OU Hosts St. Bonaventure Sunday

Oklahoma

St. Bonaventure

Sunday, March 20 / 7 p.m. CT / Lloyd Noble Center / Norman

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NORMAN – Oklahoma men's basketball hosts St. Bonaventure (21-9, 12-5 A10) Sunday, March 20 at Lloyd Noble Center for the NIT second round.

The Sooners (18-11, 7-11 Big 12) opened the NIT with an 89-72 victory over Missouri State Tuesday, March 15.

Umoja Gibson, who was named Big 12 All-Tournament Team, continued his double-digit point streak in the postseason with a 28-point outburst over the Bears. Gibson finished the night 8-for-17 from the field, 5-for-8 from deep and a 7-for-7 from the charity stripe. He has reached double-figure points in all three postseason games.

Gibson tied an Oklahoma NIT single-game record with five 3-pointers and the Sooners finished with a NIT single-game best 12 threes, eclipsing the previous mark of nine set against Michigan State, March 17, 1993. Jordan Goldwire's eight assists tied David Little for the fifth-most assists in a Oklahoma NIT game.

All NIT game seating will be general admission with the exception of floor reserved seats ($15) and all ticket prices are set by the NCAA and NIT. General admission tickets are $12 and fans that are 2-plus years old will need a ticket for entry. Any Oklahoma student with a valid college ID may purchase a $4 ticket at the Lloyd Noble box office prior to entry. Doors will open 60 minutes prior to tip at 5 p.m.

ON THE AIR

Sunday's game will be televised on ESPNU with Roy Philpott and King McClure on the call.

The contest is scheduled to tip at 7 p.m. CT and will air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry announcing.

SCOUTING THE BONNIES

St. Bonaventure advanced to the NIT second round after a 76-68 victory over Colorado in Boulder March 15. The Bonnies entered the Atlantic 10 tournament winners of seven of their last eight games. St. Bonaventure dropped its quarterfinal matchup to St. Louis 57-56.
Jalen Adaway was named to the Atlantic 10 fist team and was recently selected to the USBWA All-District II team. Adaway boasts a team-high 16.1 points and adds 6.2 rebounds per game. He is one of fives Bonnies to average 11.2-plus points per game. Jaren Holmes (13.2), Kyle Lofton (12.9), Dominick Welch (12.9) and Osun Osunniyi (11.2) make up St. Bonaventure's starting five that also average 30-plus minutes per game.
The Bonnies ended the regular season third in the nation for fewest fouls committed (401) and 16th in fewest turnovers (317). St. Bonaventure is nationally 26th in blocks per game (4.9), 32nd in turnovers per game (10.6) and 40th in assist-turnover ratio (1.3).

OKLAHOMA VS. ST. BONAVENTURE TIDBITS

Oklahoma and St. Bonaventure will meet for the second time Sunday. The Sooners won the previous meeting 80-74 Dec. 5, 2001 in Norman.
Current Loyola Chicago director of athletics Steve Watson served in the same role at St. Bonaventure from 2006-17. He hired SBU head coach Mark Schmidt. Schmidt and Oklahoma head coach Porter Moser both worked under Watson.

LAST MEETING | DEC. 5, 2001

Aaron McGhee scored 19 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as Oklahoma beat St. Bonaventure 80-74 Wednesday night. McGhee helped the Sooners (4-1) take control by scoring 11 points during the final 7:53.
St. Bonaventure (3-2) kept the game tight much of the opening half. Vidal Massiah made three 3-pointers. Massiah's second 3-pointer gave the Bonnies their first lead at 19-16.
The Sooners led 36-35 at halftime, but the Bonnies opened the second half with an 11-4 run - started by J.R. Bremer's 3-pointer - to grab a 46-40 lead.

UP NEXT

If Oklahoma wins its NIT second-round contest against St. Bonaventure, the Sooners will face the winner of North Texas and Virginia. OU holds a 7-1 record against UNT and Virginia owns a 1-3 mark against OU.