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Faith 7 Basketball Bowl: Future Sooner Rashard Odomes shines as Texas beats Oklahoma
Odomes, from Copperas Cove, scored 37 points on 13-of-17 shooting, including 2-of-4 from 3-point range and 9-of-10 at the free throw line. He added a game-high 11 rebounds and three assists to earn Texas MVP honors.
by Scott Wright Published: June 6, 2015
SHAWNEE — Oklahoma fans had to like what they saw in the 50th annual Faith 7 Basketball Bowl Saturday night at Oklahoma Baptist University. That would be fans of the Oklahoma Sooners, not the Oklahoma All-Stars, who were on the wrong end of a 132-119 decision against the Texas All-Stars.
Texas was led by future Sooner Rashard Odomes, a 6-foot-6 wing who did a little bit of everything in his 29 minutes on the floor. Odomes, from Copperas Cove, scored 37 points on 13-of-17 shooting, including 2-of-4 from 3-point range and 9-of-10 at the free throw line. He added a game-high 11 rebounds and three assists to earn Texas MVP honors. “It was real fun coming up here where I’m gonna play for college, seeing a bunch of Oklahoma fans, and playing in front of them,” Odomes said. “I saw a lot of Oklahoma fans in the crowd, a lot of them coming up to me after the game. I was excited to play in front of them.”
Odomes scored early on a strong layup, then the 6-foot-6 wing showed his range with a pair of 3-pointers from NBA range. He got to the free throw line to score as well, all within the first five minutes of play. He added a few impressive dunks later in the game, a couple of which came during the dunk contest. “There were a lot of good players playing beside me and against me, so it was a great level of talent,” Odomes said. “My teammates were feeding me the ball, I was feeding them the ball. They produced for me, I produced for them.”
Edmond Memorial grad Curran Scott got his game going strong in the second half, scoring 18 of his team-high 28 after the break. DaQuan Jeffries of Edmond Santa Fe added 18 points and seven rebounds, while Tulsa Memorial’s A.J. Cockrell had 11 points and 10 boards. Scott, Oklahoma’s MVP, was 8-of-11 from the floor and made three 3-pointers, helping Oklahoma cut a 25-point deficit to 13 at the end. “I was trying to get my teammates involved early, but we needed buckets at the end,” said Scott, who reports to UNC-Charlotte on June 20. “I was trying to be more assertive toward the end. We came up a little bit short, but I feel like we played really hard.”
Upshaws get one last game together - Verdigris coach Randy Upshaw, who was on the Oklahoma coaching staff Saturday night, didn’t try to hide the enjoyment he had in getting to coach his son, Cade, the last four years. Cade Upshaw started, scoring five points and dishing out three assists for the Oklahoma All-Stars in his final game with his father on the sidelines. “If I had known it would be this much fun, I would’ve had more kids,” Randy Upshaw said with a laugh. “We had a good couple days out here. Shawnee and the Faith 7 people were great hosts, so it was fun. There wasn’t much coaching going on, but it was cool just sitting on the bench with him and being in practice. He had a good career and we had a lot of good times.”
Santa Fe’s Jeffries takes dunk contest - Anyone who watched the 2015 season closely around Oklahoma knew Jeffries would be the team’s best chance at a slam dunk contest title. The Oral Roberts signee came through, making two of his three dunk attempts — all of which had a high degree of difficulty — to edge Odomes and the rest of the six-player field for the title. The powerfully built 6-foot-5 Jeffries showed his explosive leaping ability on a regular basis throughout the season in helping Santa Fe reach the Class 6A finals and earning a spot on The Oklahoman’s Super 5 team.
I have to say, as excited as I am about Odomes, I don't view him as a replacement for Booker, given that he's an incoming freshmen and Booker would have been a junior. I agree that Odomes' ceiling is higher (based on what I've heard and the little bit I've seen), but if I had my druthers, we'd have both of them in crimson and cream.
I hate to see good young men like Hornbeak and Booker transfer away from OU, but that is the nature of college basketball. Unfortunately.
Guys Frank was shown the door. He didn't have the option of staying in Norman. Odomes and Buford will replace him and hopefully play better than Frank. James could also be in the mix but it all depends on how quickly he bounces back from the injury.
Jelon is a different story. He would have helped us last year a bunch. He wanted to start.
Very true, alas.
And Trav, I didn't think you were writing off Booker in favor of Odomes (it may have seemed as if I did), but I've seen a couple of other posts that seemed to be doing that. I think college hoops fans often place a bit too much stock in their incoming freshmen; only the very best of the best are ready to be stars from the jump.
... I see a gap because you only mentioned notable MVP's. I noticed it because I was looking for Wayman and William Tisdale and saw they weren't on the list. I seem to recall that Billy didn't want OU players risking injury by playing in the game. Neither is Taylor Griffin. Mark and Brent Price aren't on there either. Maybe they didn't play or were't the MVP's.