WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9, 2008 | 7 P.M. CT Game 12 | University of Oklahoma at Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa Jared Thompson, Women’s Basketball Contact McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics University of Oklahoma 180 W. Brooks, Suite 2525 | Norman, OK 73019 O: 405.325.3671 | M: 405.834.2984 | F: 405.325.7623 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL [email protected] | SoonerSports.com BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2006 | 2007 BIG 12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2007 2007 SCHeduLE PLayer to WatcH Date Opponent Time (CT) TV Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year NOV. 1 (EX.) HenDERSON STATe W 110-40 Courtney Paris leads the Sooners in the NOV. 6 (EX.) OKLA. CHRISTIAn W 110-51 conference opener against Iowa State. State Farm Classic | Chapel Hill, N.C. Nov. 11 vs. Maryland [4/4] L 76-66 Paris, who has posted better than season ESPNU Invitational | Tampa, Fla. averages with 17.3 points and 16.7 rebounds Nov. 15 vs. Tennessee [1/1] L 70-67 per game in true road contests, will be looking Triple Play Caribbean Challenge | Cancun, Mexico to start the new year off with a big game. Nov. 22 vs. Arizona State [14/13] W 69-57 Nov. 23 vs. Mississippi State W 88-73 The junior center has averaged 22.0 points in four NOV. 27 NORTH TeXAS W 79-42 career games against the Cyclones. Paris needs just Dec. 2 ARKANSAS STATe W 93-36 four defensive rebounds to claim the Big 12 career Dec. 5 at Illinois W 77-67 record for the statistic. Dec. 8 at Tulsa W 67-47 Dec. 16 at Michigan State [21/21] W 66-55 Dec. 20 CenTRAL ARKANSAS W 121-48 2006-07 Record: 28-5 (13-3 Big 12; Big 12 Season Co-Champion and Tournament Champion) Dec. 30 SOUTH CAROLINA W 95-63 Jan. 9 at Iowa State 7 p.m. National Rankings: No. 6 Associated Press / No. 8 USA Today/ESPN Coaches Jan. 12 at Oklahoma State 6 p.m. SSN Projected Starters: JAN. 16 NEBRASKA 7 P.M. SSN JAN. 20 BAYLOR 2 P.M. ESPN2 PLayer YR HT POS GS MIN PTS REB AST OTHER JAN. 23 TeXAS Tech 7 P.M. SSN Courtney Paris JR 6-4 C 11 30.5 16.3 16.3 1.4 3.3 blocks JAN. 27 GEORGIA 4 P.M. ESPN2 Ashley Paris JR 6-3 F 11 28.5 13.2 6.9 1.7 63.5% FG JAN. 30 KANSAS 7 P.M. SSN Amanda Thompson SO 6-0 F 11 22.7 8.2 7.1 2.1 1.9 steals Feb. 3 at Texas 1 p.m. ESPNU 6 Feb. 6 at Missouri TBA FSN Jenna Plumley SO 5-4 G 11 30.8 8.6 1.6 3.8 37.1% 3FG FEB. 9 COLORADO 7 P.M. SSN Oklahoma (9-2) Danielle Robinson FR 5-9 G 10 29.1 12.2 2.8 4.5 2.5 steals FEB. 12 TeXAS A&M 7 P.M. SSN SOONERS Feb. 17 at Baylor 12:30 p.m. FSN Feb. 20 at Kansas State 7 p.m. SSN FEB. 23 OKLAHOMA STATe 1 P.M. FSN 2006-07 Record: 26-9 (10-6; T-4th in Big 12) Feb. 27 at Texas Tech 7 p.m. SSN National Rankings: Not Ranked MAR. 2 TeXAS 12:30 P.M. FSN Mar. 6 at Texas A&M 7:30 p.m. FSN Projected Starters: Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship | Kansas City, Mo. PLayer YR HT POS GS MIN PTS REB AST OTHER Mar. 11 First Round TBA Alison Lacey SO 6-0 G 13 32.3 13.8 3.4 4.4 47.4% 3FG Mar. 12 Second Round TBA FSN Nicky Wieben JR 6-4 F 13 26.7 13.2 5.2 1.0 2.4 blocks Mar. 13 Semifinal Round TBA FSN Mar. 15 Championship Game 6 p.m. FSN Heather Ezell JR 5-9 G 12 30.8 9.8 3.0 3.5 1.5 steals NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds | TBD Amanda Nisleit JR 6-0 F 11 24.6 6.9 4.6 1.1 47.8% 3FG Mar. 22/23 First Round TBA TBD Iowa State (11-2) Denae Stuckey SO 5-8 G 13 22.0 4.5 5.3 1.4 1.0 steals Mar. 24/25 Second Round TBA TBD CYCLONES NCAA Tournament Regionals | TBD Mar. 29/30 Sweet 16 TBA TBD Mar. 31/Apr. 1 Elite 8 TBA TBD OKLAHoma vs. Iowa State Setting THE Scene NCAA Women’s Final Four | Tampa, Fla. No. 9 Oklahoma (9-2) opens the Big 12 season against one of Date: Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2007 Apr. 6 Final Four TBA ESPN the league’s toughest teams to beat on the road in Iowa State Series: 46th Meeting (OU leads 28-17, ISU leads 11-8 in Ames) Apr. 8 National Championship TBA ESPN (11-2). Location: Ames, Iowa Tipoff: 7 p.m. Central Notes: The Sooners have beaten the Cyclones just once in Ames under