University of Oklahoma Athletics
Tuesday, February 25
Oklahoma City
8:00 PM
University of Oklahoma
vs
Texas Tech
Photo by: Ty Russell
Sooners Host Tech at The Peake
February 24, 2020 | Men's Basketball
Oklahoma
22 Texas Tech
Tuesday, Feb. 25 / 8 p.m. CT / Chesapeake Energy Arena
The Sooners host No. 22/21 Texas Tech (18-9, 9-5) on Tuesday at 8 p.m. CT in Oklahoma City.
The weeknight matchup is the second of two home games the Sooners are playing at Chesapeake Energy Arena in downtown Oklahoma City this season. The Sooners are 14-4 when playing in an NBA arena under Lon Kruger, including 6-1 at "The Peake."
The Red Raiders enter the matchup winners of five of their last six games and sit in third place in the conference standings.
ON THE AIR
The Tuesday matchup will tip at 8 p.m. CT and air on the Sooner Radio Network (107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Tune In Radio App) with Tom Dore and Kevin Henry announcing.ESPN2 will carry the television broadcast with Rich Hollenberg and Fran Fraschilla on the call. Fans with proper cable verification can stream the game using the Watch ESPN app.
TICKETS
• Tickets start at $10 can purchased at the OU Athletics Ticket Office (800-456-4668) and SoonerSports.com/Tickets. Chesapeake Energy Arena's box office will open at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.• OU students will receive free admission to the game. Students should show their OU ID at the Chesapeake Energy Arena box office to receive their ticket.
IN THE BONUS
• There will be a pregame happy hour for OU students inside the Old No. 7 Club behind Section 115. Students can purchase $4 beer by showing their OU ID inside the club area from 7 p.m. until tipoff. You must be 21 or older to enter the Old No. 7 Club.• Fans are encouraged to #ArriveSooner to avoid delays into the gates with enhanced screenings. Chesapeake Energy Arena allows fashion style backpack purses, clutches, purses, diaper bags and single-compartment drawstring bags that are smaller than 14" x 14" x 6". All larger bags are prohibited.
• More information on games at Chesapeake Energy Arena can be found on this info page.
THREE POINTERS
• Tuesday's contest will be the first Big 12 regular-season game played in an NBA arena and OU's first Big 12 home game played away from Lloyd Noble Center. Oklahoma owns a 15-6 record when playing at Chesapeake Energy Arena and is 6-1 in the building during the Lon Kruger era. This is the first season OU is playing multiple home games at "The Peake", also hosting Mississippi State in the Big 12/SEC Challenge last month.• Oklahoma boasts the top scoring trio in the Big 12 and one of the best in the country in senior forward Kristian Doolittle (15.5 points per game), junior forward Brady Manek (14.9) and junior guard Austin Reaves (14.0). All three Sooners rank in the top 11 of the Big 12's scoring race. Oklahoma, Alabama and Arkansas are the only major-conference teams with three players averaging at least 14 points. The Sooners are 8-2 in games that all three players reach double-digit scoring.
• The lone senior on the Sooner roster, forward Kristian Doolittle enters Tuesday's matchup boasting three double-doubles over his last five games. During that five-game stretch, Doolittle is averaging 20.6 points and 9.0 rebounds. Doolittle grew up in the city of Edmond – roughly 15 miles north of Chesapeake Energy Arena.
OKLAHOMA VS. TEXAS TECH: SERIES HISTORY
• Oklahoma owns a 39-27 lead in the all-time series with the Red Raiders.• The Sooners are 9-8 against Tech in the Lon Kruger era. Texas Tech head coach Chris Beard, in his fourth season in Lubbock, is 5-2 against the Sooners while coaching the Raiders.
• The home team has won eight of the last nine meetings.
• OU assistant Pooh Williamson was an assistant coach for Texas Tech from 2013 to 2016.
