OU-Texas Stats/Quotes/Notes [SoonerSports.com]

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Official Basketball Box Score
Texas vs Oklahoma
02/14/12 7 p.m. CT at Norman, Okla. (Lloyd Noble Center)


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VISITORS: Texas 17-9, 7-6
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
20 Wangmene, Alexis.... f  0-1    0-0    1-2    1  4  5   3   1  0  0  1  0  20
53 Chapman, Clint...... c  2-9    0-0    2-4    1  4  5   1   6  0  0  1  0  24
00 Lewis, Julien....... g  3-8    1-4    0-0    1  1  2   3   7  0  1  0  2  25
12 Kabongo, Myck....... g  3-7    1-2    6-6    2  2  4   1  13  7  5  0  1  36
14 Brown, J'Covan...... g  5-14   3-9    6-6    2  1  3   0  19  2  3  0  2  32
01 McClellan, Sheldon..    4-8    0-3    5-5    1  4  5   0  13  0  1  0  0  28
02 Bond, Jaylen........    1-1    0-0    0-2    1  2  3   0   2  1  0  1  1   8
10 Holmes, Jonathan....    2-4    0-1    4-4    2  2  4   2   8  0  1  0  2  27
   TEAM................                         3  3  6
   Totals..............   20-52   5-19  24-29  14 23 37  10  69 10 11  3  8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-30 33.3%   2nd Half: 10-22 45.5%   Game: 38.5%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-10 10.0%   2nd Half:  4-9  44.4%   Game: 26.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  7-11 63.6%   2nd Half: 17-18 94.4%   Game: 82.8%    3


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HOME TEAM: Oklahoma 13-12, 3-10
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
04 Fitzgerald, Andrew.. f  3-7    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   4   6  0  1  0  1  21
24 Osby, Romero........ f  5-10   1-1    2-4    2  3  5   5  13  1  2  1  1  35
01 Grooms, Sam......... g  0-7    0-1    0-0    2  1  3   1   0 10  3  0  1  36
02 Pledger, Steven..... g  8-19   2-8    0-0    2  3  5   4  18  2  1  0  1  36
21 Clark, Cameron...... g  6-9    0-0    1-2    1  6  7   1  13  0  1  0  0  38
05 Washington, C.J.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   2   0  0  0  0  0   6
14 Blair, Carl.........    0-1    0-1    0-0    1  1  2   1   0  1  2  0  0   7
15 Neal, Tyler.........    2-4    2-4    2-2    1  3  4   3   8  1  2  0  1  17
32 Arent, Casey........    0-1    0-0    0-0    1  0  1   1   0  0  1  0  0   4
   TEAM................                         3  3  6
   Totals..............   24-58   5-15   5-8   13 20 33  22  58 15 13  1  5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-32 40.6%   2nd Half: 11-26 42.3%   Game: 41.4%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-8  37.5%   2nd Half:  2-7  28.6%   Game: 33.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  4-6  66.7%   2nd Half:  1-2  50.0%   Game: 62.5%    1


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Officials: John Higgins, Gerry Pollard, Terry Oglesby
Technical fouls: Texas-None. Oklahoma-None.
Attendance: 5314
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Texas.........................   28   41  -   69
Oklahoma......................   33   25  -   58

Points in the paint-UT 22,OU 12. Points off turnovers-UT 21,OU 5.
2nd chance points-UT 12,OU 8. Fast break points-UT 10,OU 4.
Bench points-UT 23,OU 8. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-8 times.
Last FG-UT 2nd-08:47, OU 2nd-00:40.
Largest lead-UT by 12 2nd-10:57, OU by 8 1st-00:38.

 

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OU-Texas Quotes [SoonerSports.com]

http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/021412aab.html

Head Coach Lon Kruger
Opening comment:
“Again, it was a tough start to the second half. Obviously, we had pretty good activity. It was great to see Tyler (Neal) knock down some shots there in the first half. Cam (Clark) got off to a nice start. A lot of guys were doing some pretty good things. Then early in the second half it seemed like there was a possession or two that kind of deflated us a little bit. We just couldn’t get back on top. As a result of that we played with a little bit less energy the rest of the way. We need to figure out a way to work through that. We have to avoid, No. 1, the easy buckets going the other way, and then take better care of the ball and make smarter plays on our end.”

On starting slow in the second half:
“It seems like typically it has been a result of being careless with the ball. It is not only just turnovers, but it’s turnovers that result in a layups going the other way. That is a big swing right away. Texas is a really good ball club and we can’t afford to give those easy looks.”

