Big 12 Semifinal is Bedlam

March 13, 2010

No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State
Date & Tip Time	Saturday, March 13, 2010 \| 2:30 p.m.
Location	Kansas City, Mo. \| Municipal Auditorium
Tickets	Ticketmaster.com
TV	Fox Sports Net DirecTV Channel 676; DISH Channel 416
Radio	Sooner Radio Network KOKC AM 1520 in Oklahoma City, KTBZ AM 1430 in Tulsa
Live Audio	SoonerSports.com All-Access
Live Stats	Big12Sports.com
Game Info	Game Notes (PDF)

GAME PREVIEW
No. 12 and third-seeded Oklahoma meets seventh-seeded Oklahoma State in the semifinal round of the Big 12 Championship Saturday, March 13, at 2:30 p.m. at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. The winner will play in Sunday's 12:30 p.m. championship game. The Cowgirls defeated No. 2 seed Iowa State, 62-59, to advance.
• The games of the Big 12 Championship will be televised on Fox Sports Net. Brent Stover, Debbie Antonelli and Brenda VanLengen will call the action for OU's games.
• The OU radio broadcast with Brian Brinkley and Kendra Wecker can be heard on the Sooner Sports Network (KOKC 1520 AM in Oklahoma City and KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa) and online at SoonerSports.com through CBS College Sports All-Access.

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The Teams
• Third-seeded Oklahoma is ranked No. 12 by the Associated Press and No. 12 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' poll.
• Seventh-seeded Oklahoma State is ranked No. 20 in the AP and No. 21 in the Coaches'.
• Oklahoma is 22-9 overall and 11-5 in the Big 12 after defeating Baylor, 59-54, Friday night in the quarterfinal round of the Big 12 Championship.
• Oklahoma State is 23-9 overall and 9-7 in the Big 12 after beating Iowa State, 62-59, Friday.

The Championship
• This marks the 14th Big 12 Championship and the ninth at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. Oklahoma is 19-9 (.679) all-time in the Big 12 Championship with the best winning percentage among all teams and four titles (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007). OU is 5-1 in the semifinals; 4-1 in the championship game; and 7-7 all-time in the tournament in Kansas City.

The Coaches
• Sherri Coale is 308-141 (.685) in her 14th season at Oklahoma. She has been the Big 12 Coach of the Year four times.
• Kurt Budke is 174-80 (.685) in his eighth season overall and 93-66 (.585) in his fifth at Oklahoma State.

The Program
• OU's victory over Kansas (Jan. 23) was victory No. 300 for Sherri Coale. Coale is OU's all-time wins and winning percentage leader.
• OU's all-time program record is 632-434 (.593). OU is 146-76 (.658) all-time in Big 12 regular-season play.

Oklahoma State Projected Starters
No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Year	2009-10 Statistics
1	Tegan Cunningham	F	6-1	Sr.	16.3 ppg, 7.2 rpg
10	Andrea Riley	G	5-5	Sr.	25.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg
00	Lakyn Garrison	G	5-5	Jr.	5.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg
15	Toni Young	F	6-2	Fr.	6.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg
33	Megan Byford	C	6-2	Sr.	3.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg

Oklahoma Projected Starters
No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Year	2009-10 Statistics
13	Danielle Robinson	G	5-9	Jr.	16.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 5.2 apg
1	Nyeshia Stevenson	F	5-10	Sr.	14.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg
45	Jasmine Hartman	G	5-11	So.	2.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg
21	Amanda Thompson	F	6-1	Sr.	12.9 ppg, 10.0 rpg
34	Abi Olajuwon	C	6-3	Sr.	10.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg

PREVIEWING OKLAHOMA
The Sooners were picked by the league's coaches to finish fifth in the strong Big 12 Conference this season, but remain in the hunt for a bye in the postseason tournament.

Following a season when Oklahoma notched a program record 32 wins, won its sixth Big 12 regular season title and made its second trip to the Final Four, the Sooners had to make immediate solutions to losses of the Paris twins to graduation and star sophomore Whitney Hand to an ACL injury early in the playing season.

The Sooners are 22-9 overall and 11-5 in the Big 12 with the nation's second-toughest strength of schedule and No. 7 RPI.

Sooner to Watch
	Danielle Robinson \| Jr. \| Guard Danielle Robinson set the tone in Oklahoma's second round win in the Big 12 Championship, pushing the Sooner past Baylor. In her three prior games in the conference tournament, Robinson had amassed 26 points -- as many as she scored in Friday night's game.

THREE SOONERS ALL-BIG 12
Oklahoma's Danielle Robinson, Nyeshia Stevenson and Amanda Thompson were named to the All-Big 12 Team in a vote by the league's coaches.

