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Oklahoma basketball: Numbers to know from the Cyclone runaway

By Chip Rouse

AMES, IA - FEBRUARY 25: Aaron Calixte #2 of the Oklahoma Sooners takes a three point shot as Marial Shayok #3 of the Iowa State Cyclones blocks in the second half of play at Hilton Coliseum on February 25, 2019 in Ames, Iowa. The Iowa State Cyclones won 78-61 over the Oklahoma Sooners. (Photo by David Purdy/Getty Images)
AMES, IA - FEBRUARY 25: Aaron Calixte #2 of the Oklahoma Sooners takes a three point shot as Marial Shayok #3 of the Iowa State Cyclones blocks in the second half of play at Hilton Coliseum on February 25, 2019 in Ames, Iowa. The Iowa State Cyclones won 78-61 over the Oklahoma Sooners. (Photo by David Purdy/Getty Images) /
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A 13-0 Iowa State run over a four-minute stretch midway through the second half broke open a close game and resulted in an eighth consecutive Oklahoma basketball loss at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.

The Cyclones opened the second half hitting seven of their first 10 shots. With Iowa State leading by three points, 50-47, at the 12:59 mark in the second half, the Sooners failed to score over the next three and a half minutes. Meanwhile, the Cyclones rang up 13 unanswered points to open up a 63-47 advantage and basically put the game on ice.

For Oklahoma to have a realistic chance to win this game it had to shoot well, which it did in the opening 20 minutes but was unable to sustain for the entire game.

The win gives Iowa State a sweep of the season series with the Sooners. The Cyclones won 75-74 earlier this month in Norman. With the loss, OU’s Big 12 record falls to 5-10, and it snaps a two-game Sooner winning streak. The Sooners are 17-11 on the season.

With three regular-season games remaining (against West Virginia, Kansas and Kansas State), two of them at home, Oklahoma needs to win at least two of the three if it hopes to secure an NCAA Tournament bid.

The Sooners are next in action on Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center against West Virginia.

Here are the numbers to know from OU’s Monday night loss at Iowa State:

6 – Outside air temperature in degrees Fahrenheit outside Hilton Coliseum at game time on Monday night.

7 — Largest OU lead in the game, compared with 17 points (in the second half) by Iowa State.

12 — Twelve of Oklahoma’s 33 rebounds in the game were offensive rebounds, leading to nine second-chance points.

15 — Iowa State scored 15 points off of 10 Oklahoma turnovers.

15/11 — OU’s Kristian Doolittle scored 15 points to lead the Sooners and grabbed 11 rebounds to post a double-double.

16 — Iowa State posted 16 assists in the game compared with seven for Oklahoma.

21 — Game-high points scored by Iowa State’s Marial Shayok.

23-16 — The Sooner bench outscored the Iowa State reserves 23-16.

51.9 — Iowa State’s shooting percentage for the game (28 of 54).

60 — The Sooners’ three-point shooting percentage in the first half, hitting 6 of 10 three-balls. OU was 0 for 8 from 3-point range in the second half.

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