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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Basketball By the Bay Up Next
December 10, 2008 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 10, 2008
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE?
OU's Danielle Robinson certainly knows what's at stake in California. The San Jose, Calif., native returns to her native city along with Bay Area legends Ashley and Courtney Paris and Californian Abi Olajuwon.
The Paris sisters were born and raised in San Jose before playing high school ball in Piedmont, Calif., where there jerseys will be unofficially retired in a ceremony Thursday night.
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| Date and Time | Friday, Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. Central | Game Notes |
| Location | San Jose, Calif. | SJSU Event Center |
| Tickets | ticketmaster.com | (408) 924-7589 |
| TV | None |
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Radio
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SoonerSports Radio Network (Brian Brinkley & Kendra Wecker) KOKC 1520 AM in Oklahoma City |
| Webcast | SJSUSpartans.com |
| Live Stats | SJSUSpartans.com |
GAME PREVIEW
The No. 5 Oklahoma Sooners meet Cal State Bakersfield Friday, Dec. 12, and No. 9 California Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Basketball By the Bay Classic hosted by San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif. Both games tip off at 8 p.m. Central.
• Oklahoma and Cal State Bakersfield are meeting for the first time. Oklahoma and California are meeting for the third time (all on neutral courts). The Golden Bears lead the series 2-0, with the last meeting a 81-66 Cal victory on Nov. 28, 1987, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale is 260-129 (.668) in her 13th season.
• Cal State Bakersfield head coach Tim La Kose is 158-54 (.745) in his eighth season.
• University of California head coach Joanne Boyle is 75-29 (.721) in her fourth season.
• Oklahoma is 14-12 all-time versus teams from California and 8-9 when playing in the state.
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ABOUT CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD
Cal State Bakersfield is an independent member of the NCAA and is located in Bakersfield, Calif., approximately 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles and 240 miles southeast of San Jose.
CSUB is a transition team that will be eligible for the NCAA Division I Championship in the 2010-11 season. The Roadrunners lay claim to being the only school to appear in the Division II tournament in each year of its existence. The Sooners are one of eight opponents the Roadrunners will face for the first time ever in 2008-09.
Cal State Bakersfield head coach Tim La Kose is 158-54 (.745) in his eighth season.
CSUB returns seven letterwinners, including three starters from a team that went 12-17 in 2007-08.
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PREVIEWING THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS
Oklahoma begins the season with high expectations and high rankings -- No. 4 in the Preseason AP Poll and No. 7 in the Coaches' Poll. Returning for Oklahoma are 11 players, including four starters and three-time consensus All-American Courtney Paris. Big 12 Freshman of the Year Danielle Robinson will run the offense as a sophomore and teammates and coaches are raving about the prospects of Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year Whitney Hand.
Oklahoma again plays one of the toughest schedules in the nation with consensus No. 1 Connecticut, and top-ranked Tennessee and California as well as ranked Big 12 teams Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma State and Baylor on the slate.
108 GAMES, 105 DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Courtney Paris has collected 105 double-doubles in 108 career games. She has an active streak of 100 consecutive games with a double-double. The streak began with a 22-point, 24-rebound effort versus UCLA on Dec. 5, 2005, and will be 1,1077 days old when OU plays Cal State Bakersfield on Dec. 12, 2008.
OFFICIALLY A RECORD
It has long been thought that Courtney Paris' double-double numbers were NCAA records. Beginning with the 2008-09 season, those statements are now factual.
The NCAA has made single-season and career double-doubles as well as single-season and career consecutive double-doubles new records for women's basketball.
