Oklahoma Women’s Basketball Game Notes 1 March 8, 2009 | Oklahoma at Texas OklahOma Frank Erwin Center | Austin, Texas | 2:30 p.m. CT 2008-09 Women’s Basketball 2008-09 Schedule Red River Rivalry Renews Date OPPonent TIME (CT) TV The regular season ends with one of the Big 12’s greatest rivalries -- Exhibition Games - Norman, Okla. Oklahoma versus Texas. Adding to the atmosphere is the senior night NOV. 6 WESTERN STATE W 132-36 celebration for four Texas players -- Aubrey Cook, Carla Cortijo, Ashley NOV. 11 OKLA. CHRISTIAn W 106-50 Lindsey and Earnesia Williams. Preseason WNIT - Norman, Okla. NOV. 15 UC RIVERSIDE W 88-57 Oklahoma looks to finish its time inT exas strong, following a series of NOV. 19 MIDDLE TEnnESSEE W 85-65 lackluster performances on the road. The Sooners needed a late rally NOV. 21 ARIZONA STATE [18/17] W 70-57 to overcome a nine-point deficit atT exas Tech and fell by one point to NOV. 23 NORTH CAROLINA [4/3] L 79-80 Texas A&M for its lone Big 12 loss. NOV. 26 MARIST W 83-57 Nov. 30 @ Connecticut [1/1] L 106-78 DEC. 3 CREIGHTON W 69-49 Projected Starting Lineup Dec. 7 @ Arkansas State W 87-57 Pos. NO. Name HT. CL. PPG RPG APG Other Basketball By the Bay Classic - San Jose, Calif. C 3 Courtney Paris 6-4 Sr. 16.1 13.9 1.6 2.5 blocks Dec. 12 vs. CS-Bakersfield W 105-84 AP ESPN Dec. 13 vs. California [9/7] W 86-75 F 5 Ashley Paris 6-3 Sr. 13.1 9.6 1.7 53.9 FG% DEC. 21 TuLSA W 94-42 3 3 G 13 Danielle Robinson 5-9 So. 12.9 2.4 6.0 2.2 steals Dec. 30 @ Saint Louis W 87-61 Oklahoma (26-3, 14-1) G 1 Nyeshia Stevenson 5-9 Jr. 9.6 1.6 1.1 41.9 3FG% JAN. 4 N.C. CENTRAL W 89-25 Jan. 10 @ Nebraska W 77-56 Sooners F 21 Amanda Thompson 6-0 Jr. 7.1 5.1 2.1 1.5 steals JAN. 14 KANSAS STATE [17/14] W 64-48 JAN. 18 TEXAS A&M [8/6] W 71-59 Projected Starting Lineup Jan. 21 @ Colorado W 72-58 JAN. 25 TEXAS [14/16] W 89-69 Pos. NO. Name HT. CL. PPG RPG APG Other Jan. 28 @ Baylor [4/3] W 56-51 F 10 Brittainey Raven 6-0 Jr. 13.6 3.1 1.5 1.1 steals JAN. 31 MISSOURI W 78-56 AP ESPN FEB. 2 TEnnESSEE* [12/15] W 80-70 C 35 Ashley Lindsey 6-4 Sr. 7.7 4.7 0.2 2.3 blocks Feb. 8 @ Oklahoma State W 93-75 15 16 G 3 Carla Cortijo 5-7 Sr. 7.2 3.5 4.9 1.2 steals FEB. 11 IOWA STATE [16/20] W 58-49 Texas (20-8, 8-7) Feb. 14 @ Kansas W 69-54 G 33 Ashleigh Fontenette 5-8 Fr. 6.3 2.9 1.6 47.4 FG% Feb. 17 @ Texas Tech W 80-72 Longhorns F 00 Earnesia Williams 6-1 Sr. 6.0 4.8 1.0 49.2 FG% FEB. 21 BAYLOR [5/5] W 66-58 Feb. 23 @ Texas A&M [12/14] L 57-56 Contents University of Oklahoma at University of Texas FEB. 28 OKLA. STATE W 73-63 No. 3 Oklahoma visits No. 15/16 Texas Sunday, March 8, at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, MARCH 4 TEXAS TECH W 61-49 1 - Basic Game Information March 8 @ Texas [15/16] 2:30 p.m. FSN for the final regular season game of the Big 12 schedule. T he game tips off at 2:30 p.m. Central Big 12 Championship - Oklahoma City 2 - Team Previews and will be televised by the Fox SportsNet (COX 37 in Oklahoma City; COX 27 in Tulsa). March 13 Quarterfinals TBD FSN 3 - Season Notes March 14 Semifinals TBD FSN • Oklahoma and Texas are meeting for the 36th time. Texas leads the series, 21-14. March 15 Championship 12:30 p.m. FSN 5 - Game Notes • Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale is 280-130 (.683) in her 13th season. *At the Ford Center - Oklahoma City • Gail Goestenkors is 42-22 (.656) in her second year at UT and 438-121 (.783) in her 17th overall. (Home games in ALL CAPS.) 6 - Game Recap Notes 7 - Player Notes DATE & TIME: Sunday, March 8, 2009 | 2:30 p.m. Central Oklahoma Media Relations 9 - Season Review Notes SITE: Frank Erwin Center (16,755) | Austin, Texas Women’s Basketball SID: Jared Thompson TICKETS: TexasBoxOffice.com Office: (405) 325-3671 10 - Career Record Tracker Television: Fox SportsNet (COX 37 in Oklahoma City; COX 27 in Tulsa) Cell: (405) 834-2984 E-mail: [email protected] 11 - Season Box Scores Talent: Brent Stover (play-by-play) and Brenda VanLengen (analyst) Radio: Sooner Radio Network (KOKC 1520 AM in Oklahoma City) 16 - Team Statistics Talent: Toby Rowland (play-by-play) and Kendra Wecker (analyst) For Tickets 26 - Individual Statistics WEBCAST: None Purchase online at SoonerSports.com 39 - Individual Career History LIVE STATS: SoonerSports.com CBS College Sports GameTracker or call the OU Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-456-GoOU or (405) 325-2424. 