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OU basketball: Matt Freeman ready to give New Zealand basketball a second Sooner State presence

NORMAN — In just a few weeks, Oklahoma will have two basketball-playing New Zealanders.

The state already has Steven Adams playing with the Thunder and in mid-January, Matt Freeman will join the No. 6 Oklahoma Sooners.

The 6-foot-9 forward is trying his best to enjoy the next few weeks before he heads to Norman on Jan. 13.

“I'm just training and saying my goodbyes,” Freeman said in a phone interview with The Oklahoman. “I'm just enjoying my friends and family while I can.”

Freeman figures to be keeping tabs Thursday when the No. 6 Sooners host Central Arkansas at 7 p.