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1 OKLAHOMA MEN S BASKETBALL GAME 9: OKLAHOMA (6-2) vs.tulsa (2-3) Wednesday, Dec. 5 7 p.m. CST Norman, Okla. Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) Sooner Sports Network SCHEDULE/RESULTS O31 ROCKHURST (Ex.) 7 p.m. W, N2 FAYETTEVILLE STATE (Ex.) 7 p.m. W, N8 SAN FRANCISCO 7 p.m. W, N9 DENVER 7 p.m. W, N12 ALCORN STATE 7 p.m. W, N15 vs. Memphis (3) # 8 p.m. L, N16 vs. Gardner-Webb # 5:30 p.m. W, N21 MOREHEAD STATE 7 p.m. W, N29 at USC % 10 p.m. L, D2 at TCU 7 p.m. W, D5 TULSA 7 p.m. SSN D8 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 12:30 p.m. SSN D15 ARKANSAS 2 p.m. ESPN2 ^ 8 p.m. ESPN2 & 5 p.m. ESPN2 J5 RICE 2 p.m. SSN J7 MOUNT ST. MARY S TBA J12 KANSAS STATE 5 p.m. ESPN Plus 8 p.m. ESPN J19 TEXAS TECH 3 p.m. ESPN Plus 3 p.m. ESPN Plus J28 OKLAHOMA STATE 8 p.m. ESPN 3 p.m. ESPN Plus F6 TEXAS 6 p.m. ESPN2 3 p.m. ESPNU F13 IOWA STATE 7 p.m. ESPN Plus 3 p.m. ESPN Plus F19 BAYLOR 7 p.m. ESPN Plus 2:30 p.m. ABC 7 p.m. M1 TEXAS A&M 1 p.m. ESPN M5 State 7 p.m. ESPN Plus M8 MISSOURI 2:30 p.m. ABC M13-16 Big 12 Championship * TBA ESPN/Plus M20-23 NCAA First and Second Rounds TBA CBS M27-30 NCAA Regionals TBA CBS A5&7 NCAA Final Four TBA CBS # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic (New York, N.Y.) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ^ O Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City) & Charleston, W.Va. * Kansas City, Mo. SSN is Sooner Sports Network ESPN Plus is Big 12 regional television All times Central and subject to change OU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Men s Basketball Contact: Mike Houck Office: (405) Cell: (405) mhouck@ou.edu GAME INFORMATION Date... Wednesday, Dec.5 Radio... 7:08 p.m. CST Radio... Sooner Radio Network Flagship... KRXO-FM (OKC) (Bob Barry Sr., Mike Houck) TV...Sooner Sports Network; ESPN Full Court (Bob Carpenter, Charlie Spoonhour) Series... Oklahoma leads Last Meeting... Oklahoma won on Dec. 21, 2006, in Oklahoma City PROJECTED OKLAHOMA STARTERS BLAKE GRIFFIN F Fr. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma Christian School LONGAR LONGAR C Sr. Rochester, Minn. Laurinburg Institute (N.C.) TONY CROCKER G So. San Antonio, Texas The Patterson School (N.C.) OMAR LEARY G Jr. Portland, Ore. Northeastern (Colo.) JC AUSTIN JOHNSON G Jr. Amarillo, Texas Palo Duro High School OKLAHOMA SOONERS Record Streak... Won 1 Head Coach... Jeff Capel Alma Mater...Duke 97 Career Record (6th year) At Oklahoma (2nd year) SID... Mike Houck ...mhouck@ou.edu Web Site... TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE Record Streak... Lost 2 Head Coach...Doug Wojcik Alma Mater...U.S. Naval Academy 88 Career Record (3rd year) At TCU... Same SID...Don Tomkalski ...donald-tomkalski@utulsa.edu Web Site... NOTES: The sixth McDonald s All-America signee in OU history... Leads team in scoring, rebounding and steals... Ranks second in Big 12 with three double-doubles... Recorded 18 points and 13 boards in collegiate debut Nov. 8 against San Francisco... Named MVP of 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Norman Regional... Shooting.577 from the field and.679 from the free throw line. NOTES: Ranks third on team in scoring (10.7) and second in rebounding (7.1) in just 21.1 minutes a game... Had nine points and 10 rebounds Sunday at TCU... Owns a career.573 field goal mark... Posted seven double-doubles last year (averaged 17.6 points and 13.1 rebounds in those games)... Named to Big 12 s All-Improved Team by sportswriters covering the league. NOTES: Ranks second on team with his 11.9 points a contest... Shooting.542 from the field and.548 (17-for-31) from 3-point range... Scored a career-high 24 points (20 in first half) Sunday at TCU as he went 6-for-7 from 3-point territory... Underwent surgery on his left leg Aug. 28 (traumatic compartment syndrome)... Led team with 25 starts last year as a frosh (averaged 8.6 ppg). NOTES: Has started the last six games after coming off the bench the first two... Logged career-high eight assists Sunday at TCU... Has made at least one 3-pointer in each contest... Shooting.522 overall and.423 from 3-point range... Is 11-for-26 on trey attempts... Was a first-team juco All-American last year after averaging 14.0 points and 6.3 assists at Northeastern (Colo) JC. NOTES: Has started six of team s eight games this year and 42 of his 63 career games... Averaging 13.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists the last two games against USC and TCU (6-for-9 on 3- point attempts)... Logged seven points and seven assists with no turnovers in season opener versus San Francisco... Has 21 assists against just seven turnovers for a healthy 3.0 ratio on the year. PROJECTED TULSA STARTERS No. Name Position Height Weight Class Points Rebounds Assists Minutes 45 Sam Mitchell F Jr Jerome Jordan C So Ben Uzoh G Fr Glenn Andrews G Fr Rod Earls G Sr OU vs. TULSA 1

2 HEAD COACH JEFF CAPEL Jeff Capel was named the 13th men s basketball head coach on April 11, At 32, Capel, who went (.516) in his debut season at OU and compiled a (.658) record over the previous four years as head coach at Virginia Commonwealth, is the sixth-youngest men s basketball coach in NCAA Division I. Capel s VCU squads posted a (.694) combined record in Colonial Athletic Association play and a overall home record for a staunch.811 winning percentage. In , VCU s CAA Tournament championship game victory over George Mason catapulted the Rams to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since VCU lost in the first round to Wake Forest, but not before putting a major scare into the fourth-seeded Demon Deacons, Capel s squad, which finished 19-13, competed in the National Invitation Tournament, marking just the third time in program history that VCU made consecutive postseason appearances. The Rams won at least 18 games each of Capel s four seasons in Richmond with the squad registering a Capel-erabest 23-8 record. His first team finished in as Capel tied a school record for wins by a first-year head coach. Last season, VCU finished overall. In the summer of 2005, Capel served as an assistant coach on the gold-medal-winning USA Men s World University Games Team that finished 8-0 in Turkey in August. Villanova s Jay Wright was the head coach while Seton Hall s Bobby Gonzalez served as the other assistant. The squad featured, among others, Midwest City (Okla.) High School and Duke University standout Shelden Williams. Capel began his coaching career as an assistant at Old Dominion in 2000 before moving to VCU as an assistant for the season. In 2002, he became the youngest NCAA Division I head coach at age 27. A four-year starter for Hall-of-Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke from the through campaigns, Capel earned Atlantic Coast Conference honors each of his seasons in Durham. The guard, who wore No. 5, averaged 12.