41 - NCAA Ranking Summary 42- Photo Roster Oklahoma Women’s Basketball Game Notes Team Previews | 2 Associated Press Top 25 About the Texas Longhorns Last Updated: March 2, 2009 Texas (No. 15 Associated Press/No. 16 ESPN/USA Today Coaches’) celebrates Statistical Comparison No. School Record Points LW Senior Night at the Frank Erwin Center Sunday as Aubrey Cook, Carla Cortijo, Category OU UT 1 Connecticut (45) 29-0 1125 1 Overall Record 26-3 20-9 2 Stanford 24-4 1043 3 Ashley Lindsey and Earnesia Williams play their final game in Austin. 3 Oklahoma 25-3 999 2 Conf. Record 14-1 8-7 4 Maryland 25-4 971 5 The Longhorns, 20-9 overall and 8-7 in the Big 12, are locked into the No. 6 Points Scored 77.3 71.5 5 Baylor 23-4 927 6 seed for the Big 12 Championship. Points Allowed 60.7 57.7 6 Auburn 27-2 915 7 7 Louisville 26-3 887 8 Rebound Avg. 43.4 40.2 8 Duke 24-4 806 10 Texas has dropped four of its last five games, including three straight versus Rebound Margin +11.9 +5.2 9 California 23-4 743 4 Big 12 South opponents. UT is 5-4 against ranked opponents this year. Field Goal Pct. .484 .439 10 Texas A&M 22-5 731 12 11 North Carolina 25-5 710 9 Field Goal Def. .369 .360 12 Florida St. 24-6 603 11 Brittainey Raven leads the team’s scoring, averaging 13.6 points. The 3-Point FG Pct. .344 .370 12 Ohio St. 24-5 603 14 Longhorns’ second and third leading scorers, Kathleen Nash (11.6) and Erika 3-Point FG Def. .353 .278 14 Pittsburgh 21-6 434 15 Arriaran (7.9), and leading rebounder, Nash (6.4), come off the bench. 15 Texas 20-8 408 16 Free Throw Pct. .669 .718 16 Xavier 25-5 363 13 Personal Fouls 15.7 17.6 17 S. Dakota St. 27-2 324 21 Now in its 32nd year of play in the Frank Erwin Center, Texas has posted an Assists 16.5 13.5 18 Arizona St. 22-6 307 24 all-time record of 405-71 (.851) in the building. Texas has an all-time 77-50 Turnovers 16.7 17.0 19 Tennessee 20-9 302 18 (.606) mark against AP Top 25 teams at home, and boasts a 5-4 record under Blocks 5.6 5.5 20 Notre Dame 20-7 291 23 second-year head coach Gail Goestenkors. 21 Florida 23-6 268 17 Steals 8.6 9.0 22 Vanderbilt 21-8 217 19 23 Iowa St. 21-7 212 25 Goestenkors is 42-22 (.656) in her second year at UT and 438-121 (.783) in her 24 Virginia 22-8 194 22 17th overall. 25 Bowling Green 25-2 74 NR Others Receiving Votes: Kansas St. 63, LSU 27, Middle Tennessee 26, Wis.-Green Bay 12, DePaul 10, Georgia Tech 9, Marist 7, Michigan St. 7, Va. Commonwealth 2, Florida Gulf Coast 1, Gonzaga 1, Purdue 1, San Diego St. 1, Temple 1. USA Today/ESPN Top 25 About the Oklahoma Sooners Last Updated: March 3, 2009 Oklahoma begins the season with high expectations and high rankings, No. 4 in the Preseason AP Poll and No. 7 in the Coaches’ No. School Record Points LW Poll. Returning for Oklahoma are 11 players, including four starters and three-time consensus All-American Courtney Paris. 1. Connecticut (31) 30-0 775 1 Big 12 freshman of the year Danielle Robinson will run the offense as a sophomore and teammates and coaches are raving 2. Stanford 24-4 730 2 3. Oklahoma 25-3 701 3 about the prospects of Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year Whitney Hand. 4. Maryland 25-4 673 5 5. Auburn 27-2 642 6 Oklahoma again plays one of the toughest schedules in the nation with consensus No. 1 Connecticut, and top-ranked 6. Baylor 23-4 606 7 Tennessee and California as well as ranked Big 12 teams Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma State and Baylor on the slate. 7.