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Oklahoma Schedule AP Coaches’ Date Opponent Site Time (CT) TV At A Glance Exhibition Games Date: . Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 RV RV Nov. 2 Central Oklahoma1 Norman W 86-52 Nov. 10 Grand Canyon1 Norman W 100-50 Time: ...... 7 p.m. Central Venue: . Lloyd Noble Center (11,528) Nov. 13 sacramento State Norman W 117-55 TV: ...... Sooner Sports Network Nov. 19 New Mexico albuquerque W 58-56 Radio: . . . Sooner Sports Network Vanderbilt Tournament (Memorial Gym) Live Stats: . . . . SoonerSports.com Nov. 25 Liberty2 Nashville W 76-45 Webcast: SoonerSports.com All-Access Nov. 26 Vanderbilt2 Nashville L 78-66 Dec. 4 (18/17) Ohio State Norman L 69-63 Series Record: . .OU leads 30-22 Dec. 8 Fresno State Fresno L 69-66 In Norman: ...... OU leads 14-9 Dec. 11 Milwaukee Norman W 72-50 Kansas State (16-8, 7-5 Big 12) Oklahoma (16-8, 8-4 Big 12) Tickets: ...... 1-800-456-GoOU Duel in the Desert (COX Pavilion) Wildcats Sooners Dec. 18 Ohio3 Las Vegas W 89-57 Dec. 19 syracuse3 Las Vegas W 82-63 Dec. 20 Xavier3 Las Vegas W 73-51 Game Plan Oklahoma hosts Kansas State, the Sooners’ third game in five days at the Lloyd Noble Center, Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. The Dec. 28 TCU Norman W 82-54 game will be televised on the Sooner Sports Network with Bob Carpenter and , head coach and general manager of the Jan. 4 iowa State Norman W 80-51 Jan. 8 (9/8) Texas A&M College Station L 75-58 WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars, calling the action. The Sooner Sports Network radio broadcast with Brian Brinkley airs on KOKC Jan. 11 (10/14) Texas Tech Norman W 71-68 1520 AM and KREF 1400 AM in Oklahoma City and Norman. Jan. 14 Oklahoma State stillwater L 66-63 Jan. 17 (23/22) Kansas State Manhattan W 65-57 OU Tickets Available Jan. 21 Texas Norman W 73-67 • Season Tickets are available for as low as $114. Tickets may be purchased online at SoonerSports.com or Jan. 26 (1/1) Baylor Norman L 89-58 Jan. 28 Missouri Columbia W 62-59 by calling the OU Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-456-GoOU. Jan. 31 (NR/25) Kansas Lawrence (OT) W 74-68 • Single-game tickets went on sale to the general public Nov. 1. Prices are $15 for reserved seating, $8 for Feb. 4 Oklahoma State Norman W 80-71 general admission adults and $5 for general admission youths and senior citizens. OU students receive Feb. 6 (1/1) Baylor Waco L 81-54 Feb. 11 Missouri Norman W 64-60 free admission when presenting a valid ID. Feb. 13 (2/3) Connecticut Norman L 73-55 Feb. 15 Kansas State Norman 7 p.m. ssN The Teams Feb. 18 iowa State ames 5:30 p.m. Mediacom Feb. 21 Texas A&M Norman 7 p.m. ssN • Kansas State is 16-8 and in fourth place in the Big 12 with a 7-5 record in conference play. K-State is not Feb. 25 Texas Austin 5 p.m. FSN ranked in either poll. Feb. 29 Texas Tech Lubbock 7 p.m. TTSN • Oklahoma is 16-8 and in second place in the Big 12 with a 8-4 record in conference play. OU is not March 4 Kansas Norman 2 p.m. ssN ranked in either poll. Big 12 Championship (Municipal Auditorium) • OU beat Kansas State 65-57 in the earlier matchup in Manhattan on Jan. 17. The Sooners hold the lead in the all-time series March 7 First Round3 Kansas City TBA record at 30-22 and have a 14-9 advantage in Norman. March 8 second Round3 Kansas City TBA FSN March 9 semifinal3 Kansas City TBA FSN March 10 Championship Kansas City TBA FSN The Coaches NCAA First and Second Rounds (Lloyd Noble Center) • Sherri Coale is 352-163 (.684) in her 16th season at Oklahoma. She has been named the Big 12 Coach of the Year four times. March 18 First Round Norman 4/6:30 p.m. esPN2 • Deb Patterson is 316-183 (.633) in her 16th season at Kansas State. She is a two-time Big 12 Coach of the Year. March 20 second Round Norman 8:30 p.m. esPN2 Next Game Notes 1 - Exhibition Game, Norman, Okla. • Oklahoma visits Iowa State Saturday, Feb. 18, in what will be a Sooner men’s and women’s doubleheader at Hilton 2 - Vanderbilt Tournament, Nashville, Tenn. Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. The women’s game tips off at 7 p.m. 3 -Duel in the Desert, Las Vegas, Nev. 4 - Big 12 Championship, Kansas City P l ay e r s to Watc h Sooner Sports Network Broadcast on KOKC 1520 AM in Oklahoma City and KAKC 1300 AM in Tulsa as well as other affiliates statewide. #24 Sharane Campbell | Freshman | Guard Brian Brinkley ...... radio play-by-play The freshman has come off the bench to score in double-figures in seven of the last eight games. Bob Carpenter ...... TV play-by-play 2011-12 Stats: 9.8 points, 3.7 rebounds Dan Hughes ...... TV analyst

#25 Whitney Hand | Junior (RS) | Guard The Sooners’ 3-game scoring leader is 34 points shy of becoming OU’s 26th 1,000-points scorer. 2011-12 Stats: 12.8 points, 6.6 rebounds Game Notes 2

Associated Press Top 25 PREVIEWING OKLAHOMA Stellar Freshman Class Last Updated: Feb. 13 (Week 14) The Sooners were picked by the league’s coaches to finish Oklahoma introduces four newcomers to the lineup in 2010-11. Rk. School Record Points LW fourth in the Big 12 Conference this season. The media voted Sharane Campbell | G | 5-10 | 162 | Fr. | Spencer, Okla. 1. Baylor (40) 25-0 1,000 1 Oklahoma 15th in the Preseason Associated Press Poll and the • No. 17 Small Forward (ESPNU HoopGurlz 100) 2. Connecticut 23-2 950 3 Preseason USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll had Oklahoma at No. • No. 90 Overall (ESPNU HoopGurlz 100) 3. stanford 22-1 905 4 4. Notre Dame 24-2 894 2 16. • No. 77 Overall (All Star Girls’ Report) 5. Duke 21-3 827 5 • No. 66 Overall (Blue Star Report) 6. Miami (FL) 22-3 816 6 Oklahoma returns to the court following a third straight Sweet • No. 12 Small Forward (Blue Star Report) 7. Kentucky 21-3 758 7 16 appearance. OU returns nine letterwinners from that squad • No. 13 Small Forward (All Star Girls’ Report) 8. Maryland 21-4 707 8 and introduces four freshmen. • 2011 Oklahoma State Player of the Year (NewsOK.com) 9. Ohio State 22-3 655 10 10. Delaware 22-1 644 12 The Sooners must replace one of its most successful senior DaShawn Harden | G | 5-9 | 138 | Fr. | Olathe, Kan. 11. Green Bay 21-1 523 9 classes after the graduations of two-time All-American point • No. 6 Point Guard (ESPNU HoopGurlz 100) 12. Penn State 20-5 483 18 guard Danielle Robinson, Carlee Roethlisberger and Lauren • No. 33 Overall (ESPNU HoopGurlz 100) 13. Tennessee 17-7 462 11 Willis. That trio claimed 54 wins inside the Lloyd Noble Center, • No. 30 Overall (All Star Girls’ Report) 14. Texas A&M 17-6 441 15 the most by Oklahoma in a four-year span. • No. 9 Point Guard (All Star Girls’ Report) 15. Georgetown 19-6 418 14 • No. 48 Overall (Blue Star Report) 16. Nebraska 19-4 393 13 17. Purdue 19-6 378 16 Redshirt junior Whitney Hand is finally back to 100 percent • No. 12 Point Guard (Blue Star Report) 18. Georgia 19-6 341 21 health after suffering an ACL tear in November 2009 and • Kansas City All-Metro Player of the Year (Kansas City Star) 19. Louisville 18-7 272 20 returning to action in January 2011. • 2010 and 2011 First Team All-State 20. Georgia Tech 18-7 182 22 21. rutgers 17-7 181 17 Sophomore Aaryn Ellenberg, the team’s top returning scorer, Kaylon Williams | F | 6-3 | 208 | Fr. | Midwest City, Okla. 22. st. Bonaventure 24-2 176 25 was true to self in the team’s preseason scrimmage by leading • No. 16 Power Forward (ESPNU HoopGurlz 100) 23. Brigham Young 22-4 106 NR the scoring with 22 points. • No. 59 Overall (ESPNU HoopGurlz 100) 24. DePaul 19-7 101 NR • No. 63 Overall (All Star Girls’ Report) 25. south Carolina 19-6 72 24 Unfortunately, senior Jasmine Hartman will not play in 