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OU Basketball: Oklahoma Players Earn All-Big 12 Conference Accolades

The Sooners' Javian McCollum and Jalon Moore landed all-conference honors in their first year in Crimson and Cream.

John E. Hoover

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By OU Media Relations

Juniors Javian McCollum and Jalon Moore earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades after their first season in the Crimson and Cream, as announced by the conference office on Sunday evening.

McCollum averaged a team-high 13.3 points per game and shot 40.4 percent (132-327) from the field. The Fort Myers, FL, product made 31.4 percent (54-172) of his shots behind the arc and tallied a team-high 54 3-pointers, including a team-best five threes against Central Arkansas and TCU. He recorded 21 games with 10-plus points and led the Sooners in scoring on 11 occasions. His 23-point outing against Central Arkansas tied for the team lead for points in a single game.

McCollum made 94.3 percent (82-87) of his shots from the free throw line, ranking first in the Big 12 and fourth in NCAA Division I. In conference action, he missed only three free throw attempts, making 95.4 percent (62-65) of his shots and ranking first in the league. After missing his first attempt from the charity stripe against K-State, he has drained a program-record 39 consecutive free throws.

In addition to his shooting prowess, McCollum dished out 3.4 assists per outing, ranking second on the team. He added 2.6 rebounds and 0.8 steals per contest.

Moore averaged 11.0 points per outing and team highs in rebounds (6.6) and blocks (1.1) per game. The Birmingham, AL, product led the Sooners on the glass on 13 occasions and boasted a team-best three double-doubles, ranking third in the conference in Big 12 play. 

In league competition, he finished third in rebounds per outing (7.5). Moore's 14-rebound performance at Oklahoma State was the most boards by a Sooner this season and tied for the most rebounds in a game in the Porter Moser era. Against OSU in Norman, Moore swatted four shots, marking the most by a Sooner in 2023-24.

On the offensive end, he shot 52.2 percent (117-224) from the field and 41.4 percent (24-58) from deep. Moore's 23-point performance at K-State is tied for the most points by a Sooner in a single game this season.

League head coaches voted on postseason Big 12 honors after the 18-game conference slate. A full list of Big 12 honors can be found here.

McCollum, Moore and the Sooners open the 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Wednesday, March 13 against TCU at 2 p.m. inside T-Mobile Center.

 

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.