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Happy Tuesday, friends and fans!
After trailing by as many as 27 points, former Oklahoma Sooners hoops star Buddy Hield rallied his Sacramento Kings on the road to shock the Minnesota Timberwolves in OT, 133-129. He also set a new NBA career-high with 42 points on — you guessed it — 24 attempts. Yeah, Buddy!
Career-High 42 PTS
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) January 28, 2020
24 FGA
No. 24
8 combined REBS + ASTS
W@buddyhield did it for Kobe. pic.twitter.com/9Sv3IrRKDi
Check out this amazing stat that Hield is now part of. Is it a coincidence? Who’s to say, but one thing I will say is that this world often turns in some mysterious ways.
Buddy Hield scored 20 points on 6-6 shooting in the 4th quarter tonight.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 28, 2020
He joined Kobe Bryant (Dec. 6, 2002 vs Mavericks) as the only players in the last 20 seasons with a 20-point, 100% shooting 4th quarter in a game where his team overcame a 25-point deficit to win.
Buddy Hield. pic.twitter.com/HtplpAoYTW
— SLAM Kicks (@SLAMKicks) January 28, 2020
Hield, who has worn No. 24 throughout his career in honor of his idol, Kobe Bryant, said after the game that this performance on Monday night was in dedication to the late Lakers great. Watching this all unfold was truly moving to witness.
"It was all for Kobe."@buddyhield speaks on the most memorable night of his career pic.twitter.com/JxlJSwO2PM
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) January 28, 2020
A special moment between OUR 2️⃣4️⃣ and THE 2️⃣4️⃣. @buddyhield scores 37 in front of his childhood hero and sends the Sooners to the 2016 Final Four. pic.twitter.com/MYtiDvDZCt
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) January 27, 2020
Now on to today’s Hot Links! OU Softball checks in at No. 3 in NFCA preseason poll, Mykel Jones is officially surfing the Green Wave, Beaux Pelini is back to the bayou and more!
OU Links
- The Franchise’s John Hoover wrote about how DeMarco Murray has made such a quick progression from starring as a record-setting running back at OU to coaching the position in his old stomping grounds.
- Speaking of Murray, on Tuesday he is making a visit to see class of 2021 running back Camar Wheaton, who is currently rated as the nation’s No. 1 RB and the No. 6 overall recruit. If OU’s newest coach lands this cat, look out.
#Sooners new RB coach, DeMarco Murray hitting the ground running, tomorrow...
— Super K (@SuperK_TFB) January 28, 2020
Will see 5-star TX 2021 RB, Camar Wheaton out of @LCHS_Patriots. pic.twitter.com/GjHoeyI09w
- Backup redshirt sophomore placekicker Calum Sutherland has reportedly entered the NCAA Transfer Portal after losing his starting spot early in the 2019 season amid a Title IX investigation.
- Oklahoma Softball will start the season as the No. 3 team in the nation, according to the NFCA Preseason Coaches Poll. The top five is a stout group all by itself, with reigning national champs UCLA sitting just one spot behind the Sooners.
NFCA #NCAASoftball Preseason Coaches Poll
— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) January 28, 2020
1️⃣ @UWSoftball
2️⃣ @AlabamaSB
3️⃣ @OU_Softball
4️⃣ @UCLASoftball
5️⃣ @ArizonaSoftball
Full rankings ➡️ https://t.co/yjeOq3KhM2 pic.twitter.com/zcD0y2OlWu
- Bob Stoops is excited to get back on the sideline and coach up a real, live game as the XFL season nears. He recently previewed what’s to come, and he’ll be surrounded by a few familiar faces like former Sooners QB Landry Jones and DE Frank Alexander.
- It’s official: former OU WR Mykel Jones has enrolled at Tulane as a graduate transfer. Good luck with the Green Wave, Mykel!
We could not be happier to welcome @Ocho_Era8 back to Louisiana!
— Tulane University Football (@GreenWaveFB) January 28, 2020
That endzone is calling your name in Uptown.
Full Story: https://t.co/lt5uIJ3j6p#RollWave pic.twitter.com/kVWhymaspy
Around the Sports World
- The LSU Tigers are reuniting with Bo Pelini after hiring the former Nebraska and Youngstown State head coach as their defensive coordinator. Coach Bo last led the Bayou Bengals’ defense when they won the BCS National Championship at the conclusion of the 2007 season.
Bo Pelini is returning to Baton Rouge as the Tigers' defensive coordinator! #GeauxTigers
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) January 27, 2020
https://t.co/jh1oepLC8T pic.twitter.com/yFgdkLo1bf
- It appears that the Houston Astros have found their new manager in Dusty Baker, who was last with the Washington Nationals in 2017. After firing A.J. Hinch amid the illegal electronic equipment cheating scandal, bringing in a veteran and three-time NL Manager of the Year like Baker looks to be a move in the right direction.
The Houston Astros, a franchise in the crosshairs of MLB’s cheating scandal, is about to choose Dusty Baker to be their next manager. @BNightengale with more. https://t.co/t9GHASA005
— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) January 28, 2020
- Former Philadelphia 76ers icon Allen Iverson was recently the victim of a theft at a hotel in Philly. Reportedly, a backpack that belonged to A.I. was stolen, along with approximately half a million dollars worth of jewelry.
- Kansas City Chiefs RB LeSean McCoy doesn’t have plans to retire right away following Super Bowl LIV, but when he does, he says it’ll be back with the team that drafted him — the Philadelphia Eagles.
LeSean McCoy, at the Super Bowl for the first time in his career with the Chiefs, said that when he retires it will be as an Eagle. #Eagles
— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) January 28, 2020
- There’s a petition to change the NBA logo from a silhouette of Jerry West to that of Kobe Bryant following the sudden passing of the Los Angeles Lakers great. As of this Tuesday morning, the petition has reached nearly 2 million signatures, with a current goal of 3 million.
Stick to Sports!
- Today is the 34th anniversary of the launching of NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986 that saw all seven on-board astronauts and accompanying crew members tragically lost just 73 seconds into its flight. It’s one of those defining events in history in which people remember exactly where they were when it happened. To this day, this is the last NASA mission to lose its passengers and shuttle below the Kármán line.
TRIUMPH TO TRAGEDY: 34 years ago today, America saw the Challenger space shuttle break apart just 73 seconds after launching. https://t.co/eXr298ZZqu pic.twitter.com/NU76wyZFoq
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 28, 2020
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