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University of Oklahoma Athletics
OU Back Home, Hosts No. 24 Baylor on Saturday
February 26, 2010 | Men's Basketball
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| Tommy Mason-Griffin |
| Oklahoma (13-14, 4-9) vs. No. 24 Baylor (21-6, 8-5) | |
| Date & Tip Time | Saturday, Feb. 27 at 12:47 p.m. CST |
| Location | Norman, Okla. | Lloyd Noble Center | Seating Views |
| Tickets | OU Athletics Ticket Office |
| TV |
Big 12 Network |
| Radio | Sooner Radio Network KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City KTBZ AM 1430 in Tulsa |
| Webcast | ESPN360.com |
| Live Stats | SoonerSports.com GameTracker |
| Game Info | Game Notes (PDF) |
GAME PREVIEW
Oklahoma (13-14 overall, 4-9 Big 12) will try to snap a five-game losing streak when it hosts No. 24 Baylor (21-6, 8-5) Saturday at 12:30 p.m. CST. The Sooners, who have lost two straight at home after notching 11 wins at Lloyd Noble Center to start the year, are tied with Texas Tech for eighth place in the Big 12 standings. Baylor, coming off a 70-66 victory over No. 22 Texas A&M, has won four of its last five games. The Bears are in a three-way tie for fourth place in the conference race with Texas and Texas A&M. Saturday's game will air on the Sooner Radio Network with Bob Barry Sr. and Mike Houck calling the action. It will be televised regionally by the Big 12 Network with Bob Carpenter and Bryndon Manzer announcing.
TICKET INFORMATION
A limited number of tickets are available for $10, $25 and $35 at the OU Athletics Ticket Office (800-456-4668) and online here. Lloyd Noble Center's north and east box offices will open Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
PROMOTIONS
• The first 2,000 children in attendance will receive a free OU Boomer Build-a-Bear.
• Former men's basketball players and coaches will be in Norman for an OU reunion and will be recognized at halftime.
NOTEWORTHY
• Oklahoma is 35-6 all-time against Baylor and has won 30 of the last 31 meetings. OU is 17-2 against the Bears in Norman (has won 14 straight there).
• Baylor's last win in Norman came on Dec. 6, 1977 (75-67).
• OU has won its 13 Big 12 home games vs. Baylor by an average of 23.5 points.
• In OU's last five games (all losses), opponents are averaging 82.0 points and shooting .507 from the field, .500 from 3-point range (40-for-80).
• Due to injuries, an illness and suspensions, the Sooners have used seven different starting lineups in their 13 conference games.
• OU entered the week ranked first in the Big 12 and 16th nationally with its 8.4 3-point makes per game. The school record for average 3-pointers per contest in a season is 8.5 in 1998-99.
• Four of Oklahoma's top seven scorers are freshmen.
• OU is the only Big 12 team with five players who each average double figures in scoring.
• Over the last 10 games, Tommy Mason-Griffin is averaging 20.9 points and 4.5 assists.
• Mason-Griffin has made at least one 3-pointer in 26 of 27 games, and at least two treys in 12 of 13 league outings. On the year, he ranks fourth in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage (.439), fourth in assists (4.7 apg) and fourth in 3-point makes per game (2.4).
• In OU's 13 league contests, Mason-Griffin is shooting .457 from 3-point range (42-for-92). The rest of the team is shooting .280 (58-for-207).
• Mason-Griffin did not lead OU in scoring in any of its first 17 games. He has done it eight times in the last 10 outings.
• Mason-Griffin has played at least 38 minutes in 11 of the last 12 games (35 in the other). He has logged 40 or more minutes six times in those 12 outings.
• Junior guard Cade Davis is averaging 14.5 points and 4.8 rebounds over the last eight outings. He is 23-for-58 (.397) from behind the arc during the stretch and has made at least three treys in six of the last 10 games.
• Senior guard Tony Crocker, who has started his last 92 games, has recorded his only seven career double-doubles over his last 20 outings. Crocker leads all Big 12 guards in rebounding (6.4 rpg) and double-doubles.
• OU's leading scorer on the year (16.3 ppg), sophomore guard Willie Warren has missed five Big 12 games (ankle, illness), including the last two. He ranks ninth in the league in scoring and seventh in assists (4.1 apg).
