HBU Huskies (1-6) at Oklahoma Sooner (4-1)
Saturday, Dec. 19 – 4 p.m.
Lloyd Noble Center – Norman, Oklahoma
TV (Fox Sports Southwest)
Radio (Husky Sports Network/Lonnie King))
Live Stats
Game Notes
NORMAN, Okla. – HBU will play its last game ahead of the Christmas holiday and final non-conference road game of the season this Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. inside the Lloyd Noble Center against the Oklahoma Sooners. The game will be broadcast on YouTube Live while Husky fans can listen in on the Husky Sports Network with Lonnie King providing play-by-play available at HBUHuskies.com.
HBU (1-6) will be playing its third game in a five day span after playing at Rice on Tuesday and at North Texas on Thursday.
Junior
Pedro Castro has been a spark plug for the Huskies the last three games coming off the bench, averaging 17 points and 7.7 rebounds per game while shooting 50 percent (7-of-14) from three and 48.8 percent (20-of-41) from the floor. Castro also has six steals and five blocked shots in that three-game span.
During that same three-game stretch, freshman
Za-Ontay Boothman has been in the starting lineup and has knocked down 61.9 percent (13-of-21) of his three-point attempts and averaged 18 points per game. That has brought his season average up to 12.3 ppg to lead the team with Castro right behind at 12.1 ppg.
Oklahoma (4-1) owns a 3-0 record on its home floor and has won its last two games, most recently defeating Oral Roberts, 79-65, this past Wednesday. A pair of seniors, guard Austin Reaves and forward Brady Manek, led the way for the Sooners with Reaves finishing with 18 points and 10 rebounds to Manek's 17 points and nine rebounds. OU shot 42.2 percent for the game and out-rebounded the Golden Eagles 48-37.
Manek and Reaves have paced the Sooners so far this season with the 6-9 Manek connecting on 17-of-35 from beyond the arc and averaging 17.4 ppg and 5.4 rpg. Reaves, meanwhile, has been to the foul line 40 times in five games and averages 16.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 6.4 assists per outing. As a team, the Sooners are shooting 47.6 percent on the season.
The Huskies will have a week and a half off before closing out the non-conference schedule at home inside Sharp Gym against Dallas Christian on Dec. 30 at 7:00 p.m.
