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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Sooners Look to End 'Cats Streak
January 13, 2009 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 13, 2009
HAND BIG 12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Oklahoma's Whitney Hand was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week Monday following her performance in the Sooners rout of Nebraska. It is the second time this season Hand has been awarded the honor; the Fort Worth, Texas, native was named co-freshman of the week on Dec. 2. Hand scored 10 points, grabbed four rebounds and had a career-high four assists in the Sooners' 77-56 win. With 9.2 points per game, Hand is the Big 12 freshman scoring leader.
PROMOTIONS
• Boomer Sooner Growth Chart
Wednesday celebrates the kickoff of the Sooners' Big 12 home schedule. The OU Athletics Marketing Department will distribute lifesize Sooner mascot growth chart to the first 1,000 fans through the doors, which open at 5:30 p.m.
• OU Spirit
At halftime, the OU spirit squads will performance their national competition routines.
CHEER LIKE A CHAMPION SUNDAY
OU's annual Cheer Like a Champion game is schedule for Sunday, Jan. 18. The Sooners host No. 8 Texas A&M at 3 p.m. Over 12,000 white "Cheer Like a Champion" t-shirt will be placed in seats for fans to help support the Sooners.
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| Date and Time | Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. Central | Game Notes |
| Location | Norman, Okla. | Lloyd Noble Center |
| Tickets | OU Athletics Ticket Office | 800-456-GoOU |
| TV | SoonerSports Network KAUT 16 in Oklahoma City, COX 3 in Tulsa |
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Radio
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SoonerSports Radio Network KOKC 1520 AM in Oklahoma City |
| Webcast | SoonerSports.com All-Access |
| Live Stats | SoonerSports.com CBS GameTracker |
GAME PREVIEW
No. 3 Oklahoma hosts No. 17 Kansas State Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. The game tips off at 7:07 p.m. Both teams are coming off Big 12 season-opening routs. OU looks to end Kansas State's 14-game winning streak, the nation's fourth longest.
• Oklahoma and Nebraska are meeting for the 49th time. OU leads the all-time series 26-22.
• The Sooners were one of just two teams (Baylor) to defeat Kansas State in Manhattan last season, erasing a 10-point halftime deficit to win 68-65. OU has won the past five meetings.
• Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale is 266-129 (.673) in her 13th season.
• Kansas State head coach Deb Patterson is 254-138 (.648) in her 13th season.
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ABOUT KANSAS STATE
The Kansas State Wildcats were 7-1 in Big 12 road contests last season, including a 3-0 mark against ranked opponents. This season, K-State leads the Big 12 with a 7-0 road record.
The Wildcats jump started the defense of its 2008 Big 12 regular season title with a 72-39 win over in-state rival Kansas on Jan. 10 in Manhattan. The 33-point margin of victory was the largest in the series since a 39-point win
by K-State on Jan. 8, 2003 in Lawrence.
K-State had three players reach double figures as all 12 player saw action for the second straight game. Junior forward Ashley Sweat registered 18 points on 8-of-15 shooting and also pulled in four rebounds.
Senior guard and Wooden Award candidate Shalee Lehning tallied a double-double with 14 points and 10 assists. Lehning also added a team-high six rebounds to her ledger. Lehning has eight games this season and 20 for her career with 10 or more assists in a game.
Also in double figures was senior forward Marlies Gipson with 10 points, five rebounds and a game-high five blocks. This is the 13th time and the seventh time this season that the Big 12 leader in blocks (3.9 bpg) has tallied five or more blocks in a game.
Kansas State head coach Deb Patterson is 254-138 (.648) in her 13th season.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES
• Oklahoma meets Kansas State for the 49th time in the series' history.
• Oklahoma leads overall 26-22, including a 12-9 advantage in Norman.
• The first meeting in 1976 was also the most decided with K-State cruising to a 90-27 victory.
• OU head coach Sherri Coale is 11-4 versus KSU, with a 4-2 mark at home.
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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.
1143 GAMES, 111 DOUBLE-DOUBLES, 106 CONSECUTIVE
Courtney Paris has collected 111 double-doubles in 114 career games. She has an active streak of 106 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 1,140 days old when OU plays Kansas State on Jan. 14, 2009.
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 111 - 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 106 - 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 |
C. PARIS NAMED NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Oklahoma's Courtney Paris was named the National Player of the Month of December by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), which made the announcement Thursday. It is the fifth career WBCA Player of the Month for Paris. Paris averaged 17.2 points, 12.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.8 blocks in five games in December, while playing just 25.2 minutes a game. She shot 77.3 percent from the field, connecting on 33-of-44 field goal attempts.
CONNECTIONS WITH K-STATE
Kendra Wecker - Wecker is a graduate assistant on the Oklahoma staff and also serves as the color analyst for the Sooner Sports Radio Network. Wecker played for Deb Patterson at Kansas State and earned first-team All-America honors and Big 12 Player of the Year in 2005.
Lauren Willis/Kelsey Hill - Willis, a sophomore guard for Oklahoma, and Hill, likewise for Kansas State, were teammates at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, Kan.
