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Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech: Sooners Go for a Season Sweep of Red Raiders

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 9:50 p.m. ET

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One game separates the Sooners from last place and seventh place in the Big 12 standings, and that’s what Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech in men’s basketball this weekend represents.

Feb 17, 2016; Lubbock, TX, USA; The Texas Tech Red Raiders student body storms the court after the Red Raiders defeated the Oklahoma Sooners at United Supermarkets Arena. Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma 65-63. Mandatory Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

The Red Raiders (15-7, 3-6) are hosts to the Sooners on Saturday, with one game separating Oklahoma from Texas Tech. Oklahoma is looking to complete a two-game sweep over the Red Raiders, who fell to OU in Norman several weeks back.

Texas Tech has lost three of its last four games. Their lone victory was a 14-point conquest of LSU last weekend as part of the Big 12-SEC Basketball Challenge.

The Sooners (8-13, 2-7) are riding a four-game losing streak, three of those coming in the Big 12, after a thrilling, double-overtime win on the road at West Virginia. Since then, Oklahoma has lost games to Iowa State, Texas, Florida and Oklahoma State. Two of those losses were by a combined three points. In both of those losses, the Sooners held a lead in the game with under a minute to go.

Oklahoma desperately needs to find a way to generate more point production. In the Sooners last two games, they have averaged just 59 points, and that isn’t going to win many games in the Big 12 or any conference.

The team’s scoring leader, senior Jordan Woodard, has just 15 combined points in Oklahoma’s last three games, which is equivalent to his single-game average. OU must find a way to get Woodard back on track.

Two Oklahoma freshmen, Kameron McGusty and Kristian Doolittle are coming off a sensational month of January. McGusty, who is averaging 10  points a game, has scored in double figures in nine consecutive games, including 22 in his last outing, a loss at home in the Bedlam series to Oklahoma State.

Jan 18, 2017; Morgantown, WV, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Kameron McGusty (20) dribbles while guarded by West Virginia Mountaineers guard Teyvon Myers (0) during the first half at WVU Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports

In the month of January, McGusty and Doolittle combined to average 27.1 points a game, a vast improvement over the 15 points they averaged together in November. Sophomore Rashard Odomes is also averaging 10 points a game for the Sooners.

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Game Prediction

Oklahoma must shoot better and score more if it want to steal a road win at Texas Tech. The Red Raiders play good, sound defense and are holding their opponents to 65 points per game. If the Sooners shoot well and minimize turnovers, they can win this game, and I believe they will.

Oklahoma 78, Texas Tech 73

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