Women's Basketball Challenges No. 9 Texas Tech In Norman

Jan. 26, 2001

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No. 8/9 Texas Tech (15-2, 6-0) at No. 12/13 Oklahoma (14/4, 4-1)
* Sunday, Jan. 28, 2001 - 12:05 p.m. (Central time)
* Lloyd Noble Center (capacity 11,100), Norman, Oklahoma
* TV: Fox Sports Network
* Radio: KOMA-AM (1520)
Internet Radio: www.SoonerSports.com or www.KOMARadio1520.com

THE GAME
The 12th-ranked Oklahoma (14-4, 5-1 Big 12) women's basketball team will play its ninth top-25 opponent this season when No. 9 Texas Tech (15-2, 6-0 Big 12) travels to Norman, Okla., on Sunday, Jan. 28. OU's game with No. 9 Texas Tech will be televised live nationally by Fox Sports Network at 12 p.m. It will also be carried live on Oklahoma's KOMA-AM (1520) radio station and on the Internet at www.SoonerSports.com.

The battle will be a marquee game in the Big 12 Conference as the Lady Raiders are the only undefeated team in league play. Three teams are currently tied for second place with 5-1 conference records (Iowa State, Colorado, OU).

The Sooners enter the showdown ranked 10th in the nation in scoring offense averaging 84.2 points per game, while Texas Tech is ranked fifth in the NCAA in scoring defense, holding its opponents to just 56.4 points per game.

OU is currently a five-game winning streak and have won eight of its last 10. Over the past four games, the Sooners are averaging 92.3 points per game. Texas Tech is winners of its last six games and 10 of its last 11 contests.

Oklahoma is ranked 12th in the AP and 13th in the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll while Texas Tech is ninth in the AP and eighth in the coaches' poll.

SERIES RECORD OU vs. Texas TechTTU leads 17-3
Texas Tech leads the all-time series 17-3 but the two teams split last year's two-game thrillers. OU won, 82-76, in Norman and TTU won, 86-81, in Lubbock. Oklahoma's win over Tech last year earned them a No. 25 national ranking for the first time since 1994-95.

OKLAHOMA (14-4, 5-1 BIG 12) LED BY COMMITTEE
Oklahoma has a more versatile and deeper team this year as six different players have stepped up to lead the Sooners in scoring. OU also has eight players that are averaging 10-plus minutes per game this season. This depth and versatility has made it tougher for OU's opponents to focus on stopping the Sooners' dynamitic duo of junior guards LaNeishea Caufield and Stacey Dales.

Preseason third-team All-America candidate LaNeishea Caufield (Ada, Okla.) not only leads the team in scoring with 16.6 points per game but she leads the nation in steals with 4.4 thefts per outing. Caufield has pocketed five steals in the last three games and has lead the team in thefts in 14 of OU's 18 games. Her quickness has sparked the Sooners' defense but it has also placed her on the free throw line 89 times, hitting 77 freebees. Caufield's free throw percentage of 86.5 percent ranks second on the team and in the Big 12 Conference. She also ranks second on the team in assists (3.5 apg) and third in rebounds (4.6 rpg).

Preseason All-Big 12 selection and Conseco Nancy Lieberman-Cline Step Up Award candidate (the award is for the top point guard in the nation) Stacey Dales (Brockville, Ontario) follows Caufield in scoring with 16.1 points per game. However, Dales sports a team-best 7.4 assists, which ranks first in the Big 12 Conference and sixth in the nation in assists per game. In addition, Dales ranks second on the team and 20th in the nation in steals with 3.2 thefts per outing, plus she's fourth on the team in rebounds with 4.3 rpg.

Sophomore Caton Hill (Ada, Okla.) is the teams' top rebounder with 8.8 boards per game which rank fourth in the league. She also has supplied the Sooners with six double-doubles (10+ rebounds, 10+ points) this season, pushing her career total to 12. Hill's 12.3 points per game and free throw percentage of 84.8 percent is third best on the squad. Junior Jen Cunningham (Kingston, Ontario) tops the team in blocks with 1.4 per outing and ranks second on the team in rebounds with 6.3 rpg.

As a team, OU averages 84.2 points and grabs 42.0 rebounds per game compared to its opponents' 73.4 points and 36.4 rebounds.

