Sooners Drop Big 12 Opener to Baylor

Saturday, January 4

Norman

4:00 PM

University of Oklahoma

7-6,0-1Big 12

Baylor

11-1,1-0Big 12

Baylor

Oklahoma

Photo by: Ty Russell

January 04, 2020 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NORMAN – The Oklahoma women's basketball team fell to No. 6/6 Baylor 77-56 Saturday in the Big 12 opener.

With the loss, OU moves to 7-6 on the season and 0-1 against the Big 12. Baylor improves to 11-1 and 1-0 in league play.

"Baylor's an incredibly difficult matchup for us. They've got a terrific basketball team – very physical, athletic and hard to keep off the glass," said head coach Sherri Coale.

"I thought there's a lot of good stuff for us to takeaway from this. The way we started the game; I loved our fight, our confidence, our presence. I just thought it was fantastic. Then we started turning it over and had a spell in the middle … but we gathered ourselves. I thought we ended shows how we can play. Lots of good stuff at the start and finish, the middle was just a little shaky."

The Lady Bears' Te'a Cooper had a career-high 32 points. Cooper, a graduate transfer guard, made 14 of 22 shots and had six rebounds and four assists.

Baylor center Lauren Cox scored 14 points in her second game back from a foot injury. The 6-foot-4 senior made 5 of 17 shots and grabbed six rebounds in 34 minutes.

Juicy Landrum added 12 points for the Lady Bears (11-1, 1-0 Big 12), who extended their conference win streak to 43 games and their league road win streak to 37 games.

Taylor Robertson scored 20 points for Oklahoma. The nation's leader in 3-pointers made 4 of 12 from long range and dished five assists. Robertson also went 8-for-8 from behind the charity stripe.

Madi Williams added 14 points for the Sooners (7-6, 0-1). OU's Mandy Simpson pulled down 12 rebounds in the contest to lead all players.

The Sooners scored the game's first seven points and went up 15-4 before Baylor took over. The Lady Bears closed the first quarter on a 13-0 run, and a layup by Cox as time expired in the quarter put Baylor up 17-15.

Baylor scored the first 16 points of the second quarter. The 29-0 run overall lasted nearly an entire quarter, and the Lady Bears led 38-23 at halftime.

Up Next

Oklahoma takes its first Big 12 road trip Wednesday as the Sooners head to Oklahoma State. The Bedlam clash will tip at 7 p.m. CT on Fox Sports Network.