| Single-Season Double-Doubles 33 - Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, 2006 33 - Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, 2007 32 - Anne Donovan, Old Dominion, 1983 31 - Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, 2008 30 - Cheryl Taylor, Tennessee Tech, 1986 |
Single-Season Consecutive Double-Doubles 33 - Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, Nov. 12, 2006-March 25, 2007 31 - Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, Nov. 11, 2007-March 25, 2008 28 - Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, Dec. 5, 2005-March 25, 2006 18 - Cheryl Miller, Southern Cal, Nov. 28, 1984-Feb. 14, 1985 15 - Gail Koziara, Dartmouth, Jan. 16-Feb. 28, 1982 |
| Career Double-Doubles 105 - Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, 2006-Active 90 - Cheryl Taylor, Tennessee Tech, 1984-87 78 - Janet Harris, Georgia, 1982-85 75 - Sylvia Fowles, LSU, 2005-08 |
Career Consecutive Double-Doubles 100 - Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, Dec. 5, 2005-Active 19 - Anne Donovan, Old Dominion, Jan. 29, 1982-Dec. 29, 1983 18 - Cheryl Miller, Southern Cal, Nov. 28, 1994-Feb. 14, 1985 |
LAST TIME OUT....Oklahoma 87, Arkansas State 57
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- Courtney Paris had 24 points and 10 rebounds for her 100th consecutive double-double, and No. 6 Oklahoma routed Arkansas State 87-57 Sunday. Paris scored 19 points in the first half, and the Sooners eventually pulled away for an easy victory.
Paris' streak is an NCAA record. It began almost exactly three years ago on Dec. 5, 2005.
It nearly ended in Wednesday night's 69-49 win over Creighton, when the senior center scored only 11 points. She matched that total in the first 8:02 Sunday.
The Red Wolves (5-4) kept it close for most of the first half before Oklahoma began to increase the margin. Ashley Paris, Courtney's sister, beat the defense downcourt and made a layup while drawing a foul. She missed the free throw, but Courtney Paris rebounded and made a nice pass to a cutting Whitney Hand for a layup that put the Sooners ahead 37-25.
They led 47-32 at halftime even though Arkansas State had shot 55 percent.
Oklahoma (6-2) began the second half with a 12-1 run to turn the game into a blowout -- although it wasn't as lopsided as the Sooners' 93-36 victory over Arkansas State last season.
Ashley Paris, a forward, had 20 points and 11 rebounds Sunday. She and her sister more than made up for Oklahoma's 3-of-15 shooting from 3-point range.
Nyeshia Stevenson added 14 points for Oklahoma, and Danielle Robinson had 13. Jazmine Taylor led Arkansas State with 12 points, and Lyndsay Schlup scored 10 on 5-of-5 shooting. Shania Hurst also had 10 points for the Red Wolves.
Oklahoma outrebounded Arkansas State 43-26, including 19 offensive rebounds. The Red Wolves shot only 7-of-28 in the second half after their solid start.
POSTGAME LEFTOVERS
New Turnover Low
Oklahoma's eight turnovers against UConn and 10 versus Creighton set a record low in back-to-back games for Sherri Coale-coached teams. Previously, no Sooner team coached by Coale had consecutive games with fewer than 20 combined turnovers.
Triple Double-Double
Double-doubles by Ashley and Courtney Paris and Amanda Thompson against North Carolina on Nov. 23, 2008, marked the first time three Sooners recorded double-doubles in the same game.
Offensive Output
Lost in the struggle from a 106-78 defeat to No. 1 UConn was the efficiency of OU's offense. The Sooners ripped off 85 field goal attempts while turning the ball over just eight times, matching a three-year season low. OU also connected on 56 percent of its 3-point attempts, its best mark since the fourth game of the 2007-08 season.
Courtney Paris sets Scoring Record
The second-ranked Sooners never trailed at home against Arizona State, winning the Preseason WNIT semifinal, 70-57. Courtney Paris scored 19 points and 20 rebounds for her 100th career double-double and passed Phylesha Whaley as OU's career scoring leader.
More on Paris' Scoring Efficiency
Phylesha Whaley scored 2,187 points in 116 career games and an OU record 4,025 minutes played. Courtney Paris passed Whaley's mark with 2,189 points in 103 games. Paris' 3,152 minutes played to reach the record -- 873 fewer than Whaley --wasn't even in the top 10 on OU's career charts.
Rebound Record on Pace
The two-time NCAA single-season rebounding leader also passed LSU's Sylvia Fowles for third on the NCAA career rebounding list. With 1,641 career rebounds, Paris needs 21 to match Patricia Hoskins for second.
Oklahoma Plays Game No. 1,000
Oklahoma played its 1,000th game since the program was re-established in 1974 following the passing of Title IX. The Sooners' all-time record is 584-423 (.580).
Lucky Number Seven
Whitney Hand became just the seventh true freshman under OU head coach Sherri Coale to start in her first collegiate game, joining LaNeisha Caufield, Stacey Dales, Caton Hill, Courtney Paris, Chelsi Welch and Phylesha Whaley.
