Sooners Back Home Tuesday vs. Texas Tech


	Andrew Fitzgerald ranks fifth in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (.529).

Oklahoma (8-9, 0-3) vs. Texas Tech (8-10, 0-3)
Date & Tip Time	Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 7:04 p.m. CT
Location	Norman, Okla. \| Lloyd Noble Center \| Seating Views
Tickets	$10, $25 and $35 OU Athletics Ticket Office
TV	Big 12 Network KOCB Ch. 34 in Oklahoma City KJRH Ch. 2 in Tulsa ESPN Full Court
Radio	Sooner Radio Network KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City KMOD AM 97.5 in Tulsa Sirius 127
Webcast	ESPN3.com
Live Stats	SoonerSports.com GameTracker
Game Info	Game Notes (PDF)

TUESDAY'S GAME BASICS
Oklahoma (8-9, 0-3) returns home following a two-game road trip to host Texas Tech (8-10, 0-3) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. CT. The game will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KOKC 1520 AM in Oklahoma City; KMOD 97.5 FM in Tulsa; Sirius 127) with Bob Barry Sr. and Mike Houck calling the action. It will be televised by the Big 12 Network (KOCB Ch. 34 in Oklahoma City; KJRH Ch. 2 in Tulsa; ESPN Full Court) with Doug Bell, Bryndon Manzer and Melissa Knowles announcing.

TICKET INFORMATION
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 ticket windows will open at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

PROMOTIONS AND EVENTS
• Tuesday's game against Texas Tech will mark Hometown Heroes Night. All first responders, firefighters, police, sheriffs and EMTs will be honored. Also, one lucky fan will have a chance to win $10,000 by hitting a half-court shot.

NOTEWORTHY
• Oklahoma holds a 29-18 series lead against Texas Tech and is 17-6 in Norman. The Red Raiders won both games last year, 75-65 in Lubbock and 72-71 in Norman.
• OU has won 39 of its last 40 home games against unranked (AP) teams. The only loss in those 40 contests came last year to Texas Tech.
• The Sooners are 8-1 at home this year. They are 61-13 (.824) under fifth-year head coach Jeff Capel at Lloyd Noble Center.
• OU's three Big 12 opponents (Texas A&M, Baylor and Texas) have posted a 7-1 combined league record (best opponent mark of any team in the league).
• Freshmen and sophomores have accounted for 70 percent of OU's points this year (782 of 1,121). Eighty-nine percent of the team's points at Texas on Saturday were scored by freshmen and sophomores.
• Eight of OU's top nine scorers are in their first or second year of Division I basketball. Five of the nine are in their first year.
• After averaging 5.5 points and 4.3 rebounds in OU's first eight games (he shot .450 from the field), freshman Cameron Clark is averaging a team-high 12.7 points and 5.0 boards over the last nine outings (shooting .495 from the field). Clark is averaging 37.2 minutes per game during the span and played all 40 minutes four times (including each of the last two games).
• Sophomore guard Steven Pledger is shooting .478 from 3-point range over the last five games (11-for-23), and that's including a 0-for-6 performance at Texas on Saturday in which he was held scoreless. Pledger shot .324 from deep over OU's first 12 contests. He's averaging a team-high 15.1 points in the Sooners' wins but just 7.4 in their losses.
• In OU's eight wins, point guard Carl Blair has totaled 35 assists and 10 turnovers. In the team's nine losses, Blair has 29 assists and 34 turnovers.
• Oklahoma has been held to .404 field goal and .255 3-point shooting in Big 12 play. In their final two non-conference games, the Sooners shot a combined .598 from the field and .485 from behind the arc. Included was a Capel-era-best .612 field goal mark against Central Arkansas.
• In their eight wins, the Sooners are shooting .500 from the field and .439 from 3-point range (8.5 makes per game). In their nine losses, they're shooting .429 from the field and .282 from behind the arc (5.1 makes per game).
• Oklahoma has outscored opponents 139-124 in points off turnovers in its eight wins, but has been outscored 162-103 in the category in its nine defeats.