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PREVIEWING BAYLOR
Baylor enters Saturday's game with a 21-6 overall record and an 8-5 Big 12 mark (three-way tie for fourth place). It is 2-4 in league road games with wins over Texas (by three in overtime) and Nebraska (by two), and losses to Colorado (by seven), Kansas (by six), Texas A&M (by seven) and Oklahoma State (by seven). The Bears have won four of their last five games and six of their last eight. In Big 12 play, they rank first in field goal percentage (.471), free throw percentage (.765) and blocked shots (6.5 bpg), second in 3-point field goal percentage (.387) and fourth in 3-pointers per game (7.2).
Junior guard LaceDarius Dunn leads a trio of Bears who average double figures in scoring. Dunn ranks second in the Big 12 with his 19.1 points a game (20.8 in league play) and is shooting .417 from behind the arc (league-high 3.3 makes per outing) and .853 from the free throw line (ranks second in Big 12). He has scored at least 20 points 12 times on the year. Senior guard Tweety Carter, who missed the team's first four games due to a suspension, is averaging 16.0 points and a league-high 6.1 assists over his 23 contests. Carter, who is shooting .391 from long range (2.7 makes per game), scored 25 points last Saturday at Oklahoma State but was held to eight in Wednesday's win over Texas A&M. Junior forward/center Ekpe Udoh, who transferred after playing two years at Michigan, has been a welcome addition on the inside. The 6-10, 240-pounder from Edmond (Okla.) Santa Fe High School is averaging 13.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and a conference-best 4.3 blocks per game. He ranks second in the Big 12 with 13 double-doubles.
Scott Drew is 102-101 (.502) in his seventh year as Baylor's head coach. His BU squads have posted a 34-75 (.312) record in Big 12 play.
OU-BAYLOR SERIES HISTORY
Oklahoma owns a 35-6 series advantage against Baylor and has won 30 of the last 31 meetings. The Sooners possess a 17-2 series lead in games played in Norman and have won 14 straight there. The last Baylor win in Norman came on Dec. 6, 1977 (75-67). OU is 26-1 against the Bears since the inception of the Big 12 Conference and has won its 13 series home games during the span by an average of 23.5 points.
EARLIER THIS YEAR AGAINST THE BEARS
• Oklahoma dropped a 90-61 decision at Baylor to open Big 12 play on Jan. 9. The loss broke OU's 30-game winning streak against the Bears and snapped its 16-game victory streak in Waco. Baylor had not beaten OU since Dec. 6, 1977.
• OU went 7-for-10 from the field and held a 20-11 lead after the game's first eight minutes, but shot just .118 (2-for-17) the rest of the half as Baylor went on a 30-6 run over the final 12 minutes to go up 41-26 at the break. OU never got closer than 12 points in the second half.
• Baylor shot an OU opponent season high of .586 from the field and knocked down 10 of its 20 3-point attempts. The Sooners shot .357 from the field and .250 from behind the arc (5-for-20) for their second worst marks of the season.
• Tiny Gallon led OU with 17 points and grabbed a team-high-tying five rebounds in 30 minutes of play.
• Tony Crocker was 3-for-6 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points and a season-high five assists.
• LaceDarius Dunn went 6-for-8 from behind the arc and scored a game-high 28 points for Baylor.
MONDAY'S KANSAS RECAP
• Oklahoma began Monday's game at No. 1 Kansas by going 0-for-11 from the field and fell behind 9-0. Afterward, the Sooners shot .500 from the field and were outscored by four (72-68) in an 81-68 loss. OU outscored the Jayhawks 39-37 in the second half.
• Freshmen combined for 45 of OU's 68 points, 14 of its 33 rebounds and 11 of its 14 assists.
• The Sooners trailed 37-28 late in the first half but watched Kansas score six straight to lead 44-29 at halftime. KU led by as many as 23 points just past the midway point of the second half before OU drew to within 12 multiple times in the final minutes.
• Freshman forward Andrew Fitzgerald played a career-high 37 minutes and finished with career highs of 16 points and six rebounds.
• Freshman guard Tommy Mason-Griffin led OU with 17 points and eight assists (his second highest career total).
• Junior guard Cade Davis contributed 13 points, a team-high eight boards and a season-high-tying three assists.
• The Sooners scored eight fast break points while not allowing any.
HOME IS WHERE THE "W" IS
Oklahoma is 11-1 at Lloyd Noble Center this year and has won 31 of its last 33 games at home. The Sooners, who went 16-1 in Norman last year, are 451-74 (.859) at LNC since it opened in 1975. They are 20-7 (.741) against Kansas State in the building.
