**********OU-Missouri Game Thread**********

[sperry]

OU 0-for-5 from the free throw line.

So frustrating. We can't do things like this if we want to knock off a team that is better than us.

 

[OUHoops]

Eight points and six assists so far for Grooms. Very nice.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

Defense working hard but I close my eyes every time MU shoots it up there.

 

[DenverSooner]

So frustrating. We can't do things like this if we want to knock off a team that is better than us.

What is worse is OU is a very good free throw shooting team. For the team to be 0-5 is hard to do. They almost have to try to miss their first 5 free throws.

 

[OUHoops]

Now 0-for-7 at the line. Wow.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

0-7 is going to lose us this game

 

[DenverSooner]

OU should be up by 8-10 points with normal free throw shooting.

 

[DenverSooner]

Pledger, Grooms and Fitz all have 8 in the first half.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

Need to be under control every time down.

Washington playing some good minutes.

 

[OUHoops]

OU up 33-32 with 2:47 to go in the half.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

We work so hard for a good bucket and then give up an easy one.

 

[Dcox]

There we go cj great hustle then brain fart.:facepalm

 

[sperry]

We are playing as well as we possibly can, and it's a 1 point lead becaue we're 0-7 from the line.

 

[OUHoops]

Mizzou now up 34-33 with 2:08 to go. Now at the under 4 timeout.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

2 straight times against the half court trap we let them get us in a corner. We cannot be wasting possessions like this.

 

[JBaker]

WHat the hell is Grooms doing picking up his dribble against a weak pressure and passing it to a non-ball handler?
That's two straight possessions of that.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

Another trip down the floor with no shot.

Edit: Make that another trip down the floor. Three in a row.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

I can live to be 100 and I'll never understand wasting time dribbling at halfcourt like that.

 

[OUHoops]

Mizzou up 36-33 at the half.

Here are the stats:

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=320370201

 

[sperry]

Lon Kruger calls a timeout and that's the play we draw up? That's pathetic. We outplayed the #4 team in the country are down by 3 at the half. We're gonna get blown out in the 2nd half because we're not going to keep shooting lights out.