OU-Northwestern State Game Notes

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Postgame Notes
No. 18/18 Oklahoma 90, Northwestern State 68
Nov. 23, 2014

• Five Sooners scored at least 13 points as Oklahoma improved to 2-1 with a 90-68 home win over Northwestern State on Sunday afternoon. It was OU's 103rd home non-conference win in its last 107 such contests.

• Oklahoma posted its best field goal (.500) and 3-point field goal (.476) percentages of the season. It made a season-high 10 3-pointers on 21 attempts.

• The Sooners entered the game holding opponents to .350 field goal and .239 3-point field goal percentages. Northwestern State shot .356 and .226 (7 for 31), respectively.

• Junior guard Isaiah Cousins scored a team-high 20 points, his third-highest career total. Cousins was 8 for 12 from the field and 4 for 5 from 3-point range while adding seven rebounds, two assists and two steals. He entered the game 1 for 7 from 3-point distance but is now 5 for 12 on the year (.417).

• Junior guard Buddy Hield scored 16 points and added seven rebounds for the third straight game. It marked the first time this season he did not surpass the 20-point mark. He entered the game 10 for 14 from 3-point range but went 1 for 6 today (now shooting .550 on the year).

• Sophomore point guard Jordan Woodard finished one assist shy of his first career double-double. He netted 13 points and nine assists, his second highest career total for handouts. Woodard went 7 for 9 at the foul line and pulled down five boards.

• After finishing with 11 points and 11 rebounds in each of OU's first two games, junior forward Ryan Spangler tallied 13 points and nine rebounds today. He made his lone 3-point attempt to improve to 4 for 5 on the year (.800).

• Junior guard Dinjiyl Walker came off the bench to score a career-high 13 points with the help of 3-for-3 3-point shooting. He is 4 for 4 from deep over the last two games.

• Freshman forward Khadeem Lattin hauled in nine rebounds in his 14 minutes off the bench.

• OU recorded nine dunks on the day: three by Hield, two by Spangler, two by TaShawn Thomas and one each by Cousins and Lattin.

• OU now heads to the Bahamas for the three-day, eight-team Battle 4 Atlantis tournament (Nov. 26-28). The Sooners open Wednesday against UCLA at 1:30 p.m. CT (ESPN2) and will face Butler or North Carolina in the second round. Possible third-round opponents are Florida, Georgetown, UAB and Wisconsin.

Players Mentioned

Isaiah Cousins

Isaiah Cousins

Buddy Hield

Buddy Hield

Khadeem Lattin

Khadeem Lattin

Ryan Spangler

Ryan Spangler

TaShawn Thomas

TaShawn Thomas

Dinjiyl Walker

Dinjiyl Walker

Jordan Woodard

Jordan Woodard

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