Men's Hoops at Texas Tech on Saturday

NORMAN – Oklahoma travels to Lubbock, Texas for the Sooners' first Big 12 road test of the season on Saturday, Jan. 7. Tip is slated for 6 p.m.

Saturday's game against the Red Raiders will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Shawn Kenney and Bryndon Manzer on the call. Fans may also listen 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.

In the Sooners' last contest, Oklahoma dropped a battle against No. 25/25 Iowa State 63-60 on Wednesday night. Jalen Hill scored a team-high 16 points and added six rebounds and four steals. Tanner Groves wrangled a team-best eight rebounds and tallied 15 points.

Texas Tech enters the Saturday clash 10-4 and 0-2 in the Big 12. TTU is coming off a 75-72 loss to No. 3 Kansas on Tuesday.

The Sooners and Red Raiders battled three times last season. Each program won their respective home games and Oklahoma dropped its semifinal matchup with the Red Raiders at the Big 12 Championship 56-55.

SCOUTING THE RED RAIDERS

Mark Adams is in his second year as Texas Tech head coach. Adams led the Red Raiders to a 27-10 mark in his first season and an appearance in the Sweet 16. He was named 2022 Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year and the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year. Adams guided Tech to a 10-4 record in 2022-23.

Five Red Raiders average 10-plus points per contest and Kevin Obanor averages a team-best 16.5 points per game. Daniel Batcho records a team-high 8.2 rebounds and adds 11.8 points per outing. De'Vion Harmon contributes 11.6 points and a team-best 3.7 assists per contest. Pop Isaacs scores 11.3 points and has made a team-best 35 3-pointers. Jaylon Tyson rounds out the group of double-digit scorers, recording 10.0 points per game.

Texas Tech is ranked in the top 25 in three NCAA DI categories. The Red Raiders are ninth in field goal percentage (50.2%), 10th in effective field goal percentage (57.1%) and 16th in scoring margin (15.9).

LAST MEETING: TEXAS TECH

After upending No. 3 Baylor in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals, Oklahoma dropped the semifinal matchup to No. 14 Texas Tech 56-55 at T-Mobile Center on Friday, March 11, 2022.

Umoja Gibson finished with a team-high 16 point. Jordan Goldwire added 15 and Jalen Hill pitched in 13, scoring 11 in the first half. OU shot 38.0% (19-50) from the field, 26.3% (5-19) from deep and 66.7% (12-18) from the free throw line.

Despite Texas Tech being up 14 with 17:07 remaining, OU battled back and held the lead 10 minutes later. The Sooners had a chance to go ahead in the final seconds, but a turnover on a driving layup attempt ended the contest.

RANKING SUMMARY

Oklahoma is ranked in the top 25 in five NCAA Division I categories. OU is 12th in effective field goal percentage (57.0%), 14th in field goal percentage (49.9%), 14th in 3-point percentage defense (28.0%), 18th in 3-point percentage (38.8%) and 25th in fouls per game (14.1). The Sooners are the only NCAA DI team to be in the top 20 in both 3-point percentage and 3-point percentage defense.

Grant Sherfield is sixth in NCAA Division I in 3-point percentage (50.0%) and 43rd in free throw percentage (88.0%). Sherfield is the only NCAA DI men's basketball player this season to shoot 45% or greater from the field (min. 5 made per game), 50% or greater from three (min. 2.5 made per game) and 85% or greater from the free throw line (min. 2.5 made per game). Sherfield is first in the Big 12 in 3-point percentage (50.0%). He is second in free throw percentage (88.0) and fourth in minutes per game (32:48) and points (242). Tanner Groves ranks third in rebounds (98) and defensive rebounds per game (6.3).

Sherfield is 20th among active NCAA Division I career leaders in assists turnover ratio (1.91), 23rd in scoring average (15.3), 22nd assists per game (4.83) and 26th in total assists (473).

UP NEXT
Oklahoma continues its Big 12 road quest at Kansas on Tuesday, Jan. 10.