2011-12 • No. 11 Power Forward (All Star Girls’ Report) after tearing her ACL in a September workout and Lyndsey • No. 55 Overall (Blue Star Report) Others Receiving Votes: Gonzaga 64, West Virginia 60, Arkansas 50, St. John’s 24, Oklahoma 23, UTEP 17, Princeton 16, Fresno State 15, North Cloman doing the same in OU’s first exhibition game on Nov. 2. • No. 19 Forward (Blue Star Report) Carolina 15, California 10, FGCU 10, Vanderbilt 6, Middle Tennessee 4, Kansas • 2011 WBCA All-America Honorable Mention State 1. Team Votes Captains for 2011-12 • The Oklahoman’s Super Five Member Junior Lyndsey Cloman, redshirt junior Whitney Hand and USA Today/ESPN Top 25 senior Jasmine Hartman are co-captains of the Sooners this Katherine Zander | F | 6-4 | 192 | Fr. | Orange Park, Fla. Last Updated: Feb. 14 (Week 14) season. The captains were voted by their teammates. • No. 22 Center (ESPNU HoopGurlz 100) Rk. School Record Points LW • 2010 All-First Coast Player of the Year (Florida Times-Union) 1. Baylor (31) 25-0 775 1 • 2011 All-State First Team (Florida Coaches Association) 2. Connecticut 24-2 740 3 All Home Games Televised 3. stanford 22-1 702 4 All 14 of OU’s regular season home games plus the two 4. Notre Dame 24-2 693 2 exhibition contests will be televised either locally on the Sooner Where they are now? 5. Duke 21-3 649 5 Sports Network or nationally on Fox Sports Net or ESPN2. Danielle Robinson 6. Miami (FL) 22-3 626 6 The sixth overall pick in the 2011 WNBA Draft became a unani- 7. Maryland 21-4 570 8 OU’s games on the Sooner Sports Network are also webcast on mous all-rookie team selection with the San Antonio Silver 8. Kentucky 21-4 528 7 SoonerSports.com All-Access subscription site (exhibitions free). Stars. Currently with Maccabi Ramat Hen (Ramat Gan, Israel). 9. Delaware 22-1 497 12 10. Tennessee 18-7 484 11 An additional eight road games are scheduled to be televised 11. Ohio State 22-3 473 10 Robinson was recently a recipient of the NCAA Today’s Top VIII on various networks, giving OU a guaranteed slate of 24 Award, which recognizes student-athletes who completed their 12. Green Bay 21-1 406 9 television broadcasts in 2011-12. 13. Texas A&M 17-6 398 14 athletics eligibility during the 2010-11 academic year for their 14. Georgetown 19-6 395 13 success on the fields and courts, in the classroom and in the 15. Georgia 19-6 300 20 DeCosta Returns as an Assistant community. 16. Louisville 18-7 279 17 Pam DeCosta has returned to Oklahoma after four seasons 17. Penn State 20-5 254 21 as head coach at San Jose State. There, she led the Spartans Carlee Roethlisberger 18. rutgers 17-7 211 16 to their first victory over a ranked opponent in nearly three Traded her high tops for knee pads and joined OU’s volleyball 19. Purdue 19-6 209 19 decades and the fifth Western Athletic Conference tournament team for a season before graduating in December. She was 20. DePaul 19-7 170 22 victory in their history. 21. Nebraska 19-5 148 15 voted the 2012 Big 12 Volleyball Newcomer of the Year. 22. Georgia Tech 18-7 136 23 DeCosta was an assistant at OU during Coale’s first two seasons 23. Gonzaga 22-4 116 18 and was significant in constructing its championship tradition, Lauren Willis 24. Vanderbilt 19-6 62 25 Is in her final stages of earning her teachers’ license. having recruited some of the program’s most distinguished 25. st. Bonaventure 24-2 56 NR student-athletes, including two-time All-American Stacey Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia 39, South Carolina 38, UTEP 22, FGCU Dales. Others Playing Overseas: 20, Middle Tennessee 20, Brigham Young 18, St. John’s 12, Arkansas 10, Fresno (Ceyhan Belediyespor, Adana, Turkey) State 8, Princeton 6, California 3, Oklahoma 2. DeCosta was an assistant at the University of Kansas for a total Courtney Paris (Botasspor, Adana, Turkey) of eight seasons (1994-96 and 1999-2003) with a stint at OU Nyeshia Stevenson (B.C. Habikaa, Ganei Tivka, Israel) between. During her time at KU, the Jayhawks won a Big Eight Amanda Thompson (B.C. Habikaa, Ganei Tivka, Israel) Championship and made five NCAA tournament appearances, Abi Olajuwon (Novi Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia) including a trip to the Sweet 16 in 1996. Game Notes 3