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and pointers during his career and started in the 1994 national title game against Arkansas. He ranks 22nd in career scoring at Duke (1,601 points), 16th in minutes played (3,774), sixth in 3-pointers (220), seventh in 3- point attempts (553), seventh in 3-point field goal percentage (.398) and 10th in assists (433). Capel, who graduated from Duke with a bachelor of arts degree in history, and his wife, Kanika, wed in They have a daughter, Cameron, who was born in April. CAPEL YEAR BY YEAR Year School Record Pct Virginia Commonwealth * Virginia Commonwealth ^ Virginia Commonwealth Virginia Commonwealth Oklahoma Oklahoma Totals * NCAA Tournament ^ National Invitation Tournament GAME PREVIEW Following a two-game road trip, Oklahoma (6-2) plays its fifth home game of the season when it hosts Tulsa (2-3) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. CST at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners are 4-0 at home this year with an average victory margin of 29.5 points against San Francisco, Denver, Alcorn State and Morehead State. Tulsa is 0-2 in road games with a 14- point loss at Oral Roberts and an 11-point defeat at Arkansas-Little Rock. Wednesday s game will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KRXO-FM in Oklahoma City; KTBZ-AM 1430 in Tulsa; Sirius channel 153) with Bob Barry Sr. and Mike Houck announcing. The game will be televised by the Sooner Sports Network (KAUT channel 43/Cox 16 in OKC; KOTV Channel 6/Cox 6 in Tulsa; ESPN Full Court) with Bob Carpenter and Charlie Spoonhour announcing. An Internet webcast will be available on SoonerSports.com (an All-Access subscription is required). TICKET INFORMATION Tickets for Wednesday s game are available for $10 and $20. The $10 seats are located in the upper north and south sections of Lloyd Noble Center. The $20 seats are located in the upper east and west, and lower north and south sections. Family packs are available for Wednesday s game. For $10, fans get a game ticket, a hot dog, a soft drink and a coupon for a free T-shirt (a minimum purchase of four tickets is required). Tickets for OU students are $5 at the door (west entrance). Tickets may be purchased online at SoonerSports.com or at the OU Athletics Ticket Office ( ). Lloyd Noble Center ticket windows will open Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. OKLAHOMA UPDATE After shooting just.356 from the field in a loss at No. 22 USC last Thursday, Oklahoma rebounded to put together its most complete game of the season in a win at TCU on Sunday. The Sooners, who led before the Horned Frogs scored the game s final 13 points over the last 2:22 against OU s reserves, shot.545 from the field and.522 from 3-point range (12-for-23) in Fort Worth. It marked their most points in a non-overtime true road game in more than a decade. Tony Crocker had the game s MVP award sewn up by halftime thanks to 7-for-8 field goal and 6-for-7 3-point shooting in the first 20 minutes. The sophomore guard, whose career scoring high entering the night was 19 points, had 20 by intermission and finished with 24 points and a career-high-tying nine rebounds. Crocker is averaging 11.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and a team-high 2.8 assists per contest while shooting.542 from the field and.548 from 3-point range (ranks second in the Big 12). At Lloyd Noble Center, he is averaging 13.0 points over four outings and is shooting.692 from the floor and.643 from long distance. Freshman forward Blake Griffin bounced back from a season-low four-point game at USC with a 15-point effort at TCU that included four two-hand power dunks. He was 7-for-12 from the field and added three rebounds, three assists and two steals. Griffin leads the team in scoring (13.6 ppg), rebounding (8.4 rpg), steals (1.5 spg) and field goal percentage (.577). He also ranks second in the Big 12 with three double-doubles. Griffin s starting frontcourt mate Longar Longar played only 16 minutes at TCU but still logged nine points and a game-high 10 rebounds (five offensive). The senior center is averaging 10.5 points a game to rank third on the squad and 7.1 boards to rank second. A career.573 shooter from the field, Longar owns a.508 mark this year. OU s chief ball-handlers, guards Omar Leary and Austin Johnson have improved their play of late. Leary has started the last six games and is averaging 8.1 points and 2.3 assists in 21.9 minutes a contest on the year. He had 10 assists on the season entering the game at TCU and then promptly handed out eight of them against the Horned Frogs. Leary has made at least one 3- pointer in every game and is shooting.522 overall and.423 from behind the arc. Johnson averaged 13.0 points, 5.0 boards and 3.5 assists while going 10-for-15 from the field and 6-for-9 from 3-point range against USC and TCU. The performances upped his season averages to 7.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists, and increased his field goal percentage to.511 and his 3-point percentage to.417. Johnson also boasts a 3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio. TCU LEFTOVERS NOTE WORTHY Oklahoma owns a series advantage against Tulsa (9-4 in Norman). The Sooners 90 points at TCU on Sunday were their most in a non-overtime true road game since Feb. 17, 1996 (119 at Colorado). OU s top five scorers (Blake Griffin, Tony Crocker, Longar Longar, Omar Leary and Austin Johnson) are all shooting over.500 from the field. They own a combined.536 field goal mark on the year. Oklahoma held opponents to 59.6 points a game last year, the lowest figure since the season (a span of 29 years). Through eight games this year, OU is surrendering 57.0 points a contest (ranks 22nd nationally) and is allowing opponents to shoot just.358 from the field (ranks 12th nationally). The Sooners have used six different starting lineups in their eight games. Crocker ranks second in the Big 12 with his point shooting (17-for-31). He has made at least four treys in a game three times (he is 14-for-18 in those contests). Leary has made at least one 3-pointer in each outing and is 11-for-26 (.423) from behind the arc on the year. Johnson averaged 13.0 points and 5.0 boards while canning six 3-pointers in OU s two road games last week. Crocker averages a team-high 27.6 minutes per game. No other Big 12 team leader in minutes averages a figure that low. Oklahoma held Brent Hackett, TCU s leading scorer entering the game (13.6 ppg), to three points. He was 0-for-8 from the field. Tony Crocker, who made his first four 3-point attempts and was 6-for-7 at halftime, did not attempt a second-half trey. OU committed more turnovers (17) than its opponent (11) for the first time this season. The Sooners shot.545 from the field, marking their fourth effort above.500 in eight games this year. Oklahoma s 12 3-point makes (on 23 attempts) were its second most of the year (it was 13-for-23 against Denver). Omar Leary s eight assists in the contest were two less than he had on the entire season entering the night. 2 OU vs. TULSA

