Sooners Welcome Kansas For Senior Day

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Kansas

Saturday, March 5, 2022 / 2 p.m. CT / Norman / Lloyd Noble Center

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NORMAN – On Saturday, the 19th-ranked Oklahoma women's basketball team will wrap up its regular season on Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center when it hosts Kansas (19-8, 10-7) at 2 p.m. The Sooners (23-6, 12-5) will have an opportunity to lock up the No. 3 seed for next week's Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, but the team is guaranteed no worse than the No. 4 seed.

The game is slated for a 2 p.m. tip on Bally Sports Oklahoma with Brenda VanLengen and Dan Hughes on the call.

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 will celebrate Nydia Lampkin on Saturday for senior day. Lampkin, a Palm Bay, Fla., product has played in 83 Oklahoma, earning 12 starts, including 10 this season. Lampkin will graduate this spring with a degree in Environmental Engineering and plans to attend graduate school at Oklahoma.
Saturday's game marks the final regular-season game of Jennie Baranczyk's first season at OU. The Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship is slated for March 10-13 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. Selection Sunday is March 13 and will air on ESPN at 7 p.m. CT. A win over Kansas on Saturday paired with an Iowa State win over WVU would give OU the No. 3 seed and a matchup with Kansas State in the quarterfinal. A loss on Saturday would drop them into the No. 4 spot regardless of the Cyclones' result. An OU victory paired with an Iowa State loss would also result in the Sooners taking the No. 4 seed and getting a rematch with No. 5-seeded Kansas in the quarterfinal.
Under head coach Jennie Baranczyk, OU has notched four top-25 wins this season, the most ever for a first-year Sooner head coach. Two of those wins have come vs. the No. 9-ranked team in the country as OU upset then-No. 9 Texas 65-63 on Jan. 29 and then-No. 9 Baylor 78-77 a few days later on Feb. 2. The Sooners also notched wins over then-No. 16 BYU and then-No. 14 Baylor.
The Sooners average 84.2 points per game in 2021-22, third highest in Division I. If OU maintained that average, it would fall just short of the school record of 84.5 PPG set in 1984-85 and be the third-highest point total in Big 12 history. Oklahoma's 19.0 assists per contest rank fourth nationally and lead to 29 made field goals per game, third most nationally. Madi Williams (18.0) and Taylor Robertson (17.0) make Oklahoma one of five teams nationally to boast two 17.0 PPG scorers.
The Sooners appear in the latest version of Charlie Creme's ESPN Bracketology as a No. 4 seed after starting the year as one of the "Last Four In" and a No. 11 seed. The top 16 teams host in the first two rounds of the tournament. A staple of the NCAA postseason, Oklahoma has appeared in 21 NCAA Tournaments, including 19 since the turn of the century. The Sooners' 21 appearances in the tournament are the second most in the Big 12 Conference and tied for 23rd most in NCAA history.

LAST TIME OUT

Powered by a 79-76 on Wednesday night, the Oklahoma women's basketball team swept the Phillips 66 Bedlam Series for the 21st time in program history. Led by Taylor Robertson's second career double-double, the Sooners erased a six-point halftime deficit to knock off the Cowgirls in Stillwater. With 5:12 left in the contest, Lexi Keys hit one of her five 3-pointers to give OSU a 69-66 lead, but then Oklahoma caught fire. Kennady Tucker and Taylor Robertson drained back-to-back treys, and Norman product Kelbie Washington added a layup to grow the OU lead to five. Oklahoma State responded with a pair of buckets to cut it to 77-76. Robertson, the NCAA's active leader in career free throw percentage, sunk a pair of free throws to give the Sooners a three-point lead. The Cowgirls got a pair of 3-pointers off in the final six seconds, but neither fell, giving Oklahoma the 79-76 win and the season sweep. Taylor Robertson notched her second career double-double by scoring 19 points and adding a career-high 11 rebounds. Robertson, who scored 12 points in the fourth quarter vs. K-State on Saturday, scored 10 of her 19 in the fourth quarter to put the game on ice. Skylar Vann matched Robertson's 19 points behind a career-high 13 first-half points.

SERIES HISTORY

Saturday's contest is the 77th all-time between the Sooners and Jayhawks. Oklahoma owns a 43-33 series lead and a 20-12 advantage in Norman. The Sooners have won five of the last six meetings at the Lloyd Noble Center. OU completed a comeback in Lawrence to knock off the Jayhawks 82-68 on Jan. 8. It was one of Oklahoma's six double-digit comebacks this year as it erased a 15-point deficit.

UP NEXT

Pending the result of Saturday's game, Oklahoma will either be the No. 3 or No. 4 seed at next week's Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship and play in Friday's (3/11) quarterfinals.

THE STARTING FIVE

LAST TIME OUT

SERIES HISTORY

UP NEXT

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Players Mentioned

Nydia Lampkin

Taylor Robertson

Kennady Tucker

Skylar Vann

Kelbie Washington

Madi Williams

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