Sooners Break Into AP Top 25

NORMAN - Eight straight victories, including starting Big 12 Conference play a perfect 7-0, has propelled the Oklahoma women's basketball team into the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time this season. The Sooners checked in at No. 24 Monday after receiving 73 votes.

The Sooners started the season 6-5 but have since rattled off eight straight wins after returning from the holiday break. The eight victories include an upset of then-No. 4/5 Texas and then-No. 20 Oklahoma State. This past week, Oklahoma defeated the Cowgirls 73-54 and earned a gritty 70-64 victory over Texas Tech.

The eight game win streak is the longest since the Sooners won 20 in a row during the 2008-09 season.

Oklahoma is one of three Big 12 teams that appear in the top 25. Fellow league members Baylor (No. 3) and Texas (No. 14) are also ranked. Iowa State is one of the other school receiving votes.

The Sooners, 13-5 overall, have a tough week ahead. They play at 14-ranked Texas Thursday, Jan. 29 at 6 p.m. and close out the week with a contest at West Virginia Sunday, Feb. 1 at 1 p.m.

AP Top 25
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	South Carolina (27)	18-0	867
2	Connecticut (8)	18-1	848
3	Baylor	18-1	799
4	Notre Dame	19-2	770
5	Maryland	17-2	699
6	Tennessee	17-3	684
7	Oregon St	18-1	672
8	Louisville	18-2	653
9	Florida St	19-2	525
10	Kentucky	16-4	513
11	Arizona St	18-2	494
12	Stanford	15-5	416
12	Texas A&M	16-4	416
14	Texas	14-4	390
15	Nebraska	15-3	383
16	North Carolina	17-4	376
17	Duke	14-6	327
18	Mississippi St	20-2	321
19	Princeton	17-0	255
20	Iowa	15-3	240
21	Georgia	17-4	183
22	Rutgers	14-5	118
23	Syracuse	15-5	114
24	Oklahoma	13-5	73
25	Chattanooga	17-3	60

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