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Jay C. Upchurch
2/18/2006, 04:26 AM
OU vs. Iowa State
GAME INFORMATION
Ranked No. 19 in this week's AP and ESPN/USA Today polls, Oklahoma
(16-6, 7-4) hosts Iowa State (14-10, 4-7) on Saturday at noon CST inside
Lloyd Noble Center. The game will air on the Sooner Radio Network
(flagship KOKC 1520 AM in Oklahoma City) with Bob Barry Sr.
(play-by-play) and Mike Houck (analyst) calling the action. The contest
will be televised by ABC with Ron Franklin (play-by-play) and Fran
Fraschilla (analyst) announcing.

SAMPSON BOBBLEHEAD PROMOTION
The first 500 fans through Lloyd Noble Center's doors on Saturday will
receive a free Kelvin Sampson bobblehead doll. Doors are scheduled to
open at 10:30 a.m.

TICKET INFORMATION
A limited number of reserved seat tickets for Saturday's game are
available for $20 and $25 and can be purchased online at
SoonerSports.com and from the OU Athletics Ticket Office (800-456-4668
or 405-325-2424). If reserved tickets sell out, $20 restricted
admission tickets will be available Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center's
north and east windows beginning at 10:30 a.m.

A limited number of $20 and $25 tickets are also available for OU's home
game against Kansas State (Feb. 25).

OU SELLING BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS
The OU Athletics Ticket Office has a -limited number of unclaimed
student tickets currently for sale for the 2006 Men's Big 12 Basketball
Championship (March 9-12 at American Airlines Center in Dallas).
Tickets will be sold to the general public as all-session packages at
$210 and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tickets may be purchased by calling the Athletics Ticket Office at
800-456-4668 or 405-325-2424. They may also be purchased in person at
the Athletics Ticket Office (west side of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on
the plaza level of the Asp Avenue parking garage).

NOTEWORTHY
OU has won five of its six games against Iowa State in Norman under
Kelvin Sampson ... Michael Neal is 34 for his last 63 (.540) from
3-point range ... Terrell Everett averages 14.6 points, 5.0 rebounds and
6.6 assists in Big 12 action ... Everett ranks seventh nationally with
his 6.5 assists per game on the season ... Taylor Griffin is averaging
9.3 points over the last three games ... Oklahoma has won 76 of its last
82 games (93 percent) at Lloyd Noble Center.

OKLAHOMA PROJECTED STARTERS

F 21 Taj Gray (6-9, 238, Sr., 14.1 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.4 bpg)

F 34 Kevin Bookout (6-8, 270, Sr., 11.5 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 0.6 spg)

G 3 Terrell Everett (6-4, 188, Sr., 12.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 6.6 apg)

G 15 David Godbold (6-5, 217, Jr., 5.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.5 apg)

G 20 Austin Johnson (6-3, 168, Fr., 3.4 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.8 apg)


IOWA STATE PROJECTED STARTERS

F 0 Shawn Taggart (6-10, 225, Fr., 5.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 0.3 apg)

F 13 Rahshon Clark (6-6, 190, So., 13.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.4 apg)

C 33 Jiri Hubalek (6-11, 205, So., 8.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 0.6 apg)

G 1 Curtis Stinson (6-3, 215, Jr., 19.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 5.5 apg)

G 11 Will Blalock (6-0, 205, Jr., 14.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 6.2 apg)

OU UPDATE
With their 84-75 loss at Colorado on Wednesday, the Sooners fell into a
third-place Big 12 tie with the Buffaloes. OU had won seven of eight
games prior to Wednesday's defeat and, despite the loss in Boulder,
would still have a first-round Big 12 Tournament bye as the No. 4 seed
if the season ended today. Michael Neal's career night wasn't enough
for the Sooners against the Buffs. Neal scored a career-high 26 points
with the help of a career-high seven treys, six in the first half. The
junior guard also pulled down a career-high-tying five rebounds. He
tied a school record with six consecutive 3-point makes. Colorado,
which trailed 40-35 at halftime, went 19-for-22 at the free throw line
on the night (it entered the game shooting .629 on the season) and
outboarded OU 41-32. It was the Sooners' largest rebounding deficit of
the year.

Taj Gray, who netted 11 points and pulled down eight rebounds at
Colorado, leads Oklahoma in both scoring and rebounding this year with
his 14.1 and 7.9 averages. The senior forward is shooting .571 from the
field to rank third in the Big 12 and has shot .500 or better from the
field in 18 of the team's 22 games this year. Kevin Bookout, another
senior forward, has played the last seven games with a fractured
navicular bone in his left wrist (he sustained the injury Jan. 21
against Texas Tech) and has averaged 10.0 points and 6.3 boards during
the stretch. Bookout ranks fourth on the squad in scoring and second in
rebounding with his 11.5 and 7.3 season averages. Owner of OU's
second-best career field goal percentage (.577), he is shooting .571
this year. Bookout was also named an ESPN The Magazine First-Team
Academic All-District selection last week and is eligible for Academic
All-America acclaim.

Terrell Everett, who has scored in double figures in 10 of OU's 11 Big
12 games, ranks second on the team in scoring (12.5 ppg) and third in
rebounds (4.3 rpg), and first in the conference in assists (6.5 apg).
In league play, the senior guard is averaging a team-high 14.6 points,
5.0 boards, a league-best 6.6 assists and 1.6 steals. He has led OU in
assists in 19 of 22 games this season and ranks seventh nationally in
the category.

OU Sports Info Dept.