OU-Wisconsin Game Notes

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Postgame Notes
No. 2/3 Wisconsin 69, No. NR/21 Oklahoma 56
Nov. 28, 2014
Nassau, Bahamas

• Oklahoma trailed 34-33 at halftime but was outscored 16-2 to start the second half in an eventual 69-56 loss to No. 2 Wisconsin in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game. OU fell to 4-2 on the year while UW improved to 7-0.

• The Sooners committed a season-high 21 turnovers and were outscored 27-9 off those mistakes.

• OU posted a 35-32 rebounding advantage (were up 21-10 in the category at halftime) over a Wisconsin team that entered the day outboarding its opponents by 10.1 a contest on the year.

• The Sooners entered the game by holding their first five opponents of the season to sub-38-percent field goal and sub-31-percent 3-point shooting. Wisconsin posted respective marks of 43.5 and 32.1 percent Friday. The Badgers made nine 3-pointers to OU's five.

• OU was 17 for 19 from the free throw line for a season-high 89.5 percent. Wisconsin was 6 for 8. The Badgers entered the game with 135 free throw attempts to their opponents' 63.

• Dinjiyl Walker was the lone Sooner to score in double figures. The junior guard came off the bench to register 10 points in a season-high 20 minutes. He was 3 for 6 from the field and made all three of his free throw tries while adding three rebounds.

• Junior guards Isaiah Cousins and Buddy Hield scored nine points each, but went a combined 5 for 22 from the floor.

• Oklahoma is off until Friday, Dec. 5, when it hosts former league opponent Missouri at 8:30 p.m. CT in an SEC/Big 12 Challenge matchup.