3 BIG 12 STANDINGS (Through Monday, Dec. 3) Big 12 Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Kansas Texas Texas A&M Baylor Nebraska Oklahoma Kansas State Colorado Missouri Texas Tech Iowa State Oklahoma State OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS Official Name: University of Oklahoma Location: Norman, Okla. Founded: 1890 Enrollment: 29,721 Nickname: Sooners Colors: Crimson and Cream President: David L. Boren Athletics Director: Joe Castiglione Arena: Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) First Year of Basketball: NCAA Tournament Appearances: 24 NIT Appearances: 7 All-Time Record: 1, (.610) Regular Season Conference Championships: 13 (1928, 1929, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 2005) Conference Tournament Championships: 7 (1979, 1985, 1988, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2003) Head Coach: Jeff Capel (Duke 97) Career Record: (sixth year) Oklahoma Record: (second year) Postseason Appearances: 2 (2004 NCAA, 2005 NIT) Assistant Coaches: Ben Betts (Roanoke College 90), Mark Cline (Wake Forest 88), Oronde Taliaferro (Wayne State 94) Director of Operations: Bryan Goodman (Barat College 96) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Darby Rich Video Coordinator: Dionne Phelps Graduate Assistants: Yanni Hufnagel, Ryan McDermott Athletics Trainer: Alex Brown Team Physician: Dr. Brock Schnebel Official Web Site: SoonerSports.com Tickets: (800) or (405) Taylor Griffin blocked a career-high four shots in 19 minutes. OU posted a rebounding advantage for its largest margin of the year. The 50 boards were also a season high. The team improved to 6-0 this year when outrebounding its opponent. The Sooners racked up a season-high 24 assists on 36 field goals. PREVIEWING TULSA Tulsa, which returns four starters from last year s squad, brings a 2-3 record to Norman and is 0-2 in road games. A loser at Arkansas-Little Rock on Saturday, the Golden Hurricane also fell to crosstown rival Oral Roberts in its previous game, Tulsa has struggled with turnovers this year, averaging 18.8 per contest (opponents are averaging 13.8). TU is shooting.426 from the field,.340 from the 3-point line and a sparkling.778 from the free throw line. Sophomore guard Ben Uzoh, a 2007 Conference USA All-Freshman Team choice, leads the team with his 16.0 points a game and ranks second by averaging 7.0 rebounds. Uzoh is shooting.511 from the floor and has made a living at the foul line by going 26-for-31 (.839). He recorded a double-double in TU s most recent game with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Glenn Andrews, a freshman guard, has started three of the team s five games and is averaging 10.0 points and 2.0 assists while shooting.500 from the floor and.412 from 3-point range (7-for-17). Sophomore center Jerome Jordan supplies 8.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and a team-high 3.0 blocked shots per outing, and is shooting a team-high.625 from the field. Calvin Walls is averaging 6.8 points a game and a team-high 7.2 rebounds. Senior guards Rod Earls and Brett McDade, who averaged 11.2 and 6.8 points per contest last year, respectively, are averaging 6.2 and 6.0 this season. Earls is shooting.308 from the field and.318 from 3-point territory while McDade is shooting.308 overall and.385 from long range. Doug Wojcik is in his third season as a collegiate head coach, all at Tulsa. He owns a (.516) record. He served as an assistant coach at Navy, Notre Dame, North Carolina and Michigan State before taking the Tulsa job. SERIES WITH THE GOLDEN HURRICANE STATS COMPARISON CATEGORY Overall Record Points Per Game Opp. Points Per Game Rebounds Per Game Opp. Rebounds Per Game Field Goal Pct Opp. Field Goal Pct Point Pct Opp. 3-Point Pct Free Throw Pct Personal Fouls Per Game Assists Per Game Turnovers Per Game Blocked Shots Per Game Steals Per Game Oklahoma owns a series lead against Tulsa and is 9-4 versus the Golden Hurricane in Norman (just 2-3 at Lloyd Noble Center). OU head coach Jeff Capel is 1-0 against TU. The Sooners have won in each of the last four seasons against Tulsa. Last year, Oklahoma posted a win in the All-College Classic in a defensive battle (recap below and box score on page six of these game notes). Two years ago, OU won at Tulsa as Terrell Everett netted a career-high 26 points. In , Oklahoma held on for a win in another All-College Classic meeting as Jaison Williams made five 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 21 points. In the third game of the campaign, OU notched an triumph as Williams (16 points) paced five Sooners in double figures. LAST YEAR VS. TULSA The Sooners beat Tulsa last year in the All-College Classic in Oklahoma City on Dec. 21. OU turned in one of its best defensive performances of the season as it held the Golden Hurricane to.280 field goal shooting, TU s second lowest mark under head coach Doug Wojcik. Jeff Capel s team also forced 19 turnovers and blocked a season-high 10 shots (three each by Taylor Griffin, Austin Johnson and Longar Longar). Oklahoma led at halftime and never trailed in the second half. Johnson and Michael Neal paced the Sooners with 11 points each while Tony Crocker added 10 points and Longar nine. Griffin pulled down a game-high eight rebounds. Rod Earls was the only Tulsa player to reach double figures in scoring. The guard was 5-for-8 from 3-point range and finished with a game-high 16 points. OKLAHOMA NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Position Height Weight Class Hometown (Last School) 00 Keith Clark F So. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City HS) 1 Ryan Wright F Jr. Mississauga, Ontario (UCLA) 2 Tony Neysmith G Fr. Norcross, Ga. (Norcross HS) 4 Dau Jok G So. Olathe, Kan. (Iowa Central CC) 5 Tony Crocker G So. San Antonio, Texas (The Patterson School [N.C.]) 11 Omar Leary G Jr. Portland, Ore. (Northeastern [Colo.] JC) 15 David Godbold G Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Douglass HS) 20 Austin Johnson G Jr. Amarillo, Texas (Palo Duro HS) 23 Blake Griffin F Fr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 30 Longar Longar C Sr. Rochester, Minn. (Laurinburg Institute [N.C.]) 32 Taylor Griffin F Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Christian School) 34 Cade Davis G Fr. Elk City, Okla. (Elk City HS) 45 Beau Gerber F So. Winfield, Kan. 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4 AP TOP 25 POLL WEEK 4 School Record 1. North Carolina (45) Memphis (22) Kansas (2) Texas (2) Georgetown (1) Duke UCLA Washington State Michigan State Tennessee Marquette Pittsburgh Butler Louisville Indiana Texas A&M Gonzaga Clemson Oregon Brigham Young Xavier Arizona Vanderbilt USC Villanova 5-1 ESPN/USA TODAY TOP 25 POLL WEEK 4 School Record 1. North Carolina (23) Memphis (6) Kansas (1) Georgetown (1) Texas Washington State Duke UCLA Pittsburgh Michigan State Louisville Tennessee Butler Texas A&M Indiana Marquette Clemson Oregon Gonzaga Xavier Villanova Brigham Young Wisconsin Arizona Vanderbilt 7-0 OU-TULSA CONNECTIONS OU sophomore guard Tony Crocker and Tulsa sophomore guard Ben Uzoh were teammates at San Antonio s Warren High School. Tulsa head coach Doug Wojcik was a North Carolina assistant coach for three seasons ( through under Matt Doherty). OU head coach Jeff Capel s brother, Jason, was a forward for the Tar Heels for the first two of those three seasons. Wojcik was born April 12, 1964, in Wheeling, W. Va., while Oklahoma assistant coach Mark Cline was born June 9, 1964, in Williamson, W. Va. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Last year, Oklahoma s strength under first-year head coach Jeff Capel was its defense. The Sooners held opponents to 59.6 points a game (the lowest average in 29 years) and to.406 field goal shooting (the second lowest figure over the past 46 seasons). Through eight games in , OU s defense has been just as good, if not better... OU is surrendering just 57.0 points per game (ranks third in the Big 12) and allowing opponents to shoot.358 from the field (ranks first) and.290 from 3-point land (ranks second). No opponent has scored more than 66 points this season and five of OU s eight foes have been held under 60 points. Third-ranked Memphis, which averaged 78.9 points last year and is averaging 85.7 points this season, was held to 63 points Nov. 15 at Madison Square Garden. Through eight games, Oklahoma has forced seven of its opponents into at least as many turnovers as it has committed. Foes are averaging 16.4 turnovers per contest (OU is averaging 14.5). All eight opponents have shot under.460 from the field and six have finished with a mark less than.400. Gardner-Webb, which won at Kentucky by 16 points when it shot.531 from the field, was held to a.279 performance against OU in New York. HOT HANDS With the exception of the Memphis and USC games when they combined for a.362 field goal mark, the Sooners have displayed excellent shooting this year. On the season, Oklahoma sports a.478 mark from the field and a.383 figure from 3-point range (last year OU shot.435 and.326, respectively). OU s top five scorers are all shooting at least.508 from the floor. Forward Blake Griffin owns a team-high.577 field goal mark and is followed by guard Tony Crocker (.542), guard Omar Leary (.522), guard Austin Johnson (.511) and center Longar Longar (.508). Combined, the five players own a.536 field goal mark. The starting guard trio of Crocker, Johnson and Leary has combined to shoot.469 from 3-point range. Crocker is shooting.548 from behind the arc (17-for-31) to rank second in the Big 12, Leary is shooting.423 (11-for-26) and Johnson is shooting.417 (10-for-24). Taylor Griffin owns a.444 mark from long range but has attempted considerably fewer shots (he is 4-for-9). Seven Sooners have made at least four treys each through eight games. FOR STARTERS Head coach Jeff Capel has used six different starting lineups through eight games. Nine different Sooners have started this season, with only Blake Griffin getting the nod in all eight outings. The two lineups that have been used twice each are Tony Crocker, Cade Davis, Blake Griffin, Taylor Griffin and Austin Johnson (versus San Francisco and Denver) and Crocker, Blake Griffin, Johnson, Omar Leary and Longar Longar (against Morehead State and TCU). JOHNSON LEARNING TO LIKE THE ROAD In his first two years as a Sooner, guard Austin Johnson averaged 3.3 points in the team s 19 true road games while going 22-for- 80 from the field (.275) and 10-for-47 from 3-point distance (.213). In OU s two road games this year (both played last week), Johnson averaged 13.0 points after going 10-for-15 from the floor (.667) and 6-for-9 from beyond the arc (.667) against USC and TCU. He also averaged 5.0 rebounds (he had a career-high eight at TCU), 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals while committing just one total turnover. From Amarillo, Texas, Johnson is averaging 7.6 points on the year while shooting.511 from the field and.417 from long distance (10-for-24). He also owns a 3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio. LEARY SETTLING INTO ROLE HOME SWEET HOME The Sooners have won 47 of their last 53 home games (.887) and 102 of their last 113 (.903) since the start of the campaign. Here s a year-byyear look at OU s Lloyd Noble Center records over the past seven seasons... Year Record Pct Totals Junior point guard Omar Leary, who has been steady for the Sooners all year, has seemed to take a step forward with his confidence and his feel over the last few games. The 2007 first-team junior college All-American, who has started OU s last six games after coming off the bench the first two, is averaging 8.1 points and 2.3 assists in 21.9 minutes a contest. Over the last three outings, he is averaging 9.7 points, 3.7 assists and 24.7 minutes. He had 10 assists on the year going into Sunday s TCU game but handed out eight against the Horned Frogs. Leary is the lone Sooner to make at least one 3-pointer in all eight games this season. He is shooting.522 from the field and.423 from long distance (11-for-26). OU opponents in bold 4 OU vs. TULSA

