OU-Kansas State Game Notes

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Postgame Notes
Oklahoma vs. Kansas State
Jan. 10, 2015

• In the 200th series meeting, No. 16/18 Oklahoma led by four points with less than a minute left in regulation but lost a 66-63 home overtime game to Kansas State. The defeat snapped OU's 10-game home winning streak (was 7-0 this season).

• Kansas State's Marcus Foster hit a runner to tie the game with six seconds left in regulation and hit the game-winning 3-pointer with four seconds left. TaShawn Thomas' sideline 3-pointer at the buzzer was long.

• OU was outshot at home for the first time this season (.455 to .404). The Sooners entered the game as the Big 12 leader in free throw percentage (.741) but went 12 for 19 today (.632). K-State posted a 40-37 edge on the glass.

• K-State's .455 field goal mark was the second best against OU this season (Washington shot .490) and best surrendered by the Sooners in Norman.

• OU's four assists were a season low. The Sooners committed 13 turnovers after committing less than 10 in five of the last six outings.

• Oklahoma played just seven players tonight, a season low.

• Only three Sooners scored more than five points. Buddy Hield netted a career-high 31 on 11-for-20 field goal shooting. The junior guard made all five of the team's 3-pointers (on nine attempts) and all four of his free throws while pulling down five rebounds and tying a season high with three steals.

• Hield became the 41st member of OU's 1,000-point club. He has 1,008 career points to rank 39th.

• Thomas logged his second consecutive double-double with 14 points and a season-high-tying 11 rebounds. He was 5 for 8 from the field. In Big 12 play, the senior forward is averaging 16.7 points and 10.0 boards while shooting .524 from the floor.

• Junior forward Ryan Spangler finished with nine points, nine rebounds, a career-high four blocks and a career-high-tying three steals.

• Oklahoma plays again Tuesday when it travels to face No. 14/14 West Virginia at 6 p.m. CT (televised by ESPNEWS).