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Oklahoma Postgame Notes

OU 67, Arkansas 47

Dec. 2, 2009

• Oklahoma improved to 4-3 on the year with a 67-47 victory over Arkansas at Lloyd Noble Center.

• The Sooners shot .500 from the field (23-of-46) and were 9-of-21 from behind the arc (.430).

• OU used a 20-5 run over the final 3:37 of the first half (after scoring just 14 points the first 16:23 of the contest) to take a 34-27 lead.  The Sooners were 7-of-8 from the field during the stretch (6-of-7 from behind the arc), including 3-point conversions from Tony Crocker (2), Tommy Mason-Griffin (2), Cade Davis and Steven Pledger.  Crocker also netted the Sooners' lone basket from inside the arc during the run.   

• OU shot .875 from the field (7-of-8) over the final 3:37 of the first stanza after connecting on just 6-of-18 (.333) attempts to start the game. 

• The Sooners pushed their run to 25-6 after opening the second half on a 5-1 spurt.  OU pushed its lead to nine after Willie Warren's layup to open the second half and led by at least eight the rest of the contest. 

• Crocker notched his first career double-double with 16 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.  The senior was 6-of-12 (.500) from the field and also recorded two assists, one block and a steal in 36 minutes. 
 
• Crocker recorded his second game this season with double-digit boards after notching 10 last Thursday against Houston (his previous career high).  Entering the year, Crocker had just 10 career games with seven rebounds or more. 

• Crocker moved into a share of 30th place with Joe King on OU's all-time scoring list with 1,085 points.  With his two treys, Crocker surpassed Brent Price for sixth on OU's career 3-point makes list with 168. 

• Mason-Griffin (4-of-7 from the field, 3-of-4 from behind the arc) and Warren (4-of-4 from the field) scored 13 points apiece and combined for seven assists. 

• Davis added 11 points and recorded a game-high three steals.  Davis leads the team with 14 steals (2.0 average) and has seven over the last two games. 

• The Sooners have won six of the last seven over Arkansas, cutting into the Razorbacks' all-time series lead of 13-11. 

• OU improved to 73-2 in its last 75 home non-conference games and have won 15 straight such games. 

• Oklahoma guards accounted for 57 of its 67 points (85 percent).  On the year, OU guards have scored 406 of the team's 541 points (75 percent).  

• Arkansas' 47 points marked its lowest scoring output since losing 55-45 at Ole Miss on March 6, 2004.

• Rotnei Clarke was held to a season-low 11 points for the Razorbacks.  Clarke entered the game averaging 26.7 points and 5.8 3-point makes per contest (.574 from behind the arc).  The sophomore was 1-of-6 from 3-point distance with his lone make came at the 2:35 mark of the second half.  OU's Davis defended him the entire game.

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