**********OU-UTEP Game Thread**********

[cfin5256]

They called a charge, but damned if Sam didn't hit another shot. Next thing you know, my dogs will be making friendly with neighborhood cats.

 

[OUHoops]

UTEP player falls out of bounds with the ball in his hands. UTEP Ball! SMH.

 

[skyvue]

I'm not crazy about the officiating in this game. Are we sure it's being played in Florida and not El Paso?

 

[OUHoops]

OU up 38-26 at the half.

Here are the halftime stats: http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=323270201

 

[OUHoops]

Only three shots for Pledger. Fitz had six off the bench.

 

[cfin5256]

I've actually been pretty happy with the progress we've made defensively. We still have the occasional breakdown, the effort and intensity are there. Once the discipline catches up, we should be pretty solid.

 

[OUHoops]

OU up 40-28 with 17:45 left. Sooners are 3 for 8 from the free throw line.

 

[sheepdog]

Ugh. Our defense.
Also, M'Baye still doesn't quite look like he belongs.

If he was playing to the level of a stiff it would be an improvement over his current game.

 

[OUHoops]

A Fitz monster slam and Pledger three pushes the lead back to 47-32 at the under 16 timeout.

 

[OUHoops]

OU up 54-36 with 12:14 to go.

 

[TheGimper]

A box and 1 against Buddy is an interesting strategy.

 

[OUHoops]

OU up 58-44 with 7:33 to go. Getting sloppy/ugly.

 

[Tydude]

UTEP is coming back and about to be down by 10

 

[OUHoops]

OU up 64-52 with 3:58 to go. UTEP going to the line when play resumes.

 

[TheGimper]

Neal plays too much.

 

[OUHoops]

Neal plays too much.

Agreed.

 

[Soonercuda]

Bad shooting in second half for us, Floyd does have us out of sync. Luckily UTEP isn't very good.

 

[OUHoops]

Here we go. OU up 64-56 with just over three to go. UTEP going to the line.

 

[JBaker]

This is ugly.
Our freshman are very much freshman.

 

[cfin5256]

We're going to have to learn how to put teams away.