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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Saturday, January 25
Manhattan, Kan.
2:00 PM
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Photo by: Ty Russell
Road Swing Continues at K-State
January 24, 2020 | Women's Basketball
NORMAN – OU continues its road swing as the Sooners head to Manhattan, Kan., on Saturday for a contest with the Wildcats. The game with tip at 2 p.m. CT inside Bramlage Coliseum.
• OU will look to avenge a loss earlier in the week after falling to Texas Tech 89-84 Wednesday in overtime. Junior Mandy Simpson had a career night in Lubbock, stuffing the stat sheet with a career-high 19 points on 7-for-9 shooting, nine rebounds and six assists. Simpson's six assists also tied for a career high.
• With six 3-pointers Wednesday at Texas Tech, sophomore Taylor Robertson moved into third place on OU's single-season record list as she has hit 95 this season. Robertson made 105 treys as a freshman last season, placing her second on the all-time list. The Kansas product is currently averaging 5.28 3s per game and is well on pace to shatter the program single-season record of 115 set by Aaryn Ellenberg in 2012-13.
• Saturday's game at Kansas State will match two of the Big 12's leading rebounders in OU's Mandy Simpson and K-State's Peyton Williams. Simpson ranks fourth among Big 12 players with an average 9.33 rebounds per content in league play, while Williams is fifth at 9.20. Simpson has improved her game inside, boosting her average from 5.7 rebounds per game at the start of conference play to 9.33 headed into Saturday.
• Head coach Sherri Coale will look for her 500th career victory as the Sooners head to Manhattan. Coale is 499-272 in her 24th year at the helm for OU. Coale was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Coale has led the Sooners to 19 NCAA Tournament appearances in 20 years, three Final Fours and nine Sweet 16 appearances since 2000.
A four-time Big 12 Coach of the Year, Coale has also coached the Sooners to four Big 12 postseason titles and mentored 13 All-Americans, six Big 12 Players of the Year and seven Big 12 Freshmen of the Year.
14 OU players have been WNBA Draft Picks, six of them first-round selections, following their careers under Coale.
The Healdton, Okla., native was inducted into the Women's College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Just 72 coaches in Division I women's basketball have earned 500 or more wins in their careers. Just 33 of those are active coaches. 196 in men's and women's Division I basketball, including 60 of those active, have reached the milestone.
Headed into Wednesday's contest, Simpson is averaging 6.4 rebounds per game this season and has pulled down at least five boards in each of the last five contests, including a career-high 12 against Baylor on Jan. 4 and 11 each at Oklahoma State (Jan. 8) and West Virginia (Jan. 15).
Simpson did it all at Texas Tech (Jan. 22), pulling down nine boards to go with a career-high 19 points on 7-for-9 shooting and adding six assists.
The Boise, Idaho, product has also led the Sooners in rebounds in four of the last six games.
Simpson is averaging 9.3 rebounds per game in Big 12 play to rank second in that category among league players.
Robertson is the national leader in made 3s with 89 this season. The sophomore is shooting 47.1% (89-for-189) from deep.
The McPherson, Kan., product also leads the country in 3s per game (5.24) this season. She is averaging the most 3s per game of any player in men's or women's Division I basketball; Aaron Nesmith of Vanderbilt is the men's 3s per game leader and is averaging 4.29.
Robertson leads the Big 12 in 3-pointers this season (89), 51 more than the next closest players: TCU's Jaycee Bradley and West Virginia's Kysre Gondrezick are second in the league with 38 each this season.
As a team, OU has made a league-high 151 3-pointers this season; Robertson accounts for more than half of those.
Of Robertson's 353 total points this season, 267 have come from behind the 3-point line. 56 have come from the charity stripe where she is 56-for-64 (87.5%); just 30 of Robertson's points have not been 3s or free throws.
Additionally, Robertson's nine made 3s at Wichita State tie for the third most in a single game in women's Division I basketball this season and are one shy of the men's 2019-20 Division I single game record of 10.
After Sunday's game with TCU, Robertson moved into fifth on OU's single season made 3-pointers record list with 89 on the year. As a freshman in 2018-19, Robertson poured in 105 3-pointers to rank second on that list. Should Robertson continue to average 5.24 treys per game, she is on pace to shatter her own record as well as leader Aaryn Ellenberg's mark of 115 in a season (2012-13).
