No. 16 Sooners Close Home Slate with No. 4 Baylor

^4/3 BAYLOR

^16/16 OKLAHOMA

FEBRUARY 27 | 7 p.m. (CT) | NORMAN, OKLA.

MONDAY'S GAME BASICS

No. 16/16 Oklahoma (22-7, 13-4 Big 12) looks for its 11th consecutive home win inside Lloyd Noble Center as the Sooners close the regular season with No. 4/3 Baylor (27-2, 16-1 Big 12) Monday night at 7 p.m. CT. The Sooners, who will be at least the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, have won seven out of their last eight games and are 8-0 at home against Big 12 foes this year. Baylor claimed its seventh straight Big 12 regular season title after its 86-48 win over Texas Tech on Saturday in Waco.

ON THE AIR

Monday's game will be televised on Fox Sports 1 with Ron Thulin and Brenda VanLengen on the call. The contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network with Brian Brinkley calling the action.

TICKETS

Tickets are available starting at $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 Monday. OU students will be admitted free with a valid school I.D. Fans that use the promo code "BeatBaylor" will receive a $10 and a game replica jersey.

Final home game Monday night.

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PROMOTIONS

The first 1,000 fans will receive a free Oklahoma basketball t-shirt as they enter Lloyd Noble Center.

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

• No. 16/16 Oklahoma hosts its final regular season home game Monday versus No. 4/3 Baylor at 7 p.m. CT inside Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners have won 10 straight games on their home floor, which is tied for the seventh-best home winning streak in program history. A victory would also give the Sooners their first undefeated season at home in league play since the 2008-09 season.

• Against Big 12 opponents at home, OU is averaging 79.6 points per contest and shooting .457 on its home floor versus league foes. Vionise Pierre-Louis leads the Sooners in scoring at home in conference play, averaging 16.4 points per game and is shooting .605 from the field. Maddie Manning is just behind Pierre-Louis at 16.3 points a contest, while Peyton Little averages 15.1 points a game inside Lloyd Noble Center in league play. Gabbi Ortiz is shooting .519 from deep during OU's home Big 12 slate.

• Vionise Pierre-Louis has been a force for the Sooners in the paint over the last five games. The junior center is averaging 20.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per contest during that stretch. She leads the Big 12 with 2.4 blocks per game in league play and is ninth in scoring at 14.4 points a contest versus conference opponents.

• Since the 2014-15 season, the Sooners are 23-3 against Big 12 opponents at home. OU is 2-0 this season against AP ranked teams with wins over then No. 8 Texas and No. 25 Kansas State.

• OU will honor seniors Gioya Carter, T'ona Edwards, Shaya Kellogg, Peyton Little and Derica Wyatt in a postgame ceremony. Maddie Manning will not go through senior night ceremonies and intends to apply for a sixth year of eligibility through a NCAA medical hardship waiver.

GAME 29 RECAP: TCU

• 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 BAYLOR

• Baylor, who clinched its seventh straight Big 12 regular season title on Saturday, leads the nation in field goal percentage defense (.306), rebounds per game (52.1), blocked shots per game (8.4) and rebounding margin (+21.1). The Lady Bears are holding opponents to 54.3 points per game (first in the Big 12) and rank second in the nation with 88.7 points a contest. Baylor is shooting .491 from the field (first in the Big 12), .393 from deep (first) and .670 at the free throw line (seventh) this season.

• Sophomore Kalani Brown leads Baylor and ranks sixth in the Big 12 with 14.9 points per contest this season. Brown also leads the Lady Bears and is sixth in the conference with 8.2 rebounds a game. Brown scored a career-high 35 points in Baylor's road win at Texas last Monday night. Redshirt senior Alexis Jones, who did not play versus Texas Tech, is second on the team with 13.9 points a game and is shooting .421 from 3-point range this season. Senior Nina Davis adds in 12.2 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, while senior Alexis Prince chips in 11.1 points and 5.9 boards a contest.

Vionise Pierre-Louis

Junior center Vioninse Pierre-Louis leads the Sooners with 14.4 points and 8.1 rebounds per game in conference play.

SHE'S BACK

• Maddie Manning is enjoying her most productive season as a Sooner and leads Oklahoma in scoring with 12.7 points per game. Manning has 16 double-digit scoring games in the last 18 contests she has played in.

• The Ankeny, Iowa, native founded her groove Saturday at TCU, scoring 15 points and finishing 3-of-3 from 3-point range. Manning also tied for the team lead with seven rebounds. OU is 8-0 this season when Manning leads the team in rebounding.

• The redshirt senior has been one of the Big 12's best shooters from 3-point range in league play, ranking third in the conference with a .467 clip from deep. She also leads the Big 12 with 2.1 steals per game this season.

WELCOME TO OUR HOUSE

• OU has flourished at home, posting a +14.5 average scoring margin in its 15 games at Lloyd Noble Center and outshooting its opponents .448 to .362 from the field, .337 to .320 from 3-point range and .757 to .699 at the free throw line. During its 10-game home winning streak, OU is scoring 81.4 points per contest at Lloyd Noble Center.

• The quartet of Peyton Little, Maddie Manning, Gabbi Ortiz and Vionise Pierre-Louis is averaging double figures in scoring on their home floor this year. During OU's 10-game home win streak, Manning leads the Sooners with 16.8 points per game and is shooting .490 from the field. Pierre-Louis has dominated the glass with 7.7 boards a game and is scoring 14.6 points per contest. Little averages 14.0 points per game at home, while Ortiz has recorded 10.5 points and is shooting .516 from 3-point range during OU's winning streak at Lloyd Noble Center.

• OU is 2-0 at home this year against AP top 25 opponents with victories over then No. 8 Texas and No. 25 Kansas State.

QUICK HITS

• Oklahoma has won 10 consecutive home games, which is tied for the seventh-longest winning streak at the Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners have also won nine straight Big 12 home games dating back to last season. With a win Monday, the Sooners could finish their Big 12 home slate with an undefeated record for the first time since the 2008-09 season.

• OU's .728 mark at the foul line currently ranks as the eighth-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.

• 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 .733 mark at the charity stripe in conference play. OU is third in the Big 12 this season with a .728 clip at the foul line. OU's .728 mark at the foul line currently ranks as the eighth-best free throw percentage in school single season history

• The Sooners are 18-0 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.

• The Sooners are not short on experience this season. Entering Monday's game, OU's roster boasts 396 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 314 starts between them. OU's bench is laden with experience, including T'ona Edwards and VIonise Pierre-Louis who have played in 122 and 93 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 will play Saturday night in the 2017 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City, Okla., inside Chesapeake Energy Arena (opponent, time and seed to be determined).

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No. 16 Sooners Close Home Slate with No. 4 Baylor