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Game Nine | NORTH TEXAS at OKLAHOMA | Lloyd Noble Center (Norman, Okla.) | Dec. 6, 2012 | 7 p.m. CT Jared Thompson, Associate Communications Director McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics 180 W. Brooks, Suite 2525, Norman, OK 73019 O: (405) 325-3671 | M: (405) 834-2984 | E: [email protected] ® www.SoonerSports.com | Twitter: @OUWomensHoops 3 3FINAL FINAL FOURS | 6FOURS BIG 12 Regular | SEASON6 BIG championships 12 SEASON | 4 BIG 12CHAMPIONSHIPS Tournament Championships | 12 4 A LLBIG-Americans 12 2012-13 Schedule & Results AP Coaches’ DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME (CT) TV At a Glance Exhibition Games // Lloyd Noble Center 13 12 Date: ........Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 N1 Okla. Christian (Exh.) Norman W 118-53 Time: ................7 p.m. Central N6 Henderson St. (Exh.) Norman W 98-33 N10 at Creighton Omaha W 69-48 Venue: . Lloyd Noble Center (11,586) N14 UCLA Norman L 86-80 TV: ...FS Southwest Plus/FCS Central N18 Saint Louis Norman W 68-33 Radio: ..KOKC 1520 AM/KREF 1400 AM Rainbow Wahine Showdown // Stan Sheriff Center N23 vs. Arkansas Honolulu W 73-70 Live Stats: ........SoonerSports.com N24 vs. Oregon Honolulu W 100-61 Webcast (Replay): ...SoonerSports.tv N25 at Hawaii Honolulu W 74-49 Series Record:.........OU leads 19-2 N29 Northwestern State Norman W 96-35 Last Meeting: .......OU, 79-42, 11/27/07 D2 Marist Norman W 68-55 Oklahoma (7-1, 0-0 Big 12) North Texas (2-5, 1-0 Sun Belt) D6 North Texas Norman 7 p.m. SSTV Tickets: ...........1-800-456-GoOU D16 Vanderbilt Norman 2 p.m. SSTV SOONERS MEAN GREEN D20 UC Riverside Norman 7 p.m. SSTV D29 Cal State Northridge Norman 1 p.m. SSTV J2 West Virginia Norman 7 p.m. SSTV Game Plan J5 at Texas Austin 12:30 p.m. FSN • No. 13/12 Oklahoma hosts North Texas Thursday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. J9 at TCU Fort Worth 7 p.m. FSSW+ • Bob Carpenter (play-by-play) and Billy Tubbs (analyst) have the call on Sooner Sports TV’s broadcast on FS Oklahoma, FS J12 Texas Tech Norman 7 p.m. SSTV J15 at Iowa State Ames 7 p.m. ISU* Southwest Plus and FCS Central. J19 Texas Norman 2 p.m. SSTV • The radio broadcast with Brian Brinkley on play-by-play and Colton Coale as color analyst begins will air on KOKC 1520AM and J26 at Baylor Waco 11 a.m. FSN KREF 1400 AM in the Oklahoma City metro area. J30 TCU Norman 7 p.m. SSTV F3 at West Virginia Morgantown 12 p.m. FSN • A replay of the game will be available to watch online at SoonerSports.tv following the live broadcast. F6 at Kansas State Manhattan 7 p.m. FSMW F10 Oklahoma State Norman 4 p.m. FSN F14 Iowa State Norman 7 p.m. FSN Tickets for OU Home Games F17 at Kansas Lawrence 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 • Season tickets are available for a low as $119. Tickets may be purchased online at SoonerSports.com or by calling the OU Athletics F20 Kansas State Norman 7 p.m. SSTV Ticket Office at 1-800-456-GoOU. F23 at Oklahoma State Stillwater 2 p.m. FSOK • Single-game tickets are available with prices beginning at $5 for general admission seating. F25 Baylor Norman 6 p.m. ESPN2 M2 Kansas Norman 7 p.m. SSTV • OU students receive free admission at Oklahoma home games when presenting a valid ID. M4 at Texas Tech Lubbock 7 p.m. Big 12 Championship // American Airlines Center M8 First Round Dallas TBD Notable M9 Quarterfinal Round Dallas TBD FSN • Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale is 364-169 (.683) in her 17th season. She has been the Big 12 Coach of the Year four times. M10 Semifinal Round Dallas TBD FSN • Mike Petersen is 2-5 (.400) in his first season at North Texas and 315-255 (.552) in his 20th overall. Petersen has previously M11 Championship Game Dallas 7 p.m. FSN NCAA Championship coached at Wake Forest, TCU, New Mexico State and Gonzaga. M23/24 First Round TBD TBD ESPN2 • Oklahoma and North Texas are meeting for the 22nd time. OU leads the overall series 19-2 and has won nine straight. The Sooners M25/26 Second Round TBD TBD ESPN2 have not lost to the Mean Green in the 11 games held in Norman. M30/A1 Regional Semifinal TBD TBD ESPN2 A2/A3 Regional Final TBD TBD ESPN2 A7 National Semifinals TBD TBD ESPN Next Game A9 Championship Game TBD TBD ESPN • Oklahoma rests for finals week before hosting Vanderbilt Sunday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. All times central and subject to change. *Live