OU Set for Bedlam Tuesday

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Oklahoma State

Tuesday, Dec. 15 / 7 p.m. CT / Norman / Lloyd Noble Center

NORMAN – The Oklahoma women's basketball team will host Oklahoma State Tuesday in the first edition of Bedlam this season. The game will tip at 7 p.m. CT inside Lloyd Noble Center.

ON THE AIR

Thursday's game will be televised on Fox Sports Oklahoma with Chad McKee and Brenda VanLengen 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 is home again Tuesday to host Oklahoma State in the first Bedlam clash of the year at 7 p.m. Tuesday's contest will mark the 107^th meeting between the programs in history, with OU leading the series 63-43. The Sooners hold a 34-14 advantage in Norman.
The teams split last year's series with each winning on the road. 2020 was the first time since 1987 and just the second time in history that the road team prevailed in both Bedlam contests. The teams were slated to play each other in the first round of the 2020 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball championship in March before the tournament was canceled due to concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic.
Due to COVID-19 contact tracing efforts within the program, the Sooners have just six players available for the third game in a row: junior Taylor Robertson; sophomores Liz Scott and Gabby Gregory; and freshmen Heavenly Greer, Nevaeh Tot and Skylar Vann.
The Sooners' super six logged OU's first win of the season Sunday as the squad took down Texas State 52-40. OU held the Bobcats to just 40 points on 27.0% shooting on the day while the Sooners' freshman trio shone. Nevaeh Tot had 12 points and five assists; Skylar Vann scored 11 to go with seven rebounds and three blocks; and Heavenly Greer collected a game-high 10 rebounds.
Gregory (17.25 PPG) currently ranks sixth in scoring among Big 12 players this season. Her .467 (21-for-45) field goal percentage also ranks sixth in the league.

BEDLAM BY THE NUMBERS

Tuesday's matchup will be the 107^th meeting between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in history.

OU leads the all-time series 63-43 and holds a 34-14 advantage in Norman. The teams have split the last 10 meetings. Oklahoma State won the last contest between the teams on Feb. 11, 2020 in Norman 73-69.

OU and OSU split the 2020 regular season series with the road team winning each matchup. Last season marked the first time since 1987 that the road team won both Bedlam matchups. The teams have split the regular season series 11 times in history, but have just twice split the series with the road team prevailing in both contests (1987 and 2020).

SUPER SIX

The Sooners' super six have shot .429 from the floor over the last two games with Tot and Gregory scoring in double figures in both contests.

OU's six held a fully-staffed KU a back-and-forth contest into the fourth quarter before Kansas pulled away
74-64 in the final five minutes (Dec. 10). The squad logged OU's first win of the season Sunday as the squad took down Texas State 52-40. OU held the Bobcats to just 40 points on 27.0% shooting on the day while the Sooners' freshman trio shone.

Nevaeh Tot had 12 points and five assists; Skylar Vann scored 11 to go with seven rebounds and three blocks; and Heavenly Greer collected a game-high 10 rebounds.

GET 'EM, GABBY

Sophomore Gabby Gregory is averaging 17.3 points per game, placing her sixth in scoring as well as sixth in field goal percentage (.467) among Big 12 players.

Additionally, Gregory is shooting .846 (22-for-26) from the charity stripe and has hit her last 12 free throws consecutively. Her .846 clip places her sixth among players in the Big 12.

Gregory has shot 1.000 from the free throw line in three of OU's four contests this season: 8-for-8 against Houston (Nov. 25); 4-4 at Kansas (Dec. 10); and 8-for-8 against Texas State (Dec. 13).

FRESHMAN TAKEOVER

OU's three freshmen have stepped up over the last two games as the Sooners' have had just six players available.

Nevaeh Tot is averaging 10.0 points per game this season and 11.0 over the last two games. Additionally, Tot is averaging 5.0 assists per game this year, good for fourth among Big 12 players and is second among Big 12 freshmen, narrowly trailing Iowa State's Emily Ryan (5.50 APG).

Tot has played all 40 minutes in OU's last two games and a total of 131 (32.84 per game) this season, giving her the most minutes of any freshman in the league this season.

Skylar Vann had a breakout game against Texas State as she logged career highs in four categories: 11 points on 4-for-7 shooting, 3-for-4 shooting from the 3-point line, seven rebounds and three (of OU's four) blocks. With an average 9.0 points per game, Vann ranks fourth on the team.

Greer doubled her previous career high in rebounds as she pulled down a game-high 10 against Texas State.

HELP ASSIST-ER OUT

Freshman Nevaeh Tot is averaging 5.0 rebounds per game, good for fourth among Big 12 players and 18th among Power 5 players nationally. Tot logged seven assists against Texas State on Sunday, which was the third-most big a Big 12 player in a game this year.

Tot also ranks eighth in the league in assist-turnover ratio (20 asst./14 TO).

25 YEARS OF SC

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

Coale is 502-284 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 hosts South Dakota on Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. in the final game before the holiday break.

ON THE AIR

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

BEDLAM BY THE NUMBERS

SUPER SIX

GET 'EM, GABBY

FRESHMAN TAKEOVER

HELP ASSIST-ER OUT

25 YEARS OF SC

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Players Mentioned

Heavenly Greer

Gabby Gregory

Taylor Robertson

Liz Scott

Nevaeh Tot

Skylar Vann

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