Graduate transfer Brycen Goodine was one of seven newcomers added to the Oklahoma roster this season by way of the ever-growing recruiting pipeline better known as the transfer portal.
Now with his fourth collegiate team in six seasons, the 6-foot-2 shooting guard came to Oklahoma with the reputation of a supreme 3-point shooter, and in his last six games, he has begun to find his 3-point touch with greater frequency and consistency.
For most of the season, Goodine's contributions have come from off the bench, but he earned his first start at home against Texas on Jan. 15 and has been in the starting lineup for five-straight games.
Through his first 11 games, Goodine was averaging 5.9 points per game. Against Texas A&M on Jan. 8, however, he exploded for a season-high 34 points, making 10 of 14 shots, including 9 of 11 from behind the arc. Goodine scored 21 of his 34 points in the first 20 minutes of the game.
Despite Goodine's phenomenal effort, Texas A&M was able to overcome an 18-point second-half deficit. Ultimately, a 3-point shot with 19 seconds left in the game gave the Aggies their first lead since very early in the contest and, ultimately, an 80-78 victory.
"It's tough to have a performance like that and lose," Sooner coach Porter Moser said after that game. "I thought (Goodine) was unbelievable."
If Goodine was able to play all of his games against Texas A&M, he probably would be leading the conference in scoring. The Massachusetts native unleashed a 24-point performance in a rematch between the two teams last week.
Fifteen of those points came on 3-pointers, giving him 14 of 20 3-pointers in the two games. In those two games alone, Goodine averaged 29 points.
In Oklahoma's last seven games, beginning with the first game between OU and Texas A&M, Goodine's contribution includes 12.3 points a game, 51% field-goal efficiency and better than 50% 3-point shooting.
For the season, his average is up to 8.4 points per game and trending upward, which is something the Sooners could really use right now.
The 34-point effort against Texas A&M was the third-best scoring output of Goodine's collegiate career. He had a 37-point game and a career-high 40 points in his second of two seasons at Fairfield.
Goodine began his college career at Syracuse, where he played one season as a freshman in 2019-20. He transferred to Providence after his freshman year.
After his junior season with the Friars, he transferred to Fairfield, where he averaged 7.3 and 13.9 his senior and redshirt-senior seasons, respectively.
While in high school, Goodine was named Rhode Island Gatorade Player of the year his junior season and NEPSAC Class AA Player of the Year his senior season.