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Don't be disappointed that OU didn't match their average of 87 points in today's game. Texas A&M-CC ran clock as much as they could on 80% or more of their possessions to keep the score down. Despite the lower than usual score, this was team basketball at it's best, at least most of the time.
A few of the highlights:
*10 different OU players scored
*7 of them scored between 8 and 18 points
*Buddy and Isaiah led the way with 18 and 12 respectively
* OU shot 41% from three (11 of 16)
*OU had 9 blocks (Bennett with 5)
*OU had 10 steals (four different players had 2 each)
*OU forced Texas A&M-CC into 20 turnovers, while limiting their own TOs to 9
As a footnote on two of our subs:
Bennett is going to help this team going forward. He gets better with every outing. 9 points, 3 rebs and 5 blocks is not a bad day for a guy who has not played much to this point of the season. I watched him closely in today's game. He's a much better player now than he was two weeks, or even two games ago.
Booker had 9 points on 3 of 7 shooting from the field (2 of 6 from behind the arc). He also had 3 rebounds. He needs to be more selective on his shots. As Billy Tubbs said during the game, "Booker never saw a three he didn't like." Most of his shots look good, they're just not going in. In time, I believe they will. More importantly, Frank hustles his tail off on defense and going after rebounds and loose balls. All he needs is to see a few of his shots hit nothing but net.
A final word about our defense. Don't worry, it's getting better. Our help defense was especially good in today's game.
A few of the highlights:
*10 different OU players scored
*7 of them scored between 8 and 18 points
*Buddy and Isaiah led the way with 18 and 12 respectively
* OU shot 41% from three (11 of 16)
*OU had 9 blocks (Bennett with 5)
*OU had 10 steals (four different players had 2 each)
*OU forced Texas A&M-CC into 20 turnovers, while limiting their own TOs to 9
As a footnote on two of our subs:
Bennett is going to help this team going forward. He gets better with every outing. 9 points, 3 rebs and 5 blocks is not a bad day for a guy who has not played much to this point of the season. I watched him closely in today's game. He's a much better player now than he was two weeks, or even two games ago.
Booker had 9 points on 3 of 7 shooting from the field (2 of 6 from behind the arc). He also had 3 rebounds. He needs to be more selective on his shots. As Billy Tubbs said during the game, "Booker never saw a three he didn't like." Most of his shots look good, they're just not going in. In time, I believe they will. More importantly, Frank hustles his tail off on defense and going after rebounds and loose balls. All he needs is to see a few of his shots hit nothing but net.
A final word about our defense. Don't worry, it's getting better. Our help defense was especially good in today's game.
Though the stat isn't nearly as impressive as a FT % as it would have been for 3 pt %. 
