WBB Game Preview: Sooners Back Home Wednesday vs. Kansas City

Wednesday, November 12

Norman, Okla.

8 PM

University of Oklahoma

Kansas City

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NORMAN, OK - March 24, 2025 - Oklahoma Forward Sahara Williams (#6) during the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Round of 32 game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Oklahoma Sooners at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, OK. Photo By Johnny Smiley/University of Oklahoma

Photo by: Johnny Smiley/University of Oklahoma

WBB Game Preview: Sooners Back Home Wednesday vs. Kansas City

November 11, 2025 | Women's Basketball

By: OU Athletics Communications

NORMAN — No. 6/6 Oklahoma (1-1), led by fifth-year head coach Jennie Baranczyk, returns home for a Wednesday night showdown with Kansas City (1-1) at Lloyd Noble Center.

Tip is set for 8 p.m. CT on SEC Network with Krista Blunk (play-by-play) and Steffi Sorensen (analyst) on the call. Fans can tune in to the Sooner Sports Radio Network (1520 AM) to hear Brian Brinkley and Carolyn Baker call the action, or listen in Spanish with Enrique Vasquez and Danny Gonzales on Los Sooners Radio (1560 AM). Both broadcasts will be available on the Varsity App.

The game marks the program's annual Military Appreciation Night and government employees will receive free admission and a voucher for free popcorn and soda with a valid work ID.

Oklahoma held firm at No. 6 in the latest AP Top 25 on Monday, matching its preseason position in the poll and moved up one spot to sixth in the Women's Basketball Coaches Assocation poll.

The Sooners dropped their first game of the season Monday night, falling 73-59 to No. 3 UCLA in Sacramento. The Sooners cut the deficit to one late in the third quarter before the Bruins closed the frame on a 16-6 run to pull away. Verhulst led OU with 16 points, four assists, four steals and two blocks, while Zya Vann added 13 points and six rebounds. Raegan Beers grabbed a team-high 14 boards.

FAN INFORMATION AND HOW TO FOLLOW

Doors open at 7 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center, with tip set for 8 p.m. on SEC Network. The game will also air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network in English on 1520 AM and Spanish on 1560 AM in Oklahoma City, with both broadcasts available on the Varsity App.

Additionally, fans can follow the game's live stats.

Tickets are still available, but United States government employees will receive free admission with a government ID along with a voucher for free soda and popcorn. Other fans can enjoy $2 beer, soda and popcorn on Wednesday night.

(6) Oklahoma vs. Kansas City
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 12
Tip Time: 8:00 p.m. CT
Location: Norman, Okla.
Arena: Lloyd Noble Center

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• The Sooners are led by their four McDonald's All-Americans: Raegan Beers, Aaliyah Chavez, Payton Verhulst and Sahara Williams. Through two games, the quartet account for 76% of Oklahoma's scoring and 65% of the team's rebounding with All-American Beers (18.0 ppg, 12.0 rpg) leading the way with the other three not far behind in terms of early production.

• Wednesday night marks the second game of a six-day, four-game stretch for the Sooners featuring nearly 4,500 miles of travel across three time zones. OU fell to No. 3 UCLA on Monday in Sacramento, hosts Kansas City on Wednesday at 8 p.m., North Alabama on Friday at 10:30 a.m. and visits Western Carolina on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. CT.

• Wednesday marks the second matchup, and first in 40 years, between Oklahoma and Kansas City. The Sooners hold a 1-0 series lead, winning the lone matchup in 1984 in Norman, 88-62. The matchup with Kansas City marks a homecoming for Roos' head coach Dionnah Jackson-Durrett, who starred at Oklahoma from 2001–05. A finalist for the Wade and Naismith National Player of the Year awards and a first-round WNBA Draft selection by the Detroit Shock in 2005, Jackson-Durrett helped lead the Sooners to the 2002 Final Four and two Big 12 titles during her standout career in crimson and cream. A three-time All-Big 12 selection and 2004 Big 12 Tournament MVP, she earned Kodak and AP All-America honorable mention honors as a senior and was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year award. Jackson-Durrett served as associate head coach at Texas from 2020–22, helping the Longhorns to back-to-back NCAA Elite Eight appearances before taking over the Kansas City program.

• A win on Wednesday would aoid back-to-back losses for the Sooners. OU has dropped back-to-back games just five times since Baranczyk arrived in 2021. In games following a loss since 2021, the Sooners outscore opponents by an average of 10.2 points and are 11-3 at Lloyd Noble Center.

• Sahara Williams is off to an incredible start for the Sooners, leading the team with 13.0 rebounds per game after grabbing a career-high 14 vs. Belmont (Nov. 3) and 12 more at UCLA (Nov. 10). She's the first Sooner under 6'0" to post back-to-back double-digit rebound games since Skylar Vann in January 2023, and can be the first to do so in three straight since Madi Williams in December 2021.

UP NEXT

The Sooners host North Alabama on Friday at 10:30 a.m. CT for the program's annual Field Trip Day game, where the University of Oklahoma expects a record-breaking over 8,000 children to fill Lloyd Noble Center. The game will air on SEC Network+ and Sooner Sports Radio Network.