webcast only. • The OU women’s basketball team will sign autographs on the upper concourse following the game. SSTV: Sooner Sports TV powered by FOX Sports • The game will be televised on FS Oklahoma, FS Southwest Plus and FCS Central. FSN: FOX Sports Net National Broadcast FSOK: FS Oklahoma | FSSW: FS Southwest | FSMW: FS Midwest FCSA: FOX College Sports Atlantic | FCSC: FCS Central | FCSP: FCS Pacific PLAYERS To WATCH #3 Aaryn Ellenberg | Junior | Guard Has collected nine steals in the last two games, converting seven to OU points off turnovers. Sooner Sports TV powered by FOX Sports provides the most comprehensive broadcast coverage of the Sooners ever offered. 2012-13 Stats: 17.0 points, 3.0 rebounds The network’s programming is delivered on a variety of existing FOX Sports outlets including FS Oklahoma, FS Southwest and FOX College Sports. #25 Whitney Hand | Senior (RS) | Guard Additionally, archived video content including game highlights, Follows monster game versus Marist of 12 points, 13 rebounds, five asissts and career-high three blocks. features and more is available through the digital outlet, 2012-13 Stats: 12.1 points, 7.5 rebounds SoonerSports.tv. Game Preview 2 Associated Press Top 25 About Oklahoma LAST UPDATED: DEC. 3 (Week 4) OU TOOK 13TH coNSECUTIVE NCAA TRIP Team Comparison vs. North Texas Rk. Team Record Points LW Oklahoma finished 21-13 overall in 2011-12 and ended its Category OU UNT 1. Stanford (22) 8-0 978 1 season with a 74-70 loss to St. John’s (N.Y.) in the second Overall Record ............7-1 . .2-5 2. Connecticut (17) 6-0 968 2 round of the NCAA Championship. It was OU’s 13th consecutive 3. Baylor (1) 6-1 926 3 Conf. Record ..............0-0 . .1-0 4. Duke 6-0 887 4 NCAA tournament appearance, a record for a Big 12 team. OU Points Scored ............78.5 . 71.0 5. Notre Dame 5-0 831 5 was 11-7 in Big 12 play and finished second to 2012 national Points Allowed ...........54.6 . 75.0 6. Georgia 9-0 772 8 champions Baylor. Reserve center Jelena Cerina (3.9 points, 3.6 Rebound Avg. ............42.8 . 42.6 7. Kentucky 6-1 759 9 rebounds) was the lone graduate. Sherri Coale completed her Rebound Margin .........+7.6 . +0.5 8. Louisville 8-1 691 7 16th season passing a milestone 500th career victory as a head Field Goal Pct............. .477 . .404 9. Maryland 4-1 655 11 coach in both the high school and college ranks. Field Goal Def............ .316 . .407 10. Penn State 6-1 590 6 11. California 6-1 577 10 3-Point FG Pct. ........... .418 . .289 12. Texas 5-0 522 13 Dazzling Defense 3-Point FG Def. ........... .200 . .301 13. Oklahoma 7-1 497 12 SOONERS STIFLING OPPONENTS Free Throw Pct........... .700 . .756 14. Tennessee 6-1 478 16 Oklahoma’s defense has allowed fewer than 30 or fewer points Assists ..................16.5 . 12.0 in each of the last seven periods played. Since its loss to UCLA, 15. Purdue 7-1 426 14 Turnovers................16.6 . 18.1 OU has allowed just 138 first-half points (23 per game) and is 16. Oklahoma State 6-0 345 18 Steals....................8.1 . 10.0 17. UCLA 4-1 333 20 holding opponents to 28.6 percent field goal shooting and 17.4 Blocks ...................1.9 . 1.8 17. Kansas 7-0 333 19 percent 3-point shooting. The Sooners are also forced a scoring 19. Dayton 9-0 248 23 drought of at least three minutes in each games since losing 20. Ohio State 5-2 190 15 to UCLA. Oklahoma vs. North Texas 21. North Carolina 7-1 181 22 PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS 22. Iowa State 5-0 177 24 Known more for her 3-point proficiency, junior guard Aaryn 23. Miami (FL) 5-1 160 NR Ellenberg’s defense is helping to turn the tide in OU’s games. NORTH TEXAS (2-5) 24. Florida State 7-0 127 NR Ellenberg has nine steals in the past two games, seven of which 25. Nebraska 6-2 107 21 G 4 Laura McCoy 5-7 Jr. 10.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg have converted for 15 points off turnovers. Eight steals came in G 22 BreAnna Dawkins 5-6 So. 12.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia 68, Texas A&M 59, South Carolina 40, first halves as OU built leads, while the last in the second half G 32 Desiree Nelson 5-10 Jr. 6.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg St. John’s 32, Delaware 15, DePaul 9, Syracuse 4, Michigan State 4, Duquesne versus Marist was followed by Ellenberg taking a charge the F 30 Sara Stanley 6-0 Sr. 7.1 ppg, 6.7 rpg 3, Georgia Tech 3, Arkansas 2, Chattanooga 2, Utah 1.