Oklahoma enters this game having won seven consecutive contests. The Sooners are also 3-0 in true road games this season.
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Doolittle Leads Sooners To 76-69 OT Win Over Northwestern
It was a night where nothing was going to come easy in a game that was going to be a dogfight from start to finish. It was a night that would push Oklahoma’s limits all the way to overtime. It was a night where the Sooners would need Kristian Doolittle.
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The Sooners are playing a basketball game in the Chicago area for the first time since 1947. They’ll be looking to snap a nine-game road losing streak against major-conference teams when they take on Northwestern tonight.
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Tonight’s game will be a classic defense vs. offense matchup. The Sooners are limiting opponents to 36.2 percent shooting (sixth best in the country) while the Bluejays are shooting 51.0 percent from the field and a nation-leading 44.8 percent from behind the 3-point arc. KenPom.com’s efficiency ratings rank the Sooners as the 15th best defense in college basketball and Creighton as the 15th best offense.
View More Oklahoma Sooners Basketball Preview | Creighton BluejaysOklahoma Sooners Improve To 9-1 Behind Win Over USC Trojans
Throughout the duration of the non-conference portion of the schedule, the Oklahoma Sooners appeared on their home court just twice in ten outings. The most recent contest once again took place outside of Lloyd Noble Center as the program journeyed to Tulsa for a bout with the USC Trojans. Clearly finding an identity behind Christian James and Lon Kruger’s defensive schematics, the group cruised to another victory, this one by a final of 81-70.
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OU is 7-5 all-time against USC, most recently defeating the Trojans, 85-83, last season at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. The Sooners are 4-2 when facing the Trojans in Oklahoma.
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Saturday’s game against the Shockers is Oklahoma’s ninth of the season and seventh away from Lloyd Nobel. Ten of OU’s first 13 games this season are being played outside of Norman. The Sooners have won five games on the road or on neutral sites. No other Big 12 team has more than three wins away from home.
View More Oklahoma Sooners Basketball Preview | Wichita StateOklahoma Rolls Undefeated North Texas Behind Reynolds’ 17 Points
Star guard Christian James was limited to just 9 points, on 3-7 shooting, in twenty minutes of playing time but Miles Reynolds and Jamuni McNeace were more than capable of carrying the team.
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Oklahoma went 2-1 in the Bahamas over the Thanksgiving break with a 65-54 win over Dayton in the finale.
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Jamuni McNeace provided a rim-protecting defensive presence and tallied up 11 points in helping the Sooners take control early. Providing the types of vicious blocks that Oklahoma fans have become accustomed to seeing from the 6-10 senior, McNeace had four swats for the game and also pulled down six rebounds.
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