Oklahoma senior guard Austin Reaves and his teammates are preparing to try to turn things around this week at the Big 12 Tournament after wrapping the regular season on a four-game losing streak. Prior to that tough stretch to end the season, the Sooners were ranked No. 7 in the country and were one of the big surprise teams all year long.
A huge part of that has been because of the play of Reaves who is the triple crown of the Sooners as the team’s leading scorer as well as leading rebounder and assist getter. Before the season, he was named preseason All-Big 12. On Monday, that came to fruition as Reaves earned himself the all-conference honor. De’Vion Harmon was given an honorable mention nod.
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Congratulations to Austin Reaves for being named to the All-Big 12 First Team and @DeVionHarmon11 for earning honorable mention status.
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This season, Reaves has averaged a rock solid 17.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game. In conference play, those shift to 18.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists making him the first player in the history of the Big 12 to average those numbers collectively.
If he can close the season in the same place he is in now, he will be the first player in Oklahoma history to lead the team in all three categories of points, rebounds and assists. He has also been one the vocal leaders of the team all throughout the year. Reaves is the 11th player in Sooners history to get an All-Big 12 selection.
He will now look to keep his big season going at the conference tournament starting with a matchup against Iowa State on Wednesday night in Kansas City.
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