University of Oklahoma Athletics

Paris In Primetime: Third Installment

January 24, 2006 | Women's Basketball

Courtney Paris 

NORMAN, Okla. -- The Oklahoma athletics media relations office launched a campaign promoting Oklahoma freshman center Courtney Paris for national player and national freshman of the year on Jan. 8. The third installment of the 'Paris In Primetime' campaign highlights the Oklahoma women's basketball team's game against Texas on Jan. 24, while providing an extensive comparison between Paris and the current and past greats of women's basketball.

The promotional effort will be distributed nationally, in addition to being posted on SoonerSports.com prior to each of OU's nationally broadcasted TV games.

Below is the information that accompanied the above illustration and was disseminated on Jan. 24:

Texas at No. 13 Oklahoma
College Sports Television (CSTV) Jan. 25 8 p.m. EST

National Player of the Year candidate Courtney Paris and the No. 13 Oklahoma women's basketball team host Texas in a national broadcast on CSTV.

STACKING UP AGAINST THE ALL-TIME GREATS
A look at the statistics of Courtney Paris through 19 games this season compared with the freshman seasons of some of the best post players in women's basketball history:

Courtney
Paris

Cheryl
Miller

Lisa
Leslie

Anne
Donovan

Rebecca
Lobo

Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil

School

Oklahoma

USC

USC

Old Dominion

UConn

Texas

Season

2005-06

1982-83

1990-91

1979-80

1991-92

1985-86

PPG

20.8

20.4

19.4

17.0

14.3

13.5

FG %

.614

.551

.478

.630

.494

.560

RPG

14.8

9.7

10.0

12.9

7.9

7.7

Blocks

62

79

78

227

46

23


... AND AGAINST THE GREATS OF TODAY
A look at how Paris has performed in games against some of today's most accomplished players:

Name

School

Date

Pts-Reb-Bl

Credentials

Sophia Young

Baylor

1/21

18-9-2

'05 Kodak AA

Courtney Paris

OU

1/21

23-11-4

 

LaToya Davis

Texas Tech

 1/18 

14-5-1 

AA Candidate 

Courtney Paris

OU

 1/18 

17-19-7 

 

Jessica Davenport

Ohio State

 1/9 

15-3-2 

'05 First Team AA

Courtney Paris

OU

1/9

23-14-0

 

Liz Shimek

Michigan State

12/21

25-14-2

Wade Trophy Candidate

Courtney Paris

OU

12/21

29-21-6

THE FINAL WORDS
TexasTech Head Coach Marsha Sharp
“I don't only think she (Courtney Paris) is the best freshman in the country,
but she may very well be the best low-block player in the country.”

Paris In Primetime Installements: 1 | 2 | 3 | PDF

 

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