Venue: James H. Hilton Coliseum (14,092) ALL CAPS - at Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Okla. Sherri Coale, but have won the last four meetings, including TV: None BTN - Big Ten Network 2007’s Big 12 Tournament Championship Game. TV Talent: None FSN - Fox Sports Net Radio: Sooner Sports Network SSN - Sooner Sports Network The game airs on the Sooner Sports Network (KOKC 1520 AM Radio Talent: Brian Brinkley (pbp) and Tara DeGiusti (color) in Oklahoma City) with Brian Brinkley and Tara DeGiusti on the Live Webcast: www.cyclones.com call. Tip-off is 7 p.m. Central. Live Statistics: www.cyclones.com OKLAHOMA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES Game 12 | University of Oklahoma at Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa USA Today/ESPN CoacHes’ POLL THE 2007-08 SEASON | NINE CONSECUTIVE WINS Rank Team Record Pts. LW 1 UConn (31) 11-0 775 1 NationaL Attendance Leader THE Nation’S TougHest Start 2 Stanford 12-1 736 2 Oklahoma set a program record for attendance last season and, Oklahoma will play 11 regular-season games, among eight 3 Tennessee 10-1 710 3 if early indications prove true, another record should be set in different teams, ranked in the USA Today/ESPN Preseason Coaches’ 4 North Carolina 13-1 676 4 2007-08. Poll. That is not the toughest schedule in the nation as No. 1 5 Maryland 16-1 640 5 Tennessee will look to earn its way back to the national title game 6 Rutgers 9-2 621 6 7 Georgia 12-0 605 7 After four home games, OU’s per game attendance average stands with 12 games among 11 preseason Top 25 teams. 8 Oklahoma 9-2 560 9 at 9,882, currently No. 3 in the nation for average home game 9 Baylor 10-1 510 10 attendance. However, OU will face a tougher start than any other team in 10 Cal 11-2 482 11 college basketball with its first three games among teams in the 11 LSU 10-3 462 8 Oklahoma was No. 4 in national attendance last season and No. 2 top 12, including No. 1 Tennesee and No. 4 Maryland -- the past 12 Texas A&M 11-2 418 12 in the Big 12 Conference with an average of 10,437 in the seats for two national champions. All three of these games will be played 13 Duke 10-3 396 14 OU’s 12 home games. at neutral sites. 14 Notre Dame 11-1 352 16 15 DePaul 11-1 289 13 16 West Virginia 10-2 287 17 Season Ticket Update Team GoaLS 17 Texas 11-2 279 19 As of Monday, Dec. 17, the OU Athletics Ticket Office had sold Sherri Coale has two main goals for the Oklahoma Sooners in 2007- 18 Auburn 12-2 217 15 approximately 6,592 season ticket packages. The number 08. One, to be one of the top three teams in field-goal percentage 19 George Washington 10-3 200 20 20 Ohio State 9-3 142 18 breaks the record of 6,465 season tickets bought for OU women’s defense, which Oklahoma was last season at No. 3. Two, is to cut 21 Arkansas 13-0 135 23 basketball last season. down on turnovers and, specifically, be in the top three in the 22 Wyoming 11-1 127 22 NCAA in assist-to-turnover ratio. Here is where the Sooners pres- 23 Old Dominion 9-3 76 NR Though reserved level season tickets have sold out, general ently stand on meeting their team goals. 24 Arizona State 8-5 69 24 admission season tickets remain and fans are encouraged to 25 Oklahoma State 12-1 66 25 purchase them prior to the start of the season. GA season tickets Goal Number NCAA Rank* Change from Last Game are available for $115. FG% Def. 35.3% 45th* Regression Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 49, Vanderbilt 37, Georgia Tech (191/206) 33, Louisville 19, Iowa State 17, Florida State 15, Utah 12, Colorado A/T Ratio .927 47th* Improvement 11, Hartford 8, Michigan State 8, Minnesota 7, Pittsburgh 7, Marist 6, Group and single game tickets became available Monday, Nov. 19. *NCAA rankings through games played Jan. 6, 2008. Liberty 4, Marquette 4, N.C. State 3, Middle Tenn. St. 2, Illinois State 1, Radford 1, Syracuse 1. Single game tickets for all home games are $8 for adults and $5 for youths (K-12). BencHmark Games AHead Currently Sherri Coale has 241 victories in her 12th year as the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners.