Oklahoma Basketball Vs. Sam Houston | Storylines, How To Watch, Odds, & Predictions

M. Hofeld

4 years ago

The Sooners and Bearkats have faced each other five times and OU has won all five games.
OU earned the 89-53 victory over Oklahoma City in an exhibition contest at Lloyd Noble Center on Oct. 25. Four Sooners finished with double-figure points. Grant Sherfield scored a team-high 14 points and added four assists. Tanner Groves tallied a double-double, adding 12 points and a team-high 11 rebounds.
Oklahoma was picked to finish seventh in the Big 12 Preseason Poll.
The Sooners return 44.1% of their scoring, 52.9% rebounding and 38% assists from the 2021-22 team. Tanner Groves is Oklahoma’s top returning scorer (11.6 PPG) and Jalen Hill is the top returning rebounder (5.9).

Sam Houston

G – Qua Grant

G – Javion May

G – Donte Powers

F – Tristan Ikpe

F – Kaosi Ezeagu

Oklahoma

G – Grant Sherfield

G – C.J. Noland

F – Jacob Groves

F – Jalen Hill

F/C – Tanner Groves

Oklahoma earned the 75-44 victory over Sam Houston and moved to 5-0 in the all-time series against the Bearkats behind double-doubles by Eduardo Najera and Ryan Humphrey.
Najera recorded a team-high 18 points and matched Humphrey with a team-best 13 rebounds. Oleg Reztsov poured in 15 points off the bench and Michael Johnson recorded a game-high four assists.
Oklahoma dominated the boards, outrebounding Sam Houston 57-39. The Sooners also recorded 13 steals on the night.

The Bearkats were picked to finish eighth in the Western Athletic Conference coaches poll and sixth by the media.
Senior Javion May was selected to the Preseason Coaches’ All-WAC Second Team. May is one of three starters returning from the 2021-22 team. He was named to the 2022 WAC All-Defensive Team and averaged 5.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game.
Jaden Ray started 30 games last season and averaged 8.3 points per game. Tristan Ikpe started 32 games last season and adds 6.7 points and 5. 7 rebounds per game.

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