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3 takeaways from Oklahoma’s 73-54 loss to Stanford

Oklahoma (5-1) drops their first game of the season, losing to Stanford (7-0), 73 to 54.

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.

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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Kristian Doolittle named Big 12 Player of the Week

With Jalen Hurts being named offensive player of the week earlier today, Oklahoma forward Kristian Doolittle received some hardware.

Football? Basketball? Why not both?

With Jalen Hurts being named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week earlier today, Oklahoma forward Kristian Doolittle was named Big 12 player of the week.

Doolittle had a double double against Oregon State last Tuesday, tallying 19 points and 16 rebounds in the 77-69 win over the Beavers.

This is Doolittle’s first weekly Big 12 honor of his career and the first weekly honor since Christian James in December of 2018.

Doolittle’s 19 points, 16 rebounds and four assists was just the third such stat line in Oklahoma men’s basketball history. Both Eduardo Najera and Blake Griffin recorded such stat lines, with Griffin doing it twice in his Sooner career.

Doolittle has averaged 8.4 points a game and 6.1 rebounds per game in his career.

Doolittle and the Sooners are set to take on William & Mary at 6 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center. The game can be found on FOX Sports Southwest as well as the Sooner Sports Network.

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