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University of Oklahoma Athletics
No. 6 Women's Hoops at ASU Sunday
December 06, 2008 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 6, 2008
CP3 SEEKING 100th CONSECUTIVE DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Courtney Paris' visit to Jonesboro, Ark., will be her first, but the result of her game may end with her 100th consecutive double-double. The senior started the NCAA-record streak in ninth game of her freshman season and it will be 1,102 days old Sunday, Dec. 7.
ACT NATURALLY
OU's Nyeshia Stevenson and Jenny Vining return home to play their first collegiate games in their native state.
Though the duo has played against several teams from Arkansas, this marks the first time Stevenson, of Little Rock, and Vining, of Marshall, will play in The Natural State since high school.
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| Date and Time | Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2:05 p.m. Central | Game Notes |
| Location | Jonesboro, Ark. | ASU Convocation Center |
| Tickets | tickets.astate.edu | 888-ASU-FANS |
| TV | None |
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Radio
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SoonerSports Radio Network (Dave Lanning & Kendra Wecker) KOKC 1520 AM in Oklahoma City |
| Webcast | AStateRedWolves.com |
| Live Stats | AStateRedWolves.com |
GAME PREVIEW
The No. 6 Oklahoma Sooners visit Arkansas State University Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. Central at the ASU Convocation Center in Jonesboro, Ark. The Sooners look to end ASU's three-game winning streak.
• Oklahoma and Arkansas State are meeting for the fifth time. Oklahoma is 3-1 all-time against ASU, but lost, 76-63, in the only previous meeting in Jonesboro.
• The Sooners routed the Red Wolves, 93-36, in Norman last season (Dec. 2, 2007).
• Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale is 259-129 (.668) in her 13th season.
• Arkansas State head coach Brian Boyer is 157-124 (.559) in his 10th season.
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ABOUT ARKANSAS STATE
Arkansas State University is a member of the Sun Belt Conference and is located in Jonesboro, Ark., approximately 70 miles northwest of Memphis.
ASU opened the season against Creighton, the Sooners' most recent opponents, and walked away with a 73-56 win at home. Arkansas State's victory over Creighton, Nov. 14, was the Red Wolves' 200th victory at the ASU Convocation Center. Over the last five-plus years, the ASU women's basketball program boasts a winning percentage of .847 (61-11) at the ASU Convocation Center.
Arkansas State head coach Brian Boyer is 157-124 (.559) in his 10th season.
The Arkansas State Red Wolves finished in a first-place tie with Arkansas-Little Rock in the Sun Belt Conference preseason West Division poll, released Oct. 13 at the SBC Basketball Tip-Off in Hot Springs. The poll was voted on by the 13 head coaches throughout the league. Arkansas State junior guard Veronica Smith was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference first team, while sophomore forward Shay Scott was named third team All-Sun Belt Conference.
Oklahoma leads the all-time series 3-1, including a 93-36 victory last year in Norman. A-State's lone victory in the series came during the 1992-93 season, a 76-63 win over the Sooners in Jonesboro.
DeLe'sha Stoudemire is the younger sister of NBA All-Star and Phoenix Suns forward Amar'e Stoudemire.
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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.
107 GAMES, 104 DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Courtney Paris has collected 104 double-doubles in 107 career games. She has an active streak of 99 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 1,102 days old when OU plays Arkansas State on Dec. 7, 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 104 - 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 99 - 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 69, Creighton 49
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- All-America center Courtney Paris used a late surge to finish with 11 points and 16 rebounds, but that hardly overshadowed a lethargic effort for the Sooners in a 69-49 win against Creighton on Wednesday night.
Coach Sherri Coale benched her starters after a sluggish 93 seconds to start the game, and she had to go to third-stringers before the Sooners (5-2) got it going.
Coale refused to make excuses for her team, which lost 106-78 at top-ranked Connecticut three days earlier and had mammoth travel problems on the way home. The Sooners' flight home from Connecticut on Monday was canceled, and the travel party split into two sections to get back home.
Chevelle Herring scored 16 points and Megan Neuvirth added 15 points to lead Creighton (2-4), which stuck around until the Sooners put the game away with a 12-0 surge in the final 7 minutes. Herring was 5-for-17 and Kelsey Woodard, the Bluejays' second-leading scorer, was 0-for-7 on 3-pointers and 1-for-11 overall.
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 1,631 career rebounds, Paris needs 31 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 583-423 (.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 Sooners has 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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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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