*****OU-Weber State Gameday Thread/Notes/Links*****

[OUHoops]

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QUICK PREVIEW
No. 15/15 Oklahoma (7-3) plays its final game before Christmas when it hosts Weber State (4-5) on Monday at 7 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners are looking to bounce back from a 69-67 loss to No. 16 Washington on Saturday in Las Vegas. Weber State, an NCAA Tournament team a year ago that is located in Ogden, Utah, is coming off a 73-61 home win over Utah Valley on Saturday.

ON THE AIR
Monday's contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM "The Franchise" in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Sirius 135) with Toby Rowland and Mike Houck calling the action. The game will be televised by Sooner Sports TV (FS Southwest Plus) with Bob Carpenter and Renzi Stone announcing.

PREVIEWING WEBER STATE
A member of the Big Sky Conference, Weber State enters Monday's game with a 4-5 record. The Wildcats are 3-1 at home and 0-2 in true road games (lost 72-61 to Utah State in season opener and 63-56 to UT Arlington on Dec. 6). OU and Weber State have played one common opponent in Oral Roberts, and both teams posted home wins (the Wildcats won 62-61 on Dec. 1). WSU is averaging 63.0 points on .400 field goal, .335 3-point and nation-leading .790 free throw shooting. Opponents are averaging 64.8 points on .425 field goal and .326 3-point shooting. The Wildcats are getting outrebounded by 3.1 a contest.

Sophomore guard Jeremy Senglin leads three Wildcats who average double figures in scoring. The 6-2, 185-pounder is averaging 14.4 points and a team-high 3.4 assists per game while shooting .340 from 3-point range (a team-high 2.0 makes per contest). He is coming off a 16-point, 8-assist game in a win over Utah Valley. Junior forward/center Joel Bolomboy is averaging 13.6 points and a team-high 10.0 rebounds a game while shooting .808 from the free throw line (team-high 5.8 attempts per outing). Sophomore guard Richaud Gittens averages 10.0 points with the help of .500 (12-for-24) 3-point shooting. Gittens was 5 for 8 from 3-point range against Utah Valley and scored a career-high 21 points.

Head coach Randy Rahe is in his ninth season as a collegiate head coach, all at Weber State. He owns a 173-92 (.653) record. Rahe has led Weber State to four Big Sky Championships and seven postseason tournament appearances, including two NCAA Tournament trips. He is the first coach in Big Sky Conference history to be named conference coach of the year four times.

 

[OUHoops]

Re: OU-Weber State Pregame Notes | SoonerSports.com

Sooners hope to avoid trap against Weber State: http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...cle_f3d25756-c29d-5ffb-9e2c-b6952c1b08ae.html

Dante Buford begins practicing with Sooners: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-basketba...egins-practicing-with-sooners/article/5378131

Sooners want to rebound from tough loss: http://www.normantranscript.com/spo...cle_94df67da-898e-11e4-b026-876bd07c578e.html

 

[AltSooner33]

Let's go get this win today boys! Put the other day behind us, go into this little break on a high note, and come back and get ready to roll for conference play.

 

[OUHoops]

Toby Rowland's Scene Setter: http://www.soonersports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=3623396&db_oem_id=31000

 

[Laxtothemax12]

Not that it matters one bit, but I have directv and on MSG 635, we don't have a ranking by our name?..

 

[JBaker]

Lattin seems to be having a decent amount of trouble defending that guy in the post.

 

[JBaker]

Not that it matters one bit, but I have directv and on MSG 635, we don't have a ranking by our name?..

Not on FSOK either. I think it's the Sooner Sports broadcast that doesn't put ranking numbers. It's a pretty amateur production unit.

 

[Laxtothemax12]

Lattin seems to be having a decent amount of trouble defending that guy in the post.

I was thinking the same thing. Gotta love the defense so far though, 4 points in over 8 minutes of play

 

[Laxtothemax12]

Best 10 minutes of defense I've ever seen the Sooners play. 2-10 second calls and about 9 or 10 turnovers

 

[garyeb2]

27-0 run. why hasn't Kruger called a timeout. Oh, wait.

 

[JBaker]

Holy crap.

 

[Laxtothemax12]

42-4...

 

[Escape Goat]

Wow.


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[MercedeSooner]

42-4...

not a bad effort

 

[Laxtothemax12]

under 4 timeout, and they have 4 (!!!!) points

 

[Laxtothemax12]

not a bad effort

They are playing pissed off on defense. I want that defensive intensity every game. Full 40.

 

[DenverSooner]

Crazy game.

 

[Laxtothemax12]

Khadeem needs some strength. I hate to say it but in conference play he will have rebounds ripped away from him.

 

[JBaker]

Lost the intensity once they scored. Let them score their last 5 possessions in a row.

 

[DenverSooner]

Cousins only has two points.