5 OU OPPONENT SEASON TRACKER (Through Monday, Dec. 3) Overall Conf. AP/Coaches Opponent Record Record Rank San Francisco Denver Alcorn State Memphis /2 Gardner-Webb Morehead State USC / TCU Tulsa Stephen F. Austin Arkansas Gonzaga /19 West Virginia Rice Mount St. Mary s Kansas State Kansas /3 Texas Tech Baylor Oklahoma State Texas A&M /14 Texas /5 Colorado Iowa State Nebraska Missouri SOONER TIP-INS In four home games, Oklahoma is averaging 81.0 points and shooting.530 from the field and.413 from 3-point distance. It is holding foes to 51.5 points a contest and.356 field goal and point marks. Freshman Blake Griffin is averaging 16.3 points and 9.8 rebounds in 25.5 minutes per outing at Lloyd Noble Center this year. Projected to 40 minutes, those averages balloon to 25.5 points and 15.3 rebounds. Griffin is also shooting.667 from the field and.722 from the foul line at home. Griffin has shot.500 or better from the field in seven of the team s eight games. Sophomore Keith Clark averaged 15.7 minutes per outing heading into last Thursday s USC game. He played 23 minutes against the Trojans and 22 more at TCU. Fourteen of Tony Crocker s 17 3-pointers this season have come in three games. He was 4-for-5 at home against Denver, 4-for-6 at home versus Morehead State and 6-for-7 at TCU. His six treys against the Horned Frogs were the most by a Sooner since Michael Neal buried six against Nebraska last season (Jan. 17). Longar Longar started the year 18-for-25 at the free throw line (.720), but has gone 2-for-10 over the last three games to drop his season figure to.571. The senior center is 1-for-4 in each of the last two contests. Freshman Cade Davis is 11-for-11 at the free throw line this year. He has been to the line in five of his seven games. GRIFFIN: A BREATH OF FROSH AIR Freshman forward Blake Griffin is averaging team highs of 13.6 points and 8.4 rebounds this season in 26.0 minutes a game. The last OU freshman to average as many points per contest for a season was Jeff Webster in (18.3 ppg). The last player, regardless of class, to average at least 8.4 boards per game was then-senior and now-denver Nugget Eduardo Najera in (9.2 rpg). Griffin has led OU in scoring four times in eight games and has paced the squad in rebounding in five contests. He is shooting a team-high.577 from the field (ranks fourth in Big 12) and leads the team with his 1.5 steals per outing. He has also registered five games of multiple assists (averages 1.8 apg). Griffin s 18 points Nov. 8 against San Francisco were the most by an OU freshman in a collegiate debut in 22 years (center Stacey King netted 22 off the bench in the first game of the season against UC Santa Barbara). Also against San Francisco, guard Cade Davis (six points in 27 minutes) and Griffin became just the second OU freshman pair to start a season opener in the last 24 years. Prior to when guards Drew Lavender and Lawrence McKenzie did it, a freshman tandem had not started the opening game of a season since guard Tim McCalister and forward Darryl Kennedy in DEPTH CHARGE After the season saw only eight Sooners play regular minutes for the majority of the year, Jeff Capel appears to have the luxury of a deeper bench in Through eight regular season games, OU s top nine scorers average between 13.4 and 27.6 minutes a contest (a 10th player, Tony Neysmith, averages 8.4 minutes). Seven players average more than 17.4 minutes per game. Eight players average at least 5.0 points an outing, with three of them (Blake Griffin, Tony Crocker and Longar Longar) averaging double figures. Tony Crocker averages a team-high 27.6 minutes, the lowest figure among Big 12 players who lead their team in minutes played. HOME IS WHERE THE W IS Lloyd Noble Center has been overly kind to the Sooners, as they have won 47 of the last 53 games and 102 of the last 113 in the building. OU is (.857) at Lloyd Noble since it opened for the campaign. The Sooners have posted home winning streaks of 51 games ( ) and 37 games ( ). The 37-game streak is a Big 12 Conference record (the league s first year was in ). HOME COURT NON-CONFERENCE RULE The Sooners have won 57 of their last 58 non-conference home games (and 65 of their last 67). Last year, visiting Villanova posted a win in Norman for OU s first home defeat in a non-conference game since Dec. 22, 1999 (Cincinnati). SOONER HOOPS WITH JEFF CAPEL STARTS THURSDAY Hosted by Bob Carpenter, the version of the Sooner Hoops with Jeff Capel television show will air for the first time on Thursday (Dec. 6). The 30-minute program, which is taped at OU s SoonerVision studio, will be seen across the state and on regional and national stations this year. In Oklahoma City, the show will air on Cox Cable Channel 7 on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., on KWTV Channel 9 on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. and on KAUT Channel 43 on Sundays at 8:30 p.m. In Tulsa, it will be shown on Cox Cable Channel 7 on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and KQCW Channel 19 on Saturdays at 3:30 p.m. Sooner Hoops with Jeff Capel will also air in the Enid, Guymon, Lawton, Ponca City and Woodward markets inside the state of Oklahoma, as well as in Sherman, Texas, and Kansas City, Mo. It will be carried regionally by FSN Southwest and nationally by CSTV (beginning Jan. 12) and Fox College Sports. Check local listings for air dates and stations. CAPEL SIGNS FOUR, INCLUDING TOP-15 NATIONAL RECRUIT WILLIE WARREN BIG 12 S CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS Oklahoma 26 Kansas 24 Oklahoma State 19 Texas 9 Kansas State 3 Texas A&M 3 Nebraska 2 Missouri 1 Texas Tech 1 Baylor 0 Colorado 0 Iowa State 0 Second-year Oklahoma men s basketball head coach Jeff Capel announced a four-man list of November signees on Nov. 13, a group rated in the top 20 nationally by ESPN recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons. Headlining the class is guard and top-15 national recruit Willie Warren (Fort Worth, Texas/North Crowley HS). Joining Warren as Sooners next year will be high school guard Ray Willis (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake HS), junior college center Orlando Allen (Cincinnati, Ohio/Paris [Texas] JC) and junior college forward Kyle Cannon (Baltimore, Md./San Jacinto [Texas] JC). I think it s a very good class, said Capel. We ve addressed specific needs. I think we ve signed four talented players and, just as important, four really good kids who want to be a part of what we re building and want to be a part of this university. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown Note Orlando Allen C Cincinnati, Ohio Regarded as best Big 12 center prospect by Rivals Kyle Cannon F Baltimore, Md. Preseason first-team NJCAA All-American Willie Warren G Fort Worth, Texas Top 15 national recruit (No. 6 by Hoop Scoop Online) Ray Willis G Atlanta, Ga. 3-star ranking by Rivals and Scout OU vs. TULSA 5

6 LAST YEAR VS. TULSA (OU 58, TULSA 48) Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Tulsa vs Oklahoma 12/21/06 3:30 p.m. City, Okla. (Ford Center) VISITORS: Tulsa 8-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 04 WALLS, Calvin... f RAMSDELL, Charles... f UZOH, Ben... g McDADE, Brett... g EARLS, Rod... g HILL, Mark CROW, Darold McLEAN, Jamel MITCHELL, Sam REESE, Ray TEAM Totals TOTAL FG% 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 28.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 30.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 63.6% HOME TEAM: Oklahoma 7-3 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 32 Griffin, Taylor... f Longar, Longar... c Neal, Michael... g Crocker, Tony... g Johnson, Austin... g Clark, Keith Walker, Chris Godbold, David Carter, Nate TEAM Totals TOTAL FG% 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 44.9% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 25.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 57.9% Officials: Steve Welmer, Mark Whitehead, Jim Burr Technical fouls: Tulsa-None. Oklahoma-None. Attendance: Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Tulsa Oklahoma Points in the paint-tls 12,OU 30. Points off turnovers-tls 20,OU 15. 2nd chance points-tls 4,OU 7. Fast break points-tls 0,OU 8. Bench points-tls 19,OU 9. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-TLS 2nd-01:18, OU 2nd-01:45. Largest lead-tls None, OU by 11 2nd-03:17. 6 OU vs. TULSA