Oklahoma Quick Facts Oklahoma Fourth in Big 12 Vote Two Sign in Early Period General Information The University of Oklahoma women’s basketball team was Nicole Kornet of Lantana, Texas, and Maddie Manning of Institution: University of Oklahoma Website: SoonerSports.com picked fourth in the preseason poll of the Big 12 coaches. Baylor Ankeny, Iowa, signed to play for the Sooners on Wednesday. Location: Norman, Okla. was selected as the preseason favorite to win the Big 12 regular Both are members of top-third of the ESPN HoopGurlz 100, Enrollment: 30,754 season title for the third consecutive year. which has OU’s signing class rated 14th nationally. Colors: Crimson and Cream Founded: 1890 Nickname: Sooners The Lady Bears received all of the possible nine first-place votes Kornet, a 6-foot combo guard, is rated No. 19 overall by ESPNU Membership: NCAA Division I (coaches cannot vote for their own team) after capturing both HoopGurlz and comes from Liberty Christian School (Argyle, Conference: Big 12 the Big 12 regular season and postseason titles a year ago. Texas Texas), the alma mater of junior guard Whitney Hand. Kornet

University Information A&M, last season’s national champion, was picked second and was an all-tournament selection after helping Liberty Christian President: David L. Boren nabbed the other first-place vote. Just two points separated to the TAPPS 5A state championship her junior season. Faculty Representative: Connie Dillon the next two spots as Texas was chosen third, followed by VP for Athletics Programs: Joe Castiglione Oklahoma in fourth. Iowa State rounded out the top five. The “Nicole Kornet is one of the smoothest offensive players I have Senior Woman Administrator: Dr. Nicki Moore Athletics Department Phone: (405) 325-8208 remaining selections were Texas Tech in sixth, Kansas seventh, seen in a long, long time,” Coale said. “She’s one of those kids Ticket Office Phone: (405) 325-2424/(800) 456-4668 Oklahoma State eighth, Kansas State ninth and Missouri 10th. whose play looks effortless. She makes the game look easy. She’s long and skilled, and she is a gifted shooter. Despite the Program Information First Year of Basketball: 1974-75 Sooners Aaryn Ellenberg and Whitney Hand were honorable phrase’s overuse, Nicole really is the total package. She’s a kid All-Time Record: 676-457 (.595) mentions to the All-Big 12 team of and Odyssey whose play and presence will make our program better.” All-Time Conference Record: 258-189 (.578) Sims (Baylor), Carolyn Davis (Kansas), Toni Young (Oklahoma All-Time Big 12 Record: 165-88 (.652) State), Chassidy Fussell (Texas) and Tyra White (Texas A&M). Kornet’s father Frank was a standout at Vanderbilt and played NCAA Tournament Appearances: 14 Final Four Appearances: 3 (2002, 2009, 2010) two seasons in the NBA for the Milwaukee Bucks. Her mother, Regular Season Conference Titles: 7 Tracy, is an Emmy-winning news anchor for a CBS affiliate in 1986, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009) They Might Be Giants Dallas-Fort Worth. Conference Tournament Titles: 4 Oklahoma’s 2011-12 women’s basketball team gets in the (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007) record books before a minute of ball is even played. The team Manning, a 6-0 guard, is rated No. 33 overall in the ESPNU 2010-11 Overall Record: 23-12 averages to 6-feet, 1-inch in height, the tallest team in OU’s 2010-11 Big 