TEXAS TECH (15-2, 6-0 BIG 12)
Texas Tech is led in scoring by sophomore Plenette Pierson, who is averaging 13.4 points per game. Senior Katrisa O'Neal is averaging 12.6 points a game, while freshman Jia Perkins and junior Amber Tarr are averaging 12.4 and 10.9, respectively. Tarr ranks sixth in the country in three-point field goal percentage at 48.1.

Pierson also tops the team in rebounds averaging 7.2 boards a game followed by junior Tanisha Ellison at 6.8. Freshman Dionne Brown has a team-high 61.1 field goal percentage, while Ellison is shooting 48.6 percent and Pierson at 48.5 percent. Pierson is the top shot blocker with 21 blocks.

As a team, the Lady Raiders rank fifth in the nation in scoring defense at 56.4, seventh in won-lost percentage at .882, ninth in scoring margin at 19.2 and 15th in three-point field goal percentage at 39.0. On the year, the Lady Raiders are shooting 44.7 percent from the field, 39 percent from three-point range and 67.9 percent from the free throw line.

UP NEXT
Oklahoma wraps up its two-game series with Texas A&M on Wednesday, Jan. 31, in College Station, Texas. Tip time is set for 7 p.m. OU won the first meeting, 97-84, in Norman on Jan. 17. Oklahoma leads the all-time series 11-7 but the Aggies have a 5-2 advantage when playing at home.

A YEAR AGO -- OU-TECH SPLITS TWO-GAME SERIES
Last year's two-game series with Texas Tech were thrillers and among the best games of the season for both teams.

In Norman, OU opened the Big 12 Conference schedule with a thrilling 82-76 victory over 13th-ranked Texas Tech. Phylesha Whaley propelled the team down the stretch scoring 19 of her game-high 25 points in the final 20 minutes of action. LaNeishea Caufield and Stacey Dales both scored 15 points for the Sooners. Oklahoma owned the lead the entire first half and jumped out to their largest lead of the half of nine points with 4:18 left in the period. However, Texas Tech closed to within two points with less than two minutes to go before OU secured a six-point halftime advantage, 36-30, on two free throws by Jadrea Seeley and a jumper by Dales. The Sooners extended their lead to 11 points with 16 minutes left in the game. The Red Raiders then fought back and scored 10-straight points to pull within one. Oklahoma took the lead for good on a lay up by Desiree Taylor with 6:39 left. All five of Texas Tech's starters scored in double figures led by Katrisa O'Neal's 16 points.

At Texas Tech, Keitha Dickerson scored 23 points, Plenetter Pierson added 18 and Melinda Schmucker-Pharies and O'Neal each contributed 12 points en route to an 86-81 Texas Tech victory on ESPN2. Tech hit seven free throws during the final minute as foul trouble caused the Sooners to lose Caton Hill and Whaley with more than four minutes to play. Tech led 36-29 at halftime but Oklahoma went on a 21-8 run early in the second half to get even at 50-50. Dales' basket put the Sooners ahead 52-50 with 14:08 to play. Thirty seconds later, Dickerson tied the game with a field goal and Aleah Johnson made a free throw moments later to put the Lady Raiders ahead for good. Caufield led the Sooners with 29 while Dales added 22 and Whaley 18.

A LOOK BACK AT KANSAS
Oklahoma jumped out to a 12-0 lead on Kansas and never looked back before picking up its 14th win of the season with an 88-64 victory in Lawrence Wednesday night.

All 14 OU players saw action as junior guard LaNeishea Caufield hit seven-of-nine shots for a game-high 20 points, marking the sixth time this season Caufield has score 20-or-more points. The NCAA leader in thefts per game also pocketed a team-high five steals for the third straight game. Sophomore Caton Hill added 12 points for the Sooners, while Rosalind Ross chipped in 10. Senior Sunny Hardeman distributed a game-high seven assists, followed by junior Stacey Dales' five assists and eight points.

Oklahoma was never threatened after the game-opening run despite Brooke Reves' 16-foot jumper that cut the Sooners advantage down to 11 points with 7:27 left in the opening stanza. However, Oklahoma outscored KU 21-10 to take a 48-26 halftime lead. Kansas never came closer than 20 points in the second half, as Oklahoma shot season highs of 66 percent for the field (33-of-50) and 85.7 percent from beyond the arc, hitting 6-of-7 three-pointers.

