OU Dales Collects Accolades

Oklahoma's Stacey Dales (Brockville, Ontario, Canada) was named the Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week in a vote of a media panel for games played from Jan. 8-14. Dales becomes just the second OU women's basketball player to earn the Big 12 Conference award and just in 16th in school history to earn a conference player of the week honor.

Dales led Oklahoma to wins over No. 14 Texas and No. 23 Baylor last week as she averaged 20.5 points, 8.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds. She also shot 50 percent from the field, hitting 14-of-28 attempted shots, and nailed 78.6 percent of her free throw attempts (11-of-14).

The 6-1 junior point guard scored 13 points vs. Texas and contributed eight assists and four rebounds. At Baylor, Dales surpassed the 1,000-point plateau with a career-high 28 points, including six points in the final two minutes of action. She also had eight assists, four rebounds and shot 52.9 percent (9-of-17) from the field.

The Brockville, Ontario, native became the 16th player in Oklahoma women's basketball history to score 1,000 career points. It took Dales 77 career games to achieve this goal, while teammate LaNeishea Caufield accomplished this milestone earlier this year against Georgia (65 career game). Dales scored her 1,000th point on a jumper with eight second to play in the opening half against the Lady Bears.

The Canadian has scored 250 points this season, pushing her career total to 1,016. In addition, OU's point guard currently ranks second among the all-time greats in assists with 456. She only needs 145 to become the school's all-time leader.

She ranks fourth in the NCAA while leading the team and Big 12 Conference in assists per game with 7.7. In addition, she leads the team in scoring with 16.7 ppg and is third in rebounding with 4.6 rpg .

Big 12 Player of the Week
Nov. 27 -- Katrisa O'Neal, Texas Tech, G, Sr
Dec. 4 -- Amanda Lassiter, Missouri, F, Sr
Dec. 11 -- Danielle Crockrom, Baylor, F, Jr
Dec. 18 -- Mandy Nightingale, Colorado, G, Jr
Jan. 2 -- Caton Hill, Oklahoma, F, So
Jan. 8 -- Sheila Lambert, Baylor, G, Jr
Jan. 15 -- Stacey Dales, Oklahoma, PG, Jr

Big 12 Rookie of the Week
Nov. 27 -- Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State, F, Fr
Dec. 4 -- Tera Bjorklund, Colorado, C, Fr
Dec. 11 -- Sheila Lambert, Baylor, G, Jr
Dec. 18 -- Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State, F, Fr
Jan. 2 -- Sheila Lambert, Baylor, G, Jr
Jan. 8 -- Evan Unrau, Missouri, F, Fr
Jan. 15 -- Jia Perkins, G, Fr, Texas Tech

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