With 151 made treys, the Sooners lead the conference in made 3-pointers by 28; the next closest team is Iowa State with 123. OU is 16th nationally in made treys and 15th nationally in 3s per game with 8.9.
Sharpshooter Taylor Robertson accounts for 89 of OU's 151 3-pointers this season – 58.9% of the Sooners' buckets from deep have come from Robertson.
ON THE AIR
The contest will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with Brian Smoller providing play-by-play, Missy Heidrick as analyst and Adam Cook on the sideline. In Norman and Oklahoma City, the game will air on KREF 99.3 FM/1400 AM in Norman and KOKC 1520 AM in Oklahoma City (Tune In Radio App) with Chris Plank on the call.FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
• The OU women's basketball team heads to Manhattan, Kan., Saturday to face Kansas State in the second game of this week's road swing. OU leads the all-time series between the teams 40-28 and is 16-14 in Manhattan.• OU will look to avenge a loss earlier in the week after falling to Texas Tech 89-84 Wednesday in overtime. Junior Mandy Simpson had a career night in Lubbock, stuffing the stat sheet with a career-high 19 points on 7-for-9 shooting, nine rebounds and six assists. Simpson's six assists also tied for a career high.
• With six 3-pointers Wednesday at Texas Tech, sophomore Taylor Robertson moved into third place on OU's single-season record list as she has hit 95 this season. Robertson made 105 treys as a freshman last season, placing her second on the all-time list. The Kansas product is currently averaging 5.28 3s per game and is well on pace to shatter the program single-season record of 115 set by Aaryn Ellenberg in 2012-13.
• Saturday's game at Kansas State will match two of the Big 12's leading rebounders in OU's Mandy Simpson and K-State's Peyton Williams. Simpson ranks fourth among Big 12 players with an average 9.33 rebounds per content in league play, while Williams is fifth at 9.20. Simpson has improved her game inside, boosting her average from 5.7 rebounds per game at the start of conference play to 9.33 headed into Saturday.
• Head coach Sherri Coale will look for her 500th career victory as the Sooners head to Manhattan. Coale is 499-272 in her 24th year at the helm for OU. Coale was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
GAME 18 RECAP: TEXAS TECH 89, OU 84 (OT)
The Oklahoma women's basketball team battled Texas Tech into overtime, but fell short of the Red Raiders 89-84. The loss was OU's first on the road in Big 12 play this season.
Mandy Simpson finished the night with a stuffed stat sheet as she scored a career-high 19 points on 7-for-9 shooting and added nine rebounds and six assists.
For the second time in Big 12 play this season, two players scored 20 or more points as Taylor Robertson scored 26 and Madi Williams had a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds. Gabby Gregory added nine points and eight rebounds in the effort.
The Sooners led the game by as many as 15 points in the third quarter before the Lady Raiders rallied to tie the game at 70-all with 2:05 left in regulation. OU went up 75-70 thanks to a 3-pointer by Taylor Robertson, but Texas tech used a jumper and a pair of free throws to knot the game again at 75 and send it to overtime.
The Sooners pulled ahead 82-81 on a 3 from Gregory, but the Lady Raiders quickly answered and held OU to just one more score as time ran out.
PREVIEWING KANSAS STATE
Kansas State enters Saturday's contest at 7-9 overall and 1-4 against the Big 12. The Wildcats have lot their last three, including Wednesday at Iowa State 73-59.
Senior forward Peyton Williams is averaging a double-double for K-State with 15.2 points per game and 11.2 rebounds. Three more of the Wildcats' starters are averaging points in double figures: Ayoka Lee accounts for 14.9; Christiana Carr is averaging 10.6; and Angela Harris averages 10.5.
Kansas State swept the series last season, but OU is 6-4 in the last 10 meetings with the Wildcats. The Sooners are also 16-14 in Manhattan all-time.
