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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Sooners Host Oklahoma State, Senior Day
March 04, 2011 | Men's Basketball
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| Senior guard Cade Davis has scored at least 20 points three times over the last four games |
| Oklahoma (12-17, 4-11) vs. Oklahoma State (18-11, 6-9) | |
| Date & Tip Time | Saturday, March 5 at 3:01 p.m. CT |
| Location | Norman, Okla. | Lloyd Noble Center | Seating Views |
| Tickets | $30, $45 and $60 OU Athletics Ticket Office |
| TV |
Big 12 Network |
| Radio | Sooner Radio Network KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City KTBZ AM 1430 in Tulsa Sirius 91 XM 231 |
| Webcast | ESPN3.com |
| Live Stats | SoonerSports.com GameTracker |
| Game Info | Game Notes (PDF) |
SATURDAY'S GAME BASICS
Looking for its first win since Feb. 2, Oklahoma (12-15 overall, 4-9 Big 12) hosts No. 3/2 Kansas (26-2, 11-2) Saturday at 3 p.m. CT. OU's 61-47 loss at No. 21/17 Texas A&M on Wednesday was its sixth straight. Kansas has won eight of its last nine games and is coming off a 92-65 home victory over Oklahoma State on Monday. Saturday's game will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KOKC 1520 AM in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa) with Bob Barry Sr. and Mike Houck announcing. It will be televised by ESPN with Bob Wischusen and Fran Fraschilla calling the action.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are available for $30, $55 and $60 at the OU Athletics Ticket Office (800-456-4668) and online here. Lloyd Noble Center's north and east ticket windows will open at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• A pregame senior ceremony will start at 2:40 p.m. Three senior managers will be honored, as well as senior guard Cade Davis. Davis will also address the crowd following the game. The first 2,000 fans through the doors will receive a "Thank You Seniors" rally towel.
• The game will mark the last at home for longtime radio play-by-play announcer Bob Barry. Barry, in his 50th year of calling games, is retiring after this season. He will be recognized during a halftime tribute and will sign autographs at the conclusion of the Sooner Sports Network's radio broadcast.
NOTEWORTHY
• Oklahoma holds a 126-93 series lead against Oklahoma State and is 78-26 versus the Cowboys in Norman. The Sooners have won the last six meetings at Lloyd Noble Center and nine of the last 10.
• OU has won 42 times in its last 44 home games against unranked (AP) opponents. The only losses during those 44 games came by one point (this year to Nebraska and last year to Texas Tech).
• With just two players on the active roster taller than 6-7, guards have accounted for 66 percent of the team's points this year.
• A big key for OU in its wins this year has been its positive assist-to-turnover ratio. In 12 victories, the Sooners have 189 assists to 167 turnovers. In its 17 losses, Oklahoma has accumulated 173 assists and 226 turnovers.
• During their four-game Big 12 winning streak, the Sooners averaged 26.5 free throw attempts per game. In eight losses since, OU is averaging just 17.4 attempts.
• Eight of OU's top nine scorers are in their first or second year of Division I.
• Freshmen and sophomores have accounted for 71 percent of OU's points this year. The Sooners have one senior in Cade Davis.
• Davis is averaging 19.0 points and 5.6 rebounds over the last five games and is 11-for-23 (.478) from 3-point range during the stretch. He has led the Sooners in scoring in each of the last four outings (performances of 21, 21, 19 and 21 points) and has accounted for 35 percent of the team's points in those contests.
• Sophomore guard Steven Pledger, who turned in a 38-point performance Jan. 29 at Iowa State, has scored in double figures in 10 of OU's 12 wins and is averaging a team-high 16.2 points in the team's victories compared to 7.4 in losses. He averaged 18.3 points during the team's four-game Big 12 winning streak but is averaging 7.4 over eight games since, all defeats.
• After averaging 15.0 points and 6.0 rebounds during OU's four-game winning streak, freshman Cameron Clark is averaging 6.4 points and 3.6 boards over the last eight games. Clark has attempted just four free throws during the losing streak.
• In home games, OU is shooting .473 from the field, .385 from 3-point range and .758 from the foul line. On the road, the Sooners own .419, .299 and .690 figures.
BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDING SCENARIOS
Oklahoma will be the No. 10 seed in next week's Big 12 Championship if all three of the following happen on Saturday: OU beats Oklahoma State, Texas A&M beats Texas Tech (game is in College Station) and Colorado beats Nebraska (game is in Boulder). Otherwise, the Sooners will be the No. 11 seed.
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PLAYERS UPDATE
• Thanks to a recent offensive outburst, lone senior Cade Davis leads the team in scoring (13.5 ppg) and ranks second in rebounding (5.0 rpg), assists (1.8 apg) and steals (1.0 spg). The guard is averaging 20.5 points and 5.0 rebounds over the last four games after averaging 8.6 points and 4.0 boards over the previous five outings. Davis, who has led the Sooners in rebounding in nine of his last 15 games, stands fifth on OU's career treys list with 176.
• Sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald has scored at least 15 points 12 times this season, including seven times in OU's 15 conference games. He ranks second on the the team with his 13.2 points per outing on the year and leads with his 5.2 rebounds per contest. Fitzgerald ranks sixth in the Big 12 with his .490 season field goal percentage, although he's shooting .351 over the last four games (13-for-37). His .748 free throw percentage is up significantly from last year (.638).
• Sophomore guard Steven Pledger scored in double figures in seven of eight games prior to his current four-game stretch of averaging 4.0 points. In nine games since a career-high 38-point effort at Iowa State on Jan. 29 in which he registered career highs in field goals (12), 3-point field goals (7) and free throw makes (7), Pledger is averaging 7.7 points on .307 shooting. During OU's four-game Big 12 winning streak, Pledger averaged 18.3 points on .480 shooting.
• Since a nine-game stretch from Dec. 30 through Feb. 2 in which he averaged 14.7 points and 5.4 rebounds (OU went 6-3), freshman Cameron Clark has seen his production drop. The guard has been held to single digits in six of the last eight games and is averaging 6.4 points and 3.5 rebounds during the stretch (all losses). In OU's wins, Clark is averaging 13.2 points while shooting .549 from the field and .457 from 3-point range (16-for-35). In losses, he's averaging 6.5 points while shooting .408 from the field and .240 from deep (6-for-25).
• One of the Big 12's top assists men, sophomore point guard Carl Blair has started 22 of his 27 games this year, including each of the last 19. Blair ranks fifth in the league with his 4.5 assists per contest (third in Big 12 games with 4.8 per game) and has led OU in the category in 17 of the last 21 outings. He scored in double figures five times during a seven-game stretch (Jan. 18 through Feb. 5), but has been held to single digits in six of the last seven games.
• One of OU's first players off the bench, junior forward C.J. Washington is shooting .704 from the field (19-for-27) over the last 17 games. On the year, Washington leads OU in rebounds per minute (averaging 10.7 per 40 minutes).
• Freshman forward Tyler Neal has seen a major increase in playing time the last eight games and has responded nicely. The Oklahoma City product is averaging 6.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per contest during the stretch (he averaged 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds in OU's first seven Big 12 games). Neal played a career-high 28 minutes Feb. 23 at Texas A&M and followed with 25 minutes last Saturday against Kansas and 24 Wednesday at Texas Tech. He has started five times on the year, including each of the last two games.
PREVIEWING OKLAHOMA STATE
• Oklahoma State enters Saturday's game with an 18-11 overall record and is in ninth place in the Big 12 at 6-9. The Cowboys have won two straight (home victories over Texas Tech and Baylor) following a four-game losing streak. OSU boasts a 13-2 home record but is 1-8 in true road games and 0-7 in conference play (lone win was at La Salle on Dec. 4).
• In Big 12 play, Oklahoma State is shooting .412 from the field (ranks last in the league), .262 from 3-point range (ranks last) and .718 from the free throw line (ranks seventh). Its -1.7 rebounding margin ranks eighth in conference play.
• The Cowboys give up 71.8 points per league game (sixth most) while allowing opponents to shoot .436 from the field (fourth best defensive mark) and .373 from 3-point range (ninth best mark).
