University of Oklahoma Athletics
University of Oklahoma
Weber State
Record-Setting Scoring Run Pushes OU to Win
December 22, 2014 | Men's Basketball
| Stat Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Weber State |
OU |
| Points | 51 | 85 |
| FGM-A | 12-47 | 36-62 |
| FG% | 25.5 | 58.1 |
| 3 FGM-A | 8-28 | 4-12 |
| 3 FG% | 28.6 | 33.3 |
| FTM-A | 19-25 | 9-15 |
| FT% | 76.0 | 60.0 |
| Rebounds | 36 | 32 |
| Assists | 9 | 18 |
| Turnovers | 23 | 9 |
| Blocks | 2 | 4 |
| Steals | 6 | 12 |
| Individual Leaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Weber State |
OU |
| Points | Golden - 12 | Two Players - 15 |
| Rebounds | Bolomboy - 12 | Spangler - 8 |
| Assists | Two Players - 3 | Cousins - 8 |
| Steals | Golden - 2 | Two Players - 3 |
| Blocks | Two Players - 1 | Spangler - 2 |
| Player of the Game |
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NORMAN (AP) -- As Oklahoma's scoring run against Weber State grew on Monday night, coach Lon Kruger knew his Sooners were executing well, but he wasn't aware they were in the process of setting an NCAA Division I record.
Jordan Woodard and Ryan Spangler each scored 15 points and No. 19 Oklahoma scored 39 straight points to rout Weber State 85-51.
Oklahoma (8-3) broke the previous record for a scoring run against a Division I opponent of 37 points, set by Utah State vs. Idaho on Feb. 15, 2006. Oklahoma's run turned a 10-4 lead into a 49-4 margin.
"You're aware, of course, there's a really good run going on, but you don't stop to think about the numbers, necessarily," Kruger said. "But during that stretch, we were getting looks that we wanted . and they weren't, and that's always what you're looking for."
The Sooners shot 68.8 percent from the field while building a 51-12 halftime lead. The Sooners finished the game shooting 58.1 percent.
The 12 points allowed by Oklahoma were the fewest the Sooners had given up in a half since allowing Texas A&M 10 points in the first half on March 1, 2008. Weber State (4-6) scored eight of those points in the final 1:52 of the half.
Chris Golden scored 12 points for the Wildcats, who shot 13.6 percent (3 of 22) from the field in the first half and 25.5 percent for the game.
Oklahoma, coming off a two-point loss to Washington in Las Vegas on Saturday, started slowly against the Wildcats. At 4 1/2 minutes into the game, the Sooners were only leading 4-0. Weber State's first field goal was Joel Bolomboy's dunk with 12:56 left in the half, which pulled the Wildcats within 10-4. Those were their last points for more than 11 minutes.
The Sooners' 39-0 run wasn't quite an overall NCAA Division I record, as Southern scored 44 straight points last season against Champion Baptist (Ark.). Weber State coach Randy Rahe -- who guided the Wildcats to the NCAA tournament last season -- called three timeouts to stop Oklahoma's momentum, but it was in vain.
"We got whitewashed by a very good basketball team that I think was a little bit on edge after a tough loss to Washington," Rahe said. "We couldn't do anything the first half, obviously. A lot of it had to do with them. We've got a really young basketball team and when they got into us and pressured us, it took us out of pretty much everything we tried to do."
A layup by Woodard extended Oklahoma's lead to 49-4 with 2:26 left in the half. When Weber State's Kyndahl Hill hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1:52 left, most fans at Lloyd Noble Center cheered.
Oklahoma holds the Division I record for longest time holding an opponent scoreless during the shot-clock era, having blanked Texas A&M for 16:08 in 2008.
TaShawn Thomas added 13 points while Buddy Hield and Dinjiyl Walker had 10 each for Oklahoma. Bolomboy scored nine points for Weber State.
