Otega Oweh working on all-around game for Sooners
Sooners basketball took some hits in the transfer portal. Head coach Porter Moser was able to add some big-time names, too. But it was another spring of, for lack of a better term, being blindsided by a decision or two and a feeling of starting all over.
But not quite all the way over again, retaining some key pieces.
One person Moser never had to worry about was Otega Oweh. After a freshman season that saw Oweh get better and better as the year moved on, he never considered leaving.
Oweh said Monday afternoon his focus was purely on OU and what he could do to help the Sooners get better.
Everybody knows Oweh played 100 mph every single play. The goal over the offseason was to bring just a little bit more into his game.
Moser says…
“He’s playing with more change of pace,” Moser said. “He was sometimes just one pace. Right down your throat, which I love, I love that part of him. But I think he’s, too, as a freshman, now he’s been through it. Kind of gets some things. Both those guys (Milos Uzan, Oweh) have been key in the summer workouts.”
Oweh averaged 4.8 points per game with 2.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game. In 28 games, he played just over 13 minutes per outing. Oweh became a starter toward the backend of the season.
He shot 44 percent from the field. The goal? To get better, obviously.
“He’s shooting good. My thing with him is you just have to take them,” Moser said. “He lives in the gym. You have to take them in these workouts. It’s an old Rick Majerus thing – you have to be a threat. You don’t have to make it, but you have to take it, so the other team knows you’re going to take it. Athletically, playing this pace and his strength, he’s physically really advanced right now.”
