Sooners, Tigers Brawl Wednesday Night

Jan. 19, 2010


	Abi Olajuwon

No. 13 Oklahoma (12-4, 2-1 Big 12) vs. Missouri (10-6, 0-3 Big 12)
Date & Tip Time	Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 6:30 p.m. CT
Location	Columbia, Mo. \| Mizzou Arena
TV	Sooner Sports Network KAUT Ch. 43 in Oklahoma City; Metro Sports in Kansas City
Radio	Sooner Radio Network KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City; KAKC AM 1300 in Tulsa
Webcast	ESPN360.com
Live Stats	SoonerSports.com GameTracker
Game Info	Game Notes (PDF)

GAME PREVIEW
No. 13 Oklahoma visits Missouri Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 6:30 p.m. at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo.
• The game will be televised on the Sooner Sports Network (Oklahoma City area on KAUT).
• The OU radio broadcast of Brian Brinkley and Kendra Wecker can be heard over the air on the Sooner Sports Network (KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City; KAKC AM 1300 in Tulsa) and online at SoonerSports.com through CBS College Sports All-Access.

OU WINS, YOU WIN
• Sooner Fans in attendance for the next game at the Lloyd Noble Center could enjoy a discounted ticket rate at future home games. If the Sooners win, fans win the opportunity to purchase additional tickets to all remaining Big 12 Conference home games at a special rate.
• If the Sooners win their next home game, fans in attendance will be eligible to purchase as many tickets as they had for the eligible game at a special rate of $5 per ticket. The processing fee is included in this rate and no other fees will be applied.

Women's Basketball Ticket Information

TICKET INFORMATION
• General admission tickets are available for adults are $8. Youth (K-12) tickets are $5. Lloyd Noble Center's ticket box offices will open one and one-half hours prior to tip-off.
• OU students who present a valid student I.D. are admitted free.

Missouri Projected Starters
No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Year	2009-10 Statistics
50	Christine Flores	F	6-3	So.	9.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg
44	Shakara Jones	F	6-2	Jr.	10.6 ppg, 5.5 rpg
3	Amanda Hanneman	F	5-11	Sr.	10.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg
23	RaeShara Brown	G	5-8	Jr.	9.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg
11	Toy Richbow	G	5-6	Sr.	4.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg

Oklahoma Projected Starters
No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Year	2009-10 Statistics
13	Danielle Robinson	G	5-9	Jr.	16.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 5.4 apg
1	Nyeshia Stevenson	G	5-10	Sr.	13.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg
10	Carlee Roethlisberger	F	6-1	So.	8.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg
21	Amanda Thompson	F	6-1	Sr.	11.6 ppg, 9.6 rpg
34	Abi Olajuwon	C	6-3	Sr.	12.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg

ABOUT THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma is ranked No. 13 by the Associated Press and No. 13 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' poll.
• Missouri is unranked.
• Oklahoma is 12-4 overall and 2-1 in the Big 12 after defeating then-No. 8 Texas A&M, 75-64, in Norman on Sunday, Jan. 17.
• Missouri is 10-6 overall and 0-3 in the Big 12 after losing at Kansas, 72-59, Sunday.

The Series
• Missouri and Oklahoma are meeting for the 55th time. Missouri leads the overall series 29-25, and 14-8 in Columbia, but the Sooners have won 10 of the last 12, including last year's 78-56 decision in Norman.

The Coaches
• Sherri Coale is 298-136 (.686) in her 14th season at Oklahoma. She has been the Big 12 Coach of the Year four times.
• Cindy Stein is 183-165 (.526) in her 12th season at Missouri and 248-188 (.569) in her 15th overall.

PREVIEWING OKLAHOMA
The Sooners were picked by the league's coaches to finish fifth in the strong Big 12 Conference this season.

The Sooners enter 2009-10 following one of its best seasons in history. Oklahoma notched a program record 32 wins, won its sixth Big 12 regular season title and made its second trip to the Final Four. OU returns eight letterwinners from the squad, including three starters. Preseason All-American Danielle Robinson and senior co-captain Amanda Thompson will lead the charge.

Sooner to Watch
	Danielle Robinson \| Jr. \| Guard Danielle Robinson has scored 15 or more points in each of the three Big 12 Conference games played this season and does not look as if she can be slowed. Against Texas A&M Sunday, Robinson set career highs for free throws made (10) and attempted (11).

PREVIEWING MISSOURI
Missouri enters Wednesday night's game having lost four straight games and standing as the only winless team in Big 12 play.

Jessra Johnson is the Tigers' top scorer and rebounded, averaging 12.1 points and 5.9 boards. Shakara Jones is scoring 10.6 points per game and Amanda Hanneman is scoring 10.4.

Junior RaeShara Brown leads the Big 12 with 3.4 steals per game.

The Tigers are 11th in the Big 12 in scoring offense and scoring margin and last in field goal percentage and free throw percentage.

Missouri suffered loses to Kansas State and Kansas last week.

Coale's 300th Win Approaching
Sherri Coale will be aiming for her 299th coaching win when OU visits Missouri, Wednesday, Jan. 20.

Coale's first win came in her first game as OU's head coach, a 62-50 victory over Oral Roberts on Nov. 22, 1996.

The 100th win came 170 games later on Feb. 5, 2002, a 69-60 win over then-No. 10 Baylor at Norman.

Win No. 200 came 141 games later on March 8, 2006, a 78-74 win over Iowa State in the first round of the Big 12 Championship.

Coale Winningest in Big 12
Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale has a record of 138-74 in Big 12 regular-season conference games.

Coale is in her 14th season coaching the Sooners, all since the BIg 12 formed in 1996-97. Since then, no coach past or present has more wins in league play.

Iowa State's Bill Fennelly and Kansas State's Deb Patterson are the only other active coaches who were at their respective schools when the league was formed.

Thompson Becoming One of a Kind
Senior forward Amanda Thompson, a.k.a. `The Waitress', loves to serve up people. She's only the second Sooner ever -- the other being Courtney Paris -- to record 100 blocks and 100 steals in her career.

Thompson is also nearing her 1,000th point, 700th rebound and 250th career assist, which puts her in a class of her own.

Oklahoma's Wins...and Losses...Are Quality
Oklahoma has played the nation's second-toughest schedule, behind only Stanford. Oklahoma's four losses have come to teams currently ranked in the top 10, who share a combined record of 62-6.

Strength of Schedule
Oklahoma is No. 6 in the NCAA's official RPI calculator following Sunday's win over Texas A&M and leads the nation in strength of schedule. The Sooners are 2-4 versus the Top 25 this season.

Robinson Receiving Charity
OU junior Danielle Robinson finished the 2008-09 season as one of the nation's leading free throw shooters. This year, however, she has not found as many opportunities at the line.

That changed against Texas A&M Sunday, Jan. 17, when Robinson made 10-of-11 free throws en route to a 24-point performance and Sooner victory.

Prior to that game, Robinson had just two free throw attempts in the last three games.

NEXT UP
Oklahoma hosts Kansas at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. The game will be televised on the Sooner Sports Network.

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