12 Record: 10-6 (Third) HoopGurlz 100 and starred in volleyball and track, in addition history. Led by the tallest player in the program’s history, Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4 to basketball, at Ankeny High School. Manning averaged 16.0 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 6-foot-6 Nicole Griffin is among the eight of 13 Sooners who points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.4 blocks and 2.9 steals as a Newcomers: 4 are 6-0 or taller. high school junior, earning all-state honors while leading her Staff Information team to a 20-4 record. Head Coach: Sherri Coale OU’s first team was its shortest. The 1974-75 squad averaged Overall Record/Years: 352-163 (.684)/16 5-5 with its tallest member, freshman center Julie Arrington, “I loved Maddie Manning the first time I watched her play. She Big 12 Record: 165-88 (.652) towering over her teammates at 5-10. Freshman guard Alice NCAA Appearances: 12 has an intensity about her, a competitive instinct and drive, Roach measured at 5-1, the shortest player in OU history. WNIT Appearances: 1 and a passion for the game that is special. She sees things on Assistant Coaches: Jan Ross, Chad Thrailkill, Pam DeCosta the floor that a lot of players don’t see, and she has a knack for Director of Operations: Guy Austin Just three seasons later, OU cracked 5-9 as an average height Athletics Trainer: Carolynn Loon bringing what she sees to fruition.” Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jozsef Szendrei for the first time and would reach 5-11 after the following five Video Coordinator: Makina Waye years. It would take almost two decades to grow another inch, Also a star in volleyball and track, Manning’s versatility has Team Manager: Ryan Lawrence though, as the Sooners averaged to 6-0 for the first time last been compared to that of , who became OU’s first Administrative Assistants: Paula Smalling, Kate Gaines season. Women’s Basketball Office Phone: (405) 325-8322 two-time women’s basketball All-American.

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Last GAME vs. Kansas State PREVIEWING Kansas State Oklahoma 65, (23) Kansas State 57 The Big 12’s fourth-place team visits the Lloyd Noble Center Team Comparison Wednesday. Kansas State is trying to correct a slide that began Category OU KSU MANHATTAN, Kan. (Jan. 17, 2011) -- Aaryn when OU defeated the Wildcats in Manhattan. KSU is just 3-5 Overall Record ...... 16-8 ...... 16-8 Ellenberg had 19 of her season-high 31 points over in league play after starting 4-0. Conf. Record ...... 8-4 ...... 7-5 the first 20 minutes, and wound up with nine steals, Points Scored ...... 70.9 ...... 57.7 helping Oklahoma to a 65-57 victory over No. 23 K-State has now held 10 opponents, leading to eight wins, Points Allowed ...... 63.8 ...... 55.0 Kansas State on Tuesday night. under 50 points as the Wildcats defeated Kansas on Sunday, 47- Pct...... 423 ...... 379 43. It is the first time since the 1975-76 season that a K-State Field Goal Def...... 362 ...... 369 Ellenberg hit seven of her first eight shots and all team has held 10 or more foes to 49 points or fewer. 3-Point FG Pct...... 353 ...... 286 five of her 3-pointers, most of them hitting nothing 3-Point FG Def...... 279 ...... 272 The Wildcats were led against the Jayhawks by their veteran but net. A couple of the 3s were from so far beyond Pct...... 721 ...... 689 forwards, Jalana Childs and Branshea Brown. The duo combined the arc that a couple of players from the Kansas Avg...... 41.5 ...... 35.4 for 28 points and 11 rebounds. Childs led all scorers with 18 State men’s team watching from the stands simply Rebound Margin ...... +2.5 ...... -2.3 shook their heads. points, including 15 in the second half and eight of the final 10 points in the game. The senior from Orlando, Fla., is second on Assists ...... 