Oklahoma State Basketball: Takeaways From KU
By Jake Lanier
No. 5: Mitchell Solomon was an animal today
The 6-foot-9 junior big man from Bixby, Oklahoma played the best game of his 2 1/2 year career at Oklahoma State Saturday. Solomon had a career high 16 points, shooting 6-6(!) from the field and adding 4 more points at the line. The numbers for Solomon don’t jump off the page at you but it’s important to have context on his stats. Solomon scored 0 points in the first half, and only had 6 points with 6 minutes left in the game. After the 6 minute mark, Solomon went on a personal 10 point run scoring all of the Cowboys points, while adding in 3 offensive rebounds, a steal, and a massive, crowd silencing block on the defensive end of the court. For about a 3 minute stretch late in the game Mitchell took over. The announcers compared him to Big Country. Then he fouled out on a questionable call and Kansas extended their lead and never looked back. If Big Mitch can continue to play the way he has in the past 2 games, he could make a real difference for the Cowboys down the stretch.