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Men's Basketball Joe Browning

Long Distance Attack Carries Sooners Over Seahawks

Box Score NORMAN, Oklahoma – Torrid shooting Oklahoma buried 10 three-pointers, including four straight to open the game, and cruised to a 74-53 men's basketball victory over visiting UNCW on Tuesday night at the Lloyd Noble Center.
 
The Sooners of the Big 12 Conference improved to 2-1 on the season. The Seahawks dropped to 1-2 following the double-digit road loss.
 
Senior guard Grant Sherfield and junior guard Joe Bamisile paced Porter Moser's Sooners with 15 points apiece and sophomore guard CJ Noland chipped in 11.
 
Sophomore guard Trazarien White was UNCW's top point producer for the third time in as many games with 19 points. The Seahawks shot 36.1 percent on the night and made only 2-for-21 from three-point range.
 
"We just didn't have it tonight," said Takayo Siddle, UNCW's third-year head coach. "It was one of those nights and you have some of those. We were a couple steps too slow and we didn't have same type of energy that I'm used to us having."
 
The Sooners converted 7-of-15 three-pointers in the first half and shot 50 percent from the floor to build a 37-21 cushion at the half before leading by as many as 24 points in the final period.
 
OU had made just 8-of-34 three-point field goals in the two games prior to Tuesday's contest, but flipped the script by draining 10-for-23 from deep. Five different players sank a trey for the Sooners, including three apiece by Bamisile and Noland.
 
The Seahawks, who shot 33.3 percent in the opening frame, scored the first bucket of the second half to narrow the deficit to 37-23, but the Sooners picked up where they left off and poured it on down the stretch.
 
The Sooners built their largest lead of the game with 10:38 remaining when reserve guard Bijan Cortes sank the first of two free throws for a 57-33 advantage.
 
OU scored 12 of the first 14 points of the contest and jumped out to a double digit lead, 12-2, when Noland drained a triple in the right corner at the 17-minute mark.
 
The lead ballooned to 19 points late in the first half. A Sam Godwin dunk staked the Sooners to a 37-18 bulge with 1:55 left in the opening period before a conventional three-point play by Seahawk sophomore Jamarii Thomas 11 seconds later cut the lead to 16 points at intermission.
 
The Seahawks wrap up their early-season two-game road swing against a pair of Power 5 opponents on Friday with an 8:30 p.m. matchup against UConn in Storrs, Conn.
 
GAME NOTES: The 53 points was a season low for the Seahawks…UNCW missed its first 14 three-point attempts before Eric Van Der Heijden broke the drought with a triple with 10:22 left to play…The 21 points in the first half by the Seahawks matched the lowest output of the season by the team in the opening 20 minutes…UNCW was outrebounded for the first time this season, 37-28…The Sooners had 19 assists on 26 baskets…Graduate transfer Victor Enoh led the Seahawks with five boards… Oklahoma was picked to finish seventh in the Big 12 Preseason Poll… OU has compiled a 57-7 record at the Lloyd Noble Center against non-conference foes over the last 11 seasons… Oklahoma's roster featured five key returners from a squad that earned five victories against AP top 25 ranked teams last season…Country music star Toby Keith attended the game.
 
-UNCWSports.com-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Jamarii Thomas

#0 Jamarii Thomas

G
6' 0"
Sophomore
Trazarien White

#13 Trazarien White

F
6' 6"
Sophomore
Eric Van Der Heijden

#1 Eric Van Der Heijden

F
6' 9"
Sophomore
Victor Enoh

#12 Victor Enoh

C
6' 8"
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Jamarii Thomas

#0 Jamarii Thomas

6' 0"
Sophomore
G
Trazarien White

#13 Trazarien White

6' 6"
Sophomore
F
Eric Van Der Heijden

#1 Eric Van Der Heijden

6' 9"
Sophomore
F
Victor Enoh

#12 Victor Enoh

6' 8"
Graduate Student
C