A big piece of Oklahoma’s team looks to be on the way back.
Lon Kruger met with the media on Thursday and confirmed the belief that Austin Reaves is expected to make his return to the team for Saturday’s game against Iowa State as long as all goes well with testing over the next couple of days.
Reaves has been out due to contact tracing in the COVID-19 protocols and has missed the last two Sooners games against Alabama and Texas Tech. Getting him back will obviously be huge as both the leading scorer on the team but also as one of the leaders.
“We missed him a lot,” Umoja Gibson said on Thursday. “We can’t wait to get him back this Saturday.”
Kruger also said that Alondes Williams would be out again on Saturday as he still recovers from his positive COVID-19 test. If all goes well with him, he could be available for next Wednesday’s game against Baylor, although he will likely be eased back into things.
Since Reaves has been a case of contact tracing rather than testing positive himself, he has been able to do some work on his own and thus won’t need his return to come slowly. He should be able to go right back to his normal minutes according to Kruger.
Oklahoma hosts Iowa State on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. CT at the Lloyd Noble Center.
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