OU Hosts South Dakota Sunday

Oklahoma

South Dakota

Sunday, Dec. 20 / 2 p.m. CT / Norman / Lloyd Noble Center

NORMAN – The Oklahoma women's basketball team hosts South Dakota on Sunday in the first-ever meeting between the two programs. 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 Jessica Coody 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 is home Sunday to host South Dakota at 2 p.m. The teams were initially slated to meet at the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic on Nov. 30, but the game was canceled due to COVID-19 contact tracing efforts within the program. Sunday's game will mark the first-ever meeting between the Sooners and Coyotes.
The Sooners have had a six to seven player roster over the last three games due to COVID-19 contact tracing efforts, but will have eight players available for Sunday's game.
Despite playing with a small roster, OU has shot 40.5% from the floor over the last three games. The Sooners have also averaged 36.0 rebounds per game across that stretch to OU's 38.4 RPG average this season.
Sophomore Gabby Gregory is averaging 16.6 points per game, making her seventh in scoring in the Big 12 conference. Her .446 (25-for-56) field goal percentage also ranks seventh.
OU's freshman trio has shone in the Sooners' last three games. Heavenly Greer, Nevaeh Tot and Skylar Vann have combined for 62 points, 46 rebounds and 17 assists in the last three contests.

SUPER SIX (AND SEVEN)

OU had just six players available for the Kansas on Dec. 10 and Texas State on Dec. 13 (Taylor Robertson, Liz Scott, Gabby Gregory and Heavenly Greer, Nevaeh Tot and Skylar Vann) games and seven available for Oklahoma State on Dec. 15 as Mandy Simpson rejoined the squad.

Against Kansas and Texas State, the Sooner six of Robertson, Scott, Gregory, Greer, Tot and Vann shot 42.9% from the floor with Tot and Gregory scoring in double figures against both
Kansas and Texas State.

Skylar Vann has taken over as the Sooners' primary rebounder collecting an average of 7.3 boards in each of the last three games, including nine against Oklahoma State.
Scott collected 10 boards at Kansas (Dec. 10) and Greer pulled down 10 more against Texas State (Dec. 13).

Additionally, Vann has totaled five of OU's nine blocks over the three-game stretch with three blocks against Texas State.

LUCKY 7TH

Sophomore Gabby Gregory ranks seventh among Big 12 players in three categories. Gregory is seventh in scoring with a 16.6 PPG average. Her .446 (25-for-56) field goal percentage also ranks seventh. The Tulsa, Okla., native also ranks seventh in free throw percentage, shooting .844 (27-for-32) on the season.

Additionally, Gregory has hit 17 of her last 18 free throws. Gregory has had three games this season in which she's been perfect from the charity stripe, hitting 8-for-8 against Houston (Nov. 25); 4-for-4 at Kansas (Dec. 10); and 8-for-8 against Texas State (Dec. 13).

FRESHMAN TAKEOVER

OU's three freshmen have combined for 62 points, 46 rebounds and 17 assists over the last three games as the Sooners' have had a limited number of players available.

Nevaeh Tot is averaging 8.6 points per game this season. Additionally, Tot is averaging 4.8 assists per game this year, good for fourth among Big 12 players and second among Big 12 freshmen, narrowly trailing Iowa State's Emily Ryan (5.0 APG)

Tot has played all 40 minutes in OU's last three games and a total of 171 (34.3 per game) this season, giving her the most minutes of any freshman in the league.

Skylar Vann set a new career high of 11 points against Texas State (Dec. 13) and matched it against Oklahoma State (Dec. 15). Vann is averaging 9.5 points per game, making her third on the team in scoring.

Vann finished with 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 in the win over Texas State.

The Edmond, Okla., native also set a new career high in rebounds against Oklahoma State (Dec. 15), logging a game-high nine.

Heavenly Greer doubled her previous career high in rebounds as she pulled down a game-high 10 against Texas State (Dec. 13).

HELP ASSIST-ER OUT

Freshman Nevaeh Tot is averaging 4.8 per game, good for fourth among Big 12 players and 21st among Power 5 players nationally.

Tot logged seven assists against Texas State (Dec. 13), which was the third-most big a Big 12 player in a game this year.

Tot also ranks 10th in the league in assist-turnover ratio (20 assists/14 TO).

REACH FOR THE SKY

Freshman Skylar Vann is averaging 6.8 rebounds per contest, good for 11^th among Big 12 players and second among Big 12 freshmen (Kansas' Ioanna Chatzileonti leads all freshmen with 9.2 RPG).

Additionally, Vann has averaged 7.3 rebounds per game over the last three games. Vann has pulled down five rebounds or more in every game this season, including a career-best nine rebounds against Oklahoma State (Dec. 13).

UP NEXT

OU will host Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Dec. 29 in the final game of the calendar year.

ON THE AIR

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

SUPER SIX (AND SEVEN)

LUCKY 7TH

FRESHMAN TAKEOVER

HELP ASSIST-ER OUT

REACH FOR THE SKY

UP NEXT

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Players Mentioned

Heavenly Greer

Gabby Gregory

Taylor Robertson

Liz Scott

Mandy Simpson

Nevaeh Tot

Skylar Vann

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