{"id":84354,"date":"2025-02-27T00:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T06:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/brandon-garrison-saved-his-best-game-for-his-oklahoma-homecoming-he-was-elite\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T00:42:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T06:42:45","slug":"brandon-garrison-saved-his-best-game-for-his-oklahoma-homecoming-he-was-elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/brandon-garrison-saved-his-best-game-for-his-oklahoma-homecoming-he-was-elite\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Garrison saved his best game for his Oklahoma homecoming: \u201cHe was elite.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brandon Garrison<\/a><\/strong> saved his best game of the season for his Oklahoma homecoming. An Oklahoma City native, Garrison grew up 25 minutes from the University of Oklahoma and spent his freshman year at Oklahoma State, the Sooners\u2019 rival. Now a Kentucky Wildcat, Garrison was one of the stars in Kentucky\u2019s win in Norman in front of friends and family, including his young son.<\/p>\n

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Brandon Garrison brought his son with him to the post game press conference. pic.twitter.com\/uram11xlke<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Adam Stratton (@AdamStrattonKSR) February 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just always good to come back home and play in front of the crowd,\u201d Garrison said in the postgame press conference<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of fam out there. My son came out. So it was just good. I\u2019m just glad I got the dub back home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garrison was Kentucky\u2019s second-leading scorer behind Otega Oweh\u2019s 28-point heroics. UK\u2019s sophomore big man scored 12 points on 5-for-8 shooting from the field, including a career-high two 3-pointers. Garrison was the only Wildcat with multiple 3s.<\/p>\n

Feb 26, 2025; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Kentucky Wildcats forward Brandon Garrison (10) shoots over Oklahoma Sooners forward Mohamed Wague (5) during the first half at Lloyd Noble Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Defensively, Garrison made a big jump in the second half, showing his versatility by guarding multiple positions, and blocking the final shot of the game. He also had one of his best sequences of the year early in the second half when he blocked Jeremiah Fears on one end, then ran the floor for a score through contact on the other.<\/p>\n

Garrison finished with three blocks and a career-high three steals while matching his season-high in minutes with 27. He ducked one beer can<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

Mark Pope: \u201cHe was elite defensively.\u201d<\/h2>\n

After the game, Mark Pope<\/a><\/strong> commented on Garrison\u2019s defense, calling his performance \u201celite.\u201d Pope told Tom Leach that Kentucky did a lot of switching one through five and one through four, and Garrison was up to the challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he was elite defensively,\u201d said Pope. \u201cHe was getting switched on Fears; he might\u2019ve guarded Fears better than anybody else<\/strong>. He has a really, really high ceiling, so it\u2019s been fun so far this year to watch him grow, and he\u2019s still got so much more growth in him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feb 26, 2025; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Kentucky Wildcats forward Brandon Garrison (10) and Oklahoma Sooners forward Mohamed Wague (5) fight for a rebound during the first half at Lloyd Noble Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

An emotional, chippy night<\/h2>\n

The story of Brandon Garrison\u2019s homecoming can\u2019t be told without mentioning his emotions in the end. After Garrison made the game-clinching block, he confronted Fears as time expired. Amari Williams quickly stepped in to push Garrison away before the face-to-face escalated any further. Still, the officials reviewed Garrison\u2019s actions on the monitor to see if anything warranted a technical foul or occurred before the buzzer sounded.<\/p>\n

Garrison explained, \u201cJust me being back home, they tried to get up under my skin from right when I got in the game. But, you know, things got a little chippy at the end. But, you know, it\u2019s just basketball, nothing more, nothing less. It\u2019s just part of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy emotions got a little high when I got the block and realized we got the win.\u201d<\/p>\n

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