No. 19/20 OU Hosts Intrastate Foe Tulsa Sunday

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december 11 | 2 p.m. | NORMAN, OKLA.

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SUNDAY'S GAME BASICS

No. 19/20 Oklahoma (6-2) wraps up its three-game homestand Sunday afternoon against in-state foe Tulsa. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center. OU has won four in a row and 24 out of the last 25 meetings against Tulsa. The Sooners are 10-1 all-time against the Golden Hurricane in Norman. Sunday's game is also the first matchup between the two programs in Norman since Dec. 21, 2009.

ON THE AIR

Sunday's game will air on Fox Sports Oklahoma with Toby Rowland, Angela Beck and Megan McDonald announcing. Fans can also watch the game online through FoxSportsGo.com or the Fox Sports Go app. The contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network with Brian Brinkley calling the action.

TICKETS

Tickets are available for as low as $5 at the OU Athletics Ticket Office (800-456-4668) and online here. Fans can use the promo code “5BUCKS” to purchase $5 tickets for all December home games.

Lloyd Noble Center's north and east ticket windows will open at 12:30 p.m. CT on Sunday. OU students will be admitted free with a valid school I.D.

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

• No. 19/20 Oklahoma wraps up its home non-conference home slate on Sunday as it hosts Tulsa at Lloyd Noble Center. Sunday's game is the first time OU has hosted Tulsa in Norman since Dec. 21, 2009. The Sooners lead the all-time series, 25-2, against the Golden Hurricane.

• Oklahoma scored a season-high 92 points Thursday night against UT Rio Grande Valley. The Sooners held UTRGV to a .279 mark (17-of-61), while OU posted a season-best .545 clip (36-of-66) from the floor. It marked the first time since Nov. 21, 2014 vs. Bradley that OU finished with a field goal percentage above 50 percent, while holding its opponent to below 30 percent. OU has won 76 straight games when finishing with a .500 field goal percentage.

• The Sooners dominated the paint in Thursday's victory, scoring 52 points in the paint against UTRGV. OU's 52 points in the paint were the most for the Sooners since finishing with 52 versus Yale (Dec. 30, 2014). OU's bench contributed 48 points, the most in a single game since recording 52 vs. Bradley (Nov. 21, 2014).

• The Sooners are one of just five teams in Division I to rank in the top 25 in defensive rebounds and blocked shots per game (Baylor, George Washington, Harvard and West Virginia). OU ranks 18th in blocked shots per contest and 20th in defensive rebounds per game. Vionise Pierre-Louis leads OU and ranks 74th in Division I with 1.8 blocks per game this year.

• Freshman guard Chelsea Dungee has made an early impact for the Sooners during her freshman season, scoring in double figures in four straight games. The Sapulpa, Okla., native is averaging a team-high 11.5 points per game over the last four contests. Since the 2009-10 season, only three OU players (Gabbi Ortiz, 2014-15; Sharane Campbell-Olds, 2012-13; and Aaryn Ellenberg, 2010-11) have scored in double figures in five consecutive contests during their freshman season.

GAME EIGHT RECAP: UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY

• Five Sooners scored in double figures Thursday night as No. 19/20 Oklahoma defeated UT Rio Grande Valley, 92-59, at Lloyd Noble Center. OU used a second-half surge to take down UTRGV, outscoring the Vaqueros by a 51-point margin in the final two quarters. Freshman center Nancy Mulkey keyed a 10-0 run by scoring eight points for the Sooners in the third quarter to finish with a career-best 11 points off the bench.

• Up 47-41 at halftime, the Sooners used their height advantage to push their lead into double digits as Mulkey, who was 4-for-5 from the field and 3-of-4 at the foul line Thursday night, scored four times on five possessions. The Sooners finished 11-of-15 from the field in the third quarter as OU knocked down seven straight shots to close the frame. The hot shooting continued into the fourth quarter as OU outscored UTRGV, 26-9, to close the game. The Sooners posted a .633 (19-of-30) field goal percentage in the second half.

