University of Oklahoma Athletics
Postgame Notes
November 26, 2011 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 25, 2011
• Oklahoma improved to 4-0 on the year and advanced to the 76 Classic championship game with an 85-73 win over Santa Clara. Sunday's title game against Saint Louis (5-0) will begin at 8 p.m. CT and be televised by ESPN2.
• OU's 85 points matched a season high. Last year, the Sooners scored at least 80 points four times (high of 84).
• The Sooners ended the first half on an 18-0 run to lead 42-19. They scored the first two points of the second half to go ahead by 25, their largest margin of the game.
• Santa Clara outscored OU 54-43 in the second half. After going 3-for-12 from 3-point range in the first half, the Broncos went 8-for-21 in the second half.
• OU shot .467 from the field against a Santa Clara team that was holding opponents to a .348 figure entering the game.
• Oklahoma dominated the boards, outrebounding the Broncos 49-33. The Sooners recorded 16 second-chance points and outscored SCU 29-18 in the paint.
• Steven Pledger's 26 points marked his second-highest career total (38 in overtime win last year at Iowa State). The junior guard was 10-for-15 from the field and 4-for-8 from 3-point range. He is shooting a team-high .595 from the field on the year and .455 from long distance.
• Junior forward Andrew Fitzgerald recorded his second career double-double with 12 points and a career-high-tying 13 rebounds. He added a pair of blocked shots.
• Junior guard Sam Grooms finished with 12 points, five boards and six assists while committing just one turnover. He was 8-for-12 from the free throw line. In two 76 Classic games, Grooms has racked up 16 assists and just two turnovers.
• Junior forward Romero Osby pulled down 10 rebounds for the third time in four games. He scored nine points, just missing his third double-double of the year.
• OU head coach Lon Kruger improved to 5-0 all-time in the 76 Classic. He led UNLV to a 3-0 record and the championship last year.
