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...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY...

The following statement was issued by the Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality.

An Air Quality Alert for Ozone has been issued for Friday, August 28
for the Oklahoma City Metropolitan area due to expected high
concentrations of ozone.

Public Health Recommendations: Persons with existing heart or
respiratory ailments should reduce physical exertion and outdoor
activity.

The general public is encouraged to help alleviate the problem by
reducing vehicle miles traveled by riding the bus, carpooling, or
avoiding unnecessary trips. The public is also asked to avoid
refueling during the morning and early afternoon hours, and to avoid
the use of two cycle engines such as lawn mowers, motorcycles, weed
trimmers, and outboard engines. It is also advised to limit outdoor
burning.

To view the latest air quality map, visit airnow.gov or the AirNow
app.

For hourly updates on concentrations and possible health warnings,
telephone the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality at
405-702-4100. For more information on health effects, call the
American Lung Association of Oklahoma at 405-748-4674
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OU basketball: Sooners' Elijah Harkless, Tanner Groves to return next season; Umoja Gibson to explore professional options, per report

Umoja Gibson

Senior guard Umoja Gibson during the second round NIT game against St. Bonaventure on March 20.

 Trey Young/The Daily

Senior guard Umoja Gibson will explore professional options while keeping his option to return to OU open, and senior guard Elijah Harkless and senior forward Tanner Groves will use their final season of eligibility to return to Oklahoma for 2022-23, head coach Porter Moser told CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein on Monday.

Gibson averaged 13.3 points per game this season, leading the Sooners. The Waco native shot 39 percent from 3-point range and 87 percent from the free-throw line on the season and scored 28 and 26 points respectively in Oklahoma’s final two games.

Harkless suffered a ​​season-ending knee injury in the Sooners’ 80-78 overtime loss to Texas on Feb. 15. Prior to the injury, the San Bernardino native averaged 10 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.

Groves played a key role for OU down the stretch and in its NIT run, posting two of his three double doubles this season in the final seven games. The Spokane native finished as Oklahoma’s second leading scorer at 11.6 points per game. He also shot 53.2 percent from the field while averaging 5.8 rebounds per game.

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