Oklahoma Posts Dominant Wire-To-Wire Win Over TCU

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Oklahoma Posts Dominant Wire-To-Wire Win Over TCU

January 18, 2023 | Women's Basketball

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By: OU Athletics Communications

FORT WORTH – The 15th-ranked Oklahoma women's basketball team jumped out to an early lead and earned a wire-to-wire 93-66 victory over TCU in Fort Worth on Wednesday night.

Five Sooners scored in double figures, and Liz Scott registered her second consecutive double-double to push Oklahoma (15-2, 5-1 Big 12) into solo first place in the Big 12 standings after No. 25 Texas (13-6, 4-2) fell to Texas Tech on Wednesday.

"You can't ask for a much better start than what we had," head coach Jennie Baranczyk said after the win. "I thought we really controlled the game in the first half, but credit to TCU for responding. I thought they (TCU) were tough all night along, and they do such a good job of turning you over."

Oklahoma was ready from the opening whistle, using a 12-0 run to start the game and led 33-12 after the first quarter. The Sooners shot 62% (13-of-21) in the frame, making all six of their 3-point attempts. The Sooners' bench poured it on in the second quarter, outscoring TCU (6-11, 0-6 Big 12) 26-19 to take a 59-32 lead into the half. The 59-first half points were the third-most for Oklahoma this season. However, Oklahoma struggled late in the third quarter, allowing the Horned Frogs to cut the deficit back to 22 points. The Sooners played all four of their freshmen in the second half, hitting 90 points for the 17th time under Baranczyk as Oklahoma wrapped up the 93-66 win.

The Sooners shot 54% (37-of-69) from the floor and a blistering 10-of-20 (.500) from behind the 3-point line. A season-high 29 assists powered the attack as 10 different Sooners scored on the night. In addition, Oklahoma continued its streak of strong rebounding performances, winning the battle on the glass 50-28 and improved to 13-1 this season when outrebounding its opponent. The Sooners haven't been outrebounded since their game at Utah on Nov. 16.

Madi Williams led the way with 19 points, adding seven rebounds behind an 8-of-10 shooting night that moved her past Aaryn Ellenberg and into third in program history for made field goals at 833. Ana Llanusa posted 17 points with five assists and four rebounds, extending her streak of double-digit points to six consecutive games. Liz Scott was dominant all night, scoring 12 points and posting 11 rebounds to notch her second-straight double-double. The forward added three assists in the win, one shy of her career-high, which she set in Oklahoma's last game vs. Kansas. Beatrice Culliton owned the first half, as the freshman scored eight of her 10 points in the first 20 minutes. Taylor Robertson continued her march toward the all-time NCAA women's 3-point record, nailing two 3-pointers en route to 10 points. She has made 493 career 3-pointers, four shy of Kelsey Mitchell's record. Nevaeh Tot posted seven assists for the second game in a row and has 19 dimes in her last three contests.

Another test awaits Oklahoma as it hosts in-state foe Oklahoma State at Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday at 6 p.m. The contest will air on ESPN+ with Chad McKee and Dan Hughes on the call.