No. 20 Sooners Clash with Iowa State Wednesday

IOWA STATE

^20/20 Oklahoma

january 25 | 7 p.m. (CT) | NORMAN, OKLA.

WEDNESDAY'S GAME BASICS

No. 20/20 Oklahoma (15-5, 6-2 Big 12) goes for its sixth straight home win when it hosts Iowa State (11-8, 2-6 Big 12) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners, who rallied in the fourth quarter for a 68-62 victory over Oklahoma State on Sunday, are 10-1 at home this season and boast a +14.6 average scoring margin in those 11 contests. The Cyclones are 0-5 in true road games (0-4 in the Big 12) this season. Iowa State upset then No. 22 Kansas State, 75-69, inside Hilton Coliseum on Saturday.

ON THE AIR

Wednesday's game will be televised on Fox College Sports Central with Chad McKee, Brenda VanLengen and Jessica Coody on the call. The contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network with Brian Brinkley calling the action.

TICKETS

Tickets are available for as low as $8 at the OU Athletics Ticket Office (800-456-4668) and online here. Lloyd Noble Center's north and east ticket windows will open at 5:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday. OU students will be admitted free with a valid school I.D.

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

• Oklahoma owns a 37-24 all-time record against Iowa State and is 22-5 in the series in Norman (OU has won three out of the last four meetings at Lloyd Noble Center). Last year in Norman, Kaylon Williams recorded a career-high 32 points and the Sooners finished with a .600 field goal percentage to defeat the Cyclones, 85-54. The 31-point victory was the largest margin of victory for OU over Iowa State in the Big 12 era. It was also the first season sweep for the Sooners over the Cyclones since 1994.

• Wednesday's game will feature two of the Big 12's best free throw shooting teams. The Sooners rank third in the conference with a .710 mark from the line, while Iowa State leads the Big 12 with a .813 clip at the charity stripe. Over its last two games, the Sooners are 38-of-44 (.864) from the free throw line. Chelsea Dungee is 15-of-16 (.938) in OU's last two games and is sixth in the Big 12 with a .818 free throw percentage this season.

• The Sooners are not short on experience this season. Entering Wednesday's game, OU's roster boasts 351 career starts among 10 players who have made at least one career appearance in the Sooners' starting five. The foursome of Gioya Carter, Peyton Little, Maddie Manning and Gabbi Ortiz have combined to make 284 starts between them. OU's bench is laden with experience, including T'ona Edwards and Vionise Pierre-Louis who have played in 116 and 84 career games, respectively.

• Vionise Pierre-Louis has finished in double figures in four straight games heading into Wednesday's contest. In the first meeting with Iowa State in Ames, Pierre-Louis poured in a team-high 18 points and set a career high with 16 rebounds.

• Since the 2014-15 season, the Sooners are 19-3 against Big 12 opponents at home. This season, OU is averaging 76.5 points per game against league foes at Lloyd Noble Center with Peyton Little averaging 15.3 points per game in those contests.

GAME 20 RECAP: OKLAHOMA STATE

• Maddie Manning sat on Oklahoma's bench for the final 4½ minutes of the first half, one of a multitude of Sooners who were struggling with their shots. Manning received the message. The senior guard scored 11 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter and No. 20 Oklahoma rallied for a 68-62 win over Oklahoma State in the 100th women's basketball game between the Bedlam rivals.

• OU moved to 10-1 this season at home and prevented Oklahoma State from winning in Norman for the second straight season. The Sooners overcame their second-worst shooting outing (35 percent) of the season. Vionise Pierre-Louis scored 15 points, while Peyton Little added in 10.

• Oklahoma had not led since the first two minutes of the game before Manning put the Sooners ahead 62-60 with a 3-pointer with 2:44 left. Gabbi Ortiz followed with another 3-pointer for Oklahoma with 1:10 left to make it 65-60, capping a 5-of-6 fourth-quarter effort from behind the arc by the Sooners.

PREVIEWING IOWA STATE

• Iowa State, who knocked off then No. 22 Kansas State on Saturday, enters Wednesday's game with an 11-8 overall record and 2-6 mark in the league. The Cyclones lead the Big 12 and rank third in the country in free throw percentage, shooting .813 from the line. Iowa State is shooting .417 from the field (ranks eighth in the Big 12) and .347 (fifth) from beyond the arc. The Cyclones average 76.5 points per game (third), while holding foes to 68.4 points a contest (ninth). Iowa State leads the conference with 8.3 3-pointers a contest and ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 16.0 assists per game.

