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Red Bests White in Intrasquad

Red Bests White in Intrasquad

October 25, 2007 | Women's Basketball

Oct. 25, 2007

Video  Head Coach Sherri Coale Post-Scrimmage
Video  Thursday Photo Gallery

NORMAN, Okla.-- The University of Oklahoma women's basketball team completed its intrasquad scrimmage Thursday night at the Lloyd Noble Center in front of 2,200 fans.

Players split time between Red and White teams as they played four eight-minute quarters. The Red defeated White in three quarters and won the overall battle with a total score of 79-76.

"Overall, I was very, very pleased," OU head coach Sherri Coale said. "I thought we got up and down the floor, we had some nice fast breaks and shot the ball pretty well. All the quarters were very competitive, with the margin just two, three or four points, which, I think, is a credit to our depth.

"I'll find 7,000 things on film that I want to fix tomorrow, but for a first time out I thought it was really good."

Each period was intense and down to the wire as the largest margin of victory in any quarter was four points. White got the best of Red in the first, 21-17, but Red bounced back with victories in the final three quarters (25-22 in the second, 12-11 in the third and 25-22 in the fourth.)

Courtney Paris led the Sooners with 27 total points. She shot 9-of-16 (.563) from the field and added nine points at the free throw line. Paris missed a double-double by one rebound, but made contributions elsewhere with four assists and a steal in 27 minutes on the court.

Nyeshia Stevenson scored 26 points and added three steals and two assists to her stat line as she took full advantage of her athletic ability in several fast breaks and one-on-one situations.

OU's four freshman played with no fear as guards Danielle Robinson and Jenny Vining scored 14 points apiece, Lauren Willis shot 3-of-3 from beyond the arc for nine points and forward Carlee Roethlisberger totaled seven points and seven rebounds.

Also scoring in double figures were Rose Hammond (15), Jenna Plumley (11) and Abi Olajuwon (11).

Plumley, who played 31 of a possible 32 minutes, was effective running the point, shooting 3-of-9 from 3-point range and counting nine assists with just three turnovers.

Ashley Paris had a game-high 12 rebounds and Amanda Thompson led with four steals.

The Sooners host Henderson State Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Lloyd Noble Center in their first exhibition game of the season.

Player
FG-FGA
3FG-3FGA
FT-FTA
OReb.
DReb.
Total
Fouls
Points
Assists
TO
Blocks
Steals
Min.
Courtney Paris
9-16
0-1
9-14
3
6
9
2
27
4
1
0
1
27
Nyeshia Stevenson
11-17
2-5
2-2
1
2
3
1
26
2
0
0
3
28
Rose Hammond
4-9
2-4
5-10
2
1
3
4
15
3
3
0
0
20
Jenny Vining
5-7
3-5
1-2
0
0
0
5
14
4
4
1
3
31
Danielle Robinson
6-7
0-0
2-3
3
1
4
2
14
5
4
0
3
29
Jenna Plumley
3-6
3-6
2-3
0
3
3
6
11
9
3
0
2
31
Abi Olajuwon
3-9
0-0
5-7
2
4
6
5
11
3
3
0
2
26
Lauren Willis
3-4
3-3
0-0
1
0
1
1
9
1
0
0
0
14
Amanda Thompson
3-6
0-0
2-2
1
3
4
3
8
0
4
0
4
29
Carlee Roethlisberger
3-6
0-1
1-2
2
5
7
4
7
3
2
0
0
28
Ashley Paris
2-7
0-1
0-1
3
9
12
2
4
1
3
0
1
30
Carolyn Winchester
1-5
1-3
0-0
0
1
1
5
3
2
1
0
1
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