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University of Oklahoma Athletics
February 24, 2017 | Women's Basketball
16/16 OKLAHOMA
TCU
FEBRUARY 25 | 7 p.m. (CT) | fort worth, texas
SATURDAY'S GAME BASICS
No. 16/16 Oklahoma (21-7, 12-4 Big 12) looks for its sixth consecutive win over TCU (12-15, 4-12 Big 12) as the Sooners travel to Fort Worth, Texas, for their final road game of the regular season Saturday. The Sooners, who are in sole possession of third place in the Big 12 standings, enter the contest after seeing their five-game winning streak snapped at Kansas State, 79-71, Tuesday night. TCU has lost its last four conference games and enters Saturday's game after falling to West Virginia on the road, 77-73, on Wednesday in Morgantown, W. Va.
ON THE AIR
Saturday's game will be televised on Fox Sports Southwest + with Chuck LeMendola and Julie Dziuk on the call. The contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network with Brian Brinkley calling the action.
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
• Oklahoma is 20-4 all-time against TCU and has won five straight meetings versus the Horned Frogs. A win Saturday night for the Sooners would mark their fifth season sweep of the season against a Big 12 foe. OU has already won the season series with Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech. OU is also 8-1 against TCU since the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12 Conference prior to the 2012-13 season.
• Redshirt senior guard Maddie Manning made her return to the court after missing three games due to an MCL sprain. Manning entered Tuesday night's game at the 1:27 mark in the first quarter and played the rest of the way, finishing with seven points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals. Manning ranks second on the team in scoring this season at 12.6 points a game and is sixth in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage, shooting .396 from deep.
• Over the last four games, junior center Vionise Pierre-Louis has anchored OU's offensive production, averaging 21.3 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocks a contest. Pierre-Louis, who has scored 20-plus points in back-to-back games for the first time in her career, has recorded three double-doubles in her last four outings.
• Gabbi Ortiz and Peyton Little have barely left the floor in OU's last four games as Little has played 160 out of 170 possible minutes (39.8 per game), while Ortiz has played 157 minutes (39.5 per game). The extra playing time has not hurt the duo offensively as Ortiz is averaging 12.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists during the stretch. Little hit a key 3-pointer with two seconds left against Texas last Saturday to help the Sooners knock off the eighth-ranked Longhorns in Norman. This season, Little ranks sixth in the Big 12 averaging 33.4 minutes a contest.
• OU is 5-0 this season and has won 11 straight games when playing on Saturday.
GAME 28 RECAP: KANSAS STATE
• No. 16/16 Oklahoma's furious comeback came up short as the Sooners fell to Kansas State, 79-71, inside Bramlage Coliseum. The Sooners fell behind 41-25 at intermission but cut the K-State lead down to six points heading to the final frame as OU shot .733 (11-of-15) in the third quarter. A pair of free throws from Vionise Pierre-Louis trimmed the deficit down to one point at 61-60 with 5:14 left, but the Sooners could not grab the lead from the Wildcats.
• Pierre-Louis paced the Sooners with her ninth double-double of the season, recording 21 points and 11 rebounds. The junior also picked up four blocks against the Wildcats, tying her season high. Chelsea Dungee finished with 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, while Peyton Little added 11 points, three rebounds and two assists. Gabbi Ortiz tied her career high with eight assists and scored 10 points.
• Despite the Sooners outshooting the Wildcats, .500-.450, from the field, K-State took advantage of 16 second chance points and won the rebounding battle, 39-29. Tuesday's game was the first time this season that Oklahoma finished with a higher shooting percentage than its opponent and lost. The Wildcats made the most of their chances at the foul line, finishing 20-of-27 as the Sooners were limited to just 5-of-9 at the charity stripe.