NOTEWORTHY
• Hand named Big 12 Freshman of the week
For a second straight week, a Sooner earned a weekly honor from the conference. On Dec. 1, Whitney Hand was named the Big 12's Co-Freshman of the Week following a 20-point performance versus Marist and 13-point effort at No. 1 Connecticut.
• Ashley Paris named Big 12 player of the Week
Paris led the Sooners in scoring and posted double-doubles against two of OU's three games of the Preseason Women's NIT on Nov. 24. The senior averaged 17 points, nine rebounds and a 63 percent field-goal shooting mark while helping No. 4 Oklahoma through the Preseason WNIT Championship Game and, along with sister Courtney, was named to its all-tournament team.
• Paris a Unanimous Pick for All-American
Courtney Paris has been a regular on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team the past few years. Now, the senior has joined an elite group as only the sixth unanimous choice in the 15-year history of the squad. Joining the Oklahoma center on the team were Connecticut's Maya Moore, Louisville's Angel McCoughtry, Maryland's Kristi Toliver, and Oklahoma State's Andrea Riley. For the first time, Paris was on every ballot of the 45-member national media panel. Previous unanimous selections were Chamique Holdsclaw, Diana Taurasi, Alana Beard, Seimone Augustus and Candace Parker.
• Big 12 Coaches Vote Paris, Hand
There must be something in the water at the Lloyd Noble Center. After becoming the first school to sweep the Big 12's preseason vote for No. 1 team in men's and women's basketball, Oklahoma swept the league's picks for preseason player of the year and freshman of the year. The Big 12 Conference named Courtney Paris its Preseason Player of the Year for a third consecutive season and Whitney Hand, who tied with Texas A&M's Tyra White, its Co-Preseason Freshman of the Year in a vote of the league's head coaches.
• Oklahoma No. 1 in Big 12 Poll
In a vote of the league's coaches released Wednesday, the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team was the preseason favorite to win the 2009 Big 12 regular season championship. Sherri Coale's Sooners earned seven of the 12 first-place votes (coaches are not allowed to vote for their own teams) and 124 points to take No. 1. Texas (95) received one first-place vote for second in a close vote over Iowa State (93), which received two first-place votes. Baylor (89), with one first-place vote, Texas A&M (85), Oklahoma State (79 and one first-place vote), defending Big 12 champion Kansas State (71), Nebraska (56), Kansas (41), Texas Tech (36), Colorado (18) and Missouri (15), respectively, completed the poll.
It is the second time in the last three seasons (2006-07) that Oklahoma has been the coaches' preseason top pick and third time in the league's history (2001-02). The Big 12's preseason favroite has earned at least a share of the conference title in five of the previous 11 seasons the poll was conducted, including the two previous times OU was No. 1.
• Wecker Joins Oklahoma Staff
2005 Big 12 Player of the Year Kendra Wecker would join the team as a graduate assistant. Wecker was a three-time All-Big 12 First Team member at Kansas State and was picked fourth overall by the San Antonio Silver Stars in the 2005 WNBA Draft.
The Marysville, Kan., native ended her collegiate basketball career as one of the sport's most prolific athletes. A first-team All-American in 2005, Wecker was a three-time Naismith Player of the Year finalist and two-time Wade Trophy and Wooden Award finalist. Wecker still holds Kansas State career records for scoring (2,333 points), rebounds (1,087), double-doubles (52), field goals made (935), field goals attempted (1,913) and minutes played (4,141).
Wecker will pursue Master's of Education with an emphasis in intercollegiate athletics administration.
• Paris Leads Wade Trophy Candidates
Oklahoma senior Courtney Paris leads the 25-member list of State Farm Wade Trophy preseason candidates, announced Tuesday by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The Wade Trophy is presented to the NCAA Division I women's college basketball player of the year.
Paris has been a finalist for the award the past two seasons and, along with Maryland seniors Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver, is making her third appearance on the preseason watch list.
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BACK AT HOME
• Four Sooners -- Abi Olajuwon, Ashley and Courtney Paris and Danielle Robinson -- call California home. The Parises and Robinson were born and raised in San Jose. Ashley and Courtney Paris played high school ball at Piedmont, winning back-to-back Division IV titles in 2004 and 2005. Robinson played at Archbishop Mitty High School, leading the Monarchs to a Division II title in 2007.