With OU's largest lead of 33 points at the 9:32 mark, OU coach Sherri Coale begin inserting all of her reserves. The Sooners overcame 34 turnovers, 12 in the final 9:32, and held the Jayhawks to just 35 percent shooting from the field and just 1-of-10 (10%) from 3-point range, an opponent low for the Sooners.

Reves and Jaclyn Johnson each scored 16 points to lead Kansas, while Jennifer Jackson added 14 points as four of KU's five starters were on the floor when the final horn sounded.

I KNOW YOU!
Sunday's game will pit former teammates against each other as Granbury, Texas, natives Emily Britt of Oklahoma and Jia Perkins of Texas Tech will face each other for the first time since playing high school basketball together for coach Leta Andrews at Granbury High. Britt, a sophomore, has played in 19 career games at OU while Perkins, a freshman, has played in all 17 games and started three this season for the Lady Raiders.

In addition, OU's Jamie Talbert will face former Seward County Community College teammate, Candi White of TTU. Talbert, a forward, averages 6.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while shooting 52.1 percent (37-of-71) from the field while White is a starting guard for TTU who's averaging 4.3 ppg and 2.6 rpg.

SIZZLING SOONERS
Over the past five games, Oklahoma is shooting 53.2 percent from the field, 48.4 percent from beyond the arc and 81.1 percent from the foul line. Not once in the last five games has an opponent outshot OU from the field and foul line and only Baylor produced a better three-point field goal percentage than the Sooners. Oklahoma has also outrebounded each opponent in the last five games, including an 11 board advantage over Kansas Wednesday.

OKLAHOMA EARNS SECOND HIGHEST RANKING EVER
With its recents wins over Texas A&M and North Carolina, Oklahoma moved up a spot in this week's Associated Press Top 25 Poll, going from No. 13 to No. 12, the second highest rankings ever for an OU women's basketball team. In 1985-86, the Sooners were ranked No. 11 for the week of Jan. 12, 1986.

OU also moved up two spots in the USA Today/ESPN Poll, going from No. 15 to No. 13. This ties OU's highest USA Today ranking this season. The Sooners were ranked 13th in the Nov. 20, 2000 poll.

Oklahoma has been ranked in all 12 AP and USA Today/ESPN coaches' polls this year.

OKLAHOMA VS. TOP 10
Oklahoma is 2-28 when facing top 10 teams. The Sooners defeated No. 4 Colorado, 74-69, in Norman on Feb. 28, 1993 and No. 6 Western Kentucky, 89-81, in the Bowling Green Bank Invitational on Nov. 26, 1985.

Texas Tech has been ranked among the top 10 in six games against OU, winning each.

SOONERS AGAINST TOP 25 TEAMS AT HOME
The Sooners are 5-2 against top-25 opponents at the Lloyd Noble Center over the last two years. The wins against Texas and Stanford marked the second and third time this year that Oklahoma has accomplished the feat after upsetting then-13th-ranked Southwest Missouri State on Dec. 1. Last year, OU defeated Texas Tech (No. 13/13), 82-76, and Kansas (No. 24/25), 88-69, in Norman.

OU's only home losses to top-25 teams have been against Iowa State, 81-79, on Jan. 6, 2001 and to the 2000 NCAA champions Connecticut, 84-68, on Dec. 29, 2000.

OU RANKS 8TH IN LATEST RPI
The Sooners are ranked eighth in the WBCA/ Summerville RPI and ninth in the Collegiate Basketball News Women's RPI College Basketball Rankings this week.

The Sooners have played eight top-25 teams this year. OU is 4-4 against the nation's best, defeating Southwest Missouri State, 89-82, Stanford, 102-98 OT, Texas, 85-74, and Baylor, 90-87.

ROSS CAPTURES BIG 12 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS
Oklahoma's Rosalind Ross (Milwaukee, Wis.) was named the Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week in a vote of a media panel for games played from Jan. 15-21. Ross becomes the first Sooner to earn rookie of the week honors this year.

