The Oklahoma Sooners will play the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Wednesday in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. Tip-off from T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO, is at 9:30 p.m. ET. The Cowboys are one-point spread favorites and the game total is 135.5 points.
Oklahoma (15-16 SU, 14-16-1 ATS) defeated TCU on Saturday in its regular-season finale. The Sooners are 2-3 straight-up in their past five games.
Oklahoma State (17-14 SU, 15-16 ATS) defeated Texas Tech on Saturday. The Cowboys are 1-4 straight-up in their past five games. Senior guard Avery Anderson (11.1 PPG) is out indefinitely with a wrist injury.
The Cowboys beat the Sooners in both regular season meetings. OU leads the all-time series 134-105.
The Sooners only won four of their last eleven games, but those victories were over ranked Alabama, Kansas State, Iowa State, and TCU teams. Will OU be hungry and competitive against its in-state rival Wednesday?
Oklahoma led from start to finish on Saturday, beating Texas Christian by 14 at home. The Sooners were up 38-21 at halftime and held off the Horned Frogs in the second half. They shot 50 percent from the floor and held TCU to 37.7 percent. Oklahoma also had the edge on the glass with a 40-26 rebounding advantage.
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Senior forward Grant Sherfield leads Oklahoma in scoring. He averaged 16.1 points on 41.2 percent shooting in the regular season. Other Sooners to watch are senior forward Tanner Groves (10.1 PPG and 7.0 RPG), senior forward Jalen Hill (9.8 PPG and 5.8 RPG), and freshman guard Milos Uzan (7.6 PPG and 39.7 3PT%).
Oklahoma scores 68.3 points per game (272nd) and shoots 46.5 percent from the field (67th), including 35.4 percent from behind the arc (119th). It converts 73.4 percent of its free throws (116th) and averages 29.7 rebounds (289th) with a +0.1 rebounding margin. The Sooners are 62nd in offensive efficiency and 57th in effective field goal percentage (53.1%).
Oklahoma surrenders 67.9 points per game on defense (119th), and its opponents shoot 43.5 percent from the field (163rd), including 31.4 percent from three-point r ange (54th). OU is 48th in defensive efficiency, 208th in assist-per-turnover ratio, and 285th in tempo.
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