENTRAL ARKANSAS SERIES HISTORY
Thursday's game will mark the first between Oklahoma and Central Arkansas in men's basketball.
DEC. 21 SACRAMENTO STATE RECAP
• Oklahoma shot .538 from the field in the second half of a 66-53 home win over Sacramento State on Dec. 21 to improve to 6-6 on the year. OU limited the Hornets to .352 field goal and .300 (6-for-20) 3-point shooting on the night. It was the fourth time this year the Sooners held an opponent to sub-.400 shooting from the field
• The game marked just the fourth 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.
• Freshman guard Calvin Newell broke a four-game scoreless streak and finished 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 just 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 en route to 15-point performance in a season-low 31 minutes.
• Sophomore guard Steven Pledger entered the game averaging 17.8 points in OU's wins. He was held to five points against the Hornets.
• Sophomore point guard Carl Blair had 28 turnovers on the year entering the game but committed none in 23 minutes.
• OU made 10 treys (its second most of the year) on 22 attempts for a .455 mark.
• The Hornets posted a 37-33 rebounding advantage and outscored the Sooners 12-4 in second-chance points.
HOME IS WHERE THE "W" IS
UP NEXT
Oklahoma is back home to play Maryland Eastern Shore on Monday, Jan. 3, at 7 p.m. CT. The game, OU's last of the non-conference season, will be televised by the Sooner Sports Network.
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