Women's Hoops Returns to Norman on Sunday to Host ORU

Sunday, November 12

Norman

2 PM CT

University of Oklahoma

Oral Roberts

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Women's Hoops Returns to Norman on Sunday to Host ORU

November 11, 2023 | Women's Basketball

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By: OU Athletics Communications

NORMAN – Fresh off a top-15 victory over Ole Miss, the Oklahoma women's basketball team returns home for a Sunday showdown with Oral Roberts at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners (2-0) are looking to improve to 3-0 for the third consecutive year under head coach Jennie Baranczyk.

The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Chad McKee and Latricia Trammell on the call, while Brian Brinkley has the game on the Sooner Radio Network.

Doors to the arena open one hour before tip and the Lloyd Noble Center's clear-bag policy is in effect. Tickets are still available for purchase for $5 and fans can also purchase lunch at the Lloyd Noble Center for $5 at the concession stands.

THE STARTING FIVE

OU's 2023-24 season marks the 50th in program history as Oklahoma launched its women's basketball program in the 1974-75 year. Since its inception, Oklahoma has won a total of 12 conference championships and appeared in three Final Fours. The Sooners' 23 appearances in the NCAA Tournament are the second most in the Big 12 and 23rd most in the country.
Skylar Vann poured in a career-high 24 points in OU's win over No. 12 Ole Miss on Thursday night in Oxford, Miss. The Cheryl Miller Award watch list honoree hit a career-best nine shots, including a pivotal and-1 opportunity late in the game to finish off the Rebels. The league's only two-time Big 12 Sixth Player of the Year winner, Vann has posted 48 career games of double-digit points and enters Sunday's game with 982 career points, just 18 shy of 1,000 for her career. The senior would become the 39th Sooner to eclipse 1,000 career points.
The Sooners open the season ranked 23rd in the WBCA/USA Today poll and are unranked in the preseason AP poll.
Since the Big 12 was launched in 1996, OU has been a stalwart of the league's women's basketball contingent. OU has won 11 Big 12 championship, reaching the NCAA Tournament 21 times since 1996, tied for second most in the league. All-time, Oklahoma has posted a 352-265 (.570) record vs. Big 12 teams.
In just her second game as a Sooner, Sahara Williams posted a 13-point, 11-rebound double-double, becoming the sixth Sooner freshman ever to tally a double-double in one of their first two games. She joined Courtney Paris and Madi Williams as the only Sooner to do so since 2000.

SERIES HISTORY

Sunday's matchup between Oklahoma and Oral Roberts is the 38th all-time between the in-state foes. The Sooners lead the series 22-15, including an 11-6 mark in Norman.

OU has won 19 of the last 20 meetings, with ORU's lone win coming in 2016.

LAST TIME OUT

Skylar Vann scored a career-high 24 points, Sahara Williams had a double-double and Oklahoma upended No. 12 Mississippi 80-70 on Thursday night. Behind Vann, the only player to win Big 12 Conference Sixth Player of the Year twice, the Sooners took charge by scoring the last six points of the third quarter and the first four of the fourth for a 66-57 lead. Ole Miss (1-1) got within five but the No. 23 Sooners (2-0) pulled away again. Vann hit a 3-pointer and followed it up with a three-point play on the next possession before her layup made it 80-66 with 1:43 to play.

UP NEXT

Oklahoma welcomes Alabama State to Lloyd Noble Center on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. for OU's annual Field Trip Day where over 7,000 of Oklahoma's K-12 students come to Norman for a game. The contest will air on ESPN+.