Sooner to Watch
	Cameron Clark \| Fr. \| Guard/Forward • Averaging a team-high 12.7 points over the last nine games (.495 shooting) • Averaging 14.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists over the last four games • His five highest scoring totals on the year have come over the last nine contests • Has played all 40 minutes four times this year (including each of last two games)

PLAYERS UPDATE
• Sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald has shot .500 or better from the field in 12 of 17 games and owns a .529 season percentage to rank fifth in the Big 12. He leads the team with his 13.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. His free throw percentage (.746) is up significantly from last year (.638) and he is shooting .791 (34-for-43) from the foul line over the last 11 games.
• A career .332 3-point shooter entering the year, senior guard Cade Davis is shooting a career-best .383 from behind the arc this season (ranks 11th in the Big 12) and is averaging 2.3 treys per game (ranks sixth). Going back to last year, he has made 67 3-pointers over his last 28 games. Davis ranks eighth on OU's career 3-point field goals list with 153 and needs 14 to tie Brent Price for seventh place.
• Davis has been effective on the boards his last four games, averaging 6.5 rebounds during the stretch. Included was a career-high total of 12 against Maryland Eastern Shore on Jan. 3 (also scored 11 points for his first double-double of the year). Davis did not play two games ago against Baylor due to the death of his grandmother.
• In OU's eight wins (all at home), sophomore guard Steven Pledger has scored at least 13 points six times and is shooting .440 from 3-point range (22-for-50) and .852 from the free throw line (23-for-27). In the Sooners' nine losses, Pledger has been held to single digits six times and is shooting .273 from deep (12-for-44). He was held scoreless Saturday at Texas (0-for-8 from the field).
• Freshman Cameron Clark's top five scoring games have come over the last nine outings. Clark, who finished with 16 points last Tuesday at Baylor, also netted a career-high 26 points against Central Arkansas, 17 against Oral Roberts, 14 against Maryland Eastern Shore and 13 versus Gardner-Webb. He is averaging a team-high 12.7 points and 5.0 rebounds over the last nine outings and is shooting .552 from the field and .458 from 3-point range in OU's eight wins.
• Sophomore point guard Carl Blair has rebounded nicely from a slow start to the year by averaging 7.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 5.4 assists over the last nine games. Blair ranks sixth in the Big 12 with his 4.3 assists per outing and racked up 14 over the Sooners' first two conference games. He has led OU in the category in seven of the last nine outings.
• After averaging 1.5 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting .235 from the field over his first 10 games, junior forward C.J. Washington has elevated his production over the last six contests. During that span, Washington is averaging 4.8 points and 3.5 boards while shooting .647 from the floor. He's shooting .714 from the field (10-for-14) over the last five games. On the year, Washington leads OU in rebounds per minute (averaging 12.3 per 40 minutes).

PREVIEWING TEXAS TECH
• Texas Tech enters Tuesday's game with an 8-10 overall record and a 0-3 Big 12 mark. The Red Raiders have lost conference home games to Baylor (71-59) and Texas (83-52) and one on the road Saturday to Kansas State (94-60).
• Texas Tech is shooting .449 from the field (ranks 11th in the Big 12), .327 from 3-point range (ranks 10th) and .722 from the free throw line (ranks third). Its -4.6 rebounding margin ranks last in the league.
• The Red Raiders give up 75.1 points per game (most in the league) while allowing opponents to shoot .457 from the field (Big 12's worst defensive mark) and .374 from 3-point range (second-worst mark).
• Texas Tech's top four scorers are seniors, with forwards Mike Singletary and Brad Reese leading the way. Singletary averages team highs of 12.9 points and 5.9 rebounds a game to go along with 2.8 assists, but is averaging 6.5 points over the last two games. He has attempted 106 free throws (shooting .689), 49 more than the team's next highest total. Reese averages 11.9 points and 4.8 boards a contest and is shooting .439 from 3-point range (18-for-41).
• Guards John Roberson and David Tairu also average double figures in scoring. Roberson, who had 18 points and five assists Saturday at Kansas State, contributes 11.8 points and a team-high 4.0 assists per outing. He's also made a team-high 32 3-pointers (shooting .364). Tairu provides 10.2 points a game and has made 18 treys (shooting .360).
• Pat Knight is in his fourth year as Texas Tech's head coach and owns a 45-52 record.

