University of Oklahoma Athletics
Postgame Notes
January 22, 2011 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 22, 2011
• Oklahoma shot 52.2 percent from the field, its highest mark in Big 12 play, and posted a 67-60 home win over Colorado. OU's second straight win improved its overall record to 10-9 overall and its conference mark to 2-3. The Sooners are 10-1 at home this year. Colorado, which had won seven of its last eight games, fell to 14-6 overall and to 3-2 in the Big 12.
• OU has won 41 times in its last 42 home games against unranked (AP poll) opponents. The only loss during those 42 games came by one point (72-71 to Texas Tech last year).
• The Sooners have won 24 straight games at home against Colorado and 36 of the last 37. They are 88-49 in the all-time series against the Buffaloes. CU's last win in Norman came on Feb. 9, 1980 (60-59).
• For the second time in two games (the only occasions this season), all five OU starters scored in double figures. They accounted for 65 of OU's 67 points. Over the last two contests, starters have scored 146 of the team's 150 points (97 percent). Starters played 189 of OU's 200 minutes today.
• Colorado's 60 points and .100 (1-for-10) 3-point percentage were season lows. CU came into the game averaging 83.0 points per game and shooting .375 from 3-point range. The Sooners also held the Buffaloes to .404 field goal shooting, their third lowest mark of the year.
• The Big 12's top scoring tandem entering the game (36.0 combined points per contest), Colorado's Alec Burks and Cory Higgins were held to a combined 30 points on 10-for-29 (.344) shooting.
• Cade Davis registered team highs of 15 points and eight rebounds in 39 minutes of work. The senior guard shook off 1-for-7 3-point shooting to go 6-for-7 from 2-point range, including a buzzer-beating 10-footer to give OU a 32-26 halftime lead. Davis is averaging a team-high 7.2 rebounds over the last five games.
• Sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald finished with 13 points and six rebounds in 38 minutes. He was 6-for-11 from the floor to give him 15 games of at least 50 percent shooting in OU's 19 outings. He has scored in double figures 15 times on the year.
• Sophomore point guard Carl Blair contributed 13 points and a game-high seven assists. Blair, who began the game 2-for-6 at the foul line, made seven straight over the last 1:06 to preserve the win. He has made nine free throws in each of the last two games (his most in an OU uniform).
• Freshman guard/forward Cameron Clark was 5-for-9 from the floor and tallied 13 points and seven rebounds. He did not commit a turnover for the second straight game (played 37 minutes today). Clark has just 16 turnovers in 19 games this year despite averaging 33.1 minutes a contest.
• Sophomore guard Steven Pledger registered 11 points and three assists. He has scored in double figures in eight of OU's 10 wins.
• Oklahoma began the game 7-for-16 at the free throw line before making its last nine attempts over the final 1:06.
• OU's 13 turnovers matched its lowest total in Big 12 play.
• The Sooners are off until Saturday when they play at Iowa State at 8 p.m. CT.