And away we go...

[dahldennsull]

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Spangler into double figs w/ steal, transition lay-in off feed from Hornbeak. Spangler adds block and alley jam from Woodard. Spangs 12 pts.

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Hornbeak triple, Spangler tip-in and #Sooners are rolling, 72-47 with 4:08 left in third quarter. Make that 73-47 after a Cousin FT.

 

[skyvue]

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Thanks for picking up the slack, Dahl. Got occupied here at work.

 

[dahldennsull]

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Hornbeak into double figs (11) with two FTs and now Cousins (10). Join Clark (19) and Spangler (14). #Sooners extend lead to 79-47.

 

[dahldennsull]

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Thanks for picking up the slack, Dahl. Got occupied here at work.

sorry not stealing your thunder, was a bit of a lull and i was catching up on twitter. You take it from here
:clap

 

[skyvue]

Not at all -- I appreciate the assist.

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Cousins with flashy ball-handling moves to beat his man twice in last few trips. Knocks down pair of FTs for 13-0 #Sooners run. 83-47.

 

[BigTime]

This is a butt whoopin

 

[coachd4]

Thanks Sky an Dahl. I don't use twitter so i appreciate the updates. Also someone else asked is this really better competition?

 

[dahldennsull]

Thanks Sky an Dahl. I don't use twitter so i appreciate the updates. Also someone else asked is this really better competition?

Really doesn't seem like it does it? I'm just hoping for more post presence at least to get our big guys some challenge. Doesn't seem like it with all the blocks

 

[coachd4]

That an all the offensive boards. So is it final now?

 

[SoonerBounce13]

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Tyler Neal alley-oop slam from Jordan Woodard puts #Sooners up 100-57. Then Woodard another alley pass for jam to Clark. Showtime.




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Bennett now with 10 points after one-hand alley-oop jam from Woodard. Cole hits FT line jumper and Neal buries a trey. 94-54, 6:15 left.




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C.J. Cole with his second basket this half, both putbacks. Now Bennett hits baseline 5-footer over defender. He's got 8. #Sooners up 38.




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#Sooners outscore Charenton 26-14 in 3rd qtr, lead 83-49. Aggressive defense out top and Bennett protecting rim inside (at least 5 blocks).




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[dahldennsull]

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#Sooners outscore Charenton 26-14 in 3rd qtr, lead 83-49. Aggressive defense out top and Bennett protecting rim inside (at least 5 blocks).

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C.J. cole with his second basket this half, both putbacks. Now Bennett hits baseline 5-footer over defender. He's got 8. #Sooners up 38.

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Bennett now with 10 points after one-hand alley-oop jam from Woodard. Cole hits FT line jumper and Neal buries a trey. 94-54, 6:15 left.

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Tyler Neal alley-oop clam from Jordan Woodard puts #Sooners up 100-57. Then Wooder another alley pass for jam to Clark. Showtime.

 

[dahldennsull]

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Bennett puts in own miss and, gets another basket after muscling defender down low. don't have official numbers, but easily a double-double.

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FINAL: #Sooners 109, Charenton 64. Lots of highlight plays, stat lines tonite. Coach @LonKruger thought this could be toughest game to date.

 

[dahldennsull]

Found their webpage on Eurobasket. Looks like they are pretty low division Franch

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Saint_Charles_de_Charenton_St_Maurice/9086?Page=1

Decent height but no one really that big, one of their guards only played Juco ball in America... might help us understand the final score

 

[coachd4]

WOW. Lol. I wonder if some of those blocks would be considered goal tending here. I thought they had a little different rule on it. The other team had to feel bad when all the alley oops was happening. Sounds like it would of been fun to be there.

Thanks again for the updates. I appreciated them

 

[JBaker]

WOW. Lol. I wonder if some of those blocks would be considered goal tending here. I thought they had a little different rule on it. The other team had to feel bad when all the alley oops was happening. Sounds like it would of been fun to be there.

Thanks again for the updates. I appreciated them

The European rule is just that there is no goaltending on balls that have hit the rim but are still above the cylinder. So if the ball was blocked, the rule is the same as it is here.

 

[dahldennsull]

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FINAL INDIVID STATS: 6 players in dbl figs. Clark 23, Bennett/Cousins/Spangler 14, Hornbeak/Neal 11. Booker 8. Woodard/Cole 6, Fraschilla 2.

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MORE STATS: Bennett 13 rebs, 5 blocks, 2 asts; Clark 7 rebs; Spangler 6 rebs, 2 blks; Neal 11 rebs, 2 stls; Woodard 8 asts, 6 turns, 3 stls

 

[garyeb2]

Found their webpage on Eurobasket. Looks like they are pretty low division Franch

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Saint_Charles_de_Charenton_St_Maurice/9086?Page=1

Decent height but no one really that big, one of their guards only played Juco ball in America... might help us understand the final score

Oregon State beat them by 17 last season. DePaul clubbed them pretty good the year before that. They were 21-1 in the league that they play in the season right before Oregon St. played them. Obviously they aren't very much. But, the Sooners may be playing pretty good.

 

[KBaden145]

I don't think we need to worry too much about how good these teams are we are playing just like we shouldn't overreact about how good the Sooners are playing. It's a great experience and they seem to be taking full advantage of not only the games on this trip but also the extra practices they got prior to the trip. It just helps push the preseason preparation that much further along. I think the players coaches will all come back talking about what a great experience this was but also how far they still have to come as a team. That is certainly how I look at things but I am nothing but encouraged by what I have seen and heard so far.

 

[trueou]

The other great thing about this trip is that several of these players will have three and four years to talk about how great the trip experience was to all the recruits who come to visit OU. So kids being recruited next year and possibly even this year can imagine making a similar trip in four years from now. The University has demonstrated they will take advantage of the opportunity to go abroad when it is permitted.

 

[SoonerTraveler]

... I am nothing but encouraged by what I have seen and heard so far.

This sums it up for me. After seeing a few practices and reading about the team on this trip, I am also encouraged.

It should be a fun season for Sooner fans, and a fun team to watch.