Sooners Turn Attention to No. 1 Baylor


	Morgan Hook

Oklahoma (15-6, 7-3 Big 12) vs. No. 1 Baylor (23-0, 10-0 Big 12)
Date & Tip Time	Monday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m. CT
Location	Waco, Texas \| Ferrell Center
Tickets	Baylor Athletics Ticket Office \| (254) 710-1000
TV	ESPN2
Radio	Sooner Sports Network Oklahoma City: KREF 1400 AM
Webcast	ESPN3.com
Live Stats	SoonerSports.com GameTracker
Game Info	Game Notes (PDF)

THE GAME PLAN
Oklahoma visits No. 1 Baylor in Waco, Texas, on Feb. 6 for the first of two straight appearances on ESPN2's Big Monday. Pam Ward and Rebecca Lobo will call the action from the Ferrell Center. The Sooner Sports Network radio broadcast with Brian Brinkley airs on KOKC 1520 AM and KREF 1400 AM in Oklahoma City and Norman.

OU Tickets Available
• Season Tickets are available for as low as $114. Tickets may be purchased online at SoonerSports.com or by calling the OU Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-456-GoOU.
• Single-game tickets went on sale to the general public Nov. 1. Prices are $15 for reserved seating, $8 for general admission adults and $5 for general admission youths and senior citizens. OU students receive free admission when presenting a valid ID.

The Teams
• Baylor is No. 1 in the nation, and just one of two remaining undefeateds (Green Bay) with a 23-0 overall and 10-0 Big 12 record.
• Oklahoma is 15-6 and in second place in the Big 12 with a 7-3 record in conference play. OU is not ranked in either poll.
• Oklahoma lost to Baylor on its homecourt, 89-58, in the earlier matchup between the teams on Jan. 26.

The Coaches
• Sherri Coale is 351-161 (.686) in her 16th season at Oklahoma. She has been named the Big 12 Coach of the Year four times.
• Kim Mulkey is 321-79 (.803) in her 12th season as Baylor's head coach.

Next Game
• Oklahoma hosts Missouri Saturday, Feb. 11, at 2 p.m. for the start of three games in Norman over five days. The weekend will feature a 10th Anniversary Reunion of the OU's first Final Four team.
• Pack the Place Pink night is Monday, Feb. 13. The game will also be televised on ESPN2.

Baylor Projected Starters
No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Year	2011-12 Statistics
0	Odyssey Sims	G	5-9	So.	15.3 ppg, 5.2 apg
1	Kimetria Hayden	G	6-0	Jr.	8.7 ppg, 4.4 rpg
3	Jordan Madden	G	6-0	Jr.	5.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg
10	Destiny Williams	F	6-1	RS-Jr.	10.2 ppg, 9.0 rpg
42	Brittney Griner	C	6-8	Jr.	22.8 ppg, 9.7 rpg

Oklahoma Projected Starters
No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Year	2011-12 Statistics
10	Morgan Hook	G	5-10	So.	10.1 ppg, 4.3 apg
3	Aaryn Ellenberg	G	5-7	So.	16.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg
25	Whitney Hand	G	6-1	RS-Jr.	12.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg
42	Kaylon Williams	F	6-3	Fr.	4.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg
4	Nicole Griffin	C	6-6	So.	6.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg

PREVIEWING BAYLOR
Baylor continues to go unchallenged in Big 12 play. Featuring National Player of the Year candidate Brittney Griner, the Lady Bears remain undefeated in 2011-12 at 23-0 (10-0 Big 12) and ranked No. 1 unanimously in both polls.

Baylor leads the Big 12 in scoring offense (80.7 points per game), scoring defense (50.7) and rebounding margin (+14.7).

Griner is the seventh-leading scorer in the nation, averaging 22.8 points and has a team-leading 9.8 rebounds per game. The 6-8 junior also leads the nation with 5.2 blocks per game.

Sophomore point guard Odyssey Sims averages 15.3 points and 5.2 assists while junior forward Destiny Williams contributes 10.2 points and 9.0 rebounds.

Sooner to Watch
	Sharane Campbell \| Fr. \| Guard Since the Sooners last met Baylor, Campbell has been the surprise star. In the past three games, the freshman has averaged a team-leading 18.0 points, hit 60 percent of her field goal attempts and grabbed 6.3 rebounds. She has also led the team at the free throw line, where she is 21-of-29 (.724), in the span.

SOONERS GROWING THREATS
Since losing junior forward Joanna McFarland, the team's top rebounder and 3-point percentage leader, with a broken jaw suffered at Oklahoma State on Jan. 14, the Sooners have relied on unusual characters to win.
• Oklahoma was 4-1 with McFarland out of the lineup (2-0 on the road), losing only to No. 1 Baylor.
• Reserve freshman guard Sharane Campbell has been the team's leading scorer in two games and averaged 16.2 points in McFarland's absence.
• Sophomore guard Aaryn Ellenberg scored 31 points and had a career-high nine steals in OU's first game without McFarland, a 65-57 win at Kansas State, which was previously undefeated in Big 12 play and at home.
• But, Ellenberg, the team's leading scorer, suffered through an 0-for-14 3-point streak and had career lows in OU's two road games.
• Freshman forward Kaylon Williams averaged 9.5 points and 13.0 rebounds in OU's two road wins at Missouri and Kansas. Her 16 rebounds against Missouri were the most by a Sooner this season.
• Sophomore center Nicole Griffin totaled nine points, seven rebounds and nine blocks -- the most by a Sooner since Country Paris patrolled the paint -- in OU's win over Texas.
• Senior center Jelena Cerina, a junior college transfer, scored OU's first eight points of the second half in its win versus Oklahoma State en route to a career-high 16 points.

HAND VOTED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN
Oklahoma's Whitney Hand was voted to the Capital One Academic All-District 7 Women's Basketball First Team, announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America. As a first-team all-district selection, the Sooner co-captain will be eligible for consideration as an Academic All-American.Hand graduated with a 3.76 GPA in health and exercise science in December. The Sooners have had 13 Academic All-District women's basketball players under the 16-year tutelage of Sherri Coale. Four have been voted Academic All-Americans.

COALE CLOSING ON VICTORY NO. 500
Sherri Coale guided Norman High School to two state championships and a 147-40 record in seven years before becoming the Sooners' head coach. In the college ranks, Coale has 351 victories in 16 seasons, leaving her just two shy of 500 in her career as a head coach.

TWO SOONERS ON NAISMITH WATCH
Sophomore Aaryn Ellenberg and redshirt-junior Whitney Hand were among the 51 women's college basketball players on the Naismith Trophy Early-Season Watch List released Nov. 29. Ellenberg has averaged 16.2 points for Oklahoma this season. Against Liberty, the 5-7 guard set an OU record by making a 3-pointer in a 23rd consecutive game, which extended to 29. Hand has totaled 12.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as she recently crossed 900 career points.

PACK THE PLACE PINK ITEMS AVAILABLE
Oklahoma women's basketball is auctioning several items from its Pack the Place Pink Night vs. Connecticut on Monday, Feb. 13, to support women's cancer awareness. All proceeds from the auction, which features items such as the game ball, shoes, jerseys and commemorative T-shirts, go to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

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