14.8 ...... 12.0 Turnovers ...... 17.5 ...... 14.6 Morgan Hook added 11 points for the Sooners (11- the team and 11th in the Big 12 in scoring with 13.6 per game. 5, 3-2 Big 12), who rebounded from a meltdown Steals ...... 8.2 ...... 8.6 at Oklahoma State to ruin the Wildcats’ first Brown registered 10 points, eight rebounds and a season-high Blocks ...... 4.4 ...... 3.3 appearance in the Top 25 since 2008-09. four blocks. With her four blocks, the senior from Walterboro, S.C., moved into seventh on the K-State career blocked shots Tasha Dickey scored 18 points and Jalana Childs had list with 73. Oklahoma vs. Kansas State 16 for the Wildcats (13-4, 4-1), who had knocked off Projected Starting Lineups then-No. 9 Texas A&M and then-No. 10 Texas Tech Entering the Party during a five-game winning streak. They had won Sophomore Nicole Griffin is among OU’s top 10 in both single- KANSAS STATE (16-8, 7-5 Big 12) eight straight games at Bramlage Coliseum. season and career blocks. The 6-6 center has 45 blocks this year G 2 5-8 Jr. 15.3 pts, 6.0 reb (after just 26 her freshman season), which already ranks as they G 13 Tasha Dickey 5-10 sr. 9.7 pts, 4.2 reb Ball security and poor perimeter defense proved ninth best single season behind just two Sooners who own the G 22 Mariah White 5-8 Jr. 6.0 pts, 4.2 reb to be their downfall. Kansas State committed 18 top eight -- Courtney Paris and LaNae Jones. F 33 Jalana Childs 6-2 sr. 13.6 pts, 5.0 reb turnovers and allowed the Sooners to shoot 7 of 13 F 34 Branshea Brown 6-2 sr. 5.0 pts, 5.1 reb from beyond the arc. Griffin’s 71 career blocks also ranks ninth in OU’s annals, currently trailing No. 8 Ashley Paris by 11. Griffin’s nine blocks OKLAHOMA (16-8, 8-4 Big 12) The Wildcats were just 3 of 22 from 3-point range. versus Texas (Jan. 21) were the most by a Sooner since Courtney G 10 Morgan Hook 5-10 so. 10.4 pts, 3.9 ast Paris had 10 against Texas Tech on March 1, 2006. G 3 aaryn Ellenberg 5-7 so. 14.9 pts, 2.8 reb Ellenberg also played solid defense on Brittany G 25 Whitney Hand 6-1 Jr.-RS 12.8 pts, 6.6 reb Chambers, who came into the game averaging a F 53 Joanna McFarland 6-3 Jr. 7.8 pts, 7.6 reb team-best 16.3 points. The junior guard finished Hand Academic All-District C 4 Nicole Griffin 6-6 so. 5.6 pts, 3.8 reb with 10 points on 2-of-11 shooting, and contributed Oklahoma’s Whitney Hand was voted to the Capital One Aca- six turnovers in a sloppy backcourt performance by demic All-District 7 Women’s Basketball First Team, announced Oklahoma Reserves the Wildcats. Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of Amer- G 24 sharane Campbell 5-10 Fr. 9.8 pts, 3.7 reb ica. As a first-team all-district selection, the Sooner co-captain C 12 Jelena Cerina 6-5 sr. 4.0 pts, 4.2 reb Oklahoma led 33-25 at halftime. will be eligible for consideration as an Academic All-American. F 42 Kaylon Williams 6-3 Fr. 3.9 pts, 5.0 reb Hand graduated with a 3.76 GPA in health and exercise science G 22 DaShawn Harden 5-9 Fr. 4.0 pts, 2.0 ast Score 1 2 F in December. The Sooners have had 13 Academic All-District F 34 Jacqueline Jeffcoat 6-2 so. 0.7 pts, 1.9 reb Oklahoma 33 32 65 women’s basketball players under the 16-year tutelage of Sherri Kansas State 25 32 57 Coale. Four have been voted Academic All-Americans. Inactive - Out for Game F 20 Katherine Zander 6-4 Fr. 0.7 pts, 0.7 reb (Knee) Comparision OU KSU Robinson Receives Top VIII Award Points 65 57 Former Oklahoma women’s basketball standout Danielle Injured - Out for Season FG Made-Attempted 22-53 21-58 Robinson was one of eight student-athletes recognized by the G 45 Jasmine Hartman 5-10 sr. aCL tear FG Percentage .415 .362 NCAA with one of its highest honors. F 44 Lyndsey Cloman 6-3 Jr. aCL tear 3P Made-Attempted 7-13 3-22 3P Percentage .538 .136 Robinson was awarded