Men's Hoops Hosts East Texas A&M on Thursday

Thursday, November 21

Norman

7 PM

University of Oklahoma

East Texas A&M

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Men's Hoops Hosts East Texas A&M on Thursday

November 20, 2024 | Men's Basketball

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NORMAN – Oklahoma hosts East Texas A&M on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 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. East Texas A&M
Date: Thursday, Nov. 21
Tip Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Norman
Arena: Lloyd Noble Center

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OPENING TIP

•  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 has started all three games, recording team highs in points (24) and assists (6) against Stetson.

•  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. Moore has recorded 20-plus points in all three games to open the season, while Godwin has led the Sooners on the glass, recording 10-plus rebounds in each contest.

•  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

• Behind 24 points from graduate Kobe Elvis and 21 points from senior Jalon Moore, Oklahoma improved to 3-0, beating Stetson 85-64 on Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center. Elvis tallied 19 of his 26 points in the first frame and finished 9-for-15 from the field, burying a team-high four 3-pointers. The Brampton, Ontario product has logged back-to-back games with 10-plus points and fell three points shy of his career high of 27 points set against Cincinnati as a member of the Dayton Flyers. Moore poured in 13 points in the second half and sparked a 16-0 run.

• Freshman Jeremiah Fears added 11 points in 19-plus minutes and super senior Sam Godwin led the Sooners on the glass, finishing with 10 rebounds. Godwin has logged 10-plus rebounds in all three contests this season. The Sooners entered the break up 44-28 and pushed their lead to 24 in the second half after its 16-0 run, holding the Hatters without a point for 4-plus minutes.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

• Oklahoma has an 81-29 record at Lloyd Noble Center since 2017, including a 14-4 mark in 2023-24. The Sooners have won 82.6% (614-129) 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)

• OU is in the top 50 in 10 NCAA DI categories, ranking ninth in steals per game (12.3), 15th in turnover margin (7.7), 15th in fastbreak points (21.3), 19th in turnovers forced per game (18.3), 28th in scoring defense (60.3), 31st in fouls per game (14.0), 32nd in scoring margin (23.3), 39th in assist/turnover ratio (1.7), 43rd in 3-point percentage defense (26.2) and 49th in assists per game (18.0).

• Redshirt senior Duke Miles is third in assist/turnover ratio (13.0). Super senior Sam Godwin is fifth in rebounds per game (11.7), 12th in offensive rebounds per game (4.3) and 25th in defensive rebounds per game (7.3). Senior Jalon Moore is 22nd in points per game (22.0).

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.

CRASHING THE BOARDS

• Super senior Sam Godwin tallied 10-plus rebounds in all three games to start 2024 and is the first Sooner since Brady Manek in 2018 to record 10-plus boards in the first three games. Manek tallied 12-11-11-10 in games against UTRGV, UTSA, Wofford and Florida, respectively.

20-20-20

• Senior Jalon Moore scored 22 points in the opener against Lindenwood (11/4), matched his career high with 23 points against Northwestern State (11/11) and added 21 points against Stetson (11/16). Moore is the first Sooner since Grant Sherfield to score 20-plus points in three consecutive games [(21) at Villanova, 12/3/22, (24) vs. Kansas City, 12/6/22, (23) vs. Arkansas, 12/10/2].

• The Birmingham, Ala., product became the first Sooner since Buddy Hield in 2015 to open the season with three consecutive 20-plus point outings. Hield scored 30-24-22 in games against Memphis, McNeese State and Incarnate Word, respectively. Blake Griffin tallied five straight games of 20-plus points to open the 2008-09 campaign, scoring 24-20-25-35-32 against American, Mississippi Valley State, Davidson, Gardner-Webb and UAB, respectively.

350 AND COUNTING ...

• Oklahoma head men's basketball coach Porter Moser earned his 350th NCAA DI victory against Stetson on Saturday, Nov. 16. Moser has recorded 188 wins in 10 seasons at Loyola Chicago, 57 at Oklahoma, 54 at Little Rock (Ark.) and 51 at Illinois State.

UP NEXT

Oklahoma travels to the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis for three games in three days. The Sooners open play on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 4 p.m. against Providence.