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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Thursday, November 20
Norman, Okla.
7 p.m.
University of Oklahoma
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Oral Roberts
OU to Host In-state Foe Oral Roberts on Thursday
November 19, 2025 | Men's Basketball
NORMAN — The Oklahoma men's basketball team (2-2) plays its first of two straight home games when it hosts intrastate opponent Oral Roberts (2-3) on Thursday at 7 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center.
Thursday's contest will stream on SEC Network+ with Chad McKee (play-by-play) and Bryndon Manzer (analyst) announcing. It will air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KOKC 1520 AM/95.3 FM in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland (play-by-play) and Kevin Henry (analyst) on the call.
OU holds a 16-2 head-to-head series lead against the Golden Eagles and has notched wins in each of the last 16 meetings. ORU's only two wins in the series came in the first two matchups (1975-76 in Norman and 1976-77 in Tulsa).
The Sooners are coming off a 105-99 defeat to Nebraska on Saturday in a game played in Sioux Falls, S.D. Oklahoma lost despite shooting .524 from the field and .905 from the free throw line (19 for 21), and making a season-high 14 3-pointers, including six from guard Nijel Pack (team-high 27 points). The Huskers shot .576 from the floor and .556 from behind the arc (15 for 27). OU's 99 points were its most in defeat since falling 109-106 in triple-overtime at Kansas in 2015-16.
Oral Roberts posted an 84-64 home win over Haskell on Tuesday night. Its other win came at home vs. John Brown, while its losses came at Oklahoma State (95-71), vs. Tulsa (88-87) and vs. Belmont (83-60).
• In his fifth season at OU, Moser is 47-9 (.839) in regular season non-conference play.
• OU has won 17 of its last 19 regular season non-conference games (it went 13-0 last season) and 30 of its last 33.
• Oral Roberts is under the direction of first-year head coach Kory Barnett, who spent the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach at West Virginia. Prior to that, he served as an assistant at Nevada for five seasons and at UCLA for six. He played collegiately at Indiana.
• First-year ORU assistant coach Will Saxon is a Norman native who earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from OU. He spent eight years in various roles on former head coach Lon Kruger's staff, starting as a student manager and eventually serving as video coordinator.
• The Sooners are 12-1 in the series in Norman and have won the last six meetings by double-digits, including the most recent matchup on Dec. 16, 2020 (79-65). OU guard Austin Reaves finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.
• OU is the only SEC team and one of just six squads nationally with two players (Brown and Pack) who each average at least 19.0 points per game.
• Coming into the season, Davis's individual career high for rebounds in a game was 10, but the senior ranks third in the SEC this year by averaging 9.0 rebounds per contest and leads the league and ranks ninth nationally with his 4.8 offensive caroms per outing. He had 11 offensive boards two games ago against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, OU's most in a contest since at least the 1995-96 season.
• OU ranked 321st last season with its 2.3 blocked shots per game, but through three games this year is averaging 4.3.
• Wague tied his career high with three blocked shots in each of the first two games. He ranks fifth in the SEC with his 1.8 rejections per contest.
• OU ranked fourth nationally last season with its school-record .795 free throw figure and has been even better so far in 2025-26. The Sooners lead the SEC and rank 12th in the country with their .815 season mark. Brown and Reid (.941; 16 for 17 each) are tied for second in the league.
• Over the last two contests, Pack is 11 for 19 from 3-point distance, good for a .579 mark.
• Pack is one of six active NCAA Division I players to record over 1,500 career points and 350 assists. Pack leads that group with 1,821 points and has registered 376 assists.
• Pack ranks among the nation's active career leaders in multiple categories. Through Tuesday, he is second in career 3-pointers (330), fourth in points (1,821), 26th in assists (376) and 43rd in steals (130).
• In his sixth collegiate year, Pack spent his first two seasons at Kansas State (he was a first-team All-Big 12 selection as a sophomore when he averaged 17.4 points and made 95 3-pointers and shot a league-high .436 from behind the arc) and the last three at Miami, Fla. (he helped the Hurricanes to their first Final Four his junior season and was named the Midwest Region Most Outstanding Player). He has started 125 of his 126 career games and owns a 14.5 career scoring average.
• Brown's 20-point game against Nebraska on Saturday marked the 22nd of his career. He has reached double figures in points in each of the last 37 outings.
• The Saint Joseph's transfer has scored in double figures in 37 straight games and 60 times overall in his career.
• OU's other league foes that will visit Lloyd Noble Center are Georgia, Missouri, Texas and Texas A&M.
Thursday's contest will stream on SEC Network+ with Chad McKee (play-by-play) and Bryndon Manzer (analyst) announcing. It will air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KOKC 1520 AM/95.3 FM in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland (play-by-play) and Kevin Henry (analyst) on the call.
OU holds a 16-2 head-to-head series lead against the Golden Eagles and has notched wins in each of the last 16 meetings. ORU's only two wins in the series came in the first two matchups (1975-76 in Norman and 1976-77 in Tulsa).
The Sooners are coming off a 105-99 defeat to Nebraska on Saturday in a game played in Sioux Falls, S.D. Oklahoma lost despite shooting .524 from the field and .905 from the free throw line (19 for 21), and making a season-high 14 3-pointers, including six from guard Nijel Pack (team-high 27 points). The Huskers shot .576 from the floor and .556 from behind the arc (15 for 27). OU's 99 points were its most in defeat since falling 109-106 in triple-overtime at Kansas in 2015-16.
