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Oklahoma basketball: Notable numbers from a Sooner de-frogging

By Chip Rouse

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARCH 22: Brady Manek #35 of the Oklahoma Sooners handles the ball against Devontae Shuler #2 of the Mississippi Rebels in the second half during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Colonial Life Arena on March 22, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARCH 22: Brady Manek #35 of the Oklahoma Sooners handles the ball against Devontae Shuler #2 of the Mississippi Rebels in the second half during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Colonial Life Arena on March 22, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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The Oklahoma basketball men more than made up for a deplorable shooting night earlier in the week against Kansas, wearing out the bottom of the basket in a 20-point home win over TCU on Saturday.

Junior forward Brady Manek had a career game scoring a game-high 31 points and nine rebounds as the Sooners rebounded from two consecutive losses for an 83-63 win over TCU. Manek connected on 10 of 15 shots, including seven of nine from three-point range.

In addition to Manek, Austin Reaves added 14 points, including one three-pointer. His made three-point shot was his first in four games.

The Sooners (12-5, 3-2) held the Big 12’s second-leading scorer, TCU’s Desmond Bane, to just 12 points. Bane was just 5 of 14 shooting and was two of nine from behind the three-point arc. Coming into the game, Bane was shooting 47 percent from long range.

The third best three-point-shooting team in the conference coming into the game, TCU missed their first 10 three-ball tries and were just 1 of 16 from that distance in the opening half.

Here are dozen more notable numbers that tell the story of this game:

2-0 — TCU’s only lead in the game on an opening field goal by Desmond Bane.

4 — Each team had four players score in double figures.

10 — Oklahoma scored 10 points off of eight TCU turnovers.

17-7 — TCU’s advantage in second-chance points.

20 — OU’s 20 assists in the game was its most since January of 2018, when the Sooners were credited with 24 against Oklahoma State.

22.2 — TCU’s three-point percentage in the game on 8 out of 36.

24 — OU’s biggest lead in the game, 64-40 at the 10:03 mark in the second ha25 — TCU received 25 points from players off the bench (OU’s reserves contributed 14).

34-32 — Oklahoma’s rebounding advantage over the Horned Frogs. That has happened few times this season.

37.7 — TCU’s field-goal percentage in the game (23 of 61).

61.4 — Oklahoma’s second-half shooting percentage. The Sooners shot 53.7 percent for the game (over 20 percent better than in their loss to Kansas earlier in the week).

1,000 — Brady Manek’s final two points in the game enabled him to reach 1,000 points for his Sooner career, the 46th OU player to do so.

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