OU Home to Host Texas State Sunday

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Texas State

Sunday, Dec. 13 / 2 p.m. CT / Norman / Lloyd Noble Center

NORMAN – The Oklahoma women's basketball team opens a five-game homestand Sunday when OU hosts Texas State. The game will tip at 2 p.m. CT inside Lloyd Noble Center.

ON THE AIR

Thursday's game will be televised on Fox Sports Oklahoma with Chad McKee and Latricia Trammell on the call.

The contest will air on the Sooner Radio Network (KOKC 1420 AM in Oklahoma City; KREF 99.3 FM/1400 AM in Norman; TuneIn radio App) with Brian Brinkley calling the action.

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

OU returns to Lloyd Noble Center on Sunday at 2 p.m. to host Texas State. Sunday's game will mark the third meeting between the teams in history and the first since Nov. 21, 2005 in Norman. OU holds a 2-0 advantage in the series.
Due to COVID-19 contact tracing efforts within the program, the Sooners have just six players available for the second game in a row: junior Taylor Robertson; sophomores Liz Scott and Gabby Gregory; and freshmen Heavenly Greer, Nevaeh Tot and Skylar Vann.
Tot stuffed the stat sheet at Kansas, logging 10 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Her seven assists stand as the fourth-most by a Big 12 player in a game this season.
Gregory (17.67 PPG) currently ranks fifth in scoring among Big 12 players this season. As a sophomore, she is the youngest player in the Big 12's top five scorers.
Coale enters her 25th season at the helm for OU. The Hall of Fame coach has led OU to three Final Four appearances, 10 Big 12 titles and 19 NCAA tournament berths since 2000. She captured her 500th career victory in 2019-20, bringing her overall record to 501-285.

SUPER SIX

Due to COVID-19 contact tracing efforts within the program, the Sooners have just six players available.

OU's super six shone at Kansas, holding a fully-staffed KU a back-and-forth contest into the fourth quarter before Kansas pulled away.

OU shot 42.1% (24-for-57) from the floor at Kansas as Gabby Gregory led all players with 22 points. The sophomore had 15 points in the first half alone. Gregory was 4-for-4 from the charity stripe and added five rebounds and a block on the night.

Liz Scott notched her first career double-double as she scored 10 points and collected 10 boards.

Taylor Robertson also scored 10 and chipped in five rebounds.

Freshman Nevaeh Tot stuffed the stat sheet, logging 10 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Classmates Skylar Vann notched eight points to go with six boards and Heavenly Greer added four points and two rebounds.

GET 'EM, GABBY

Sophomore Gabby Gregory is averaging 17.7 points per game, good for second on the team. Gregory ranks fifth in scoring among Big 12 players and as a sophomore is the youngest player of the league's top five scorers.

Gregory's .447 field goal percentage (17-for-38) is good for seventh in the league.

Additionally, Gregory is shooting. 778 (14-for-18) from the charity stripe to lead the Sooners in free throw percentage and rank eighth in the Big 12 in the same category.

FRESHMAN BREAKOUT

OU's freshman trio – Heavenly Greer, Nevaeh Tot and Skylar Vann – have seen significant playing time across the last two games.

Tot played all 40 minutes of OU's last contest at Kansas, stuffing the stat sheet with 10 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in her first start. The McKinney, Texas, native is averaging 9.7 PPG, good for third on the team.

Vann saw 30 minutes at Kansas and tied her career high with eight points (previously set at Georgia on Dec. 6). Vann shot 4-for-9 at KU and pulled down a career-best six
rebounds to go with a block.

Greer also contributed on both ends of the floor in OU's last two games, logging four points, three rebounds and a block at Georgia, as well as four points and two rebounds at Kansas.

TRIO EARNS PRESEASON ALL-BIG 12 HONORS

Taylor Robertson was named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team while Madi Williams and Ana Llanusa were named honorable mentions. The awards and team are chosen by head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.

Robertson averaged a team-high 19.1 points per game last season and shattered a host of OU and Big 12 records from the 3-point line. She drained 131 treys to break the league's single-season record, which had stood since 2002 and became the first Big 12 player to hit 100 or more 3-pointers in consecutive seasons. The McPherson, Kan., native led the nation in made 3s as well as 3s per game (4.37).

Williams averaged 16.1 points per game last season and was the team's leading rebounder with an average 7.3 per game. Williams scored in double figures in 27 of 30 games in 2019-20, including the last 18 straight. The Fort Worth native had seven performance with 20 or more points, including three contests with at least 10 made field goals. Williams registered a team-high six double-doubles in 2019-20.

Llanusa averaged 15.4 points per game and scored in double figures in 18 contests. She had seven outings with 20 points or more including three games with 25 or more. Llanusa led all Big 12 players in steals per game with an average 2.26 and tallied a single-game conference-high eight steals against UAB (Nov. 10, 2019). Llanusa will miss the 2020-21 season due to injury.

ROBERTSON ON ANN MEYERS DRYSDALE WATCH LIST

Taylor Robertson was one of 20 players named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's watch list for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award.

Named after the first player, male or female, named to an All-America Team in four straight college seasons, the annual award in its fourth year recognizes the top shooting guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball.

A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates. In early February, the watch list will be narrowed to just 10 and in early March, five finalists will be presented to Ms. Meyers Drysdale and the Hall of Fame's selection committee.

The 2020-21 season marks the second consecutive season Robertson has been named to the award's watch list. She was a member of the top 10 list last season.
Robertson is one of two Big 12 players on the watchlist as she is joined by DiJonai Carrington of Baylor.

25 YEARS OF SC

Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale enters her 25^th season at the helm for the Sooners.

Coale is 501-284 in her tenure at OU and has led the program to 19 NCAA tournament appearances; nine Sweet 16s; three Final Fours; and 10 Big 12 titles.

Coale has mentored 13 All-Americans; six Big 12 Players of the Year; seven Big 12 Freshmen of the Year; 68 All-Big 12 Team selections; and 16 WNBA draft selections, including 2018 WNBA champion Courtney Paris (Seattle Storm) and 2020 WNBA runner up Danielle Robinson (Las Vegas Aces).

Her players have excelled in the classroom, with 66 players to 131 Academic All-Big 12 honors; 16 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team members; and five CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Members.

Coale was inducted into the Women's College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016 and is a member of the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame's 2020 class.

UP NEXT

OU resumes Big 12 play Tuesday when it hosts Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. in the first Bedlam showdown of the season.

ON THE AIR

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

SUPER SIX

GET 'EM, GABBY

FRESHMAN BREAKOUT

TRIO EARNS PRESEASON ALL-BIG 12 HONORS

ROBERTSON ON ANN MEYERS DRYSDALE WATCH LIST

25 YEARS OF SC

UP NEXT

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Players Mentioned

Heavenly Greer

Gabby Gregory

Ana Llanusa

Taylor Robertson

Liz Scott

Nevaeh Tot

Skylar Vann

Madi Williams

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