Oklahoma Looks to Put K-State Loss Behind It Versus Texas
On Monday, college basketball’s conference schedule continues with a Big 12 showdown from Norman, Oklahoma when the Texas Longhorns visit the No. 2 ranked Oklahoma Sooners. The current line has Oklahoma favored by 8 points with the over/under point total still not released.
Texas enters this game with an overall record this season of 16-7 straight up and 11-11 against the spread. On the road, the Longhorns are 3-3 SU and 5-2 ATS.
Oklahoma on the season has a record of 19-3 SU and 10-10 ATS. At home, the Sooners are 11-0 SU and 5-4 ATS.
The Sooners season has been very good up to now, but the team must rebound from its worst loss when they face the Longhorns on Monday. The first two Oklahoma losses were an overtime loss to Kansas and a road loss to Iowa State, before the Sooners were embarrassed by Kansas State.
Buddy Hield the Player of the Year candidate for Oklahoma continued to play well, but his fellow guard Jordan Woodard missed all six shots in the loss. Kansas State hit 53% of their shots in an 11-point win.
Texas coming into this game has won four straight and is tied for second in the conference with both the Sooners and Kansas. However, Texas has lost four straight head-to-head games with Oklahoma, although this will be this season’s first meeting.
Isaiah Taylor leads Texas in scoring at 15.3 points per game. In its most recent game, Texas beat Texas Tech 69-59 with Javan Felix leading the Longhorns with 29 points. Prince Ibeh came close to fouling out with just 13 minutes of action for Texas. He must pick up his game against Oklahoma.
Hield is the biggest start for the Sooners with a 25.6 points per game average. However, Woodard averages 13.7 points per game and is an important part of the team’s offense. Ryan Spangler has three consecutive double doubles for the Sooners.
This season Hield has scored 17 or more points in 21 of the Sooners 22 games.
Texas has not allowed 60 points in any of the four straight games it has won.
Texas is 4-1 against the number in its past 5 games played at Oklahoma.
The underdog is 6-1 against the number in the past 7 games between the teams.
Prediction: Oklahoma will look to put its loss to K-State behind it so look for them to come out strong and say they are as good as they are. Lean toward the Sooners..
