No. 17/18 Sooners Visit Tulsa Wednesday

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DECEMBER 9 | 7 p.m. CT | TULSA, OKLA.

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WEDNESDAY'S GAME BASICS

No. 17/18 Oklahoma (7-1) travels to in-state foe Tulsa for its final non-conference road game of the season Wednesday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. CT at Donald W. Reynolds Center. The Sooners have won six straight games after rallying to knock off Washington, 71-68, on Sunday in Seattle. OU trailed by as many as 10 points during the game and was down five with two minutes remaining before using an 8-0 run to defeat the Huskies. Tulsa (2-6) has lost three out of its last four games after falling to Indiana State, 67-63, at home on Sunday.

ON THE AIR

Wednesday's contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network with Brian Brinkley calling the action. A live webcast of the game is available on TulsaHurricane.com.

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

• Oklahoma had six players make 3-pointers in the Sooners' 71-68 comeback win at Washington on Sunday. It is the 19th time in school history that at least six OU players have made one 3-pointer in a single game and the 18th time in the Sherri Coale era. OU is second in the Big 12 this season with 60 3-points field goals (7.6 per game).

• The Sooners own a 24-2 all-time series lead against Tulsa and have won 22 out of the last 23 meetings. OU holds an 11-1 advantage in games played in Tulsa. Wednesday's matchup will mark the first between the programs since the Sooners posted a 94-42 win on Dec. 21, 2008. Ashley Paris led three OU players with doubles-doubles, finishing with 20 points and 10 rebounds. It marked the second time in school history three players notched double-doubles in a single game.

• Kaylon Williams will face former high school teammate Ashley Clark when the Sooners take on the Golden Hurricane Wednesday night. Williams and Clark led Midwest City (Okla.) High School to a Class 6A state title in 2010 and runner-up finishes in 2009 and 2011.

Gabbi Ortiz

Sophomore guard Gabbi Ortiz is one of four Sooners averaging 3.0 or more assists per game this seaon.

• Redshirt junior Peyton Little leads the Sooners with 14.4 points per game and is 10th in the conference in scoring. Little continues to be one of the Big 12's top 3-point shooters, ranking third in the league with 2.4 3-pointers per game. She is also fourth in minutes played (32.8) and tied for fourth in the conference in steals per game (2.0) and 10th in assists/turnover ratio (1.7).

• Oklahoma is off to its best start since the 2012-13 season, when the Sooners began the year with an 8-1 record.

GAME EIGHT RECAP: WASHINGTON

• T'ona Edwards hit a go-ahead fast break lay-up with 12 seconds remaining to lift No. 21/22 Oklahoma to a 71-68 road victory over Washington on Sunday at Alaska Airlines Arena. Down 68-63 with 2:10 remaining in the game, the Sooners (7-1) used an 8-0 run to close out the game. Maddie Manning cut the deficit down to 68-67 with 49 seconds left and OU picked up a stop defensively to set up the Edwards lay-up in transition to take the lead.

• Manning, who led OU with 15 points, came up with a block and then converted a pair of free throws to seal the win for the Sooners. The Sooners finished the second half with a .516 shooting percentage (16 of 31) and .455 from 3-point range (5 of 11). Gabbi Ortiz scored 12 points, her third straight game in doubles figures, and dished three assists. Kaylon Williams scored 11 points for the Sooners and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds in 19 minutes of action.

• The Sooners held Washington to a .343 shooting percentage on 24 of 70 from the floor. The Huskies were 7 of 27 (.259) from 3-point range and 13 of 18 (.722) from the free throw line. OU won the rebounding battle, 46-41, and finished with 15 assists in the win.

PREVIEWING TULSA

• Tulsa dropped to 2-6 this season with a 67-63 home loss to Indiana State on Sunday. The Golden Hurricane, now 1-3 at home, is averaging 69.0 points a game on .414 field goal, .340 3-point and .640 free throw shooting. Opponents are averaging 69.5 points per game against Tulsa, while the Golden Hurricane outrebound foes by 3.1 per contest.

• Kelsey Grovey leads Tulsa with 12.3 points per game and a .407 shooting percentage. She is second in school history in 3-point field goals (181) and seventh in assists (246). Ashley Clark is second on the squad with 11.9 points per game and leads the Golden Hurricane with 6.6 rebounds a contest.

