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Oklahoma Basketball on Rebound: Notable Numbers From Bashing by Baylor

By Chip Rouse

Dec 30, 2016; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners forward Khadeem Lattin (12) and Baylor Bears forward Johnathan Motley (5) fight for a rebound during the second half at Lloyd Noble Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 30, 2016; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners forward Khadeem Lattin (12) and Baylor Bears forward Johnathan Motley (5) fight for a rebound during the second half at Lloyd Noble Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oklahoma basketball is on the precipice of falling below .500 for the first time since Lon Kruger’s first season as head coach of the Sooners back in 2011-12.

Dec 30, 2016; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners forward Matt Freeman (5) taps the ball back in front of Baylor Bears guard King McClure (22) and Oklahoma Sooners guard Rashard Odomes (1) during the second half at Lloyd Noble Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 30, 2016; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners forward Matt Freeman (5) taps the ball back in front of Baylor Bears guard King McClure (22) and Oklahoma Sooners guard Rashard Odomes (1) during the second half at Lloyd Noble Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /

Numbers have not been the Sooners’ friends so far this season, but they are what they are and we’ve culled some of the more noteworthy ones from the bashing delivered by the taller, stronger and top-five-ranked Baylor Bears in their mauling of the work-in-progress Oklahoma men last Friday night.

0 – Baylor scored the opening two points in the game and never trailed from wire to wire.

11 – Christian James’ point total in leading the Sooners in scoring in the Baylor game.

16 – Number by which OU was outrebounded by Baylor.

22 – Margin by which the Sooners were outscored in the paint by the taller, more physical Baylor players.

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24 – Points scored by the Oklahoma bench against Baylor, almost half of the Sooners total points for the game.

26 – The humbling point differential in Baylor’s 76-50 manhandling of OU in the conference opener for both teams. It was the worst loss by the Sooners at Lloyd Noble Center under head coach Lon Kruger and the worst since the 2010-11 season.

36 – Thirty-six of Oklahoma’s 50 points in the game were scored by Sooner freshmen and sophomores.

50 – The Sooners’ 50 points scored ties the fewest scored by Oklahoma in a home game with Lon Kruger as head coach. Oklahoma was held to 50 points in a 52-50 home loss against Kruger’s alma mater, Kansas State, in 2013.

51 – Christian James shooting percentage from behind the three-point arc.

132 – OU’s Khadeem Lattin recorded three blocks in the Baylor game, giving him 132 in two and a half seasons at Oklahoma. That ties him for fourth place on the career block list at OU with Johnnie Gilbert. Still ahead of Lattin are Wayman Tisdale (209), Stacey King (228) and Al Beal (230).

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