University of Oklahoma Athletics
Postgame Notes
January 11, 2011 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 11, 2011
• Oklahoma fell to 8-8 on the year and 0-2 in Big 12 play with a 74-61 road loss to Baylor. The Bears shot .622 from the field and posted a 44-24 advantage in paint points to improve to 12-3 and 2-0.
• The Sooners trailed 36-23 before scoring the final nine points of the first half (they hit 3-pointers on the last three possessions) and the first two of the second half to draw within 36-34. OU trailed by just three (49-46) with 11:30 remaining and by five (62-57) with 5:30 left. Baylor ended the game on a 12-4 run.
• Oklahoma committed 13 turnovers to Baylor's 17 and outscored the Bears 27-11 off turnovers.
• The Sooners played without senior guard Cade Davis, their second leading scorer (13.1) and rebounder (5.0) on the year. Davis' grandmother passed away earlier in the day.
• Sophomore guard Steven Pledger scored a team-high 17 points with the help of 5-for-10 3-point shooting. Over the last four games, Pledger is 12-for-18 (.667) from 3-point range to up his season mark to .386. He added two rebounds, two assists and a season-high-tying three steals while playing the entire game.
• Freshman guard/forward Cameron Clark, who also played all 40 minutes (third time this season), contributed 16 points, four boards, a career-high three assists and two steals. His five highest scoring totals have come over the last eight contests.
• Sophomore guard Carl Blair finished with 10 points and a game-high six assists in 38 minutes. His three steals were his most in an OU uniform. Blair is averaging 6.0 assists over the last eight games.
• Sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald contributed nine points and five rebounds before fouling out for the second time this year.
• Junior Nick Thompson played 31 minutes off the bench (his most since the second game of the season) and finished with seven points and a team-high six rebounds.
• OU managed 13 offensive rebounds, nine more than it had against Texas A&M on Saturday. The Sooners turned them into 16 second-chance points.
• Baylor's .622 field goal percentage was an OU opponent season high. Freshman forward Perry Jones was 10-for-13 from the field and finished with 25 points and seven boards. The Sooners held the Big 12's leading scorer, LaceDarius Dunn, to 16 points (entered game averaging 23.1).
• The Sooners are on the road again Saturday when they play at Texas at 3 p.m. CT (televised by the Big 12 Network).