the Top VIII award Friday, Jan., 13, at the FT Made-Attempted 14-18 12-18 Signee Kornet an All-American NCAA Honors Convention in Indianapolis. FT Percentage .778 .667 Oklahoma women’s basketball signee Nicole Kornet will be a Rebounds 34 38 participant in the 2012 WBCA High School All-American Game. The NCAA Today’s Top VIII Award recognizes student-athletes Turnovers 19 18 The 21st Annual All-America Game features the nation’s top 20 who completed their athletics eligibility during the 2010-11 high school senior girls’ basketball players. academic year for their success on the fields and courts, in the Leaders OU KSU classroom and in the community. Points 31, Ellenberg 18, Dickey Kornet, rated by scouting services as highly as the No. 5 guard Rebounds 9, Williams 8, Two Players and No. 19 overall in the Class of 2012, has averaged 21 points Assists 6, Hook 9, White and seven rebounds for Liberty Christian (Argyle, Texas) this Steals 2, Hand 3, Childs season. Blocks 9, Ellenberg 3, Chambers Game Notes 5

Situational Records SWING SET Closing on 1,000 Overall Record ...... 16-8 Oklahoma Turns the Tables on Iowa State Ellenberg Pacing Paris Conference Games ...... 8-4 Iowa State led OU by 7 with 11:36 remaining in the first half Aaryn Ellenberg is scoring at a pace unmatched by a Sooner Home ...... 8-3 and the Sooners won by the game’s largest lead of 29. The since last one to wear No. 3 and could become just the third to 36-point swing was the largest by OU against an opponent reach 1,000 points by the end of her sophomore season. Neutral ...... 4-0 that held at least a 7-point lead since the Sooners set the NCAA Away ...... 4-5 record for a comeback in regulation. The then-No. 5 Sooners By the end of her second year, Courtney Paris (2006-09) had trailed No. 9 California by 26 points at a tournament in San Jose, tallied 1,535 points. Molly McGuire (1980-83) totaled 1,109. Leading at halftime ...... 13-2 Calif., and won 86-75, a 37-point swing. With 923 points, Ellenberg is on pace to become OU’s 26th Trailing at halftime ...... 3-6 1,000-point scorer by the end of the season. Tied at halftime ...... 3-POINT THREATS Junior Whitney Hand has a total of 966 points and is also on In Overtime ...... 1-0 Ellenberg, Hand Rising Up Charts pace to cross the 1,000-point mark by the end of the regular Redshirt-junior Whitney Hand and sophomore Aaryn Ellenberg season. The Ellenberg-Hand duo could be just the fourth pair in are closing on Oklahoma’s top 10 career 3-point records. Shooting 50 percent or more ...... 3-0 Sooner history to reach 1,000 career points in the same season. Ellenberg is No. 5 all-time with 149 career 3-pointers, trailing Shooting 40-49 percent ...... 9-4 No. 4 Carin Stites by three. Hand has 136 career 3’s, tied at No. 8 Multiples Reaching 1,000 Points in Same Year Shooting less than 40 percent ...... 4-4 with Stacey Dales. 2010 – Danielle Robinson, Amanda Thompson, Nyeshia Stevenson Opponent shoots 50 percent or better ...... 1-0 2007 – Courtney Paris, Chelsi Welch Opponent shoots 40-49 percent ...... 2-4 Lady Luck Turns Sour 1987 – LaTrenda Phillips, Lisa Allison Opponent shoots less than 40 percent ...... 14-3 “Vegas” Dealing with Stacked Deck Aaryn Ellenberg is facing the first slump of her young career. Campbell 4-Time Honoree Outrebounds opponent ...... 12-2 Since going 3-for-3 with 18 points against Texas (Jan. 21), the Star Spencer Product Among Top Freshmen sophomore sharpshooter went 0-for her next 14 treys and is Opponent outrebounds ...... 4-6 Sharane Campbell has been named the Big 12 Freshman of the 4-of-30 (.133) from beyond the arc in the last seven games in Rebounds are tied ...... Week four times this season (Dec. 19, Jan. 2, Jan. 23, Feb. 6). which she has averaged just 6.9 points. Campbell led Oklahoma to an 89-57 win over Ohio in the open- OU attempts 20 or more FTs ...... 