Women's Hoops Visits K-State

Feb. 5, 2013


	Aaryn Ellenberg

No. 23 Oklahoma (16-5) vs. Kansas State (12-9)
Date and Time	Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. CT
Location	Manhattan, Kan. \| Bramlage Coliseum
Tickets	OU Athletics Ticket Office
TV	FS Oklahoma Plus COX 68, 715 \| AT&T U-Verse 1754 \| DirecTV 679 FCS Atlantic COX 272 \| AT&T U-Verse 647 \| DirecTV 608/623/626
Radio	Sooner Radio Network KOKC 1520 AM in Oklahoma City
Media	Game Notes (PDF) \| Twitter
Online	Live Stats \| Live Audio (Pay) \| SoonerSports.tv (Replay)

GAME PREVIEW
• No. 23 Oklahoma (16-5, 6-3) visits Kansas State (12-9, 3-6) at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 3.
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Missy Heidrick (analyst) have the call on the FOX Sports Net regional broadcast.
• The radio broadcast with Brian Brinkley on play-by-play and Colton Coale as color analyst will air on KOKC 1520 AM in the Oklahoma City metro area.
• A replay of the game will be available to watch online at SoonerSports.tv following its live broadcast.

TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR OU HOME GAMES
• Season tickets are available for a low as $119. Tickets may be purchased online at SoonerSports.com or by calling the OU Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-456-GoOU.
• Single-game tickets are available with prices beginning at $5 for general admission seating.
• OU students receive free admission at Oklahoma home games when presenting a valid ID.

NOTABLE
• Oklahoma and Kansas State are meeting for the 54th time with the Sooners leading 31-22 in the series.
• Oklahoma defeated K-State 68-62 in the last meeting between the two teams in Norman on Feb. 15, 2012.
• OU owns a 10-game winning streak against Kansas State and has not lost to the Wildcats since Jan. 31, 2004 in Manhattan.
• Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale is 373-173 (.683) in her 17th season. She has been the Big 12 Coach of the Year four times.
• Deb Patterson is 332-198 (.619) in her 17th season at Kansas State.

NEXT GAME
• Oklahoma hosts Oklahoma State in the first round of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Bedlam Series in Norman, Okla., Sunday, Feb. 10.
• The game will be televised on FSN at 4 p.m. Central.

West Virginia Projected Starters
Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Year	2012-13 Stats / Notes
G	1	Haley Texada	5-7	So.	12.1 points, 3.0 rebounds
G	2	Brittney Chambers	5-8	Sr.	19.0 points, 7.3 rebounds
G	20	Brianna Craig	5-10	Fr.	9.3 points, 2.9 rebounds
G	22	Mariah White	5-7	Sr.	5.3 points, 5.3 rebounds
F	11	Chantay Caron	5-11	Jr.	5.7 points, 3.9 rebounds

Oklahoma Projected Starters
Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Year	2012-13 Stats / Notes
G	10	Morgan Hook	5-10	Jr.	10.5 points, 5.0 assists
G	3	Aaryn Ellenberg	5-7	Jr.	18.7 points, 3.4 rebounds
G	24	Sharane Campbell	5-10	So.	8.8 points, 4.0 rebounds
F	53	Joanna McFarland	6-3	Sr.	8.6 points, 9.3 rebounds
C	4	Nicole Griffin	6-6	Jr.	10.8 points, 4.7 rebounds

IT TAKES 3 TO KNOW 3
Oklahoma is the Big 12 leader in both 3-point field goal percentage offense (.395) and defense (.270). The Sooners, led by the NCAA's third-ranked 3-pointer shooter Aaryn Ellenberg, shoot 3s at a 40 percent clip and hold opponents to 27 percent.

Oklahoma is also the NCAA's No. 3 3-point offense by percentage.

The Sooners average 8.4 3-pointers per game, which puts them on pace to beat the program record 251 scored in the 2010-11 season.

Player to Watch
	Joanna McFarland \| Sr. \| Forward • 11.0 points, 14.0 rebounds, 54% FG last 3 games. • Derby native missed Kansas homecoming last season due to broken jaw. • Leads Big 12 with five double-doubles in conference play. • Double-digit rebounds in 10 of last 13 games. • 50 rebounds shy of OU's career top 10.

OPENING STANCE
An early advantage is important as OU is 12-0 when leading at halftime and 4-5 when trailing. On average, Oklahoma outscores opponents 34-30 in first periods, holding them to 36.6 percent field goal shooting and 25.7 percent 3-point shooting in first halves. The Sooners have held opponents to 25 or fewer first-half points in seven games and 30 or fewer in 12 games.

DEFENSIVE POSTURE
Of Oklahoma's 16 wins, 15 have a common thread -- the Sooner defense held its opponent to 40 percent or lower field goal shooting. The Sooners won at TCU 85-79 when they shot 44.6 percent on Jan. 9. In OU's victories, opponents have averaged 32.9 percent from the field. In OU's three losses, opponents have connected on an average of 46.8 percent of their shots.