Robinson, a unanimous choice, and Thompson were voted to the 10-member first team. Stevenson was selected to the second team.

Robinson was also named to the All-Defensive Team for a second consecutive season.

All-Big 12 First Team
Brittney Griner, Baylor; Alison Lacey, Iowa State; Ashley Sweat, Kansas State; Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska; Cory Montgomery, Nebraska; Yvonne Turner, Nebraska; Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma; Amanda Thompson, Oklahoma; Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State; Tanisha Smith, Texas A&M.

All-Big 12 Second Team
Danielle McCray, Kansas; Nyeshia Stevenson, Oklahoma; Tegan Cunningham, Oklahoma State; Brittainey Raven, Texas; Danielle Adams, Texas A&M.

ROBINSON ON EVERY WATCH LIST
OU junior Danielle Robinson's big play has her in the national spotlight. She's in consideration for All-America honors as well as the Naismith, Wooden and Lieberman awards.

Robinson compares favorably with the past six winners of the Nancy Lieberman Award, given to the nation's top point guard.

Year	Player	G	PPG	RPG	APG	FG%	FT%
2010	Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma	31	16.8	3.1	5.2	0.479	0.867
2009	Renee Montgomery, UConn	39	16.5	2.1	5.1	0.448	0.744
2008	Kristi Toliver, Maryland	37	17.1	3.4	7.4	0.444	0.86
2007	Lindsey Harding, Duke	34	13.6	4	3.9	0.444	0.748
2006	Ivory Latta, North Carolina	35	18.4	2.1	5.2	0.455	0.852
2005	Temeka Johnson, LSU	36	10.4	3.3	7.7	0.479	0.723
2004	Diana Taurasi, UConn	35	16.2	4	4.9	0.456	0.795

Three Named Academic All-Big 12
Danielle Robinson (first team), Jasmine Hartman (second team) and Amanda Thompson (second team) were named to the 2010 Academic All-Big 12 Women's Basketball Team on March 4.

Thompson Climbing Rebounding Charts
Amanda Thompson passed Dionnah Jackson, who had 829, for sixth all-time on OU's career rebounding list March 2 at Texas A&M. Thompson had six rebounds in the game and now has 851 for her career.

Thompson trails Phylesha Whaley for fifth by 41 rebounds and Caton Hill, fourth all-time, by 93 boards.

Three Reach 1,000 Career Points
Sooners Danielle Robinson, Amanda Thompson and Nyeshia Stevenson have reached 1,000 career points scored this season.

Robinson scored nine points to become Oklahoma's 23rd player to reach 1,000 in a career against Marist, Dec. 9. Thompson reached 1,000 career points with a 16-point effort versus No. 1 Connecticut on Feb. 15. Stevenson scored 28 points versus Texas on Feb. 27 to reach the milestone.

Robinson Breaks Multiple FT Records
OU junior Danielle Robinson finished the 2008-09 season as one of the nation's leading free throw shooters. And this year, she is finding many of her opportunities at the line.

Robinson is 130-of-150 (.867) from the charity stripe this season, including a 91-of-95 (.958) effort in Big 12 games.

The junior broke her own OU record (previously 30 set last season) for consecutive free throws made with a streak of 35 straight that ended with a miss on her first attempt against Baylor, Feb. 10.

Against Oklahoma State on Feb. 6, Robinson made 16-of-16 free throws, breaking OU and Big 12 records for best single-game FT percentage and most consecutive single-game FT.

Stevenson Matches 3FG Record, Ends Another
Nyeshia Stevenson's nine 3-pointers made versus Marist helped her establish a new career scoring high and also matched a 28-year-old Sooner record.

The only other Sooner to make as many 3-pointers in a game was Carin Stites, who did it twice -- vs. Arkansas on Nov. 27, 1990, and vs. UT-San Antonio on Jan. 21, 1991.

Stevenson's streak of consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer ended March 2 vs. Texas A&M at 22, breaking her previous record of 9 games set last season.

Thompson 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. She's the only one to do so and have 250 assists.

Against Oklahoma State on Feb. 6, Thompson reached her 800th rebound and 250th career assist, making her one of OU's most prolific players, statistically, on both offense and defense.

Block Party
Amanda Thompson is the only Sooner in history under 6-foot-2 to have 30 or more blocks in a season -- a feat she has achieved three times. Thompson reached 30 blocks as a senior in 27 games and currently has 31.

Amanda Thompson had 21 blocks as a freshman, 34 as a sophomore and 31 as a junior. She ranks third all-time on OU's career blocks charts, behind only Courtney Paris (446) and LaNae Jones (243).

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