7 00 KEITH CLARK (6-8, 240, SOPHOMORE, FORWARD) Averaging 6.6 points in 17.4 minutes a game while shooting.462 from the field. Scored a career-high 13 points against USC last Thursday in a career-high 23 minutes. Stands 6-8 and weighs 240 pounds but has made 11 3-pointers in 19 career games. Tore the ACL and MCL in right knee Dec. 28 of last year and missed season s final 20 contests. Averaged 3.8 points and 2.3 rebounds in 12.2 minutes an outing last year. Averaged 14.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 8.5 assists a game as a senior at Putnam City HS. Ranked as the nation s No. 57 overall player by Rivals.com coming out of high school. 2 TONY NEYSMITH (6-5, 203, FRESHMAN, GUARD) A true freshman combo guard who is averaging 8.4 minutes a contest off the bench. Is 2-for-4 at the free throw line and has attempted only four field goals. Averaged 7.0 points and 3.0 assists (22.8 mpg) during 4-game exhibition trip to Canada. Ranked as nation s No. 100 high school recruit in 2007 class by Rivals.com. Helped Norcross (Ga.) High School to Class AAAAA state title last year and No. 12 final national ranking by averaging 10.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists. Nephew of former two-time Big Eight Conference scoring leader Derrick Chievous (Missouri). 4 DAU JOK (6-1, 176, SOPHOMORE, GUARD) A walk-on from Olathe, Kan., who is originally from Sudan and also lived in Ethiopia and Kenya. Has played a total of 7 minutes in 5 games but has not taken a shot. First cousin of OU senior center Longar Longar. Attended Iowa Central Community College during and school years and practiced with the basketball team as a freshman (was not on team as a sophomore). Averaged 10.4 points and 4.0 rebounds a game as a high school senior at Olathe North HS. Competed on cross country and track teams his junior and senior years of high school (track team won state title his senior season when his 4x400 relay team finished in second place). 5 TONY CROCKER (6-6, 193, SOPHOMORE, GUARD) Averaging 11.9 points a game, 4.5 rebounds and a team-high 2.8 assists a game. Scored a career-high 24 points (20 by halftime) at TCU on Sunday with the help of 6-for-7 3-point shooting. Also tied a career high with 9 rebounds in the contest. Shooting.542 from the field and.548 (17-for-31) from 3-point range (ranks 2nd in Big 12). In home games, shooting.692 from the floor and.643 (9-for-14) from behind the arc. Made 4 treys against Denver, 4 against Morehead State and 6 at TCU. Sustained traumatic compartment syndrome in left leg after getting kneed in practice (required the surgical release of blood on Aug. 28; missed team s exhibition trip to Canada). Started a team-high 25 games last year as a frosh and averaged 8.6 points and 3.7 boards. Scored at least 14 points on 9 occasions last season. Ranked by Rivals.com as the nation s No. 80 overall player in the 2006 recruiting class. Lived in Lawton, Okla., through middle school before moving to San Antonio, Texas. 11 OMAR LEARY (5-10, 163, JUNIOR, GUARD) Ranks 4th on team by averaging 8.1 points in 21.9 minutes per outing (started last 6 games). Had 10 assists entering Sunday s TCU game but handed out 8 against the Horned Frogs. Boasts a.522 field goal percentage and is shooting.423 (11-for-26) from 3-point land. Has made at least one 3-pointer in each contest this year (was 4-for-6 against Denver). A first-team All-American at Northeastern (Colo.) Junior College last year when he averaged 14.0 points and 6.3 assists while shooting.439 from 3-point range. Averaged 21.5 points and 5.5 assists over 4 games at the national junior college tournament. His uncle (Gary Ladd) was a 1972 fifth-round draft pick of the Seattle SuperSonics. 15 DAVID GODBOLD (6-5, 221, SENIOR, GUARD) One of three team captains (Taylor Griffin and Longar Longar are the others). Averaging 5.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest. Has come off the bench in 6 of 8 games (lone starts came against Gardner-Webb and USC). Averaged career highs of 7.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game last year as a junior. Scored a career-high 20 points against No. 6 Texas A&M last year (was 5-for-7 on 3-pointers). Made at least 3 treys in a game 8 times last season. Has played in more games (96) and made more starts (50) than any other current Sooner. Started 11 games as a freshman (team was 9-2), including OU s final 10. PLAYER NOTES 20 AUSTIN JOHNSON (6-3, 165, JUNIOR, GUARD) Has started 6 of 8 games and is averaging 7.6 points and 2.6 assists. Averaging 13.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists last 2 games (is 6-for-9 on 3-pointers). Pulled down a career-high 8 rebounds in victory at TCU on Sunday. Missed team s Labor Day weekend exhibition trip to Canada with a back injury. Logged 7 points and 7 assists without a turnover in season opener against San Francisco. Started 23 games last year at the point and averaged 7.0 points and team-high 2.8 assists. A two-time first-team All-State player in Texas at Amarillo Palo Duro High School. Recorded a quadruple-double as a sophomore (24 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals). 23 BLAKE GRIFFIN (6-10, 243, FRESHMAN, FORWARD) Regarded as the most heralded OU basketball freshman since Wayman Tisdale (25 years ago). The sixth McDonald s All-America signee in school history. Leads team in both scoring (13.6 ppg) and rebounding (8.4 rpg) in 26.0 minutes a contest. Ranks 13th in Big 12 in scoring and 4th in rebounding. Shooting.577 from the field (ranks 4th in Big 12) and.679 (19-for-28) at the foul line. Has 3 double-doubles on the year (averaging 16.7 points and 12.0 boards in those games). Averaged team-highs of 18.8 points and 9.0 rebounds in 19.8 minutes a game during OU s four-game Labor Day weekend trip to Vancouver, B.C. Won four high school state titles Christian school under his father (Tommy Griffin), the first two with his older brother and current teammate (Taylor). Averaged 26.8 points, 15.1 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.9 blocks as a high school senior. His four high school teams combined for a record. 