On Andrew Fitzgerald’s two early fouls and six-point night:
“Two early fouls, of course, and that is never good to have anyone on the bench that long in the first half. I thought Tyler came in and gave us a couple 3’s and Cam got some good looks to get us through that stretch. He (Fitzgerald) didn’t make shots in the second half that he has been making. But again, Texas has guys like (Clint) Chapman. They are long and agile and do a good job in there. But we need Drew to stay on the floor, for sure.”

On OU’s defensive game plan:
“The zone I thought disrupted things a little bit and changed the pace. We kind of went back and forth between man and zone in the first half; kind of kept the pace right where we wanted it. I thought we attacked some in transition but didn’t give them many transition points, which is a huge key because they are really good in transition. (Myck) Kabongo is really good attacking you in transition or making plays for others or finishing himself.”

Junior Guard Sam Grooms
On if Texas stepped up its intensity in the second half:
“No discredit to (Texas), but I don’t think it was them. I think it was, like Coach said, being careless with the basketball and not getting strong with it and making sound plays and doing what we were in the first half. We started getting out of that and started doing things that we really shouldn’t be doing, trying to make plays that really weren’t there. You tend to do that when you see a team on the ropes and you want to make a play and want to make a big play. It’s something we’ve got to get out of as of right now.”

On if fatigue played a factor in the second half:
“That’s an excuse. Everybody wants to make it for us; I’m not going to accept it. It’s not. Fatigue doesn’t play a part in a lot of things for us. When you’re out on the court, even if you’re a little bit tired, you want to win, so that should take over and knock the fatigue out of the way. You should be able to play through it, get extra possessions and actually come out and do something. Fatigue is not the (reason) and I don’t think that’s where we should go with that.”

Junior Forward Romero Osby
On what the cause is for OU losing rhythm after one play:
“I’m not really sure, to be honest. I just think that sometimes we let plays build on us, let things build on us instead of just attacking and saying, ‘We’ll get a stop this time down’ or ‘We’ll get a stop this time down.’ I think we kind of dwell on one turnover or one missed box out or they get a layup or something like that and it carries to two or three (possessions). We’ve just got to get tougher mentally with stuff like that because stuff like that is going to happen during games. I don’t have an explanation for it. I just feel like we’ve got to fight and continue to get better.”

 

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Re: OU-Texas Quotes [SoonerSports.com]

http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/021412aaa.html

• Oklahoma led Texas 33-28 at halftime but was outscored 41-25 after the break in a 69-58 home loss. The defeat was OU’s fifth straight, while the Longhorns’ win was their fourth in a row.

• Texas outscored the Sooners by 19 at the free throw line. The Longhorns were 24-for-29 while OU was 5-for-8. In Saturday’s win over Kansas State, UT was 35-for-48 from the foul line while the Wildcats were 8-for-12.

• OU was outscored 21-5 off turnovers tonight. After committing just three turnovers in the first half that led to just two Texas points, the Sooners racked up 10 turnovers after halftime that led to 19 points.

• Texas’ .385 field goal percentage was the second worst by a Big 12 opponent this year and second worst by an opponent in victory the entire season.

• The Sooners made four more field goals tonight than Texas (24-20).

• After being held to a season-low four points Saturday at Texas Tech, junior guard Steven Pledger responded with 18 points on 8-for-19 shooting tonight. He added five rebounds and two assists. Pledger began the night 0-for-6 from the field before making eight of his final 13 attempts.

• A .380 field goal shooter coming into the game, sophomore guard Cameron Clark was 6-for-9 tonight and finished with 13 points (his most in 16 games) and a team-high seven rebounds. Clark scored 11 of his points in the first half when he was 5-for-7 from the floor.

• Junior point guard Sam Grooms did not score but tied a career high with 10 assists (second time in the last three games). Grooms has handed out six assists in eight straight games. Over the last nine games, he is averaging 7.6 assists and 1.6 turnovers (4.9 ratio). On the year, Grooms leads the Big 12 with his 6.2 assists per game and 3.1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

• Sophomore guard Tyler Neal finished with eight points, his most since also netting eight Dec. 29 at Cincinnati. He entered the game 1-for-10 from 3-point range in Big 12 play but was 2-for-4 tonight.

• OU is back in action Saturday at Iowa State. The game will tip at 12:47 and be televised by the Big 12 Network.