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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Wednesday, November 25
Norman
12 p.m.
University of Oklahoma
0-1,0-0Big 12
85
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97
Houston
1-0,0-0AAC
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2
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4
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Houston
26
20
27
24
97
Oklahoma
25
19
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24
85
Photo by: Ty Russell
Sooners Drop Opener to Houston
November 25, 2020 | Women's Basketball
NORMAN – The Oklahoma women's basketball team fell to Houston 97-85 on Wednesday in the 2020-21 season opener.
"I feel like we got a game in and it's nothing short of miraculous we got a game in here today," said OU head coach Sherri Coale.
"We were affected by their (Houston's) physicality, their size and their speed, and we knew that was a very real possibility ... All that being said, there were some really good things that we did. We scored it well, there was a little bit of a drought in the third quarter … We fouled a little too much - we've got to be better about that. We gave up some key offensive rebounds and we've got to be better about that. But there's not one thing that occurred that we can't take care of and I think for this team. The biggest thing is transferring what they do in practice to the game floor."
Madi Williams led the Sooners' scoring effort as she poured in 25 points, just one short of her career high.
Three more players joined Williams in double figures. Gabby Gregory added 18 points and shot 8-for-8 from the free throw line and added six assists. Taylor Robertson had 13 points and five rebounds.
Senior Mandy Simpson had a double-double of 11 points and 13 boards.
Houston shot .436 (34-for-78) from the field to OU's .417 (25-for-60). The Sooners shone at the free throw line, going 32-for-39 (.821). Gregory went 8-for-8; Williams was 7-for-8; and Robertson shot 4-for-4 from the charity stripe.
A back-and-forth first half saw nine ties. OU held Houston to no field goals for four minutes late in the second quarter before Houston's Ca'Leyah Burrell hit a 3-pointer to give the Cougars a 46-45 lead as the teams headed into the locker room. Houston out-scored OU 51-41 in the second half.
Up Next
OU will be one of four programs to compete at the Women's Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic, a four-team, round-robin college basketball event held in Sioux Falls, S.D., Nov. 28-30.
The tournament field features No. 1 South Carolina, South Dakota and Gonzaga and will be held at Sanford Pentagon.
The field's four programs have a combined 41 Division I NCAA Tournament appearances along with 24 Sweet 16s, five Final Four banners and one national championship (South Carolina, 2017).
Flo Hoops will broadcast all six games.
"I feel like we got a game in and it's nothing short of miraculous we got a game in here today," said OU head coach Sherri Coale.
"We were affected by their (Houston's) physicality, their size and their speed, and we knew that was a very real possibility ... All that being said, there were some really good things that we did. We scored it well, there was a little bit of a drought in the third quarter … We fouled a little too much - we've got to be better about that. We gave up some key offensive rebounds and we've got to be better about that. But there's not one thing that occurred that we can't take care of and I think for this team. The biggest thing is transferring what they do in practice to the game floor."
Madi Williams led the Sooners' scoring effort as she poured in 25 points, just one short of her career high.
Three more players joined Williams in double figures. Gabby Gregory added 18 points and shot 8-for-8 from the free throw line and added six assists. Taylor Robertson had 13 points and five rebounds.
Senior Mandy Simpson had a double-double of 11 points and 13 boards.
Houston shot .436 (34-for-78) from the field to OU's .417 (25-for-60). The Sooners shone at the free throw line, going 32-for-39 (.821). Gregory went 8-for-8; Williams was 7-for-8; and Robertson shot 4-for-4 from the charity stripe.
A back-and-forth first half saw nine ties. OU held Houston to no field goals for four minutes late in the second quarter before Houston's Ca'Leyah Burrell hit a 3-pointer to give the Cougars a 46-45 lead as the teams headed into the locker room. Houston out-scored OU 51-41 in the second half.
Up Next
OU will be one of four programs to compete at the Women's Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic, a four-team, round-robin college basketball event held in Sioux Falls, S.D., Nov. 28-30.
The tournament field features No. 1 South Carolina, South Dakota and Gonzaga and will be held at Sanford Pentagon.
The field's four programs have a combined 41 Division I NCAA Tournament appearances along with 24 Sweet 16s, five Final Four banners and one national championship (South Carolina, 2017).
Flo Hoops will broadcast all six games.
Team Stats
UH
OU
FG%
.436
.417
3FG%
.313
.200
FT%
.679
.821
RB
41
50
TO
12
21
STL
12
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
25
FGM
9
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
18
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
8
Pts
13
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Players Mentioned
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