• Senior guard Seanna Johnson leads three Cyclones who average double figures scoring. The senior is averaging 16.3 points (fourth in the Big 12) and 7.9 rebounds (eighth) per contest, while shooting .433 from the floor, .329 from deep and .789 at the charity stripe. Sophomore guard Bridget Carleton is averaging 15.7 points (sixth in the league) and leads Iowa State with 2.3 3-pointers per contest (fifth in the Big 12). In Big 12 play, Carleton is averaging 16.5 points a game. Junior guard Jadda Buckley adds in 14.8 points per game and ranks eighth in the conference in scoring. Buckley ranks first in the Big 12 and is sixth in the nation with a .924 free throw percentage this year.

• Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly is 458-232 in his 22 seasons with the Cyclones. Fennelly holds a 623-283 all-time record in 28 seasons as a collegiate head coach. He has led Iowa State to 16 NCAA Tournament berths.

Vionise Pierre-Louis (left) and Maddie Manning combined for 35 of OU's 68 points vs. Oklahoma State.

GETTING TO THE LINE

• Freshman guard Chelsea Dungee put together an impressive performance at the free throw line Tuesday night at Texas, finishing 10-of-10 from the charity stripe. Dungee became the first OU player since Danielle Robinson (16-of-16, at Oklahoma State, 2011) to knock down at least 10 free throws in a game without a miss.

• The Sapulpa, Okla., native ranks second in the Big 12 with a .944 free throw percentage in league play. Dungee's .800 mark at the line this season is the sixth-best clip in the conference.

BLOCK PARTY

• This season, the Sooners have continued to rank as one of the nation's best shot-blocking teams. OU is third in the country in total blocks (123) and 10th in blocks per game (6.2).

• OU's 123 blocks this season already rank as the seventh-most by a team in school history and the sixth-most by a squad in the Sherri Coale era.

• Junior Vionise Pierre-Louis (37) and freshman Nancy Mulkey (43) have combined for 80 of OU's 123 blocks this season.

QUICK HITS

• The Sooners are 10-0 this season and have won 31 straight games when posting a higher shooting percentage than their opponent. OU has also earned 26 consecutive victories (9-0 in 2016-17) when the Sooners win the rebounding and turnover battle against their competition.

• Heading into Sunday's game, OU has hit 18 straight free throws at the line. The Sooners missed their first free throw attempt at Texas before closing the game with 18 straight makes, which tied a school single-game record.

• At Texas, the Sooners knocked down 18 straight free throws to conclude the game against the Longhorns. OU's .947 free throw percentage set a season high. The 18 consecutive free throws made tied a school record and are the most against a Big 12 opponent in school history. OU ranks 14th in the nation with 279 made free throws.

• Against Texas Tech, the Sooners pulled down 39 defensive rebounds - the most by an OU team against a Big 12 opponent in the Coale era. Oklahoma also limited the Lady Raiders to .297 shooting percentage, the fourth time this year the Sooners have held their opponent to a shooting percentage below .300.

• The Sooners have recorded 117 blocks, which already ranks eighth in school history. OU's 117 total blocks are the fourth-most in Division I this year.

• OU's 18 points, six made field goals and .857 field goal percentage in overtime against Kansas State all set Coale era records. The win marked OU's first OT victory over a top-25 opponent since defeating Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament on March 28, 2010 in the Sweet 16.

• Nancy Mulkey earned Big 12 and USBWA National Freshman of the Week Awards on Jan. 2 with 13 blocked shots in OU's first two leagues games, while averaging 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. In her first career start at Kansas, Mulkey nearly finished with a triple-double, picking up career highs of 14 points, nine rebounds and seven blocks against the Jayhawks. She followed her performance by recording a team-high six blocks in against TCU in 16 minutes. Mulkey finished 4-of-5 from the field and scored eight points versus the Horned Frogs

• Maddie Manning's 10 steals against Portland State on Dec. 21 rank are tied for the most by a Division I player in a single game this season and the most by an OU player in one game since 1996. OU has 194 steals this season, which ranks 24th in the nation.

• The Sooners have been ranked in the AP Poll for 33 consecutive weeks (tied for the 10th-longest active streak in the country). OU has been ranked in the AP poll 25 times under Sherri Coale.

UP NEXT

The Sooners hit the road to take on No. 2 Baylor on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ESPN2 and the Watch ESPN app. OU leads the all-time series, 26-23, against the Lady Bears.

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