COALE GOES FOR NO. 500
A win Wednesday would make 500 for head coach Sherri Coale, who is in her 24th season at the helm for the Sooners. Coale is the winningest coach in program history at 499-272 (.648).Coale has led the Sooners to 19 NCAA Tournament appearances in 20 years, three Final Fours and nine Sweet 16 appearances since 2000.
A four-time Big 12 Coach of the Year, Coale has also coached the Sooners to four Big 12 postseason titles and mentored 13 All-Americans, six Big 12 Players of the Year and seven Big 12 Freshmen of the Year.
14 OU players have been WNBA Draft Picks, six of them first-round selections, following their careers under Coale.
The Healdton, Okla., native was inducted into the Women's College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Just 72 coaches in Division I women's basketball have earned 500 or more wins in their careers. Just 33 of those are active coaches. 196 in men's and women's Division I basketball, including 60 of those active, have reached the milestone.
BOARDS COME DOWN, STATS TREND UP
Since December, junior forward Mandy Simpson has stepped up as a rebounder. At the beginning of December, the junior averaged 4.0 rebounds per game; at the beginning of January, Simpson had boosted her average to 5.7.Headed into Wednesday's contest, Simpson is averaging 6.4 rebounds per game this season and has pulled down at least five boards in each of the last five contests, including a career-high 12 against Baylor on Jan. 4 and 11 each at Oklahoma State (Jan. 8) and West Virginia (Jan. 15).
Simpson did it all at Texas Tech (Jan. 22), pulling down nine boards to go with a career-high 19 points on 7-for-9 shooting and adding six assists.
The Boise, Idaho, product has also led the Sooners in rebounds in four of the last six games.
Simpson is averaging 9.3 rebounds per game in Big 12 play to rank second in that category among league players.
T-ROB TREY TRACKER
Sophomore Taylor Robertson is the NCAA's active career leader in 3-point field goal percentage, shooting 46.9% (194-for-414), roughly just halfway through her second season of college basketball. She is also the active career leader in treys per game with a 4.13 average; the next closest player, Rachel Childress of UAB, has averaged 3.33 per game. Robertson is the youngest member of both 10-player lists; the nine other players on each are juniors and seniors.Robertson is the national leader in made 3s with 89 this season. The sophomore is shooting 47.1% (89-for-189) from deep.
The McPherson, Kan., product also leads the country in 3s per game (5.24) this season. She is averaging the most 3s per game of any player in men's or women's Division I basketball; Aaron Nesmith of Vanderbilt is the men's 3s per game leader and is averaging 4.29.
Robertson leads the Big 12 in 3-pointers this season (89), 51 more than the next closest players: TCU's Jaycee Bradley and West Virginia's Kysre Gondrezick are second in the league with 38 each this season.
As a team, OU has made a league-high 151 3-pointers this season; Robertson accounts for more than half of those.
Of Robertson's 353 total points this season, 267 have come from behind the 3-point line. 56 have come from the charity stripe where she is 56-for-64 (87.5%); just 30 of Robertson's points have not been 3s or free throws.
Additionally, Robertson's nine made 3s at Wichita State tie for the third most in a single game in women's Division I basketball this season and are one shy of the men's 2019-20 Division I single game record of 10.
After Sunday's game with TCU, Robertson moved into fifth on OU's single season made 3-pointers record list with 89 on the year. As a freshman in 2018-19, Robertson poured in 105 3-pointers to rank second on that list. Should Robertson continue to average 5.24 treys per game, she is on pace to shatter her own record as well as leader Aaryn Ellenberg's mark of 115 in a season (2012-13).
SHOOTERS SHOOT
OU has proven its prowess from long range this season with the Sooners shooting 38.9% (151-for-388) from beyond the arc to rank second in the Big 12 in that category and rank ninth nationally.With 151 made treys, the Sooners lead the conference in made 3-pointers by 28; the next closest team is Iowa State with 123. OU is 16th nationally in made treys and 15th nationally in 3s per game with 8.9.
Sharpshooter Taylor Robertson accounts for 89 of OU's 151 3-pointers this season – 58.9% of the Sooners' buckets from deep have come from Robertson.
UP NEXT
OU returns to Lloyd Noble Center on Tuesday, Jan. 28 for a Red River showdown with Texas at 7 p.m.
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