Postgame Notes

Texas A&M 60, OU 52

Feb. 2, 2008

• Ahead 29-23 at halftime and 51-50 with 3:20 left in the game, Oklahoma was outscored 10-1 down the stretch in a 60-52 loss at No. 23 Texas A&M. The defeat snapped OU's three-game winning streak and dropped the Sooners to 15-6 overall and 3-3 in the Big 12.

• OU lost despite holding Texas A&M to .354 field goal shooting. The Aggies countered their effort from the field with a 23-for-30 (.767) performance at the free throw line. The Sooners were 8-for-13 (.615) at the foul line. A&M attempted 20 free throws in the second half to OU's four.

• The Sooners were whistled for 23 personal fouls, a season high.

• Texas A&M's 23 first-half points were its fewest in its 16 home games this year. Its previous low was 30.

• David Godbold scored a career-high 20 points with the help of a career-high six 3-point makes (on 10 attempts). He added five rebounds, two blocks and two steals. Godbold's previous career high of 20 points came last year against Texas A&M in Norman (he made five treys in that contest).

• Godbold is now averaging 11.3 points and 5.8 rebounds in Big 12 play while shooting .400 from long range (14-for-35).

• The Aggies held Blake Griffin to only five field goal attempts (he made two). The freshman forward finished with six points, a team-high eight rebounds, two assists and three blocks in 38 minutes. Griffin entered the game with 40-minute averages of 25.7 points and 14.8 rebounds in Big 12 play (ranked third and first in the league, respectively).

• Griffin had scored in double figures in 11 straight games (not including the Jan. 14 Kansas contest when he played just five minutes before leaving with an injured knee).

• Either Blake Griffin (seven times) or Taylor Griffin (four times) has led OU in rebounding in each of the last 11 games.

• Oklahoma held Texas A&M's guards to 6-for-22 (.273) field goal shooting on the day (1-for-10 in the first half). Josh Carter, who was averaging a team-high 13.7 points and had scored in double figures in 15 straight outings, was held to six points on 2-for-9 shooting.

• The Sooners tied a season high with seven blocked shots. They have registered seven rejections in three of the last four games (they had six in the other game).

• For the second year in a row, the Aggies handed the Sooners their first loss when leading at halftime. OU was 11-0 this season when ahead at intermission.

• OU's eight 3-pointers (on 18 attempts) were its most in a regulation game since Dec. 15 when it was 11-for-25 in a victory over Arkansas (OU also made eight treys in the double-overtime win at West Virginia on Dec. 29).

• Entering the game with a +9.3 average rebounding margin, Texas A&M outboarded the Sooners 35-28 (12-5 on the offensive glass). The Aggies scored 12 second-chance points to OU's five.

• Oklahoma returns home Wednesday for a 6 p.m. CST home game against No. 10 Texas (17-5, 4-2).

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