• Matilda Mossman is her fifth season as Tulsa's head coach and is 62-68 at the helm. She previously served as the head coach at Kansas State (1984-89) and Arkansas (1981-84). She owns a 209-161 record in her 13 seasons as a collegiate coach.

OU-TULSA SERIES HISTORY

• Three Sooners (Ashley Paris, Courtney Paris and Danielle Robinson) recorded double-doubles as No. 6 Oklahoma defeated Tulsa, 94-42, on Dec. 21, 2008 at Lloyd Noble Center in the last meeting between the two teams.

• Oklahoma is 24-2 all-time against the Golden Hurricane and is 11-1 when playing in Tulsa. The Sooners are 7-1 under head coach Sherri Coale against Tulsa.

NO MORE CHARITY

• One of the main points of emphasis for the Sooners this season has been eliminating fouls and keeping opponents away from the free throw line. Through eight games, OU's opponents are 74 of 120 (.617) from the free throw line during the 2015-16 season. At this point last year, OU's foes were 145 of 203 (.714) from the charity stripe.

• The Sooners have kept teams away from the free throw line early in the season by committing just 140 fouls (17.5 per game) through eight games this year. At this point a year ago, the Sooners had recorded 187 fouls (23.4 per game).

• OU is taking advantage of their opportunities at the free throw line with a .674 percentage (93 of 138). Maddie Manning leads the Sooners with a .786 clip (11 of 14).

ON THE RISE

• All five of OU's top six scorers this season including four starters (Little, Manning, K. Williams and Wyatt) are averaging career-highs in points per game through the first eight games.

Player	15-16 PPG	Prev. Career-High
Peyton Little	14.4 ppg	12.6 ppg (2014-15)
Kaylon Williams	13.3 ppg	12.2 ppg (2014-15)
Maddie Manning	8.5 ppg	6.2 ppg (2012-13)
Vionise Pierre-Louis	7.9 ppg	4.0 ppg (2014-15)
Derica Wyatt	6.9 ppg	3.0 ppg (2013-14)

QUICK HITTERS

Kaylon Williams has scored in double figures in all eight games this year and 15 times in the last 16 games dating back to the 2014-15 season.

• Kaylon Williams' 15 rebounds against Little Rock marked the most rebounds by an OU player since Joanna McFarland logged 16 boards against UCLA in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament. She is fifth in the Big 12 with 45 defensive rebounds this season. Williams also ranks fifth in the Big 12 and 38th nationally with a .566 shooting percentage.

• Junior guard T'ona Edwards ranks eighth in the Big 12 with 3.8 assists per game. She tied a career-high with eight assists against Boston College on Nov. 28 in the Junkanoo Jam. Maddie Manning is second on the squad with 3.4 assists per game while, Peyton Little (3.1 apg) and Gabbi Ortiz (3.0 apg) are two of OU's key distributors.

• Oklahoma is 26th in the NCAA with 139 assists and has recorded 20 or more assists three times in the last five games. The Sooners' 17.4 assists per game rank 29th in the nation heading into Wednesday's game at Tulsa.

• The Sooners have held seven of their eight opponents to sub-45 percent field goal shooting (four times in the last five games). OU has held six of its eight foes to sub 33-percent 3-point shooting this season.

• Head coach Sherri Coale picked up her 200th non-conference victory on Sunday in OU's 71-68 comeback victory. Coale also won her 425th game at Oklahoma with the Sooners' 76-61 win over Boston College at the Junkanoo Jam on Nov. 28.

• OU is 33-21 all-time against current members of the American Athletic Conference. OU records vs. AAC opponents: Connecticut (0-10), Houston (2-0), Memphis (0-2), South Florida (0-1), SMU (6-5), Tulane (1-1) and Tulsa (24-2).

• Oklahoma earned its 750th all-time win on Dec. 2 with its 65-52 victory over Little Rock.

• The Sooners return the majority of their production in every statistical category for 2015-16. That includes 81 percent of the team's points and rebounds, along with 85 percent of its assists, 81 percent of its blocks and 78 percent of its steals. OU also brings back 80 percent of its made 3-point field goals and its free throw production. 11 letterwinners return from last season's squad that combined to play 5,377 minutes a year ago.

UP NEXT

The Sooners return home Sunday, Dec. 13 for their final non-conference home game of the season as they host UTSA at 2 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Oklahoma/Fox Sports Southwest/Fox College Sports Central. OU is 5-0 all-time against UTSA.

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