Texas A&M squares off with streaky Oklahoma in a Southeastern Convention sport on Saturday in Norman, Okla.
The Sooners (13-13, 3-10 SEC) are coming off an 89-66 loss at Tennessee on Wednesday that ended a two-game successful streak. That modest stretch had adopted a nine-game skid, which had come after a five-game successful streak.
The Aggies (18-8, 8-5) are coming off an 80-77 house win over Ole Miss on Wednesday that snapped a four-game dropping streak.
Texas A&M received the primary assembly this season between the groups, 83-76, on Jan. 10 in Faculty Station, Texas. The Aggies produced a balanced effort on offense with 5 gamers scoring in double figures, although none with greater than 16 factors.
Ruben Dominguez scored 14 factors and went 4-for-9 on 3-pointers towards Oklahoma. Over the subsequent 9 video games, Dominguez shot simply 25.9% from deep.
In his first 16 video games via the Oklahoma contest, the sophomore guard shot 47.1% from past the arc.
Dominguez did not shoot in a lot quantity in Wednesday’s win over Ole Miss, however he hit a pair key 3-pointers in 4 makes an attempt to assist raise the Aggies.
Texas A&M coach Bucky McMillan mentioned he wasn’t anxious about Dominguez getting out of his funk.
“A season is a protracted season,” McMillan mentioned. “If I advised y’all that we now have a man on our group that is gonna shoot 41.5% for the season, what would we are saying? We would not say, ‘Properly, he missed some the final couple video games.'”
Oklahoma struggled with the Aggies’ tempo in that first encounter. Sooners coach Porter Moser mentioned the group discovered from the primary assembly.
“The fatigue a part of it, having to play with that tempo in transition, I feel a power is taking part in with that tempo towards them,” Moser mentioned. “They press you always. Mentally and bodily, you have to be prepared always to get pressed and trapped.”
That was a part of a stretch the place Texas A&M received 10 of 11 video games from Dec. 14 to Jan. 31.
Saturday’s sport would be the second throughout the observance of Ramadan, which can have an effect on Oklahoma beginning ahead Mohamed Wague.
The senior excelled final season throughout Ramadan, and Moser mentioned there have been classes discovered from that have.
“Our dietician’s unbelievable,” Moser mentioned. “They stand up early, get him vitamin after which wait till sunset.”
In Wednesday’s sport towards the Volunteers, Wague was restricted to only 10 minutes resulting from foul hassle and was held scoreless.
“When he is on the ground, we’re a greater group,” Moser mentioned.
The Sooners will honor the 2016 Remaining 4 group throughout a halftime ceremony, which can embrace the jersey retirement of the star of that group and the consensus nationwide participant of the 12 months, Buddy Hield.
Hield would be the sixth participant in program historical past to have his jersey retired, becoming a member of Wayman Tisdale, Alvan Adams, Mookie Blaylock, Stacey King and Blake Griffin.
–Discipline Degree Media
