Sooners Host Horned Frogs on Saturday

(23/25) Oklahoma (14-2, 3-1)

TCU (5-7, 1-2)

Jan. 15, 2022 / 1:30 p.m. CT / Lloyd Noble Center / Norman, Okla.

NORMAN – No. 23 Oklahoma (14-2, 3-1) will look to make it three consecutive Big 12 wins this Saturday when it hosts TCU (5-7, 1-2) at the Lloyd Noble Center. The game is slated for a 1:30 p.m. tip, airing on Bally Sports Oklahoma and the Sooner Radio Network. The Sooners have won 11 of their last 12 games and sit in a tie for second in the Big 12 standings.

The game will be broadcast on Bally Sports Oklahoma with Chad McKee and Dan Hughes on the call, and will air on the Sooner Radio Network on KOKC 1520 AM and KREF 99.3 FM/1400 AM with Brian Brinkley calling the action.

Doors to the arena open one hour before tip and the Lloyd Noble Center's clear-bag policy is in effect.

THE STARTING FIVE

The Sooners seek their first 4-1 start in Big 12 play for the first time since 2016-17, when OU opened 5-1 in league play. They'll look to their dominant trio of Big 12 3-point record holder Taylor Robertson, Madi Williams and Skylar Vann to power them past the Frogs. The trio combines to average 53.0 points, 19.8 rebounds and 8.9 assists and 3.5 blocks per game since entering conference play.
Oklahoma's high-powered offensive attack is one of the best in the country and on pace to be the best in program history. OU's 87.6 points per game rank second nationally and first in the league as the attack is powered by D1-best 20.4 assists per game. Taylor Robertson (18.8 PPG) and Madi Williams (18.4) make Oklahoma the only team in the Big 12 and one of four teams nationally to land two scorers inside the nation's top 50. Robertson leads the country with 71 3-pointers at a 50.0% clip this year as the Sooners sink 10.2 treys a game, fifth-most in the nation.
Push Oklahoma to 15 wins in a season, the fastest in program history in terms of the calendar date, beating the 2001-02 and 2012-13 team who reached win No. 15 on Jan. 19.
On Jan. 12, the Sooners erased three deficits of 10 points to overtake No. 14 Baylor in the fourth quarter, knocking off the Bears 83-77 in Norman. It marked the first win over the Bears since 2015 and the program's first top-15 win since 2017. Skylar Vann finished with a career-high 22 points, seven rebounds, four steals, three assists and three blocks in the win as the sophomore took control of the game in the final three minutes. Madi Williams added 18 points and seven assists, with 12 of her points coming after halftime.
The Sooners have used the Sooner Magic to comeback from double-digit deficits four times this season, including twice vs. ranked opponents. Down 19 points in the second half of the Utah game, the Sooners outscored the Utes 32-14 in the fourth quarter to secure the fourth-largest comeback in program history. That performance followed the win over then-No. 16 BYU when OU erased a 10-point deficit to knock off the Cougars in overtime. The Sooners came back from 16 points down at Kansas to post the fourth-largest comeback ever vs. a Big 12 opponent. Most recently, OU erased multiple 10-point deficits to knock off No. 14 Baylor in Norman on Jan. 12.

SERIES HISTORY

Saturday's game marks the 35th meeting all-time between the Sooners and Horned Frogs, with the crimson and cream maintaining a 23-11 series advantage. The series has been one of runs, with OU winning seven straight from 2015-18 and TCU taking seven of the last eight contests. The Sooners are 14-4 when hosting the Horned Frogs in Norman.

UP NEXT

The No. 23 Sooners travel to Morgantown next Wednesday, Jan. 18, for a matchup with West Virginia (8-5, 1-2). The game will tip at 6 p.m. CT and will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.