30 LONGAR LONGAR (6-11, 234, SENIOR, CENTER) One of three team captains (David Godbold and Taylor Griffin are the others). Ranks 3rd on team in scoring (10.5) and 2nd in rebounding (6.7) while shooting.508 overall. Has scored in single digits the last 2 games after reaching double figures the previous 4. Averaged 14.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in New York vs. No. 3 Memphis and Gardner-Webb. Boasts a.573 career field goal percentage. Averaged 10.4 points a game last year (ranked 2nd on team) and a team-high 7.1 rebounds. Had 27 points and seven boards in lone freshman start against Florida A&M. Was born in Sudan and also lived in Egypt before moving to the U.S. at age TAYLOR GRIFFIN (6-7, 230, JUNIOR, FORWARD) One of three team captains (David Godbold and Longar Longar are the others). Has started 4 of 8 games and ranks seventh on team with his 6.3 points per contest. Also averaging 3.0 rebounds in 18.5 minutes a game. Has already made twice as many 3-pointers this year (4) than he did all of last season (2). Won two Class 3A state titles Christian School, both of them with his brother, Blake (coached by father, Tommy). Had a quadruple-double as a high school senior (22 points, 12 boards, 10 assists, 10 blocks). A health and exercise sciences/pre-med major at OU. 34 CADE DAVIS (6-5, 203, FRESHMAN, GUARD) True frosh who started first 2 games and is averaging 4.3 points in 13.4 minutes a contest. Scored 8 points (2-for-2 from 3-point range) in 14 minutes Nov. 21 versus Morehead State. Is a perfect 11-for-11 from the free throw line. Scored a team-high 19 points in second exhibition game vs. Fayetteville State (hit 5 treys). Regarded as the state of Oklahoma s second best high school player last year behind fellow OU freshman Blake Griffin. Led each of his four Elk City High School teams in scoring and averaged 23.4 points, 10.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.3 steals last year as a senior. 45 BEAU GERBER (6-8, 224, SOPHOMORE, FORWARD) A second-year walk-on who has earned the respect of the staff and each of his teammates. Has played a total of 7 minutes in 4 games this season. A a first-team 5A All-State selection at Winfield (Kan.) High School in Averaged 16.1 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.8 blocks a game as a senior. Was a second-team All-State pick as a junior. Posted a 3.94 high school GPA and a 3.91 GPA as a college frosh (mechanical engineering). OU vs. TULSA 7

8 SEASON RESULTS Date Opponent Score W/L Attend. Points Leader Rebounds Leader Assists Leader 11/8 San Francisco # W 8,219 B. Griffin...18 B. Griffin Johnson /9 Denver # W 8, 266 B. Griffin...15 Longar... 8 T. Griffin /12 Alcorn State W 9,246 Longar...20 B. Griffin Godbold /15 vs. Memphis (3) $ L 7,308 Longar...13 B. Griffin... 8 Godbold, Longar /16 vs. Gardner Webb $ W 8,895 B. Griffin...17 Longar Godbold /21 Morehead State W 9,732 B. Griffin...16 B. Griffin Crocker /29 at USC (22) % L 9,288 Clark, Johnson...13 B. Griffin... 9 Johnson /2 at TCU W 3,858 Crocker...24 Longar Leary /5 Tulsa 12/8 Stephen F. Austin 12/15 Arkansas 12/20 vs. Gonzaga ^ 12/29 at West Virginia & 1/5 Rice 1/7 Mount St. Mary s 1/12 Kansas State 1/14 at Kansas 1/19 Texas Tech 1/26 at Baylor 1/28 Oklahoma State 2/2 at Texas A&M 2/6 Texas 2/9 at Colorado 2/13 Iowa State 2/16 at Texas Tech 2/19 Baylor 2/23 at Texas 2/27 at Nebraska 3/1 Texas A&M 3/5 State 3/8 Missouri Associated Press rankings in parentheses # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Regional Rounds (Norman, Okla.) $ 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Championship Rounds (New York, N.Y.) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ^ O Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City, Okla.) & Charleston, W.Va. Record Overall Home Away Neutral All Games Big 12 Games Non-Conference Games Attendance Summary Totals Avg./Game Home 35,463 8,866 Away 13,146 6,573 Neutral 16,203 8,102 Total 64,812 8,102 8 OU vs. TULSA

9 SEASON STATISTICS (6-2) ---TOTAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Griffin, Blake Crocker, Tony Longar, Longar Leary, Omar Johnson, Austin Clark, Keith Griffin, Taylor Godbold, David Davis, Cade Neysmith, Tony Gerber, Beau Jok, Dau TEAM Total Opponents HOME GAME STATISTICS (4-0) ---TOTAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Griffin, Blake Crocker, Tony Longar, Longar Leary, Omar Griffin, Taylor Davis, Cade Clark, Keith Johnson, Austin Godbold, David Neysmith, Tony Gerber, Beau Jok, Dau TEAM Total Opponents OU vs. TULSA 9

10 POINTS, REBOUNDS, ASSISTS Date Opponent CLARK NEYSMITH JOK CROCKER LEARY GODBOLD JOHNSON B. GRIFFIN LONGAR T. GRIFFIN DAVIS GERBER 11/8 San Francisco # /9 Denver # /12 Alcorn State DNP 11/15 vs. Memphis (3) $ DNP DNP DNP DNP 11/16 vs. Gardner Webb $ DNP DNP 11/21 Morehead State /29 at USC (22) % DNP DNP 12/2 at TCU /5 Tulsa 12/8 Stephen F. Austin 12/15 Arkansas 12/20 vs. Gonzaga ^ 12/29 at West Virginia & 1/5 Rice 1/7 Mount St. Mary s 1/12 Kansas State 1/14 at Kansas 1/19 Texas Tech 1/26 at Baylor 1/28 Oklahoma State 2/2 at Texas A&M 2/6 Texas 2/9 at Colorado 2/13 Iowa State 2/16 at Texas Tech 2/19 Baylor 2/23 at Texas 2/27 at Nebraska 3/1 Texas A&M 3/5 State 3/8 Missouri Starters underlined Associated Press rankings in parentheses # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Regional Rounds (Norman, Okla.) $ 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Championship Rounds (New York, N.Y.) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ^ O Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City, Okla.) & Charleston, W.Va. 10 OU vs. TULSA

11 GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATS FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. O/D/T PF A TO B S 1 2 TP San Francisco /21/ /24/ Denver /11/ /16/ Alcorn State /21/ /31/ Memphis (3) # /27/ vs. Oklahoma # /28/ Oklahoma # Gardner Webb # /34/44 15/24/ Morehead State /14/ /27/ Oklahoma % at USC (22) % /19/28 10/28/ Oklahoma at TCU /32/50 14/19/ Tulsa Stephen F. Austin Arkansas Oklahoma ^ vs. Gonzaga ^ Oklahoma & at West Virginia & Rice Mount St. Mary s Kansas State Oklahoma at Kansas Texas Tech Oklahoma at Baylor Oklahoma State Oklahoma at Texas A&M Texas Oklahoma at Colorado Iowa State Oklahoma at Texas Tech Baylor Oklahoma at Texas Oklahoma at Nebraska Texas A&M Oklahoma State Missouri Associated Press rankings in parentheses # 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Regional Rounds (Norman, Okla.) $ 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Championship Rounds (New York, N.Y.) % Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series ^ O Reilly All-College Classic (Oklahoma City, Okla.) & Charleston, W.Va. OU vs. TULSA 11