TREMENDOUS TRIO
Sooners Aaryn Ellenberg, Morgan Hook, Joanna McFarland are playing some of the best basketball of their careers:

Junior G Morgan Hook
The Sooners' point guard has had a positive assist-to-turnover ratio in 12 straight games (74 assists to 36 turnovers). Hook has not counted more turnovers than assists since a two-assist, three-turnover performance against North Texas on Dec. 6.

Senior F Joanna McFarland
Since returning to the starting lineup full time in the last 12 games, McFarland averages 11.1 points and 10.8 rebounds and has double-doubles in five of nine Big 12 games, which leads the league.

Junior G Aaryn Ellenberg
Ellenberg is nearing a position as one of Oklahoma's top 10 career scoring leaders. With 1,487 career points, the junior guard is just 25 shy of passing No. 10 Angi Guffy, who scored 1,511 between 1992-95.

OU-KANSAS STATE SERIES HISTORY
Oklahoma and Kansas State are meeting for the 54th time as the Sooners take their 10-game winning streak against the Wildcats to Manhattan.

Last Five Meetings
Date	Score	Site
Feb. 15, 2012	Oklahoma 68, Kansas State 62 \| Recap	Norman, Okla.
Jan. 17, 2012	Oklahoma 65, Kansas State 57 \| Recap	Manhattan, Kan.
Jan. 12, 2011	Oklahoma 52, Kansas State 45 \| Recap	Norman, Okla.
Feb. 21, 2010	Oklahoma 64, Kansas State 58 \| Recap	Manhattan, Kan.
Jan. 14, 2009	Oklahoma 64, Kansas State 48 \| Recap	Norman, Okla.

HAND ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
Whitney Hand was voted to the 2012-13 Capital One Academic All-District Women's Basketball Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

It is the second such honor for Hand, who was an Academic All-District First Team member last season. She was the lone Big 12 Conference student-athlete voted to an all-district first team.

Hand graduated with an undergraduate GPA of 3.76, earning her Bachelor's in health and exercise science. The Fort Worth, Texas, native has maintained a 4.00 GPA through her Master's studies in human relations.

A member of the preseason Naismith Award watch list, Hand averaged 11.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 53 percent field goal shooting for the Sooners before suffering an ACL tear in Oklahoma's win over North Texas on Dec. 6.

First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team selections will be announced later in February.

BLOCK PARTY
Aaryn Ellenberg, a 5-7 shooting guard, has seven blocks in her last eight games. In the 82 career games prior, she totaled only three.

RECORD TRACKER
Aaryn Ellenberg continues to ascend several Oklahoma career statistical lists.

Oklahoma Career Records
Career Scoring
1.	Courtney Paris (2006-09)	2.729
9.	Lynn McCurdy (1981-84)	1,553
10.	Angi Guffy (1992-95)	1,511
11.	Dionnah Jackson (2002-05)	1,491
12.	Aaryn Ellenberg (2011-Present)	1,487
Career 3FG Made
1.	Erin Higgins (2003-07)	268
2.	Aaryn Ellenberg (2011-Present)	241
3.	Etta Maytubby (1993-96)	174
4.	Nyeshia Stevenson (2007-10)	167
5.	Whitney Hand (2009-2013)	164
Blocks
1.	Courtney Paris (2006-09)	446
2.	LaNae Jones (1993-96)	243
3.	Amanda Thompson (2007-10)	122
4.	Ashley Paris (2006-09)	114
6.	Nicole Griffin (2011-Present)	112

BOARD GAMES
Joanna McFarland averaged 2.0 points, 4.0 rebounds (2-8 FG) before being benched after three games in favor of freshman Maddie Manning. In 18 games since, McFarland averages 9.7 points and 10.2 rebounds (started last 12 games). She has nine or more rebounds in 14 of those 18 games, and double-digit rebounds in 10 of the last 13 games, including a career-high 16 versus Texas Tech on Jan. 12, Baylor on Jan. 26 and West Virginia on Feb. 3.

Since returning to the starting lineup in the last 11 games, McFarland averages 11.1 points and 10.8 rebounds.

ALL HOME GAMES TELEVISED
Coverage of the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team will reach a record number of viewers this season as Sooner Sports TV powered by FOX Sports will broadcast at least 16 games on its network.

All of Oklahoma's home games will be televised during the 2012-13 season. Games not selected for a national broadcast on FOX Sports Net or ESPN2 will be produced by Sooner Sports TV for broadcast on FS Southwest, FS Oklahoma or FOX College Sports.

Additionally, OU's three games of the Rainbow Wahine Showdown played in Honolulu, Hawaii, during the Thanksgiving weekend, will be available to fans via live webcasts on SoonerSports.tv. All televised games will also be archived for replay on SoonerSports.tv.