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January 03, 2018 | Women's Basketball
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Jan. 4 | 7 p.m. | Norman, Okla.
THURSDAY'S GAME BASICS
The Sooners (6-7, 1-1 Big 12) return home Thursday to host TCU (9-4, 0-2 Big 12) inside Lloyd Noble Center. OU has won six straight meetings against the Horned Frogs and are 13-0 all-time at home against TCU. The Sooners claimed their first Big 12 win on the road at Iowa State Sunday, while TCU has dropped league contests to West Virginia at home and Kansas on the road.
ON THE AIR
Thursday's game will be televised on Fox Sports Oklahoma with Chad McKee, Brenda VanLengen and Megan McDonald on the call. The contest will also air on the Sooner Radio Network with Brian Brinkley and McKenna Treece calling the action.
TICKETS/PROMOTIONS
Tickets are available for $10 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. on Thursday. OU students will be admitted free with a valid school I.D.
Fans can purchase a ticket to OU's games against TCU and Baylor for just $10 and receive a free t-shirt. Enter the code "TSHIRT" here to purchase your seats today.
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
• Oklahoma looks for its seventh straight win over TCU as the Horned Frogs visit Lloyd Noble Center on Thursday. OU is 21-4 all-time against TCU and holds a 13-0 advantage in games played in Norman. Since the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12 prior to the 2012-13 season, OU is 9-1 against TCU.
• Vionise Pierre-Louis (995) and Gabbi Ortiz (973) are both closing in on 1,000 career points. Both players have a chance to accomplish the feat over the next two games. On Sunday, Maddie Manning became the 33rd player at OU to reach the 1,000-point plateau by finishing with 12 points at Iowa State. The Sooners have never had three different players reach the 1,000-point mark in three consecutive games.
• OU has scored =at least 78 points in six of seven home games this season. The Sooners are averaging 87.2 points per contest and shooting .490 from the field over their last three home games.
• OU's freshman duo of Ana Llanusa and Shaina Pellington are two of the top three scorers among Big 12 freshmen so far this season. Pelington is first among Big 12 freshmen at 12.9 points per game, while Llanusa is third at 11.7 points a contest. Llanusa is averaging 13.2 points a game since being inserted into the starting lineup on Dec. 6. Pellington has eight double-digit scoring performances this season and leads Big 12 freshmen with a .540 field goal percentage.
• Ana Llanusa, Shaina Pellington and Mandy Simpson all started in Sunday's win at Iowa State, marking the first time three freshmen started a Big 12 game since Jan. 31, 2004, at Kansas State (Britney Brown, Erin Higgins and Leah Rush). The last time three freshmen started a home game for the Sooners occurred Feb. 27, 1999 vs. Missouri (LaNeisha Caufield, Stacey Dales and Shannon Selmon).
GAME 13 RECAP: IOWA STATE
• Shaina Pellington scored 23 points and Maddie Manning eclipsed the 1,000-point mark as OU defeated Iowa State, 74-69, on Sunday for its first Big 12 win of the year. Pellington's 23 points tied her season high and came on 9-of-14 shooting from the field and 5-of-6 shooting at the foul line. The freshman scored 17 points in the second half as the Sooners held off a late surge from Iowa State. The victory gave the Sooners their third straight win on road against Iowa State for the first time in the Big 12 era.
• Gabbi Ortiz scored 11 of her 13 points in the first half to help the Sooners build an eight-point halftime lead. Maddie Manning and LaNesia Williams each added in 12 points. Manning became the 33rd player in OU history to reach the 1,000-point mark by scoring five points in the first quarter. Williams' 12 points were the most for the senior against a Big 12 opponent in her career. The senior was 5-of-9 from the field and added in two rebounds in 28 minutes off the bench.
• The Sooners outshot Iowa State, .500-.400, from the field and won the rebounding battle, 32-31. The Cyclones finished 7-of-28 (.250) from beyond the arc, but the Sooners held Iowa State without a 3-pointer during the second and third quarters.
LaNesia Williams is averaging 10.0 points per game off the bench in Big 12 play.
PREVIEWING TCU
• TCU is 0-2 in the Big 12 and are 9-4 overall this season. The Horned Frogs rank fifth in the Big 12 in scoring offense at 80.0 points per game. TCU leads the league in free throw percentage (.774) and ranks 12th in Division I. The Horned Frogs are also in the top 20 nationally in assists per game (9th/19.5), blocks per game (16th/5.8) and field goal percentage (.472/18th).
• Junior forward Amy Okonkwo leads TCU in scoring with 16.8 points per game off the bench this season. Okonkwo picked up her second double-double of the season at Kansas, recording 22 points and 10 rebounds against the Jayhawks. Okonkwo finished 10-of-10 at the foul line and ranks ninth nationally this season with a .918 free throw percentage.
• Junior center Jordan Moore leads the Big 12 with 2.7 blocks per game, while averaging 14.2 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Moore is also third in the league with a .636 field goal percentage. Sophomore guard Amber Ramirez is averaging 13.7 points per game and is second in the league with 2.9 3-pointers per game.
• TCU head coach Raegan Pebley is 57-51 in her four seasons with the Horned Frogs.
IMPACT FRESHMEN
• Oklahoma is the only school in the Big 12 to have each freshman win the league's Newcomer of the Week award. Shaina Pellington became the third Sooner freshman to win the award after averaging 19.5 points per game in OU's first two Big 12 games.
OUR HOUSE
• Over its last three home games, OU's offense has returned to its early season form. The Sooners are averaging 87.2 points per game and shooting .490 from the floor and .351 from range during that stretch.
• The Sooners are 23-5 (.821) against Big 12 competition at Lloyd Noble Center since the 2014-15 season, which is the best second-best home winning percentage among league teams during that span. Four of the five losses have came against ranked opponents.
ONE DOWN, TWO TO GO
• Maddie Manning became the 33rd player in OU history to reach the 1,000-point mark, finishing with 12 points at Iowa State on Sunday. Vionise Pierre-Louis (995) and Gabbi Ortiz (973) are also close to joining the 1,000-point club.
• Eight players have reached the 1,000-point mark for their OU careers in the last five seasons. Those players are: Whitney Hand (2012-13), Aaryn Ellenberg (2013-14), Morgan Hook (2013-14), Nicole Griffin (2013-14) and Sharane Campbell-Olds (2014-15), Kaylon Williams (2015-16), Peyton Little (2016-17) and Maddie Manning (2017-18).
UP NEXT
The Sooners travel to Oklahoma State for the first Bedlam matchup of the season. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. CT inside Gallagher-Iba Arena on Sunday and the game will be televised on Fox Sports Oklahoma. OU leads the all-time series, 61-40.
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