Ross, a 5-9 junior college transfer, assisted OU with wins over Texas A&M, 97-84, and at North Carolina, 94-77, last week. Coming off the bench, she averaged 11.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 3.0 assists per game while shooting an impressive 45.5 percent from beyond the three-point line (5-of-11) and a solid 41.2 percent from the field (7-of-17). The Milwaukee, Wis., native had a career-high 19 points at North Carolina including nailing a personal-best 5-of-9 three pointers (45.5 percent). She also had four rebounds, three assists and shot 60 percent from the field (6-of-10) in only 19 minutes of action against the Tar Heels. Against Texas A&M, Ross grabbed four rebounds, dished out three assists, pocketed two steals and scored four points for the Sooners.

The junior has played in all 18 games this season and averages 7.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game for OU. Ross also shoots 43.6 percent from the field and, in Big 12 play, sports a 47.4 three-point field goal percentage.

SOONER BACKCOURT TANDEM AS GOOD AS IT GETS
Juniors LaNeishea Caufield (Ada, Okla.) and Stacey Dales (Brockville, Ontario) are one of the best guard tandems in America. Caufield and Dales lead the Sooners and are among the Big 12 Conference and NCAA best as they post impressive numbers.

Dales ranks sixth in the NCAA and leads the team and Big 12 Conference in assists with 7.4 per game. She also averages 16.1 points, second best on the team, while hustling for 4.3 rebounds and pocketing 3.2 steals per game, which ranks 20th in the nation. Dales shoots 46.4 percent from the field and 70.7 percent from the charity stripe. The Canadian also is among the league's best in four categories: assists, assists/turnover ratio, steals and scoring.

Caufield leads the nation, Big 12 Conference and team in steals per game with 4.4 thefts per outing. She also leads the squad in scoring with 16.6 points per game and is third in rebounding with 4.6. The Oklahoman hits 86.5 percent of her free throws.

SOONERS RANK 35TH IN NATIONAL ATTENDANCE
Oklahoma is ranked 35th in this week's unofficial NCAA Division I Women's Basketball home attendance survey, which is compiled by the University of Wisconsin Women's Sports Information Office. The Sooners are averaging 2,196 fans per game.

DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Even though Oklahoma prefers a fast-paced offense, the Sooners don't lose track of the importance of good solid defensive pressure. That fact is shown in the Sooners' holding nine of their 18 opponents to 40 percent or below from the field which in return produces an 11-0 record for OU. Opponents are shooting 39.6 percent from the field against the Sooners, including just 32.4 percent from three-point territory. Oklahoma has also collected 227 steals as opposed to its opponents' 179. In addition, the Sooners have outrebounded their opponents by 100 boards (756-656 overall).

SOONERS RANK 4TH IN THE NCAA IN SCORING
In the most recent NCAA Division I basketball statistics (released on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001), Oklahoma ranks in the following national stat categories ... No. 4 in scoring, averaging 84.2 points per game, 13th in field goal percentage (48.3) and No. 14 in three-point field goal percentage (40.4).

Individually, the Sooners have two players that rank among the nation's elite in two categories. Juniors LaNeishea Caufield (Ada, Okla.) and Stacey Dales (Brockville, Ontario, Canada) ranks among the best in steals and assists. Caufield leads the nation in thefts with 4.4 steals per game while Dales ranks 20th in steals per game with 3.2 and sixth in the NCAA in assists per game with 7.4. Note: Oklahoma numbers include OU games to date.

TAYLOR TO RETURN TO IN ONE WEEK
Senior Desiree Taylor (Richardson, Texas) has missed the past two weeks due to tearing her PCL (post anterior cruciate ligament) against Baylor on Jan. 13. She is expected to return to action against Missouri on Feb. 3. Taylor is averaging 1.5 points and 1.3 rebounds in 7.3 minutes of action this season.

HILL'S AMONG BIG 12 BEST ALL AROUND PLAYER
Sophomore Caton Hill (Ada, Okla.) is among the Big 12 Conference's best all-around players. In Big 12 Conference games, Hill is the ONLY player who ranks among the top 15 in nine different statistical categories.

THE MISSING LINK
Junior Jen Cunningham (Kingston, Ontario, Canada). has been instrumental in the recent 5-0 Sooner run. Cunningham is averaging 11.6 points and 7.6 rebounds over the last five games and is shooting 58.3 percent from the field (21-of-36). Prior to the breakout, Cunningham was just averaging 4.5 points.

Cunningham has appeared in 15 starting lineups and has set or matched career highs in 10 of 13 categories, including 15 rebounds and five blocked shots at San Diego on Dec. 21. Cunningham leads the Sooners' blocking efforts with 25 of Oklahoma's 45 blocked shots. She now ranks ninth on OU's all-time blocked shots list with 44.