MORE CONNECTIONS...
• San Jose State Spartans head coach Pam DeCosta, now in her second season with the Spartans, was an assistant on Sherri Coale's staff during her first two seasons at Oklahoma (1996-98).
Robinson and the Paris twins had several encounters with current Cal players during their careers, having played both with and against several.
• Alexis Gray-Lawson and Devanei Hampton were members of Oakland Tech's back-to-back Division I state champions in 2004 and 2005 that often faced the Parises' Piedmont teams. Gray-Lawson, Hampton and the Parises were also teammates on several USA Basketball development teams.
• Ashley Walker, a native of Modesto, also played against the Parises in high school and was a member of the AAU club team East Bay Xplosion where she teamed with Robinson.
RECORDS IN CALIFORNIA, AGAINST CALIFORNIA
• The Sooners, who are playing for the first time ever in San Jose, 8-9 all-time in games played in the state of California.
• Oklahoma is 14-12 all-time against teams from California, including a 0-2 mark against Cal. OU and Cal State Bakersfield are meeting for the first time.
PARIS TWINS, CAL DUO TO BE HONORED
• Oklahoma's Ashley and Courtney Paris and Cal's Alexis Gray-Lawson and Devanei Hampton will be honored at halftime of Thursday night's (Dec. 11) game between Piedmont High School and Oakland Tech for their accomplishments in women's basketball.
ALL ABOUT THE BALL
• Oklahoma, accustomed to playing games with the Nike 3005 N-Touch Tournament ball, will be playing in San Jose its second and third straight games with the Wilson Solution after playing with it at Arkansas State Sunday, Dec. 7. Nine of the Big 12 teams use the Nike game ball, while Kansas and Nebraska use the Adidas “The Superstar Pro”. Texas A&M is the only Big 12 school to use the Wilson Solution.
TRUE TO POINT
Danielle Robinson's improved efficiency at point guard as a sophomore is incredible considering she was, statistically, the top freshman point guard in the nation last season, leading her to Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors. Robinson has 39 assists to 28 turnovers in 2008-09, a1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio, and leads the team with 13 steals.
Robinson has also been spreading the ball around well, counting assists to eight teammates. Her only exceptions, injured forward Carolyn Winchester, reserve point guards Rose Hammond and Jasmine Hartman and reserve center Abi Olajuwon.
Percentage of Field Goals Assisted by Robinson
66% - Lauren Willis
33% - Jenny Vining
30% - Whitney Hand, 30%
25% - Carlee Roethlisberger
22% - Ashley Paris
21% - Nyeshia Stevenson
9% - Amanda Thompson
6% - Courtney Paris
PURCHASE OU BASKETBALL TICKETS
Single-game tickets for the nationally-ranked OU men's and women's basketball teams go on sale Wednesday, Nov. 19.
Tickets will first be available online at SoonerSports.com at 12:01 a.m. Phone orders begin at 8 a.m. via the OU Athletics Ticket Office at (405) 325-2424 or toll-free at (800) 456-GoOU. If supplies remain, walk-up sales at the ticket office begin at 10 a.m.
The ticket sale includes men's games against USC, Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma State and women's games against Texas A&M, Texas, Baylor and Oklahoma State.
Men's basketball single-game tickets start as low as $10 each while women's tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for youths.
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OU Basketball Single-Game Ticket Sale
Wednesday, November 19  First available at 12:01 a.m. online at SoonerSports.com, Then available at 8 a.m. by calling (800) 456-GoOU or (405) 325-2424, Then available at 10 a.m. for walk-up sales at OU Athletics Ticket Office (if tickets remain) |
OU Athletics Ticket Office
The OU Athletics Ticket Office is located on the plaza level of the Asp Avenue Parking Facility, immediately west of the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. A limited number of metered parking spaces are available on the second floor of the parking facility and on Asp Street for customer use. The OU Athletics Ticket Office handles ticketing for all OU athletics events and is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | Map to Ticket Office
Phone (405) 325-2424 or toll-free: (800) 456-GoOU
Fax (405) 325-8500
Email outickets@ou.edu
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