12 TEAM HIGHS AND LOWS OKLAHOMA HIGH LOW Points 99 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 53 vs. Memphis (11/15) Points in a Half 50 (first) vs.alcorn State (11/12) 18 (first) vs. USC (11/29) Winning Margin 40 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 16 vs. San Francisco (11/8) Field Goals 36 vs. TCU (12/2) 21 vs. Memphis (11/15) and USC(11/29) Field Goal Attempts 66 vs. TCU (12/2) 45 vs. Morehead State (11/21) Field Goal Percentage.600 vs. Denver (11/9).356 vs. USC (11/29) 3-Point Field Goals 13 vs. Denver (11/9) 4 (three times) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 27 vs. USC (11/29) 14 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/16) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (min. 10 att.).565 (13-for-23) vs. Denver (11/9).235 (4-for-17) vs. San Francisco (11/8) Free Throws Made 25 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 5 vs. USC (11/29) Free Throw Attempts 33 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 9 vs. Denver (11/9) Free Throw Percentage (min. 10 att.).778 (twice).455 (5-for-11) vs. USC (11/29) Rebounds 50 vs. TCU (12/2) 27 vs. Denver (11/9) Personal Fouls 22 vs. Memphis (11/15) 12 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/16) Assists 24 vs. TCU (12/2) 8 vs. USC (11/29) Turnovers 20 vs. Morehead State (11/21) 10 vs. USC (11/29) Blocked Shots 7 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/16) 1 vs. Memphis (11/15) Steals 12 vs. Alcorn State (11/12) 3 vs. USC (11/29) OPPONENTS HIGH LOW Points 66 by USC (11/29) 42 by Morehead State (11/21) Points in a Half 37 (second) by USC (11/29) 20 (second) by Morehead State (11/21) Winning Margin 11 by USC (11/29) 10 by Memphis (11/15) Field Goals 23 by USC (11/29) 15 by Denver (11/9) Field Goal Attempts 68 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) 33 by Denver (11/9) Field Goal Percentage.455 by Denver (11/9).279 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) 3-Point Field Goals 14 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) 2 by San Francisco (11/8) and USC (11/29) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 37 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) 8 by USC (11/29) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (min. 10 att.).385 (5-for-13) by Denver (11/9).100 (2-for-20) by San Francisco (11/8) Free Throws Made 18 by USC (11/29) 3 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) Free Throw Attempts 25 by USC (11/29) 3 by Gardner-Webb (11/16) Free Throw Percentage (min. 10 att.).833 (15-for-18) by Denver (11/9).478 (11-for-23) by Memphis (11/15) Rebounds 41 by Memphis (11/15) 16 by Denver (11/9) Personal Fouls 23 by Alcorn State (11/12) 14 by Denver (11/9) and USC (11/29) Assists 16 by TCU (12/2) 3 by USC (11/29) Turnovers 21 by Alcorn State (11/12) 11 by TCU (12/2) Blocked Shots 7 by Memphis (11/15) 0 by Morehead State (11/21) Steals 11 by Morehead State (11/21) 3 by Denver (11/9) 12 OU vs. TULSA

13 SITUATIONAL RECORDS Situation Record When ahead at halftime When tied at halftime When behind at halftime When shooting.500 or better from the field When shooting less than.500 from the field When outrebounding opponents When tied or outrebounded When committing more turnovers When commiting same or less turnovers When scoring points When scoring points When scoring points When scoring points When scoring points When scoring 90 or more points When opponent scores less than 40 points When opponent scores points When opponent scores points When opponent scores points When opponent scores points When opponent scores points When opponent scores 90 or more points When game is decided by five points or less When game is decided by 6-10 points When game is decided by points When game is decided by 21 or more points When games goes to overtime When winning the opening tip When losing the opening tip OU vs. TULSA 13

14 00 KEITH CLARK 6-8, 240, SOPHOMORE, FORWARD OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (PUTNAM CITY HS) 2 TONY NEYSMITH 6-5, 203, FRESHMAN, GUARD NORCROSS, GA. (NORCROSS HS) CLARK GAME BY GAME IN N8 San Francisco N9 Denver N12 Alcorn State N15 vs. Memphis (3) * N16 vs. Gardner-Webb N21 Morehead State N29 at USC (22) D2 at TCU M5 State CLARK S CAREER HIGHS Points...13 vs. USC (11/29/07) Field Goals...4 vs. USC (11/29/07) Field Goal Attempts...9 vs. USC (11/29/07) 3-Point Field Goals...2 (twice) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts...5 vs. USC (11/29/07) Free Throws Made... 3 (three times) Free Throw Attempts... 4 (three times) Rebounds... 4 (three times) Assists...3 (twice) Blocked Shots... 3 vs. Norfolk State (11/10/06) Steals...3 (twice) Minutes Played...23 vs. USC (11/29/07) NEYSMITH GAME BY GAME IN N8 San Francisco N9 Denver N12 Alcorn State N15 vs. Memphis (3) 0-0 Did Not Play N16 vs. Gardner-Webb N21 Morehead State N29 at USC (22) D2 at TCU M5 State NEYSMITH S CAREER HIGHS Points...2 vs. Alcorn State (11/12/07) Field Goals... None Field Goal Attempts...2 (twice) 3-Point Field Goals... None 3-Point Field Goal Attempts...1 vs. Morehead State (11/21/07) Free Throws Made...2 vs. Alcorn State (11/12/07) Free Throw Attempts...2 (twice) Rebounds...3 vs. Denver (11/9/07) Assists...2 vs. Denver (11/9/07) Blocked Shots... None Steals...2 vs. Morehead State (11/21/07) Minutes Played...22 vs. Denver (11/9/07) 14 OU vs. TULSA

15 4 DAU JOK 6-1, 176, SOPHOMORE, GUARD OLATHE, KAN. (IOWA CENTRAL CC) 5 TONY CROCKER 6-6, 193, SOPHOMORE, GUARD SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (THE PATTERSON SCHOOL [N.C.]) JOK GAME BY GAME IN N8 San Francisco N9 Denver N12 Alcorn State N15 vs. Memphis (3) Did Not Play N16 vs. Gardner-Webb Did Not Play N21 Morehead State N29 at USC (22) Did Not Play D2 at TCU M5 State JOK S CAREER HIGHS Points... None Field Goals... None Field Goal Attempts... None 3-Point Field Goals... None 3-Point Field Goal Attempts... None Free Throws Made... None Free Throw Attempts... None Rebounds... None Assists... None Blocked Shots... None Steals... None Minutes Played...2 (twice) CROCKER GAME BY GAME IN N8 San Francisco * N9 Denver * N12 Alcorn State * N15 vs. Memphis (3) * N16 vs. Gardner-Webb N21 Morehead State * N29 at USC (22) * D2 at TCU * M5 State CROCKER S CAREER HIGHS Points vs. TCU (12/2/07) Field Goals...8 (twice) Field Goal Attempts...14 vs. Alabama (1/1/07) 3-Point Field Goals... 6 vs. TCU (12/2/07) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts...7 (twice) Free Throws Made...13 vs. Colorado (1/10/07) Free Throw Attempts...15 vs. Colorado (1/10/07) Rebounds...9 (twice) Assists...7 vs. Morehead State (11/21/07) Blocked Shots...2 (twice) Steals...3 (twice) Minutes Played...37 vs. USC (11/29/07) OU vs. TULSA 15