Kenny Mossman - Mossman, OU's senior associate athletics director for communications and tonight's color analyst on the Sooner Sports Network, was the sports information director at Kansas State from 1984-1991.
Common Opponents - Both OU and KSU have hosted Creighton and traveled to Arkansas State this season.
• Kansas State 69, Arkansas State 58 (Nov. 25)
• Oklahoma 69, Creighton 49 (Dec. 3)
• Oklahoma 87, Arkansas State 57 (Dec. 7)
• Kansas State 64, Creighton 55 (Dec. 9)
POSTGAME LEFTOVERS
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. It happened a second time on Dec. 21, 2008, vs. Tulsa when the Parises and Danielle Robinson each tallied a double-double.
Oklahoma Sets Comeback Record
Oklahoma's comeback win against Cal set the largest deficit overcome in regulation to win a game. The Sooners trailed the Bears by 26 points with 19:01 remaining in the second half and won 86-75.
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.
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,then its best mark since the fourth game of the 2007-08 season.
Courtney Paris sets OU 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 Mississippi Valley State's Patricia Hoskins for second on the NCAA career rebounding list. With 1,717 career rebounds, Paris needs 170 to match the NCAA record.
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.
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The Greatest Comeback in NCAA History
Led by Nyeshia Stevenson's 21 second-half points, Oklahoma engineered the greatest comeback win in regulation in NCAA history against then-No. 9 California in the final game of the Basketball by the Bay Classic in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 13. Oklahoma trailed 52-26 at the half and began a 10-0 run in the second half with 19:00 remaining. The Sooners also reeled a 28-0 run from 9:00 to 0:42 in which OU made 6-of-12 field goals and Cal missed 11 consecutive. Eleven of Stevenson's 21 points came during this run, including the tying, go-ahead and, eventually, winning field goals. OU outscored Cal in points off turnovers, 20-0, in the final period.
The only team to win from a greater deficit was Texas State, which trailed UT-San Antonio 40-8 (32 points) with 2:18 remaining in the first half and won 73-71 in overtime on Feb. 18, 2006. Texas State's halftime deficit in that game was 27 points.
Stevenson...Beyond the Arc
Junior forward Nyeshia Stevenson has made her last nine 3-point field goals -- the longest such streak of her career. Stevenson was a perfect 4-for-4 in the second half versus California and 2-for-2 in the game against Tulsa and 3-for-3 at Saint Louis for a total of nine consecutive 3-pointers made.
Stevenson has made at least one 3 in eight straight games. Erin Higgins holds OU's record for most consecutive games with at least one 3 made at 19.
As a freshman, Stevenson made just 2-of-11 (.182) 3-pointers. As a sophomore, she improved to 28-of-82 (.341). Already in 2008-09, the junior has made 23 of 52(.442) 3-point attempts and is the Big 12 leader in 3-point field goal percentage.
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 84 assists to 42 turnovers in 2008-09, a 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio, and leads the team with 31 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
50% - Lauren Willis
38% - Whitney Hand
31% - Jenny Vining
30% - Nyeshia Stevenson
22% - Ashley Paris
21% - Carlee Roethlisberger
15% - Amanda Thompson
12% - Courtney Paris
Robinson...From the Charity Stripe
Sophomore guard Danielle Robinson leads the Big 12 Conference in free throw percentage (.912) and is 15th nationally.
The statistic is just one example of the point guard's remarkable improvement from her freshman season when she made just 68 of 99 (.687) free throws.
Simply the Best
Only two NCAA Division I programs have their football and men's and women's basketball teams ranked in the Top 25 of the AP poll -- Oklahoma and Texas. Oklahoma's football team finished the season ranked No. 5, while its men's basketball team is No. 6 and women's team is No. 3. Texas' teams are ranked Nos. 4, 11 and 16, respectively.
High Percentage
With its .488 field goal percentage, Oklahoma trails only Connecticut (.543) in the category in the NCAA national team rankings. The Sooners have shot better than 50 percent from the field in eight of 14 games this season after doing so only seven times last year.
Of course, the high field goal percentages has Oklahoma scoring on more chances, which is why OU's scoring offense (84.1 points per game) is the fourth nationally.
Bench Support
Following Oklahoma's loss to Connecticut in which bench players totaled only four points, Sherri Coale issued a challenge to her reserves. They've responded in the last seven games, providing 39 percent of the team's scoring and outscoring the opponents' bench 271-81, an average of 34-10. Prior to Coale's challenge, the backups were outscored 79-100 and provided only 21 percent of OU's offensive output.
Runaways
Oklahoma has put away its last two opponents early by opening with double-digit runs. The Sooners took a 13-0 lead on North Carolina Central (Jan. 4) and then a 15-0 lead on Nebraska (Jan. 10).Those are just two of the 22 scoring runs of 10 or more points the Sooners have had this season.
OU's comeback versus California featured a 28-0 run that last from 9:00 remaining to the final 30 seconds of that game. The Sooners quickest 10-0 run lasted 2:11 over both sides of the break against No. 1 Connecticut.Oklahoma has even had three double-digit runs in one game, doing so with 12-point first half, 13-point over-the-break, and 13-point second half runs against Creighton.
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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