No. 9 Oklahoma came into Monday night as one of the hottest teams in the country, but knew they faced another stiff test facing No. 13 Texas Tech in Lubbock without two starters in Austin Reaves and Alondes Williams.
In a low-scoring, slugfest of a game the Sooners made a late push to pull within three points after falling behind by as much as ten with around three minutes to play. But alas, the Red Raiders had good free throw shooting late to seal the deal.
Umoja Gibson led Oklahoma in scoring with 14 points including some very helpful three-point shooting to help keep them close late in the game. But overall, the offensive firepower was lacking in this one.
The loss drops the Sooners to 11-5 on the season and 6-4 in Big 12 play. Here are three takeaways from the game:
Oklahoma missed austin reaves
Oklahoma managed to overcome the fact they didn’t have Austin Reaves or Alondes Williams on Saturday against Alabama, but they missed them in this game. Especially Reaves.
Reaves is their go-to guy in most games, but he really is when they go on the road into tough environments. They really lacked his leadership and ability to get his own shot dearly in this game.
The first half of the game offensively was dreadful for the Sooners with them only scoring 18 points. His leadership and scoring were sorely missed in this one.