With an NCAA Tournament bid as an at-large selection firmly in their back pocket, Jennie Baranczyk’s Oklahoma women’s basketball team enters the 2022 Big 12 Tournament trying cap off a highly successful regular season with a run at the Big 12 title.
Grabbing that championship will be no easy feat but the climb starts Friday evening as the Sooners (23-7,12-6 Big 12) take on the Kansas Jayhawks (20-8, 11-7 Big 12), the team they lost to in the regular season finale. That game took place in Norman and the Jayhawks came out on top 73-67.
The Sooners’ elite duo of Madi Williams and Taylor Robertson were unanimous All-Big 12 selections, leading the Sooners as they look for a little revenge against the Jayhawks.
Williams is also one of five finalists for the Cheryl Miller Award, given to the nation’s best small forward.
ᴇʟɪᴛᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴏɢɴɪᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀɴ ᴇʟɪᴛᴇ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀ.
Madi Williams is one of 5️⃣ finalists for the Cheryl Miller Award, given out each year to the country’s best small forward! #Sooners x @madi_wms pic.twitter.com/zEhMLaQmOC
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) March 9, 2022
A bad second quarter for the Sooners in their loss to Kansas set them up for their eventual loss. After a strong first quarter, Kansas put on the clamps against one of the best offensive teams in the country. Oklahoma made just 4 of their 21 shot attempts for a 19 percent clip and turned the ball over eight times, allowing the Jayhawks to score 26 second-quarter points and take a nine-point lead into the half. The rest of the game saw the Sooners trying to play catch up and they never could get over the hump.
How to watch
Date: March 11
Time: 11 a.m. CST
TV: ESPN2
How To Listen
Oklahoma’s quarterfinal game versus Kansas will air on KREF (99.3 FM/1400 AM) in Norman and on 1520 AM in Oklahoma City with play-by-play broadcaster Brian Brinkley on the call.
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