Oklahoma (5-1) drops their first game of the season, losing to Stanford (7-0), 73 to 54.
Here is what went wrong, allowing the Sooners to lose.
SLOW START
Yet again, Oklahoma started slow, but this time it costed them the game. The Sooners had to wait nearly six minutes to get their first bucket of the game before Austin Reaves finally got them on the board.
For those of you standing at home, you may finally take a seat.#Sooners finally score with 14:23 left in the first half.
OU down 17-2
— Brayden Conover (@BraydenOKCLE) November 26, 2019
Oklahoma did a wonderful job from that point on to halftime, cutting the lead to nine before allowing the lead to balloon to 13 at the break.
POOR EFFORT DEFENSIVELY
Being behind the eight ball from the get go did not help, but the Sooners had a poor defensive performance against the Cardinal.
Allowing Stanford to shoot 10 of 25 from behind the arc, the Sooners were lit up from downtown once again.
Oklahoma was also taken to school as they were out rebounded 51-32. The extra possessions for the Cardinal were taken advantage of, allowing the lead to swell and keep the Sooners out of the game.
WHAT ARE THREE POINTERS?
Being a jump shot team only works when the lids retaken off the baskets. Oklahoma shot four of seventeen from deep, shooting themselves out ever having a shot at a comeback.
Moving forward, Sooners like De’Vion Harmon and Jamal Bieniemy are going to have to makes shots when they shoot to allow more room on the floor for volume scorers like Reaves, Brady Manek and Kristian Doolittle.
Oklahoma will have a quick turnaround, playing Missouri (4-2) tomorrow to close out the Hall of Fame Classic. Broadcast details have yet to be released.
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