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Sooners Take On No. 3 Baylor Wednesday

Sooners Take On No. 3 Baylor Wednesday

February 24, 2015 | Women's Basketball

Baylor (26-1, 15-0)
UCAOklahoma
Oklahoma (17-9, 11-4)
February 25 | 7 p.m. CT | Lloyd Noble Center | Norman, Okla.

Stat Comparison

Category BU OU
PPG

81.7

75.9
OPP. PPG 58.0 68.9
SCORNING MARGIN +23.7 +7.0
FG% 48.2 44.8
OPP. FG% 33.8 40.6
3-PT FG% 33.6 36.3
OPP. 3-PT FG% 29.7 29.3
FT% 68.5 68.4
OPP. FT% 70.8

67.9

RPG 46.1 38.3
OPP. RPG 32.6 37.2
APG 21.5 15.0
TOPG 14.1 17.9
TO MARGIN +3.0 +1.1
BPG 8.1 3.0
SPG 8.1 8.1
     

Inidivual Leaders

Category BU OU
PPG Davis - 20.8 Little - 13.4
RPG Davis - 8.7 K. Williams - 6.6
APG Johnson - 8.8 Ortiz- 3.5
SPG Johnson - 1.5 Little - 1.4
BPG Agbuke - 2.0 K. Williams - 0.6

Player to Watch

Kaylon Williams // Jr. // F

Kaylon Williams recorded her fifth double-double of the season at Kansas State, Feb. 21. It was also the fourth double-double in Big 12 play. Williams scored 13 points and had a season-tying high 12 boards, nine offensive. The other double-doubles came against Washington (23 pts, 11 rbs), at Kansas (14 pts, 11 rbs), at TCU (25 pts, 12 rbs) and against TCU (14 pts, 11 rbs), Feb. 14. Williams now has seven career double-doubles.   

Next Game

Oklahoma vs. Kansas
Saturday, February 28
Oklahoma hosts Kansas Saturday in its final regular season game in the Lloyd Noble Center. The game, set for 7 p.m., while also be Senior Day. The Sooners will honor Sharane Campbell-Olds and Whitney Ritchie after the contest. 

WHAT'S ON TAP

Oklahoma women's basketball returns to the Lloyd Noble Center Wednesday to host third-ranked Baylor. The game is set to tip at 7 p.m. and will be televised by FOX Sports Southwest Plus and Fox College Sports Central. Toby Rowland and Whitney Hand Jones are on the call. The Sooners enter into the game in second place in the Big 12 standings at 11-4. The Lady Bears clinched their fifth-straight Big 12 regular season title and are 26-1 overall, 15-0 in conference and are on a 25-game winning streak.

A LOOK AT THE BIG 12 SEASON

• Oklahoma is currently 11-4 in the Big 12. The Sooners stand in second in the Big 12 standings and hold a 3-game lead over Oklahoma State.
• The Sooners won their first seven league games before being dealt a loss. OU's first loss in league play came on Jan. 29 when it fell in double-overtime to 13th-ranked Texas 84-81.
• In winning their first seven Big 12 games, the Sooners had to defeat two then-ranked opponents. OU upset then-fourth-ranked Texas 70-59 at the Lloyd Noble Center, Jan. 14 and defeated then-20th ranked Oklahoma State, 73-54, Jan. 19.
• All but four of Oklahoma's Big 12 victories have been by double-figure points.
• The Sooners are a perfect 7-0 in league when playing at the Lloyd Noble Center and are 4-4 when playing on the road.
• Oklahoma was dealt its largest deficit of the season Feb. 11. The Sooners fell 89-66 to No. 3 Baylor. Their largest deficit prior to their 23-point loss was 20 to then No. 13 Duke, Dec. 17.
• The Sooners have earned season sweeps of the following Big 12 schools: TCU, Kansas State and Texas Tech.

EIGHT

Redshirt sophomore Peyton Little has been Oklahoma's leading scoring in eight consecutive games. Prior to this stretch, Little had lead OU in scoring once this season. Aaryn Ellenberg had a stretch in 2012-13 when she led OU in seven consecutive contests and Courtney Paris lead OU for 18-straight in 2006-07. Over the previous eight contests, Little has averaged 20.4 points, 29 of her 54 field goals have been 3-pointers and sank 26-of-27 from the charity stripe.

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 

Oklahoma is currently ranked 23rd in the nation - and second in the Big 12 - in field goal percentage, hitting 44.8 percent from the field. The Sooners are also 23rd in scoring offense, averaging 75.9 points a contest, 27th in 3-point field goal percentage (36.3%), 39th in 3-point field goals per game (7.3) and 64th in assists per game (15.0). 

LLOYD NOBLE CENTER

The Oklahoma women's basketball team has won 14-straight games at the Lloyd Noble Center, dating back to Feb. 19, 2014. The Sooners are a perfect 11-0 when playing at the LNC this year. They won all four non-conference games at the Lloyd Noble Center and are currently 7-0 when playing at home against Big 12 competition. OU has won this season's home games by an average of 17.3 points per contest. Its biggest victory was a 49-point win over Bradley, Nov. 21. Its largest Big 12 win was a 19-point victory over Oklahoma State, Jan. 19.  The Sooners closest win was a six-point victory over Texas Tech Jan. 24.

THIRTY

Peyton Little finished with a career-high 30 points in the Sooners' win at Kansas State, Feb. 21. Little has now scored 20 or more points in four consecutive games. The last player to score 30 or more points was Aaryn Ellenberg. She had 36 against DePaul in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Little drained a career-high eight 3-pointers. She was one point shy of tying an Oklahoma single-game 3-point record held by both Nyeshia Stevenson and Carin Stittes. Little hit four 3-pointers in each half.

Peyton Little

PREVIEWING BAYLOR

No. 3 Baylor enters into its game with Oklahoma holding a 26-1 overall record, a perfect 15-0 mark in Big 12 play and is on a 25-game winning streak. The Lady Bears have also already clinched their fifth-straight regular season conference title. Baylor is led by Nina Davis who is averaging a league-best 20.8 points per contest. She also is registering 8.7 boards a game, second best in the Big 12. Khadijiah Cave is coming off the bench to chip in 11.0 points and Imani Wright is averaging 10.3 points a contest. Niya Johnson is dishing out a league-best 8.8 assists per game. Five of the Lady Bears 15 league games have been won by single digits, including a tight 2-point victory over Texas, a four-point win at West Virginia and most recently a seven-point victory at Texas Tech, Feb. 18.  Baylor was picked to finish second in the Big 12 in 2014-15. Baylor is coached by Kim Mulkey, in her 15th year at the helm.

What the Lady Bears returned: Baylor returned nine letterwinners, including three starters, from a squad that went 32-5 overall and 16-2 in the Big 12 a season ago. The Lady Bears tied for the regular season crown in 2013-14 and made their way to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. 

OKLAHOMA-BAYLOR SERIES

Oklahoma leads the all-time series with Baylor 25-20 but has lost nine-straight to the Lady Bears. The Sooners last victory over Baylor came in the 2010 Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals (W, 59-54) held in Kansas City, Mo. They last won in Norman on Feb. 10, 2010 by the score of 62-60 (ot). 

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