Sooners Knock Off Ranked Mountaineers

Sunday, January 4

Norman

3:30 PM

University of Oklahoma

West Virginia

January 04, 2015 | Women's Basketball

By: Athletics Communications

RV/21 West Virginia

Oklahoma

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Postgame Notes

Postgame Quotes

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Stat Comparison
Category	WVU	OU
Points	60	71
FGM-A	23-62	26-57
FG%	37.1	45.6
3 FGM-A	3-19	6-17
3 FG%	15.8	35.3
FTM-A	11-20	13-20
FT%	55.0	65.0
Rebounds	38	44
Assists	7	14
Turnovers	18	21
Blocks	4	3
Steals	13	9

Individual Leaders
Category	WVU	OU
Points	Holmes - 23	Carter - 24
Rebounds	Holmes - 7	Carter - 8
Assists	Stepney - 3	Two Players - 3
Steals	Warren - 4	Edwards - 3
Blocks	Holmes - 3	Three Players - 1

Player of the Game
Gioya Carter // So. // G Sophomore guard Gioya Carter continued her hot play, scoring a career-high 24 points in the Sooners Big 12 opening victory over West Virginia. Carter tallied 16 points in the opening half with leading scorers Kaylon Wiliams and Sharane Campbell-Olds on the bench in foul trouble. She also tallied a career-high eight rebounds and passed out three assists.

NORMAN -- Behind a career-high 24 points from sophomore Gioya Carter, the Oklahoma women's basketball team opened Big 12 play with a 71-60 win over RV/No. 21 West Virginia Sunday afternoon inside Lloyd Noble Center.

With their top two scorers in Kaylon Williams and Sharane Campbell-Olds on the bench with two fouls apiece for most of the opening half, Carter sparked the Sooners with 16 points in the period. In the game, she also secured a career-high eight rebounds and added three assists in 35 minutes of play.

Limited by foul trouble, redshirt junior K. Williams played just 19 minutes but scored 13 points (all in the second half) on 6-for-7 from the field, grabbed seven rebounds and tallied two steals, an assist and a block.

Senior Campbell-Olds contributed 10 points and seven boards, and sophomore T'ona Edwards come off the bench and added eight points on 4-for-5 from the floor.

OU held a 34-32 halftime advantage and used a 12-4 run in a crucial three-minute stretch after the eight minute timeout to break open a double-digit lead.

The Sooners (7-5, 1-0 Big 12) finished with a 45.6 shooting percentage (26-for-57) and went 6-for-17 (35.3 percent) from 3-point range and 13-for-20 (65.0 percent) from the free throw line.

Leading West Virginia (10-3, 0-1 Big 12) was junior Bria Holmes with 23 points and seven rebounds. Senior Averee Fields and freshman Tyara Warren reached double-digits for the Mountaineers with 16 and 10 points, respectively.

The Sooners will return to the court on Wednesday, Jan. 7, for a 7 p.m. CT contest at Kansas.