************OU vs. SWOSU Game Thread************

[OUHoops]

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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 Mike Houck announcing. The game will be televised by Sooner Sports TV (FOX College Sports Central) with Bob Carpenter, Billy Tubbs and Jessica Coody calling the action.

PREVIEWING SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE
Located in Weatherford, NCAA Division II member Southwestern Oklahoma State is a school of 5,014 students that competes in the Great American Conference. SWOSU finished 17-10 overall last year and placed second in league play with a 14-6 record (it was picked ninth in the GAC preseason coaches poll). The Bulldogs are picked third out of 11 teams in this year’s preseason poll.

SWOSU returns two starters from last season in senior guards Kenyan Borders and Trent Washington. Through two exhibition games against Mid-American Christian (won 93-73) and at Tulsa (lost 74-50), junior college transfer Martell Collins leads the Bulldogs with his 13.5 scoring average while also grabbing 4.5 rebounds a contest. The guard had 15 points and six boards against Tulsa. Ayo Ojo, another juco transfer, ranks second on the squad with his 10.0 points per game. A forward, Ojo also averages 5.0 rebounds an outing. Borders and Washington each average 9.5 points per game.

Head coach Bob Battisti is in his second season at SWOSU. He arrived in Weatherford after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond. Before that, Battisti spent 25 years at Northwestern Oklahoma State, coaching the men’s basketball team for 21 seasons before taking over as the school’s athletic director for four years.

OU-SWOSU HISTORY
Tuesday’s game will mark the 10th between Oklahoma and Southwestern Oklahoma State, and the first as an exhibition. The first nine meetings, all OU wins, came between the 1913-14 and 1916-17 seasons when Bennie Owen was the Sooners’ coach.

McCASLAND FIELD HOUSE’S HOOPS HISTORY
Opened in 1928, the OU Field House served as the Sooners’ home until Lloyd Noble Center opened in December 1975. Under head coach Hugh McDermott, Oklahoma won the first game in the Field House — a 45-19 drubbing of Phog Allen’s Kansas squad on Jan. 13, 1928, in front of more than 5,200 fans. OU finished 18-0 that year, and Allen suffered only one worse defeat in his 38-year KU coaching career.

Oklahoma’s all-time record in the OU Field House stands at 320-153 (.677). The Sooners won eight conference championships while playing in the facility (one Missouri Valley, six Big Six and one Big Seven). Head coaches who directed OU teams that played in the Field House were McDermott (11 seasons in the building), Bruce Drake (17), Doyle Parrack (7), Bob Stevens (5), John MacLeod (6) and Joe Ramsey (2). Drake’s 1938-39 and 1946-47 squads advanced to the NCAA semifinals and final, respectively. McCasland Field House is named after Howard McCasland, who was a standout center for the Sooners from 1914-16.

KRUGER AT McCASLAND FIELD HOUSE
OU head coach Lon Kruger played in two games inside McCasland Field House as a Kansas State guard in the 1970s. In 1972, he led K-State to an 80-71 win by recording a team-high 18 points and nine rebounds, and went on to be named Big Eight Sophomore of the Year. Two years later in Norman, Kruger contributed 12 points and six boards, but the Sooners pulled out a 65-63 win. Kruger, who was the 1973 and ’74 Big Eight Player of the Year, missed the 1973 contest inside the Field House due to injury (OU won 81-69).

 

[hoopsaustin]

Re: Oklahoma vs. SWOSU Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

Battisti is a good coach. Saw him many years at nwosu

 

[BigTime]

Re: *******OU vs. SWOSU Pregame Notes/Game Thread*******

Can't wait
-Bart Scott

 

[cedarsooner]

Re: *******OU vs. SWOSU Pregame Notes/Game Thread*******

Directv 608

 

[ouboomer]

sure hope Buddy's finger injury is not something that lingers too long..

 

[stormspencer]

The glare of the lights on the corners of the court and the camera pitch/angle make this a very awkward game to watch.

 

[j2d2]

Not available on comcast in florida. How about some game thread comments?

 

[Stikboy]

Live Stats isnt working. Update?

 

[ouboomer]

sloppy play 6 turnovers, timing with the new guys still a work in progress...OU leads 19-11 under 12 timeout

 

[OUHoops]

OU up 19-11 at the under 12 timeout.

 

[stormspencer]

Sooners up 19-11...at the under 12 timeout. Energy has been ok, but we are being way too careless with the ball....6 turnovers already and we are not passing crisply. The Bulldogs are overplaying everything.

We have made an effort to get Spangler involved on the offensive end and he looks much more comfortable tonight than he did the other night.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Ball control is so ugly right now

 

[OUHoops]

Nice offensive board by Lattin. Used his reach to go over a guy in position. Kicks it out to Walker, who had a nice drive and And 1.

 

[OUHoops]

Mankin and Cole have already been in the game. So...

I'm not there tonight, but I'm guessing McNeace isn't ready to go.

 

[ouboomer]

wow SWOSU best scorer already has 4 fouls..

 

[ouboomer]

Sooners living off offensive rebound putbacks so far. Up 27-11 under 8 timeout. Buddy hand really giving him problems

 

[stormspencer]

27-11 OU at the under 8 timeout.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Man Jessica.....

 

[DenverSooner]

Do you guys have this game in HD in Oklahoma? I am not finding it in zhD in Austin

 

[ouboomer]

33-18 under 4..jump shots not falling living on 2nd chances