Sooners Face Idaho Wednesday

Oklahoma (2-0) vs. Idaho (1-0)
Date & Tip Time	Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7:05 p.m. CT
Location	Norman, Okla. \| Lloyd Noble Center \| Seating Views
Tickets	$10, $20 and $30 for general public $10 for OU students OU Athletics Ticket Office
TV	Sooner Sports TV FS Oklahoma FOX College Sports Atlantic
Radio	Sooner Radio Network KRXO 107.7 FM in Oklahoma City KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa Sirius 110 and XM 192
Webcast	None
Live Stats	SoonerSports.com
Game Info	Game Notes (PDF)

QUICK PREVIEW
Oklahoma (2-0) and Idaho (1-0) meet in a Coaches vs. Cancer Classic campus matchup Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT in Norman. The Sooners, who will be playing their third game in five days to start the season, are coming off a 95-82 home win over North Texas on Monday. Idaho, which went 12-18 last season and is picked to finish second in the WAC this year, edged Western Illinois on Saturday, 67-63, in its lone game so far.

ON THE AIR
Wednesday's contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM “The Franchise” in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa) with Toby Rowland and Mike Houck calling the action. The game will be televised by Sooner Sports TV (FS Oklahoma and FOX College Sports Atlantic) with Chad McKee, Renzi Stone and Jessica Coody announcing.

TICKETS
• Tickets are available for $10, $20 and $30 at the OU Athletics Ticket Office (800-456-4668) and online at SoonerSports.com. Lloyd Noble Center's north and east ticket windows will open at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
• OU student tickets cost $10.

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FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
• Wednesday's game will mark the first meeting in men's basketball between Oklahoma and Idaho.
• OU has dominated home non-conference games over the last decade, winning 95 of its last 98 non-league contests in Norman going back to Jan. 3, 2000 (good for a .969 winning percentage). Included was a streak of 49 non-conference home victories that was snapped by Villanova (67-51) on Dec. 6, 2006. The only other two home non-conference losses during the last 98 games came to Stephen F. Austin (66-62 in 2007-08 and 56-55 last season).
• Sophomore forward Ryan Spangler was named Co-Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Monday following his career highs of 15 points and 12 rebounds against Alabama in Friday's season opener. Monday against North Texas, Spangler almost notched another double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds (he had eight boards in the first half). The transfer from Gonzaga is averaging 13.0 points and 10.5 boards while shooting .688 from the field (11-for-16).
• Sophomore guard Buddy Hield is OU's leading returner in points (7.8 ppg), rebounds (4.2 rpg), assists (1.9 apg) and steals (1.2 spg) from last season. Hield averaged a team-high 25.0 points in OU's two preseason exhibition games and set career scoring highs in his first two regular season games this year (19 vs. Alabama and 23 vs. North Texas). After going 7-for-10 from 3-point range in exhibition play, he is 5-for-9 from deep in the regular season (.556).
• OU opened eyes when it averaged 90.6 points a contest during its five-game exhibition tour of Belgium and France in August. Since returning to the U.S., the Sooners have continued to put up points. Lon Kruger's team averaged 96.0 points in its two November exhibition outings and is averaging 88.5 points through two regular season games. The last time OU averaged more than 80.0 points per game for an entire season was in 1994-95 (81.7 ppg in Kelvin Sampson's first year as head coach).

MONDAY'S NORTH TEXAS RECAP
• Oklahoma shot 52.9 percent from the field and 44.4 percent (8-for-18) from 3-point range in a 95-82 win over North Texas on Monday night. The Sooners won their home opener for the 20th straight season.
• OU's 95 points were its most in four years (also scored 95 in a 24-point win over Mount St. Mary's in the 2009-10 season opener 127 games ago).
• For the second straight game, sophomore guard Buddy Hield produced a career-high point total. Hield netted 23 points Monday on 7-for-14 field goal, 3-for-4 3-point and 6-for-6 free throw shooting. He didn't score his first points until 8:28 remained in the first half.
• Senior forward Tyler Neal came off the bench to supply 12 points (the fourth most of his career), a career-high eight rebounds and a blocked shot in 22 minutes of playing time. Neal was 5-for-9 from the field and four of his rebounds were offensive. His 12 points were his most since netting 18 against Arkansas during his sophomore season (Dec. 10, 2011).
• Three Sooners scored 11 points each. They were sophomore forward Ryan Spangler (4-for-5 field goal shooting, team-high nine rebounds), senior forward Cameron Clark (5-for-10 shooting, made his last four) and sophomore guard Je'lon Hornbeak (4-for-7 shooting, 5 rebounds, three assists and three steals off the bench).
• Freshman guard Frank Booker hit a pair of 3-pointers and contributed a traditional 3-point play for nine points in 11 reserve minutes. Starters Jordan Woodard and Isaiah Cousins each scored seven points and combined for 10 assists (six by Woodard). Cousins had no turnovers in 25 minutes.
• North Texas scored the first points of the game 26 seconds into the contest, snapping OU's streak of 194 minutes and 52 seconds of not trailing at home. The Sooners hadn't trailed at Lloyd Noble Center since Feb. 9 vs. Kansas in the first half. In their final four home games last year against TCU, Baylor, Iowa State and West Virginia, the Sooners were never behind.

PREVIEWING IDAHO
• Idaho enters Wednesday's game with a 1-0 record after posting a 67-63 home win over Western Illinois on Saturday. The Vandals, who were picked by Western Athletic Conference media to finish second in the league this year, shot 40.8 percent from the field and 36.8 percent (7-for-19) from 3-point range while also registering a 35-29 rebounding advantage over the Leathernecks. Idaho is coming off a 12-18 season in which it finished in sixth place in the WAC with a 7-11 league mark.
• The Vandals return just three letterwinners and two starters from last year's squad. Ten of the team's 15 players are new to the program this season and two more redshirted a year ago. Senior forward Stephen Madison is the team's top returning player. The preseason first-team all-league selection averaged 14.1 points and 4.7 rebounds a game last year and tallied 21 points, 14 rebounds and five assists against Western Illinois on Saturday. Junior guard Connor Hill made a WAC-high 87 3-pointers last season and ranked second in the league with his .444 mark from behind the arc. Hill averaged 12.1 points per outing.
• Idaho is under the direction of sixth-year head coach Don Verlin, who owns an 82-78 (.513) record at the school. In the five seasons prior to Verlin's arrival, the Vandals went 38-111 (.255) under two head coaches.

UP NEXT
The Sooners are off until the Nov. 22 and 23 championship rounds of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. OU will travel to Brooklyn, N.Y., to take on Seton Hall in a Nov. 22 semifinals contest at 6 p.m. CT inside Barclays Center. It will play Michigan State or Virginia Tech the next night at 6 or 8:30 p.m. Both OU games will be televised by truTV.