With the final seconds draining away against Kansas State, Taylor Robertson drifted out into the corner as Madi Williams kicked the basketball back outside to Skylar Vann. Vann quickly swung the basketball over to Robertson who needed no time at all to set her feet and hoist the buzzer-beating 3-pointer that sunk Kansas State, 72-69.
๐-๐๐๐ฝ ๐พ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐@T_Rob30 hits the buzzer beater and OU beats K-State in Norman!#Sooners x @MarchMadnessWBB pic.twitter.com/dYzpqWs8p7
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) February 26, 2022
As a result, Robertson is this week’s Sooners Wire Player of the Week.
The game-winner was Robertson’s fourth made 3-pointer of the game and she finished with 17 points to help the Sooners avenge their loss in Manhattan earlier this season and move into a tie for third place in the Big 12 Conference standings at 11-5.
“I knew I got it off in time. Whenever I shoot, I always think it’s going to go in, but I knew as soon as it left my hands, I knew it was going to go in because it felt good. It felt good, it looked good, it was right on line, so I knew it was good,” Robertson said.
All of her treys came in the final quarter and Robertson discussed what clicked for her and the Sooners late.
“I think it was a lot of my teammates were really trying to set me up. A lot of it was off a ball screen or in transition. They were really looking for me and trying to put me in a good spot to be able to get my shot off. I think a lot of it, too. I was just trying to be patient and not force up a whole bunch because I hadn’t been shooting or anything. I was just trying to let it come to me, because eventually it always does,” Robertson said.
OU held Kansas State star Ayoka Lee to just 13 points after she set the NCAA record with 61 points during the Wildcats’ 94-65 January win over the Sooners. Naturally, Oklahoma head women’s basketball coach Jennie Baranczyk was pleased with her team’s response and the big shot that Robertson swished.
“What a game. What a finish. Obviously,ย Kansas State’s a very good basketball team that provides a big matchup problem for us. I thought they (K-State) played incredible and I thought we did a really nice job of playing together. I love our defensive intensity really in the first couple quarters and really into that fourth quarter. We’re going to keep getting better. I love when we play at the tempo and the pace that we like to play. We get a little stagnant at times, but we’ll figure it out. I’m just really proud of this one and I’m really proud of the end of the game. You put your money on this team any time when we’re in it at the end,” Baranczyk said of the win.
In addition to what it meant for Oklahoma in the conference standings, it was equally important for the Sooners chances to open the NCAA Tournament with a pair of games in Norman.
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