Sooners fall short of upset

Doolittle was his regular self, but there had been adjustments for the Sooners on Monday evening.

Mentor Lon Kruger, hunting for a spark, shifted his commencing 5. He re-inserted Aaron Calixte into the lineup in put of Rashard Odomes. It was the initial glance at a commencing backcourt of issue guards Calixte and Jamal Bieniemy.

It wasn’t the only improve. Junior Matt Freeman, who experienced averaged just 4 minutes per video game in OU’s very last 5 video games, was the initial man off Kruger’s bench.

The extend ahead connected on his initial 3-issue attempt and scored 6 points in the initial 11 minutes. That was all the scoring he would do in eight minutes, but it was the initial time he reached 6 points due to the fact Dec. 15.

Oklahoma returns to the household flooring at 3 p.m. Saturday in opposition to Texas Tech.