Statistical adjustment gives Trae Young double-double
With just more than two minutes remaining in Tuesday’s 75-65 win over Texas Tech, Oklahoma freshman point guard Trae Young drove toward the basket from above the 3-point line, flinging the ball across his body around the free-throw line to teammate Christian James beyond the arc.
James pumped, and when no defender came running his way, buried a 3-point shot that put the Sooners up 13 with 2:01 to play.
Initially, Young was not credited with an assist on the play but after review of the play Wednesday, Young was credited with his 10th assist, giving him his ninth double-double of the season.
Young finished with 27 points and 10 assists in the win. The statistical change also put Young ahead of Jordan Woodard on OU’s all-time freshman assists chart, with 153. Young is one behind Tommy MasonGriffin for the OU freshman record of 154.
Young is also more than halfway to the NCAA record for freshman assists. Duke’s Bobby Hurley had 288 in 1990.
The Big 12 record is held by Texas’ T.J. Ford, who had 273 in 2002.
Two more games announced as sellouts
Tickets to see the Sooners at Lloyd Noble Center are becoming more and more scarce.
Wednesday, two more games were announced as sellouts — the Feb. 17 game against Texas and Feb. 24 against Kansas State. Less than 500 tickets remained Wednesday afternoon for the Feb. 5 game against No. 2 West Virginia.
Tickets remain for the Jan. 30 game against Baylor and March 2 against Iowa State.
Tickets can be purchased at SoonerSports. com/tickets or by calling the OU Athletics Ticket Office at 800-456-4668.
There will be a limited amount of returned tickets available for other home games at 10 a.m. the day of the game (or 10 a.m. the day before Saturday games) exclusively at SoonerSports.com/tickets.
Tip-ins
Oklahoma 2019 point guard commitment De’Vion Harmon is No. 35 on the newly released Rivals 150 rankings . ... Oklahoma has won 11 consecutive games at Lloyd Noble Center, with its lass loss coming Feb. 8, 2017. It’s the longest home winning streak since the Sooners won 19 in a row from Jan. 17, 2015 to Feb. 8, 2016. ... Oklahoma has now won three games against top 10 opponents this season. The school record for such wins is four in 2001-02 . ... The Sooners are now 11-1 under Lon Kruger when ranked and playing a ranked opponent at Lloyd Noble Center.