Oklahoma Men's BB at K-State Tonight @ 7 PM in Key Big 12 Game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:55 am
The #23/#24 Sooner Basketball Team travels to "little Manhattan" to play the Kansas State Wildcats in a 7 PM game on Tuesday night that can be seen on ESPN+. the Sooners are 3-4 in the Big 12 Conference with Kansas holding a 4-3 record in conference. The Sooners have currently lost two games in a row to Texas and Texas Tech with both games being at home. OU needs to desperately get back on the winning track and they need to do that on the road as they did against Cincinnati earlier in conference play.
The Big 12 conference contest will air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry announcing and be broadcast by ESPN+ with Mark Neely (PxP) and King McClure (analyst) on the call.
Here is the staff writers article about the key matchup for the Sooners tonight.
https://soonersports.com/news/2024/1/29 ... sday-clash
Kansas State is a solid basketball team. When I looked at their stats I was surprised to see that in Big 12 play, their shooting % have actually gotten better than their overall stats for the season. I would bet that is not true for too many teams. The Sooners are not able to say that.
Here is the Wildcats lineup:
G 5'11" - Perry at 14.0 Points and 2,9 Rebounds in 35 minutes a game - 3-Point threat
G 6'3" - Carter at 15.9 Points and 4.7 Rebounds in 35 minutes a game - 3-Point threat
F 6'7" - Kaluma at 15.0 Points and 7.3 Rebounds in 35 minutes a game - 3-Point threat
F 6'9" - N'Guessan at 7.3 Points and 7.4 Rebounds in 28 minutes a game
C 6'11" - McNair Jr at 7.5 Points and 5.3 Rebounds in 22 minutes a game
Subs
G 6'1" - Ames - 5.1 and 1.0 - 20 minutes
G 6'4" - Finister - 2.8 and 2.3 - 14 minutes
F/C 6'10" - Colbert - 2.9 and 1.9 - 10 minutes
F 6'7" - Rich - 3.7 and 2.6 - 10 minutes
G 6'3" - Jones - 2.9 and 0.9 - 9 minutes
As you can see, the K-State trio of Carter, Kaluma and Perry dominate their playing minutes and their scoring with roles players around them. Thy shoot the ball well, they renound the ball pretty well also. But they turn the ball over a bit with 15.0 per game. Kansas State is 1-3 on the road while being 3-0 at home with wins over UCF, Baylor (OT) and OSU at home.
It looks like to me that when the Wildcats go to the bench they go more to a 3-guard lineup rather than the 2-2-1 that they start. The Sooners should be able to match up with the Wildcats but Oklahoma will have to concentrate on slowing the trio of scorers presented by K-State. Those three players are also threats from 3-point land as they have made 127 three's on the season. Off the bench, Jones can make a 'three' also.
In the Big 12, any team has to play well in the road to win. Your 'A-Game' is required to win. That means for the Sooners that they have to shoot the ball well and better than their last few games. The Sooners probably would like to run a bit for shoots before the K-State defense gets set. On defense the Sooners have to do a better job getting over screens outside, Rebound the ball cleanly and get the ball out to the break when they can. To me the play of Moore, Soares and Oweh are becoming more important. The better they play, the better the team result seems to be. Uzan is playing well but he may need to look for his shot more when he gets inside the foul line. McCollum needs to find his touch also from outside. Godwin and Hugley IV need to stay on the court and provide positive minutes for the Sooners inside and on the boards. Darthard needs to find his groove that he had earlier in the season. If Northweather gets in the game, his ability to stretch the defense and open up the inside might help the offense.
The game against K-State is one of the 7 key games left for OU in conference. The Sooners needs to pick up 3, maybe 4 wins out of those 7 games. Hopefully the Sooners pick up a win in their first one tonight. Good luck to the Sooners.
Boomer Sooner!
The Big 12 conference contest will air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry announcing and be broadcast by ESPN+ with Mark Neely (PxP) and King McClure (analyst) on the call.
Here is the staff writers article about the key matchup for the Sooners tonight.
https://soonersports.com/news/2024/1/29 ... sday-clash
Kansas State is a solid basketball team. When I looked at their stats I was surprised to see that in Big 12 play, their shooting % have actually gotten better than their overall stats for the season. I would bet that is not true for too many teams. The Sooners are not able to say that.
Here is the Wildcats lineup:
G 5'11" - Perry at 14.0 Points and 2,9 Rebounds in 35 minutes a game - 3-Point threat
G 6'3" - Carter at 15.9 Points and 4.7 Rebounds in 35 minutes a game - 3-Point threat
F 6'7" - Kaluma at 15.0 Points and 7.3 Rebounds in 35 minutes a game - 3-Point threat
F 6'9" - N'Guessan at 7.3 Points and 7.4 Rebounds in 28 minutes a game
C 6'11" - McNair Jr at 7.5 Points and 5.3 Rebounds in 22 minutes a game
Subs
G 6'1" - Ames - 5.1 and 1.0 - 20 minutes
G 6'4" - Finister - 2.8 and 2.3 - 14 minutes
F/C 6'10" - Colbert - 2.9 and 1.9 - 10 minutes
F 6'7" - Rich - 3.7 and 2.6 - 10 minutes
G 6'3" - Jones - 2.9 and 0.9 - 9 minutes
As you can see, the K-State trio of Carter, Kaluma and Perry dominate their playing minutes and their scoring with roles players around them. Thy shoot the ball well, they renound the ball pretty well also. But they turn the ball over a bit with 15.0 per game. Kansas State is 1-3 on the road while being 3-0 at home with wins over UCF, Baylor (OT) and OSU at home.
It looks like to me that when the Wildcats go to the bench they go more to a 3-guard lineup rather than the 2-2-1 that they start. The Sooners should be able to match up with the Wildcats but Oklahoma will have to concentrate on slowing the trio of scorers presented by K-State. Those three players are also threats from 3-point land as they have made 127 three's on the season. Off the bench, Jones can make a 'three' also.
In the Big 12, any team has to play well in the road to win. Your 'A-Game' is required to win. That means for the Sooners that they have to shoot the ball well and better than their last few games. The Sooners probably would like to run a bit for shoots before the K-State defense gets set. On defense the Sooners have to do a better job getting over screens outside, Rebound the ball cleanly and get the ball out to the break when they can. To me the play of Moore, Soares and Oweh are becoming more important. The better they play, the better the team result seems to be. Uzan is playing well but he may need to look for his shot more when he gets inside the foul line. McCollum needs to find his touch also from outside. Godwin and Hugley IV need to stay on the court and provide positive minutes for the Sooners inside and on the boards. Darthard needs to find his groove that he had earlier in the season. If Northweather gets in the game, his ability to stretch the defense and open up the inside might help the offense.
The game against K-State is one of the 7 key games left for OU in conference. The Sooners needs to pick up 3, maybe 4 wins out of those 7 games. Hopefully the Sooners pick up a win in their first one tonight. Good luck to the Sooners.
Boomer Sooner!