TUESDAY'S GAME BASICS
Oklahoma (4-1) hosts a midweek non-conference matchup against Northern Colorado (2-4) on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. The Sooners have won 14 straight non-conference games at Lloyd Noble Center and own a 2-0 all-time record against the Bears.
ON THE AIR
Tuesday’s contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM “The Franchise” in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry announcing. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Oklahoma with Chad McKee and Bryndon Manzer calling the action.
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
• The Sooners enter Tuesday’s matchup against Northern Colorado with a 4-1 record. OU has started all six seasons under head coach Lon Kruger with a record of 4-1 or better. Kruger is the only coach in OU history to start his first six seasons with a 4-1 record or better. In fact, no other Oklahoma coach has begun a year 4-1 more than four times within his first six campaigns.
• Oklahoma has won 124 of its last 129 non-conference games at Lloyd Noble Center, including 58 of its last 60. The Sooners are 32-2 at home and 61-15 overall against non-conference opponents under Kruger. Since the start of the 2013 season, OU has gone 21-1 at the LNC in out-of-conference play and has won 14 straight home non-conference games.
• Khadeem Lattin and Jamuni McNeace are tied for third in the Big 12 in blocks per game with 2.0 rejections. Oklahoma is the only Big 12 team and one of just four teams nationally to boast two players averaging 2.0 blocks or more. McNeace has already rejected more shots this season (10) than all of last year (eight). Lattin ranks fifth in program history with 118 career blocks.
• Oklahoma is limiting its opponents to 37.2 percent field goal shooting (third in Big 12, 27th in NCAA). The Sooners are averaging 9.2 steals and 5.2 blocks per game.
• Tuesday’s contest will serve as the Sooners’ final November game before entering a challenging December schedule. In December, Oklahoma will face ranked opponents No. 17/17 Wisconsin (Dec. 3) and No. 9/11 Baylor (Dec. 30) along with competitive programs Wichita State (Dec. 10), Memphis (Dec. 17) and Auburn (Dec. 21). With the exception of Oral Roberts (Dec. 7), OU’s five other December opponents combine to boast a record of 25-6 (.806).
SERIES HISTORY
• The Sooners own a 2-0 all-time record against the Bears. Tuesday’s game will be the first meeting between Oklahoma and Northern Colorado since 2009 when UNC fell to the Sooners by just one point (80-79).
• Oklahoma is 14-0 against current members of the Big Sky Conference, including 4-0 during the Lon Kruger era.