• Vionise Pierre-Louis picked up her fourth double-double of the season with a 13-point, 10-rebound performance. The junior center also finished with three blocks and moved into seventh place all-time at OU with 87 career rejections. Chelsea Dungee finished with a season-best 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting in 26 minutes. T'ona Edwards scored a career-high 12 points, hit two 3-pointers and dished a team-leading six assists along with a career-best six rebounds.

PREVIEWING TULSA

• Tulsa fell to 3-6 this season after a 83-80 loss to Arkansas State on the road Tuesday night in Jonesboro, Ark. The Golden Hurricane, now 2-3 on the road, is averaging 66.0 points a game on .407 field goal, .363 3-point and .640 free throw shooting. Opponents are averaging 70.2 points per game against Tulsa and the Golden Hurricane has been outrebounded by its foes by a 8.1 boards a contest.

• Junior Erika Wakefield leads Tulsa with 12.9 points and 3.4 assists per game. Freshman Kendrian Elliott is second on the team with 11.0 points per game and leads the Golden Hurricane with 6.8 rebounds a contest. Elliott recorded her first career double-double at Arkansas State, finishing with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Tatyanna Perez also averages scoring in double figures with 10.2 points a contest. Perez is a former high school teammate of OU freshman Nancy Mulkey.

• Matilda Mossman is her sixth season as Tulsa's head coach and is 75-87 at the helm. She previously served as the head coach at Kansas State (1984-89) and Arkansas (1981-84). She owns a 222-180 record in her 14 seasons as a collegiate coach. Mossman (2002-11) and OU head coach Sherri Coale (1990-96) both served as the head coach at Norman High School. Coale led the Tigers to state titles in 1993 and 1996, while Mossman won a state crown in 2005.

Senior guard T'ona Edwards filled the stat sheet vs UTRGV, recording 12 points, six rebounds and six assists.

QUICK HITS

• The Sooners are 34-20 against current members of the American Athletic Conference.

• Against UTRGV, OU set season highs in: points scored (92), points in a half (51, second half), made field goals (36), assists (20), steals (14), points in the paint (52), points off turnovers (28) and bench points (48).

• In all six wins, OU has attempted more free throws than its opponents and the Sooners have averaged 15.8 made free throws in each victory. OU ranks second in the Big 12 with a .708 free throw percentage.

• The Sooners have been ranked in the AP Poll for 24 consecutive weeks (tied for the 12th-longest active streak in the country). OU has been ranked in the AP poll 247 times under Sherri Coale.

• Peyton Little eclipsed the 1,000-point scoring mark for her collegiate career in the first quarter at Kentucky on Dec. 1. Little scored 156 (4.5 ppg) during her freshman season at Texas A&M before transferring to Oklahoma. Since arriving in Norman, Little has scored 875 points, averaging 11.9 per game as a Sooner. She needs 125 points to become the 32nd Sooner to score 1,000 points at Oklahoma.

• OU finished November with a 5-0 record, the first undefeated month for the Sooners since November 2010. The Sooners have finished a month undefeated 11 times during the Coale era.

• The Sooners boast one of the nation's most experienced rosters with six seniors on their squad, the most for an OU team since the 2006-07 season. It marks the third time for the Sooners to have more than five seniors on their roster and on the previous two occasions, OU has claimed the Big 12 regular season title (2002 and 2007).

• OU is 78-5 all-time at home against unranked non-conference opponents during the Coale era.

• Over the last 10 seasons, the Sooners rank second in the Big 12 in overall wins (218) and conference victories (144). OU is the only team in the Big 12 to make every NCAA Tournament since 2000.

UP NEXT

The Sooners will get an eight-day break before traveling to Las Vegas for the 2016 Puerto Rico Classic, Dec. 19-21. The tournament was moved in September due to the Zika virus threat in Puerto Rico. OU will take on Xavier (Dec. 19), California (Dec. 20) and Portland State (Dec. 21). All games will be played at South Point Arena..

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