• Senior forward Marshall Moses leads three Cowboys who score in double figures on the season. Moses averages team highs of 14.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game while shooting a team-best .561 from the field. He's coming off a 16-point, 10-rebound game against Baylor in which he went 8-for-10 at the free throw line.
• Junior guard Keiton Page averages 13.3 points and 1.9 assists per contest and has made a team-high 49 3-pointers (shooting .308 from long range). Page, who leads the Big 12 with his .902 free throw percentage, is averaging 9.2 points over the last five games.
• Sophomore guard/forward Jéan-Paul Olukemi averages 11.6 points per game on the season and scores a team-high 12.9 points per Big 12 contest. The junior college product leads the squad with his 169 free throw attempts on the year (shooting .757). Olukemi averaged 19.6 minutes per non-conference game but is averaging 27.6 per league outing.
• Travis Ford is in his third year as Oklahoma State's head coach and owns a 63-34 record.
OU-OKLAHOMA STATE HISTORY
Oklahoma owns a 126-93 series advantage against Oklahoma State and is 78-26 against the Cowboys in Norman. OU has won six of the last overall 10 meetings and nine of the last 15, but OSU has won the last three. Since the start of the Big 12 in 1996-97, OU is 16-16 against the Cowboys and 11-3 in Norman. The Sooners have won six straight in the series at home, and nine of the last 10. Jeff Capel is 6-5 against Oklahoma State as OU's head coach (4-0 at Lloyd Noble Center). OU posted a 62-57 overtime win last year in Norman.
EARLIER THIS YEAR AGAINST THE COWBOYS
• Oklahoma jumped out to a 21-6 lead and was up 47-39 early in the second half but couldn't overcome Oklahoma State's 36-for-44 free throw performance in an 81-75 loss in Stillwater on Feb. 5.
• OSU registered season highs in free throw makes and attempts. The 44 attempts are tied for the most by a team in Big 12 play this year.
• The Oklahoma State threesome of Keiton Page (11-for-12), Jean-Paul Olukemi (11-for-13) and Darrell Williams (8-for-10) combined to go 30-for-35 at the charity stripe.
• Oklahoma was even better at the free throw line from a percentage standpoint with its 24-for-26 (season-high .923) effort.
• Sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald and senior guard Cade Davis led OU with 18 points each. Fitzgerald had 14 by half and Davis 11.
• Sophomore point guard Carl Blair hit all nine of his free throw attempts and finished with 13 points, but registered no assists and six turnovers. He entered the game averaging 5.3 assists in Big 12 play to rank second in the league.
• After scoring 25 points versus Baylor the previous game, freshman guard Cameron Clark was held scoreless on 0-for-3 field goal shooting.
• Sophomore guard Steven Pledger, who entered the game averaging 16.2 points during OU's four-game winning streak, was forced to the bench less than two minutes into the contest with his second personal foul. Pledger finished the game with nine points in just 23 minutes, his least playing time in nine games.
WEDNESDAY'S TEXAS TECH RECAP
• Oklahoma fell behind 9-0 and never threatened in an 84-58 loss at Texas Tech on Wednesday. OU shot .328 from the field, its second worst mark of the season. OU's .522 free throw performance (12-for-23) was its third worst of the year and worst in Big 12 play.
• The Sooners committed 10 first-half turnovers that Texas Tech converted into 16 points en route to a 40-20 halftime lead. OU committed just two turnovers in the second half.
• Senior Cade Davis was the only Sooner in double figures with his game-high 21 points. He was 9-for-17 from the field and pulled down three offensive rebounds in his 31 minutes.
• For the second straight game, freshman guard Calvin Newell came off the bench to score nine points (his most in Big 12 play). Newell was 3-for-6 from the field in 12 minutes of action.
• Texas Tech outrebounded the Sooners 46-37. The Red Raiders grabbed 13 offensive rebounds on their 32 missed shots.
UP NEXT
The Sooners will play a first-round Big 12 Championship game next Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo., as either the No. 10 seed (6 p.m. CT) or No. 11 seed (8:30 p.m.). The game will be televised by the Big 12 Network.
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