QUICK HITS
• Tuesday's game is the fourth matchup in the toughest portion of it OU's schedule. The Sooners are facing four AP Top-25 teams in a five-game stretch, with their one unranked matchup being a road rivalry game at Oklahoma State. In this stretch, the Sooners played at then-No. 3 Kansas, hosted then-No. 1 Baylor, traveled to Stillwater for Bedlam, play No. 22 Texas Tech in Oklahoma City and face No. 20 West Virginia at WVU Coliseum.• This is the first time the Sooners are facing four AP Top-25 teams in a five-game stretch since OU's first five conference games of the 2017-18 season.
• Oklahoma ranks third in the Big 12 in scoring during league games, averaging 67.4 points. Only Texas Tech (71.6) and Kansas (69.9) are scoring more in conference play.
• The Sooners have a trio of players who could go off on any night. Kristian Doolittle (seven), Austin Reaves (six) and Brady Manek (four) all boast at least four games of scoring over 20 points.
• OU boasts a pair of players from Oklahoma who have etched their names into OU's 1,000-point club. Senior forward Kristian Doolittle is the 47th Sooner to score 1,000 points in an OU uniform, eclipsing the milestone in a win over Oklahoma State on Feb. 1. He joins teammate Brady Manek in the premier circle of Sooner scorers with Manek reaching his 1,000 points on Jan. 18 against TCU. Both rank in the top 35 among OU's top career scorers.
• Brady Manek is one of the league's top 3-point shooter during Big 12 play, making 36 treys (2.6 per game) during conference play - good for second in the Big 12. Manek is third in the Big 12 in 3-point percentage, making his long shots at 40.9% clip during league play.
• Kristian Doolittle has recorded 27 points and 12 rebounds in two of his last five games. No other Big 12 player has reached those numbers in a game this season while Doolittle has accomplished it twice in a three-game stretch. Blake Griffin is the only other Sooner to ever produce 27 points and 12 rebounds in a Big 12 game.
• Doolittle is second in the Big 12 in free throw percentage by sinking his foul shots at a rate of 83.5%.
• Doolittle has pulled down at least 10 rebounds in six of his last nine games.
• Junior guard Austin Reaves is third in scoring among Big 12 newcomers with 14.0 points per game.
• Sometimes the key to victory is as simple as making shots. The Sooners are 14-1 this season when they have a better field goal percentage than their opponents. Their only loss when owning a better field goal percentage was on the road at then-No. 1 Baylor.
• The Sooners have shown discipline in keeping their opponents off the charity stripe. Oklahoma commits only 13.2 personal fouls per game – the second fewest in the country. OU opponents are shooting an average of 12.7 foul shots per game, compared to OU's 18.0 free throw attempts.
• OU leads the Big 12 in free throw percentage, making 77.0% of its shots from the foul stripe. The Sooners, who shot free throws at a 69.7% rate in 2018-19, rank 20th in the country in 2019-20 (seventh among major-conference teams).
• The Sooners discipline is on display on the offensive end as well. Oklahoma is turning the ball over just 10.9 times per game, which ranks sixth in the nation among major-conference teams.
• OU is 15-6 when holding its opponents to under 80 points.
• The Sooners are 3-0 in games decided by two or fewer points.
• Oklahoma is 10-1 when it outrebounds its opponent.
UP NEXT: WEST VIRGINIA
• The Sooners are back on the road for their fourth game against a ranked foe in a five-game stretch. Oklahoma travels to Morgantown to face No. 20 West Virginia at 3 p.m. CT on Saturday. The contest will air on ESPN2.• Oklahoma holds a narrow 11-9 lead in the all-time series with West Virginia. The Mountaineers have had recent momentum in the series, winning five of the last seven matchups.
• The Sooners won the first meeting of the season, 69-59, on Feb. 8 in Norman.
• Oklahoma last won in Morgantown when Jordan Woodard led the unranked Sooners to an overtime victory over then-No. 7 West Virginia in 2017. The Mountaineers have won the last two meetings at WVU Coliseum since then.
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