Rush Garners Two More Awards

NORMAN, Okla. -- The preseason honors continue to roll in for Oklahoma junior forward Leah Rush. The Amarillo, Texas native was named a Preseason Third Team All-American by the Women's Basketball News Service while also garnering acclaim as a preseason First Team All-Big 12 performer by the Kansas City Star.

Rush, who was named to the Coaches' All Big 12 Preseason Team on Tuesday, is the Sooners top returning player. Last season she averaged 15.5 points per game, fourth best among returning Big 12 players, while claiming second team All-Big 12 honors. The All-America candidate also ranked 15th in rebounds (6.3 ppg) and fourth in free throw percentage (.847).

“Leah is one of our leaders and a consummate competitor,” said Coale upon hearing of the Big 12 honor. “Knowing Leah as I do, however, she will shrug and say it's a just a prediction - she'll have to prove it over the next 5 months. That mindset is one of the things I love most about her.”

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OU, which has been ranked No. 20 and No. 23 by two preseason publications, begins their 2005-06 season with a home exhibition game against Oklahoma Christian on Nov. 3. The regular season will begin with the Preseason WNIT and opening-round opponent Wisconsin-Milwaukee at the Lloyd Noble Center on Nov. 11.

The Sooner men's and women's basketball teams will hold their annual Baseline Bash preseason event, presented by Arvest Banks and produced by the Campus Activities Council, on Friday, Oct. 21, at Lloyd Noble Center. Doors to the event, which starts at 7 p.m., will open at 6 p.m. Admission is free.

A 45-minute men's and women's basketball autograph session on Lloyd Noble's upper concourse will start the evening at 6:15 before a pep rally begins at 7.

The Sooner women's hoops program will also hold it annual media day on Oct. 25 at 4 p.m. in the Kerr McGee Courtside Club at the Lloyd Noble Center.

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