Oral Roberts posted an 84-64 home win over Haskell on Tuesday night. Its other win came at home vs. John Brown, while its losses came at Oklahoma State (95-71), vs. Tulsa (88-87) and vs. Belmont (83-60).
| Oklahoma vs. Oral Roberts Date: Thursday, Nov. 20 Tip Time: 7 p.m. CT Location: Norman, Okla. Arena: Lloyd Noble Center |
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OPENING TIP
• Thursday's game will mark the 19th between Oklahoma and Oral Roberts and the first since the 2020-21 campaign. OU head coach Porter Moser is 2-0 against the Golden Eagles, but this will be his first time facing them with the Sooners.• In his fifth season at OU, Moser is 47-9 (.839) in regular season non-conference play.
• OU has won 17 of its last 19 regular season non-conference games (it went 13-0 last season) and 30 of its last 33.
• Oral Roberts is under the direction of first-year head coach Kory Barnett, who spent the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach at West Virginia. Prior to that, he served as an assistant at Nevada for five seasons and at UCLA for six. He played collegiately at Indiana.
• First-year ORU assistant coach Will Saxon is a Norman native who earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from OU. He spent eight years in various roles on former head coach Lon Kruger's staff, starting as a student manager and eventually serving as video coordinator.
OU-ORU SERIES HISTORY
• Oklahoma is 16-2 against Oral Roberts and has won the last 16 meetings. The Golden Eagles' wins came in 1975-76 (64-58 in Norman) and 1976-77 (68-50 in Tulsa).• The Sooners are 12-1 in the series in Norman and have won the last six meetings by double-digits, including the most recent matchup on Dec. 16, 2020 (79-65). OU guard Austin Reaves finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.
EARLY SEASON NUGGETS
• Six Sooners have scored in double figures in at least one game this season and two of them — starting guards Xzayvier Brown and Nijel Pack — have done it in all four contests. Brown and Pack lead the team with their 19.0 points per game, while forwards Tae Davis (13.0) and Derrion Reid (10.3) also average double-figures in scoring. Guard Dayton Forsythe averages 9.3 points, forward Kuol Atak 8.8 and forward/center Mohamed Wague 6.5.• OU is the only SEC team and one of just six squads nationally with two players (Brown and Pack) who each average at least 19.0 points per game.
• Coming into the season, Davis's individual career high for rebounds in a game was 10, but the senior ranks third in the SEC this year by averaging 9.0 rebounds per contest and leads the league and ranks ninth nationally with his 4.8 offensive caroms per outing. He had 11 offensive boards two games ago against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, OU's most in a contest since at least the 1995-96 season.
• OU ranked 321st last season with its 2.3 blocked shots per game, but through three games this year is averaging 4.3.
• Wague tied his career high with three blocked shots in each of the first two games. He ranks fifth in the SEC with his 1.8 rejections per contest.
• OU ranked fourth nationally last season with its school-record .795 free throw figure and has been even better so far in 2025-26. The Sooners lead the SEC and rank 12th in the country with their .815 season mark. Brown and Reid (.941; 16 for 17 each) are tied for second in the league.
LEADER OF THE PACK
• Oklahoma guard Nijel Pack leads the SEC with his 17 3-point makes and 4.3 conversions per game. The sixth-year player is shooting .459 from behind the arc to rank fourth in the league.• Over the last two contests, Pack is 11 for 19 from 3-point distance, good for a .579 mark.
• Pack is one of six active NCAA Division I players to record over 1,500 career points and 350 assists. Pack leads that group with 1,821 points and has registered 376 assists.
• Pack ranks among the nation's active career leaders in multiple categories. Through Tuesday, he is second in career 3-pointers (330), fourth in points (1,821), 26th in assists (376) and 43rd in steals (130).
• In his sixth collegiate year, Pack spent his first two seasons at Kansas State (he was a first-team All-Big 12 selection as a sophomore when he averaged 17.4 points and made 95 3-pointers and shot a league-high .436 from behind the arc) and the last three at Miami, Fla. (he helped the Hurricanes to their first Final Four his junior season and was named the Midwest Region Most Outstanding Player). He has started 125 of his 126 career games and owns a 14.5 career scoring average.
WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU?
• Junior guard Xzayvier Brown has not wasted any time adapting to his new surroundings, as the first-year Sooner is averaging 19.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and team-highs of 3.5 assists and 2.3 steals per outing. He has scored at least 16 points in ever game and is shooting .553 from the field, .400 from 3-point distance (8 for 20) and .941 from the free throw line (16 for 17).• Brown's 20-point game against Nebraska on Saturday marked the 22nd of his career. He has reached double figures in points in each of the last 37 outings.
• The Saint Joseph's transfer has scored in double figures in 37 straight games and 60 times overall in his career.
LOADED SEC HOME SLATE
• All nine SEC teams that play in Norman this season made last year's NCAA Tournament, including national champion Florida, Final Four participant Auburn, Elite Eight participant Alabama and Sweet 16 teams Arkansas and Ole Miss.
• OU's other league foes that will visit Lloyd Noble Center are Georgia, Missouri, Texas and Texas A&M.
UP NEXT
• The Sooners are back home on Sunday when they host Alcorn State at 1 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center.
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