After not attempting a shot against Iowa State, Cunningham scored a career-high 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for her first collegiate double-double against Texas. She also set personal bests in field goals made (8) and attempted (12) against the Longhorns. The following game against Baylor, Cunningham sealed the win for the Sooners as she grabbed an offensive rebound for a key three-point play in the final minute. She matched her career-best offensive performance against Texas A&M with a team-high 18 points.

For the season, she contributes 6.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game plus shoots 46.9 percent from the field. The Canadian also ranks among the Big 12 Conference best in blocked shots (5th), defensive rebounds (14th) and rebounds (18th).

DOUBLE DOSE
Sophomore Caton Hill (Ada, Okla.) continues to play well for the Sooners as the 6-1 power forward dropped 17 points and 12 rebounds against the Texas Longhorns on Jan. 10, for her sixth double-double of the season and fourth all-time against UT. Hill is third in the Big 12 Conference and leads the team for most double-doubles (6).

From Dec. 18 to Jan. 3, Hill produced four straight double-doubles, including career highs of 25 points and 15 rebounds at Colorado on Jan. 3. Hill owns 12 career double-doubles.

She tops the team in rebounding with 8.7 per game and ranks third on the team in scoring with 12.3 points per game.

BIG 12 HAS FIVE RANKED TEAMS FOR SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK
For the third straight week and only the third time in the conference's five-year history, the Big 12 has five ranked teams in the Associated Press Poll. This week Colorado earned its first ranking of the year as it entered the poll at No. 25 to join Iowa State, Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma. This week's rankings are: No. 7 Iowa State, No. 9 Texas Tech, No. 12 Oklahoma, No. 17 Texas, and No. 25 Colorado. Prior to the last three weeks, the only other time the Big 12 has had five ranked teams was Nov. 17, 1997.

DALES BECOMES THE 16TH PLAYER TO SCORE 1,000 POINTS
In just two-and-a-half seasons, junior guard Stacey Dales (Brockville, Ontario) became the 16th player in Oklahoma women's basketball history to score 1,000-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 surpassed this milestone by matching a career-high 28 points in OU's 90-87 victory at Baylor on Jan. 13. She scored her 1,000th point on a jumper with eight seconds to play in the opening half. The Canadian native has scored 282 points this season, pushing her career total to 1,056.

For the Sooners, she has scored in double digits and has dished out five-or-more assists in 16 of 18 games this year. Dales produced her first double-double of the season when she had 14 points and distributed a career-high 14 assists against SMU on Dec. 9, in Norman. She ranks sixth in the NCAA while leading the team and Big 12 Conference in assists per game with 7.4.

Dales also leads the team in scoring with 16.1 ppg and is fourth in rebounding with 4.3 rpg.

She currently ranks second among OU's all-time greats in assists and needs 128 to become OU's all-time leader. She owns 473 career assists.

JUCO ALL-AMERICANS MAKING IMPACT
Junior College All-Americans Rosalind Ross (Milwaukee, Wis.) and Jamie Talbert (Elkhart, Kan.) have made an immediate impact on the women's basketball program. Ross has played in all 18 games and averages 18.6 minutes per game while Talbert has seen action in 17 contests and plays 13.3 minutes per outing.

Ross, a three-point specialist, has hit over 37.0 percent (20-of-54) of her shots from beyond the arc and is shooting 47.4 percent (9-of-19) against Big 12 opponents. She also contributes 7.7 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.

Talbert, a forward, averages 6.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while shooting 52.1 percent (37-of-71) from the field.

SOONERS INK TWO IN EARLY SIGNING PERIOD
Head Coach Sherri Coale has received commitments from Dionnah Jackson (St. Louis, Mo.) and Antoinette Wadsworth (Grand Prairie, Texas) to attend OU and join Oklahoma's women's basketball program for the 2000-2001 season.

Jackson, a 5-9 guard from Parkway West High School, averages 13 points, four assists and five steals per game. According to the All-Star Girls Report, she is the sixth best point guard in the country and ranks 37th nationally. The four-year letterwinner is a three-time all-conference and a two-time all-district pick in the St. Louis Metro area. In addition, she's the school's record holder for most career steals.