PREVIEWING TCU
• TCU enters Saturday's contest in a tie for eighth place in the Big 12 standings as the Horned Frogs have lost four straight down the stretch in league play. The Horned Frogs are sixth in the Big 12 in scoring at 72.0 points per game on .419 field goal shooting (sixth), .371 3-point shooting (third) and .730 free throw shooting (third). TCU is 20th in Division I in 3-point field goal shooting and has hit at least seven triples in 20 of 27 games this season. In conference play, the Horned Frogs are fifth in the conference in scoring offense at 69.3 points a contest. TCU is last in the league in scoring defense, allowing Big 12 foes to score 77.0 points a game in conference play.
• Junior guard AJ Alix leads three Horned Frogs who average scoring double figures this season at 13.3 points per contest. The junior is averaging 15.4 points a game in league play, whick ranks sixth in the Big 12. Alix also is sixth in the conference with 4.5 assists per game. Senior Jada Butts is second on the team with 11.8 points per game. Redshirt sophomore Amy Okonkwo averages 10.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game off the bench.
• TCU head coach Raegan Pebley is 48-44 in her three seasons with the Horned Frogs. Pebley is 0-5 against the Sooners since coming to TCU prior to the 2014-15 season.
Senior guard Gioya Carter is averaging 11.0 points per game over the last four contests.
MANNING MAKES RETURN
• Maddie Manning is enjoying her most productive season as a Sooner and ranks second on the team in scoring with 12.6 points per game. After missing three games due to an MCL sprain, Manning returned to action at K-State on Tuesday night.
• Manning entered Tuesday night's game at Kansas State at the 1:27 mark in the first quarter and played the rest of the game. The redshirt senior scored seven points on 3-of-7 shooting and finished with seven points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals in her return to action.
• The redshirt senior has been one of the Big 12's best shooters from 3-point range in league play, ranking fourth in the conference with a .439 clip from deep. She also leads the Big 12 with 2.2 steals per game this season.
QUICK HITS
• Tuesday night's loss to Kansas State marked the first time OU has posted a .500 field goal percentage and lost since Jan. 9, 2006 at Ohio State, a streak of 79 games. It was the first road loss to a Big 12 team when shooting over 50 percent from the field since Feb. 1, 1998 at Baylor.
• OU's .731 mark at the foul line currently ranks as the sixth-best free throw percentage in school single season history. It would be the best clip from the foul line since the Sooners posted a .748 free throw percentage during the 2013-14 season.
• The Sooners have hit 180 3-pointers need just 10 more triples to crack the team top-10 list for most 3-pointers made in one season by an OU team. Oklahoma has made at least 200 treys five times in the last six seasons.
• Against Big 12 teams, the Sooners have been one of the league's best at the free throw line. OU ranks fourth in the league with a .740 mark at the charity stripe in conference play. OU is second in the Big 12 this season with a .731 clip at the foul line.
• The Sooners are 17-0 this season when limiting their opponents to 70 points or fewer.
• OU's win over Texas Tech on Feb. 11 provided the Sooners with their 20th win of the season. Oklahoma has 15 20-win seasons under Sherri Coale. OU's win over West Virginia on Feb. 7 marked the 11th time in the last 12 seasons that the Sooners have recorded at least 10 victories in Big 12 play.
• Maddie Manning's 10 steals against Portland State on Dec. 21 are the most by a Big 12 player in a single game this season and tied for the second-most by a Division I player this year.
• The Sooners are not short on experience this season. Entering Saturday's game, OU's roster boasts 391 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 310 starts between them. OU's bench is laden with experience, including T'ona Edwards and VIonise Pierre-Louis who have played in 121 and 92 career games, respectively.
• The Sooners have been ranked in the AP Poll for 38 consecutive weeks (tied for the 10th-longest active streak in the country). OU has been ranked in the AP poll 258 times in the Coale era.
UP NEXT
The Sooners close out the regular season on Monday night at 7 p.m. CT against No. 4 Baylor inside Lloyd Noble Center. The game will mark senior night and the contest will air nationally on Fox Sports 1. Tickets for Monday's game are available here.
Final home game Monday night.
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