MASON-GRIFFIN ON A ROLL
• Freshman point guard Tommy Mason-Griffin has led OU in scoring in eight of the last 10 games after not pacing the team in any of its first 17 games (averaged 10.2 points in those 17). Over those last 10 outings, he is averaging 20.9 points and 4.5 assists while shooting .453 (34-for-75) from 3-point range and .841 (37-for-44) from the free throw line in an average of 38.9 minutes.
• The 5-11, 203-pounder ranks third in the Big 12 (all games) in 3-point percentage (.438), fourth in assists (4.7 apg) and fourth in 3-pointers per game (2.4). In Big 12 play, he ranks second in treys per contest (3.2) and third in 3-point percentage (.457).
• Mason-Griffin leads OU and all Big 12 newcomers with his 18.2 scoring average in conference play.
• With three regular season games remaining, Mason-Griffin already ranks second on OU's all-time freshman list in both 3-point makes (65) and assists (126). He needs three 3-pointers and 16 assists to claim sole possession of first place in both categories.
• No Oklahoma freshman has ever shot better from 3-point range for a season than Mason-Griffin's current .439 mark or has averaged more than his current 35.2 minutes per outing.
PICK YOUR POISON
Five different Sooners have each made at least 30 treys through the team's first 27 games. No other Big 12 team has more than three players with at least 30 3-point makes each heading into the weekend. Tommy Mason-Griffin leads OU with 65 makes (2.4 per game) and is followed by Cade Davis with 50 (1.9 per outing), Tony Crocker with 36 (1.4 per game), Steven Pledger with 34 (1.3 per contest) and Willie Warren with 30 (1.4 per game). OU ranks first in the Big 12 and in the top 20 nationally with its 8.3 treys per outing (the school record is 8.5 in 1998-99).
GUARDS SHOULDERING THE LOAD
Five of OU's top six scorers, including its top four, are guards. The Sooners' backcourt has accounted for 1,490 of the team's 1,975 points, or 75 percent. Willie Warren leads the guard charge by averaging 16.3 points per outing and is followed by Tommy Mason Griffin (14.1), Tony Crocker (11.5), Cade Davis (10.1) and Steven Pledger (6.0). All five of those players have surpassed the 20-point mark at least twice this year (Warren has done it seven times, Mason-Griffin six times, Crocker and Davis three times each and Pledger twice). Mason-Griffin (three times), Crocker and Davis have all scored at least 20 points in a half this season. Last year, guards accounted for 52 percent of OU's points.
YOUTH MOVEMENT
The freshman foursome of Tommy Mason-Griffin (14.1 ppg), Tiny Gallon (10.0), Steven Pledger (6.0) and Andrew Fitzgerald (4.9) has combined to score 904 of the team's 1,975 points this year, or 46 percent. Mason-Griffin ranks fourth in the Big 12 with his .439 3-point field goal percentage and fourth with his 4.7 assists per game. Gallon, who is shooting .532 from the field, ranks seventh in the Big 12 in rebounds per game (8.0) and eighth with six double-doubles (he missed out on another by one rebound). Pledger has knocked down 34 treys and has two games of more than 20 points. Fitzgerald has made eight starts and is shooting .537 from the field.
CROCKER CLIMBING THE CHARTS
Senior guard Tony Crocker entered the year ranked 34th in school history in points (1,008) and seventh in 3-point makes (158). With a solid final season, the 6-6 San Antonio, Texas, product has vaulted to the No. 17 spot in points (1,308) and the No. 4 spot in 3-pointers (194). Crocker, who has started his last 92 games, needs 30 points to tie Mookie Blaylock (1988-89) for 16th place in scoring. At his current pace of 11.5 points per game, Crocker would finish the regular season ranked 15th on the Sooners' all-time scoring chart.
Crocker also has a chance to make a run at the top spot on OU's games played list. He entered the year with 102 career appearances and would finish the regular season with 131 if he plays in every remaining game. Depending on the Sooners' postseason fortunes, Crocker could challenge the record of 137 career games played by Darryl “Choo” Kennedy (1984-87).
On Feb. 9 against Texas Tech, Crocker became just the second Sooner (and first of the Big 12 era) to register at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 150 3-pointers in a career. Forward Ryan Minor (1993-96) racked up 1,946 points, 767 rebounds and 170 treys.
UP NEXT
The Sooners play their final conference road game of the season at Texas on Monday (8 p.m. CST). The game will be televised by ESPN.
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