Sooners host Stetson on Saturday

Saturday, November 16

Norman

1 PM

University of Oklahoma

Stetson

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NORMAN – Oklahoma hosts Stetson on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. CT inside Lloyd Noble Center. The contest 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 and be streamed on SEC Network+ with Chad McKee (PxP) and Bryndon Manzer (analyst) on the call.

Oklahoma vs. Stetson
Date: Saturday, Nov. 16
Tip Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Norman
Arena: Lloyd Noble Center

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OPENING TIP

•  Oklahoma hosts Stetson on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. inside Lloyd Noble Center. The Saturday meeting marks the third outing between the two programs and second in Norman.

•  Redshirt freshman Jacolb Fredson-Cole, graduate Kobe Elvis (Dayton/DePaul), sixth year Brycen Goodine (Syracuse/Providence/Fairfield), graduate Mohamed Wague (Harcum College/West Virginia/Alabama), redshirt senior Duke Miles (Troy/High Point) senior Glenn Taylor Jr. (Oregon State/St. John's), freshman Jeremiah Fears and freshman Dayton Forsythe made their Oklahoma debuts in the season opener against Lindenwood on Nov. 4. Miles and Goodine earned their first start in the Crimson and Cream, finishing with 14 and 11 points, respectively. Fears played 26-plus minutes off the bench and finished with 16 points, six assists and five rebounds. Taylor Jr. earned his first start against Northwestern State, while Elvis started both games.

•  Oklahoma head men's basketball coach Porter Moser is in his fourth season leading the program. Moser guided Oklahoma to a 20-12 record and an 8-10 mark in OU's final season in the Big 12. The 2023-24 squad was the first team to reach 20 regular season wins since the 2016 Final Four team. Despite the team's success last season, it was not selected to the NCAA Tournament, becoming one of the first two teams out per the selection committee in two of the previous three seasons.

•  Junior Jalon Moore and super senior Sam Godwin return as starters from last season's 20-win team. Moore earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades, averaging 11.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, 0.6 steals and 0.5 assists per outing in 31 starts. Godwin started 31 games in 2023-24 and shot 59.8% from the field (75-126), ranking seventh in program history for single-season field goal percentage. In the season opener, Moore led the Sooners with 22 points on 8-for-13 shooting and added seven rebounds. Godwin tallied a double-double, corralling a career-high 15 rebounds and scoring 11 points.

•  The 2024-25 season marks the 50th season of men's basketball at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners played their first contest on Dec. 1, 1975 against Texas. OU earned its first victory in the venue on Jan. 31, 1976, beating Oklahoma State 57-42.

•  OU embarks on its inaugural season in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 2024-25 after 28 years in the Big 12, finishing with a 258-214 (.548) mark in conference competition.

LAST TIME OUT

• Oklahoma improved to 2-0 with a 73-57 victory over Northwestern State on Monday, Nov. 11, marking the ninth time in the last 10 seasons that the Sooners won their first two contests. Despite being down 34-28 at the half, OU rallied in the second frame, allowing only 23 points while scoring 45. Early in the second half, Oklahoma sprinted past the Demons behind a 19-4 run.

• Senior Jalon Moore scored 19 of his game-high 23 points in the final 20, matching his career high for points. Freshman Jeremiah Fears tallied his second-consecutive contest with 15-plus points, finishing with 16 points in the opener against Lindenwood (Nov. 4) and 15 points against Northwestern State. Fears led the Sooners with four steals. Graduate Kobe Elvis finished with 10 points and super senior Sam Godwin grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds. Redshirt senior Duke Miles recorded nine points, four rebounds and a team-best three assists.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

• Oklahoma has an 80-29 record at Lloyd Noble Center since 2017, including a 14-4 mark in 2023-24. The Sooners have won 82.6% (613-129) of their games at LNC since the building opened in 1975.

• The 2024-25 campaign marks the 50th season of men's basketball at Lloyd Noble Center. The venue opened before the 1975-76 season and OU played its first game on Dec. 1, 1975 against Texas. The Sooners earned their first victory in the venue on Jan. 31, 1976, beating Oklahoma State 57-42.

RANKING SUMMARY (2024-25)

• Oklahoma ranks in the top 50 in five NCAA DI categories, ranking fifth in 3-point percentage defense (19.5%), 16th in steals per game (12.5), 24th in fastbreak points (22.5), 30 in scoring defense (58.5) and 47th in scoring margin (24.5). OU is second in the SEC in steals per game, 3-point percentage defense and scoring defense.

• Sam Godwin is third in rebounds per game (12.5) and fifth in defensive rebounds per game (9.5), leading the league in defensive boards. Jeremiah Fears is 24th in steals per game (3.0) and Jalon Moore is 31st in points per game, ranking second in the conference.

20-20

• Senior Jalon Moore scored 22 points in the opener against Lindenwood (11/4) and matched his career high with 23 points against Northwestern State (11/11). Moore is the first Sooner to score 20-plus points in back-to-back games since Grant Sherfield against Kansas (25 | Jan. 10, 2023) and West Virginia (22 | Jan. 14, 2023).

• The Birmingham, Ala., product became the first Sooner since Christian James in 2018 to open the season with consecutive 22-plus point outings. James scored 29 points against UTRGV on Nov. 9 and 24 points against UTSA on Nov. 12. The last player to start the season with three consecutive games of 20-plus points was Buddy Hield in 2015. Hield scored 30-24-22 in games against Memphis, McNeese State and Incarnate Word, respectively.

FRESHMAN ON FIRE

• Freshman Jeremiah Fears scored 16 points in 26-plus minutes in the season opener and 15 points in 29-plus minutes against Northwestern State, becoming the first OU true freshman to score 15-plus points and play 25-plus minutes in their first two games since Trae Young in 2017. Young scored 15 points in his debut against Omaha on Nov. 12 and tallied 22 against Ball State on Nov. 15, playing 26 minutes in both contests.

AGAINST STETSON

• Senior Jalon Moore played against Stetson during his freshman campaign at Georgia Tech in 2021-22, finishing with four points and two rebounds in 4-plus minutes.