The day has finally come as the Oklahoma Sooners are set to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in the [autotag]Jumpman Invitational[/autotag]. This is a battle of top 13 teams in the country.
This is also a matchup of two of the best offenses in the sport. UNC is ranked No. 26 in the country, and Oklahoma is ranked No. 29 in the country in scoring offense. The Tar Heels’ offense is led by senior guard [autotag]RJ Davis[/autotag]. Davis has scored 23 or more in his last six games averaging 26.7 points per game during that span.
For Oklahoma, it’s more of a balanced attack. One game, it might be [autotag]Otega Oweh[/autotag]’s night. The next, it might be [autotag]Javian McCollum[/autotag]’s night, [autotag]Milos Uzan[/autotag]’s night, or even [autotag]John Hugley IV[/autotag] leading the way.
Porter Moser shared about the challenges of defending Davis. “The matchups with RJ, it’s got to be collective,” Moser said. “They set a lot of ball screens. We’ve got to be great in our ball screen defense. We can’t let him just run wild in ball screens. Our ball screen defense has been good. Much better since Day 1. Sam (Godwin) has really improved in his ball screen defense.”
But Davis isn’t the only one they have to worry about. North Carolina also has one of the best big men in the country in [autotag]Armando Bacot[/autotag], and one of the best shooters in the country in [autotag]Harrison Ingram[/autotag]. Bacot averages 15.2 points per game and 11.3 rebounds per game. Ingram shoots the three at 43.2%.
The Sooners’ defense will no doubt have their hands full Wednesday night.
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