OU-TEXAS TECH SERIES HISTORY
Oklahoma owns a 29-18 series advantage against Texas Tech and has won five of the last seven meetings. OU is 17-6 against the Red Raiders in Norman and is 11-4 at Lloyd Noble Center. Since the start of the Big 12 in 1996-97, OU is 20-10 against Texas Tech (10-4 in Norman). Jeff Capel is 5-3 against the Red Raiders as OU's head coach (3-1 in Norman).

LAST YEAR AGAINST THE RED RAIDERS
• Texas Tech won both meetings last year, 75-65 in Lubbock and 72-71 in Norman. Then-senior Tony Crocker averaged 18.0 points and 12.0 rebounds for the Sooners, while current Texas Tech senior Mike Singletary averaged 17.0 points and 8.0 boards.
• It was a tale of two halves in the first meeting, as OU held the Red Raiders to 23 points on .250 field goal shooting in the first 20 minutes but gave up 52 points on .516 shooting after halftime. Texas Tech was 0-for-4 from 3-point range in the first half and 7-for-11 after. The Sooners led 34-23 with 19 minutes left in the game but were outscored 52-31 the rest of the way. Crocker finished with 20 points and 13 rebounds while Singletary racked up 24 points and 10 boards.
• In the rematch in Norman, the Sooners had their 31-game home winning streak against unranked AP opponents snapped as a late rally came up just short. Down 10 with 5:20 to go, OU drew to within one but missed two 3-pointers on its final possession (one by Willie Warren and one by Tommy Mason-Griffin at the buzzer). It gave Texas Tech its first series sweep of OU since the Big 12 was formed. Warren led OU with 18 points while Crocker added 16 points and 11 rebounds. John Roberson scored 22 points for the Red Raiders.

SATURDAY'S TEXAS RECAP
• Oklahoma shot .392 from the field and .067 (1-for-15) from 3-point range in a 66-46 loss at No. 12 Texas.
• The Sooners trailed by just six a minute into the second half (27-21) but committed 11 of their 15 turnovers after halftime. Texas outscored OU 13-4 in the points-off-turnovers category on the day.
• The Longhorns entered the game outrebounding their opponents by an average of 7.6 boards per game, but they grabbed just one more than the Sooners (33-32).
• OU's 46 points and .067 3-point field goal mark were season lows. The Sooners entered the game ranked third in the Big 12 with their 7.1 treys per game and fifth in 3-point percentage (.373).
• Oklahoma was whistled for 21 fouls to Texas' 11. The Longhorns were 11-for-21 at the line while OU was 5-for-9.
• Forty-one of OU's 46 points were scored by freshmen or sophomores.
• Sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald scored 14 of his team-high 18 points in the second half. He was 8-for-14 from the field and added five rebounds before fouling out.
• Freshman guard/forward Cameron Clark contributed nine points and five boards. He played all 40 minutes for the fourth time in the last eight games and committed just one turnover.
• Freshman forward Tyler Neal came off the bench to score eight points (third most of season) and five boards (second most) in 11 minutes.
• Senior guard Cade Davis (13.1 ppg) and sophomore guard Steven Pledger (11.8) entered the day with a combined 24.9 scoring average, but totaled just three points against the Longhorns (all by Davis). Pledger was 0-for-8 from the field while Davis was 1-for-4.

UP NEXT
OU is home again Saturday to host Colorado at 12:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised by the Big 12 Network.

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