Big 12 Play Continues at Texas Tech

Texas Tech (11-3, 1-1)

Oklahoma (8-5, 2-0)

January 10 | 2 p.m. | United Supermarkets Arena | Lubbock, Texas

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Stat Comparison
Category	TTU	OU
PPG	58.8	77.3
OPP. PPG	56.4	69.1
SCORNING MARGIN	+2.4	+8.2
FG%	39.1	45.4
OPP. FG%	35.4	40.4
3-PT FG%	35.0	34.2
OPP. 3-PT FG%	33.2	29.3
FT%	65.4	62.5
OPP. FT%	66.2	66.6
RPG	37.4	39.5
OPP. RPG	36.6	36.9
APG	10.9	15.5
TOPG	17.9	19.5
TO MARGIN	-0.4	+1.5
BPG	3.2	2.6
SPG	8.2	8.6

Inidivual Leaders
Category	TTU	OU
PPG	Battle - 14.6	Campbell-Olds - 11.5
RPG	Battle - 8.1	Campbell-Olds - 6.1
APG	Baker - 2.1	Ortiz- 3.6
SPG	Brooks - 1.6	Campbell-Olds - 1.5
BPG	Brooks - 1.2	Treece - 0.6

Player to Watch
Peyton Little // RS-So. // G Redshirt sophomore Peyton Little was reinserted into the starting lineup against Yale and produced a career-night, scoring a career-high 18 points. She tied that performance against Kansas, once against scoring 18 points, including nine in the all-important second half. She has averaged 12.7 points over the last three games and hit 78.6 percent from the charity stripe (11-for-14).

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Peyton Little // RS-So. // G

Redshirt sophomore Peyton Little was reinserted into the starting lineup against Yale and produced a career-night, scoring a career-high 18 points. She tied that performance against Kansas, once against scoring 18 points, including nine in the all-important second half. She has averaged 12.7 points over the last three games and hit 78.6 percent from the charity stripe (11-for-14).

Next Game
Texas at Oklahoma Wednesday, January 14 Oklahoma returns to the Lloyd Noble Center Wednesday, Jan. 14 to host third-ranked and undefeated Texas at 7 p.m. Nicole Kornet, Derica Wyatt and McKenna Treece will each sign autographs postgame and Olate Dogs will be the halftime act.

SOONERS AT TEXAS TECH SATURDAY

The Oklahoma Sooners stay on the road for a contest at Texas Tech Saturday. The game at the United Supermarkets Arena is set to tip at 2 p.m. The Sooners enter into the contest with an 8-5 overall mark and a 2-0 record in Big 12 play, while the Lady Raiders are 11-3 overall and 1-1 in league.

SOONERS OPEN BIG 12 AT 2-0
Oklahoma won its fourth-straight Big 12 opener with a 71-60 win over RV/21 West Virginia at the Lloyd Noble Center, Jan. 4. Sophomore guard Gioya Carter had a breakout game, tallying a career-high 24 points and grabbing a career-high eight boards. The Sooners followed that up with a 69-57 win at Kansas to love to 2-0 in the Big 12. Redshirt junior Kaylon Williams came alive against the Wildcats with a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds. She also played a career-high 32 minutes.

OKLAHOMA AND THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE
• Oklahoma ended the 2014 Big 12 Conference slate with a 9-9 mark. The record tied the Sooners for fifth with Iowa State.
• The Sooners finished with a 6-3 Big 12 Conference record playing at home in 2014 and a 3-6 mark playing on the road.
• Head coach Sherri Coale is 12-6 all-time in Big 12 Conference season-opening games. The Sooners have won three-straight season-opening league games. They have opened with West Virginia once and they earned a 71-68 victory (Jan. 2, 2013 - at the LNC).
• Oklahoma has one reigning Big 12 all-conference member on its squad. Senior Sharane Campbell-Olds was tabbed Big 12 honorable mention as a junior, Big 12 All-Freshman team honors and was tabbed the Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year as a freshman (2011-12).
• The Sooners have won 10 Big 12 Championships - six regular seasons, four tournaments - under the direction of Sherri Coale.

OKLAHOMA NON-CONFERENCE QUICK HITS

• Oklahoma closed out its non-conference slate with a 6-5 overall mark. The Sooners defeated Yale, 71-54, Dec. 30 to end non-conference play and snap a 3-game losing skid.
• The Sooners game against Yale at the Lloyd Noble Center on Dec. 30 was their first since Nov. 21. OU played seven-straight games between its home victory over Bradley, Nov. 21 and its Lloyd Noble Center win over Yale, Dec. 30. The Sooners went 2-5 in their seven-game road stretch.
• Oklahoma used four different starting lineups in its 11-game non-conference slate:
- Gabbi Ortiz, Peyton Little, Gioya Carter, Sharane Campbell-Olds, Kaylon Williams (4-1, 4-0 at the Lloyd Noble Center)
- Gabbi Ortiz, Peyton Little, LaNesia Williams, Sharane Campbell-Olds, Kaylon Williams (2-2)
- Gabbi Ortiz, Nicole Kornet, LaNesia Williams, Sharane Campbell Olds, Kaylon Williams (0-1)
- Gabbi Ortiz, Nicole Kornet, LaNesia Williams, Sharane Campbell Olds, Vionise Pierre-Louis (0-1)
The starting lineup of Ortiz, Little, Carter, Campbell-Olds and K. Williams is most recent. That has been the starting lineup in each of the Sooners home games.
• Nine Oklahoma players ended non-conference averaging double-figure minutes. Only one player averaged more than thirty minutes a game and that was freshman Gabbi Ortiz. The point guard averaged 31.6. The Sooner who averaged the second-most minutes was senior Sharane Campbell-Olds (27.5).
• The Sooners averaged 4,926 fans per home game in non-conference. OU's season-high thus far in attendance is 5,230 in its home-opening win against Washington.

Gioya Carter

FIRST

Sophomore Gioya Carter earned her first Big 12 accolade this week when she was tabbed the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week, Jan. 5. Carter averaged a team-best 20.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in Oklahoma's wins over Yale and RV/21 West Virginia. After being reinserted back into the starting lineup following six games coming in off the bench, she shot 55.6 percent (15-of-27) from the floor and 72.7 percent (8-of-11) from the charity stripe.

NINTH

Gabbi Ortiz is the ninth true freshman to start the season opener under Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale. She's just the second point guard, along with Stacey Dales.

Player Year Position
Phylesha Whaley 1996-97 F
Stacey Dales 1997-98 PG
LaNeishea Caufield 1998-99 SG
Caton Hill 1999-00 F
Chelsi Welch 2002-03 SG
Courtney Paris 2005-06 C
Whitney Hand 2008-09 SG
Aaryn Ellenberg 2010-11 SG
Gabbi Ortiz 2014-15 PG

NINE

Oklahoma has nine players averaging double-figure minutes, of which four are averaging more than 20-plus minutes per game. Freshman Gabbi Ortiz leads the Sooners at 30.8 minutes a game - the only OU player to crack the 30-plus minute mark. Of the final five players who aren't in double-digit minutes, three are close: T'ona Edwards is at 9.7, Vionise Pierre-Louis is at 9.3, and Maddie Manning is averaging 9.0.

SEVENTEENTH

In the most recent NCAA statistics and rankings, Oklahoma is ranked 17th in the nation in average home attendance. The Sooners are currently averaging 5,021 fans per home game thus far, including a season-best 5,400 fans at their Big 12 opening win over RV/21 West Virginia. Two other Big 12 schools are in the Top 20; Iowa State (6th; 8,333) and Baylor (10th; 5,736).

TWENTY-THIRD

Oklahoma is currently ranked 23rd in the nation in - and third in the Big 12 - in scoring offense, averaging 77.3 points per contest. The Sooners are also 34th in field goal percentage, sinking 45.4 percent from the floor, ranked 54th in assists per game (15.5) and 59th in three-point field goals per game (6.9).

TWENTY-NINE.SIX

The Oklahoma bench is averaging 29.7 points per game for the Sooners. In its 100-73 victory over Lamar, Nov. 18, the bench contributed a season-best 56 points and in its tough loss at Duke, Dec. 17, the bench chipped in for 43 of the 72 points. In their Big 12 opener, the bench contributed 18 points - including 12 in the opening half. The Sooners bench averaged 22.5 points a game in non-conference a season ago and contributed 16.3 points a game during Big 12 contests.

THIRTY-FOUR

Oklahoma redshirt junior Kaylon Williams played a career-high 34 minutes in the Sooners 69-57 win over Kansas, Jan. 7. The forward, prone to foul trouble in her career, has played in 30-plus minutes one other time; 31 in a contest against Missouri, Jan. 28, 2012. Her previous high this season was 29 against Washington, Nov. 14. Not only did Williams play a career-high, she also recorded her second double-double of the season with 14 points and a season-high 11 boards.

NINTY PERCENT

Oklahoma is struggling at the free throw line this season, but has been improving steadily. The Sooners sank a season-best 90.0 percent (9-of-10) from the charity stripe against Yale, Dec. 30 and had their second-best shooting outing five games ago against UALR. OU hit 81.3 percent in its loss at UALR, sinking 13-of-16. For the season, Oklahoma is hitting just 62.0 percent from the free throw line (61.3 at home in the Lloyd Noble Center).

POST-HOLIDAY BREAK: A LOOK AT THE LAST THREE GAMES

• Gioya Carter BREAKS OUT: Sophomore guard Gioya Carter was reinserted into the starting lineup against Yale, Dec. 30 and has shined. Over the three games, Carter averaged 20 points (17 pts, 24 pts, 18 pts), 7.0 rebounds (6 rbs, 8 rbs, 6 rbs)and shot an impressive 55.0 percent (22-of-40) from the field and an impressive 75.0 percent (6-of-8) from 3-point land and 76.9 from the charity stripe (10-of-13).
• Kaylon Williams ON FIRE: Kaylon Williams is shooting a blazing 72.4 percent from the field over the Sooners last three games, sinking 21-of-29. Along with scoring double-figures in all three games and averaging 15.7 points, Williams averaged a team-best 8.7 boards - including a season-high 11 at Kansas. Her only downfall is the charity stripe, having sank just 5-for-11.
• Peyton Little FINDING HER GROOVE: Redshirt sophomore Peyton Little was also reinserted into the starting lineup against Yale and produced a career-night, scoring a career-high 18 points. She tied that performance against Kansas, once against scoring 18 points, including nine in the all-important second half. She has averaged 12.7 points over the last three games and hit 78.6 percent from the charity stripe (11-for-14).
• Gabbi Ortiz SEEING THE FLOOR: Since the holiday break, freshman point Gabbi Ortiz is averaging 4.7 assists per game. She started the stretch passing out eight against Yale, Dec. 30. Ortiz has also improved her free throw shooting. After starting the season sinking 1-of-8 from the charity stripe, she has since drained all six free throw attempts - coming against Kansas, Jan. 7.

Kaylon Williams

PREVIEWING TEXAS TECH

Texas Tech enters into its game with Oklahoma holding an 11-3 overall mark and a 1-1 record in Big 12 Conference play. The Lady Raiders opened league action with a 52-37 victory over TCU and then dropped a 66-35 decision to Oklahoma Statee. Amber Battle and Kelsi Baker are averaging double digit with 14.6 and 10.6 points per game, respectively. Battle also leads the team with 8.1 rebounds per contest. From beyond the arc, Minta Spears is shooting an impressive 51.9 percent, hitting a team-leading 27-of-52. Texas Tech was picked to finish tenth in the Big 12 Preseason Poll. Candi Whitaker is currently in her second year as the head coach of Texas Tech.

What the Lady Raiders returned: Texas Tech returns five letterwinners, including three starters, from its squad that finished 6-24 overall and 0-18 in the Big 12 last season. The Lady Raiders are led by Amanda Battle who averaged 16.4 points and 7.4 rebounds in 2013-14.

OKLAHOMA-TEXAS TECH SERIES

Oklahoma leads the all-time series with Kansas 28-22 and has won the last seven meetings. In 2013-14, the Sooners defeated the Lady Raiders 63-38 in Lubbock and took a 87-32 victory in Norman. Derica Wyatt came off the bench in the first meeting to score seven points and Kaylon Williams chipped in six points, five boards and three steals. In Norman, Nicole Kornet drained five 3-pointers to finish with 15 points. Sharane Campbell-Olds also chipped in 15 points, hitting 4-of-6 from the field, including a perfect 3-of-3 from beyond the 3-point arc, and all four free throw attempts.

Players Mentioned

Sharane Campbell-Olds

Gioya Carter

T'ona Edwards

Aaryn Ellenberg

Nicole Kornet

Peyton Little

Maddie Manning

Gabbi Ortiz

Vionise Pierre-Louis

McKenna Treece

Kaylon Williams

LaNesia Williams

Derica Wyatt

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