Oklahoma's Austin Reaves, Alondes Williams out for Monday's game at Texas Tech

After missing Saturday's big win over Alabama, COVID-19 will prevent them from playing in Lubbock

John E. Hoover|

Oklahoma's Austin Reaves, Alondes Williams out for Monday's game at Texas Tech

Oklahoma seniors Austin Reaves and Alondes Williams will miss Monday night’s Big 12 Conference basketball game at Texas Tech.

The news was revealed in the pregame notes package released Sunday night by the OU athletic department communications staff on SoonerSports.com.

“Due to COVID-19 protocols, senior guard Austin Reaves and Alondes Williams will not be available on Monday,” the press release said.

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The duo previously missed Saturday’s 66-61 win over No. 9-ranked Alabama at Lloyd Noble Center, but several Sooners stepped up in their place.

The Sooners play the Red Raiders on ESPN’s Big Monday telecast. No. 24 OU (11-4 overall, 6-3 Big 12) and No. 10 Tech (12-5, 4-4) tip off at 8 p.m.

OU should move up in Monday’s Associated Press Top 25 after gaining the historic distinction of three straight victories over Top 10 opponents. That’s only been done three times in poll history (the poll started in 1948-49).

If the Sooners beat Tech, they’ll become the first team to ever defeat four consecutive Top 10 opponents.

Published Feb 1, 2021

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.

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