Oklahoma Sooners Defeat Baylor Bears, Extend Win Streak To Four Games
by Evan Pfaff on Feb 2, 2011 4:04 PM CST
in Big 12 Basketball - 2010-11 Season
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PrintThe Oklahoma Sooners extended their win streak to four games in defeating the Baylor Bears 73-66 Wednesday afternoon in Norman. The Sooners held off a ferocious Bear attack at the end of the game to secure the win.
Baylor was down 13 with 4:43 remaining in the game, but cut the lead to three with 24 seconds remaining. Two Carl Blair free throws and a LaceDarius Dunn turnover helped seal the deal for the Sooners.
The game was originally to be played on Tuesday but was postponed a day because of the winter storm affecting most of the United States.
Oklahoma began the Big 12 conference season by dropping their first three, but have now crossed the .500 barrier, settling in at 4-3 in conference and 12-9 overall.
Freshman Cameron Clark led the Sooner in scoring with 25 points and is really starting to develop into a player most thought he'd be coming out of high school. Clark has now registered double digit scoring in five of the Sooners' seven conference games. He is averaging 13.1 points in Big 12 play.
Clark and Cade Davis led OU with seven boards.
Baylor has dropped to 4-4 in conference and 14-7 overall. The Bears had four players in double figures, led by Perry Jones III's 19. Anthony Jones, Dunn and Quincy Acy each scored over 10 in the loss.
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Consider me stunned
1) That OU won this game, though the toll on traveling and the snow may have weakened BU’s legs
2) That OU is over .500 in conference
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They rely too much on 3-PT shooting.
But when you are outmanned in nearly every game you play, what else you gonna do? They have a tough but winnable game coming up in Stillwater. If that doesn’t end their winning streak, Texas will in the next game.
Marty
I haven't paid attention to Baylor this year..
…but what happened to these guys? Was Tweety that valuable or was it Udoh?
My opinion is Tweety.
This year’s Baylor team does not really play much as a team. More like individuials trying to make plays on their own. With their size and athleticism, they should be much better than this. It’s kind of like Texas last year. Tons of talent with very little focus.
A savy and talented senior PG, like Carter, can make such a team into a real team with on-the-court leadership and by running the offense and controlling where the ball goes. I think they miss Udoh on defense in the middle of their zone blocking shots, but they miss Carter’s leadership on the offensive side way more.
That’s my view anyway.
Marty
KSU took a very similar turn this year...
after they lost senior PG Denis Clemente. Frank Martin openly says that Clemente was their leader last year and no one has stepped up to replace him on this year’s KSU team. I’m thinking Carter was similarly integral to Baylor’s success last year, though Scott Drew has made no such admission (that I am aware of).
Marty
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