10-2 500 Victories ing game of the Duel in the Desert, scoring a career-high 19 OU attempts fewer than 20 FTs ...... 6-6 Coale at 499 Wins as a Head Coach points, then scored 17 in OU’s 82-54 rout of TCU. Sherri Coale guided Norman High School to two state Bench outscores opponent bench ...... 13-2 championships and a 147-40 record in seven years before Most recently, Campbell averaged 21.5 points and 8.5 Opponent bench outscores OU bench ...... 2-5 becoming the Sooners’ head coach. In the college ranks, Coale rebounds, leading Oklahoma to wins over Kansas and has 352 victories in 16 seasons, leaving her just one shy of 500 Oklahoma State. in her career as a head coach. OU leads points in the paint ...... 14-1 Sooners Earning Big 12 Weekly Honors Opponent leads points in the paint . . . . . 2-6 Nov. 15 DaShawn Harden Freshman of the Week Points in the paint are even ...... 0-1 Two Sooners on Naismith Watch Dec. 19 sharane Campbell Freshman of the Week Sophomore Aaryn Ellenberg and redshirt-junior Whitney Hand Dec. 26 Morgan Hook Player of the Week were among the 51 women’s college basketball players on Scores fewer than 50 points ...... Jan. 2 sharane Campbell Freshman of the Week the Naismith Trophy Early-Season Watch List released Nov. 29. Jan. 23 aaryn Ellenberg Player of the Week Scores 50-59 points ...... 1-4 Ellenberg has averaged 14.9 points for Oklahoma this season sharane Campbell Freshman of the Week Scores 60-69 points ...... 3-4 and has been the team’s leading scorer in eight games. Against Feb. 6 sharane Campbell Freshman of the Week Scores 70-79 points ...... 6-0 Liberty, the 5-7 guard set an OU record by making a 3-pointer in a 23rd consecutive game, which extended to 29. Hand has Scores 80-89 points ...... 5-0 totaled 12.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game as she recently THE CLOSER Scores 90-99 points ...... crossed 900 career points. Freshman Leads OU at Free Throw Line Scores 100 or more points ...... 1-0 Sharane Campbell leads OU in points scored in the last five Big 12 Road Mark Set minutes of regulation, averaging 2.9, more than twice as many as any other Sooner. Campbell is 27-of-32 (.844) at the free Allows fewer than 50 points ...... 0-1 Oklahoma’s 8-point margin of victory over No. 23 Kansas State throw line during this period. The next highest total of free Allows 50-59 points ...... 9-0 (65-57) was its largest as an unranked team on the road versus throw attempts by a Sooner is 21 by Whitney Hand. Allows 60-69 points ...... 5-3 a ranked Big 12 Conference opponent. Allows 70-79 points ...... 1-3 Allows 80-89 points ...... 0-2 Poll Streak ENDS Hook Duel in the Desert MVP Allows 90-99 points ...... Sooners Fall Out of AP, Coaches’ Polls Sophomore Was Big 12 Player of the Week Allows 100 or more points ...... Following a loss to Fresno State, the Sooners dropped from the Morgan Hook was the Big 12 Player of the Week for games polls for the first time since the 2004-05 season. played Dec. 19-26 after averaging 16.0 points, 4.5 assists and hitting 67 percent of her field goals to lead Oklahoma to back- Games decided by 1-4 points ...... 4-2 OU had been listed in a program record 118 consecutive AP to-back victories and a sweep of the field at the Duel in the Games decided by 5-9 points ...... 4-1 polls (including preseason) over the last six-plus seasons, a Desert tournament at UNLV’s Cox Pavilion. She was named the Games decided by 10-19 points ...... 1-3 streak among Big 12 teams topped only by Baylor. That streak tournament MVP after scoring 15.3 points per game and carry- Games decided by 20 or more points ...... 7-2 began with a No. 25 ranking in the Preseason AP Poll in 2005- ing a .727 field goal shooting percentage for the tournament. 06, the freshman year of Ashley and Courtney Paris.