Wadsworth, a 5-11 guard-forward from South Grand Prairie High School, is currently averaging 18.0 points and eight rebounds and is shooting 55 percent from the field. She is a first team All-District 5-5A selection and was a member of the gold medal Texas Junior Olympic team from a year ago.

SOONERS IN THE COMMUNITY
The women's basketball team not only commits their time to on court functions but the Sooners are also very active within the community of Norman and surrounding areas.

This year, OU has already participated in numerous community service projects such as The First Lady's Build and Kid's Kitchen Reading Club.

Oklahoma's First Lady Kathy Keating took part in both community service projects with the Sooners. In the First Lady's Build, five collegiate women's sport programs assisted with the building of a house. OU's women's basketball and softball teams were two of the five programs.

In addition, guard LaNeishea Caufield and football standout Damian Mackey participated in the Kid's Kitchen Reading Club which is a national organization supporting the importances of reading for elementary school students.

SOONER BRIEFS
In each game this year at least three OU players have scored in double digits.

The last time Oklahoma opened league action with a 20-point win was against Nebraska, 79-58, in Norman in 1995-96. OU defeated Colorado by 20, 89-69, in Boulder on Jan. 3.

Against Stanford, six OU players scored in double figures, marking the first time since the 1995-96 season that this feat had been accomplished. In 1995, six players posted 10 or more points in OU's opening game at TCU and seven players recorded double digits in scoring two games later vs. North Texas.

Against Colorado, three Sooners scored 20-or-more points in a single game for the first time since 1992. Caton Hill (Ada, Okla.) led the way with a career-high 25 points followed by LaNeishea Caufield's (Ada, Okla.) season-high 22 and Stacey Dales (Brockville, Ontario) had 20. Against Kansas State in 1992, Carin Stites scored 23 points while Angi Guffy had 22 and Mandy Wade added 20 in OU's 88-73 win in Manhattan.

OU has dished out 366 assists to its opponents' 248 and has pocketed 227 steals to its oppositions' 179.

Oklahoma is 12-0 when leading at halftime.

Oklahoma is 14-0 when producing a better field goal percentage than its opponents and 12-1 when making more field goals than its foes.

Oklahoma is 4-4 against nationally-ranked teams and 6-1 in televised games.

OU won its first double overtime game with a 65-63 win at San Diego.

Junior Jen Cunningham (Kingston, Ontario) now ranks ninth on OU's all-time blocked shots list with 44.

LaNeishea Caufield (Ada, Okla.) has scored in double figures in 17 of 18 games.

Oklahoma is 6-1 inside the Lloyd Noble Center and has won 14 of its last 16 home games.

Senior Sunny Hardeman (Norman, Okla.) and junior Stacey Dales (Brockville, Ontario) serve as the team co-captains.

Sophomore Caton Hill (Ada, Okla.) has produced six double-doubles this season and has 12 for her career.

Junior guard LaNeishea Caufield (Ada, Okla.) scored her 1,000th career point against Georgia on Nov. 22. Caufield now has 1,238 career points.

OU's largest margin of victory this season has been 41 points at UALR.

Stacey Dales' (Brockville, Ontario) 14 assists against SMU on Dec. 9 tops the Big 12 Conference and ranks third for most assists ever in a single game for a Sooner.

Caton Hill (Ada, Okla.) had three straight double-doubles over the holiday break to capture Big 12 Conference Player of the Week honors in a vote of a media panel for games during Dec. 18-31. Hill led OU with 22 points and 10 rebounds in the Sooners' 102-98 overtime win against Stanford. Against North Texas, she scored 14 points and had 11 rebounds. Vs. San Diego, she had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Over the three- game span, she averaged 16.0 points and 11.3 rebounds and shot 59.0 from the field (23- for-39) while playing 30.7 minutes per game.

Senior Sunny Hardeman (Norman, Okla.) hit a career-high six of eight three-pointers en route to scoring a career-high 20 points against Iowa State on Jan. 6. Hardeman's performances around the arc has moved her up to No. 5 on the career three-pointers made chart with 101. She also ranks on the all-time assists list at No. 12 with 242.

Stacey Dales (Brockville, Ontario, Canada) was named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week for games played from Jan. 8-14. Dales led Oklahoma to wins over No. 14 Texas and No. 23 Baylor 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.

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