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How to watch, key players for No. 24 Oklahoma Women’s Basketball vs. TCU Horned Frogs

The top ranked Big 12 women’s team, the Oklahoma Sooners, are back in action at home vs the TCU Horned Frogs and this is how you can watch.

There is a new team atop the Big 12 women’s basketball standings as the Oklahoma Sooners have surpassed the [autotag]Kansas State Wildcats[/autotag]. The Sooners currently sit at 15-6 (9-1) and have found themselves back in the top 25.

The job Jennie Baranczyk has done is nothing short of remarkable. It was just a few weeks ago this team wasn’t even in the bracketology field but is now a top-25 team once again. Now they are set to take on the [autotag]TCU Horned Frogs[/autotag] back at home.

TCU is 15-6 (2-8, two games were forfeits due to a shortage of players but doesn’t affect their overall record) and sits tied for last in the Big 12. So, let’s take a look at how you can watch the upcoming game for the Sooners.

How to watch, key players for Oklahoma Women’s Basketball vs. Oklahoma State Cowgirls

The Sooners women’s basketball team is back in action heading to Stillwater to face the Cowgirls for one final road game as conference foes.

There might not be a hotter team in women’s college basketball than the Oklahoma Sooners. They currently sit at 8-1 in conference play, with their only loss coming to No. 2 Kansas State Wildcats, which they avenged Wednesday night. That win gave the Sooners their first win over a top 2 team in the AP poll since 2004.

But they have to keep that momentum going, and it won’t be easy as they head on the road for [autotag]Bedlam[/autotag]. This will be the final road game for the Sooners as conference foes. [autotag]Oklahoma State Cowgirls[/autotag] currently sit at 4-6 in conference play and 11-10 overall.

A win this week could put Oklahoma back in the top 25 come next week. So, let’s take a look at how you can watch the game.

How to watch, key players for Oklahoma Women’s Basketball vs. Kansas Jayhawks

The Sooner women’s basketball team is on a roll and here is how you can check out their next game vs. the Kansas Jayhawks.

The Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball team has gotten all of the talk but the women’s team is on an absolute heater right now. After finishing nonconference play with a subpar 6-5 record, the Sooners are 6-1 in Big 12 play.

They are currently in sole possession of second place in the conference. They are also coming off a massive win on the road at No. 11 Texas Longhorns. Now, they are preparing to take on the Kansas Jayhawks who are currently 10-9 (3-5) but they are coming off a win at home vs. the Iowa State Cyclones.

So, let’s take a look at how you can watch the game as well as some key players for both teams.

How to watch, key players for Oklahoma Women’s Basketball vs. No. 10 Texas Longhorns

The Sooners women’s team is also set to take on the Texas Longhorns. Here is how you can watch their upcoming game.

After struggling to end nonconference season, [autotag]Jennie Baranczyk[/autotag] has her Oklahoma Sooners squad rolling so far in [autotag]Big 12[/autotag] play. The Sooners are currently 5-1 after beating the Houston Cougars.

Oklahoma continues its road stretch, heading to Austin, TX, to face the Texas Longhorns. The Longhorns come into the game ranked in the top 10 and sitting at 18-2 (5-2). The Sooners have lost three straight games against ranked opponents.

Can they knock off a ranked team and really start opening some eyes to being a legit threat in the conference? Let’s take a look at how you can watch and find out.

How to watch, key players for Oklahoma Women’s Basketball vs. Houston Cougars

Here is how you can watch the Oklahoma Sooners women’s basketball team take on the Houston Cougars.

While the Oklahoma Sooners women’s basketball team struggled to end nonconference play, they are red hot in the Big 12 season. They are 10-6 on the season but 4-1 in conference play.

They defeated the [autotag]Texas Tech Lady Raiders[/autotag] 73-55 last weekend. Now, they face Big 12 newcomer Houston Cougars. The Sooners are undefeated against the newcomers, with wins over BYU and Cincinnati so far.

Houston is 11-5 on the season and 2-3 in conference play. This is part of a two-game road trip for Oklahoma. So, let’s take a look at some key players to watch for and how you can watch the game.

Iowa State outshoots the Sooners in Big 12 tournament semifinal

The Oklahoma Sooners couldn’t keep up with an Iowa State team that shot 45% from the field and 40% from three in their 82-72 loss in the Big 12 tournament.

The Oklahoma Sooners did about everything right in their Big 12 tournament semifinal matchup against Iowa State. The Sooners simply didn’t shoot as well as the Cyclones in their 82-72 loss.

Oklahoma and Iowa State shot the same amount of threes and free throws. The Cyclones made two more three-pointers and four more free throws, and that was the difference in the basketball game.

Oklahoma opened the game on a strong note, creating an eight-point lead in the first five minutes. Down 11-3, the Cyclones got hot from deep as Lexi Donarski, Denae Fritz, and Nyamer Diew each made triples to close the Sooners’ lead to 15-12 with just under three minutes to play in the first.

Oklahoma led at the end of the first 19-18, but Iowa State’s Ashley Joens started to find her shooting stroke. After going 2 of 7 from the field in the opening 10 minutes, Joens was 3 of 4 in the second.

Iowa State shot 10 of 13 in the second to take a 42-39 lead into halftime.

After half, the Cyclones stayed hot, going 11 of 15 and outscoring the Sooners 24-14 in the third quarter. Oklahoma was just 4 of 11 in the quarter

Though the Sooners made a valiant effort in the fourth to chip away at Iowa State’s lead, ultimately, the Cyclones’ shooting efforts were too much to overcome.

After dealing with an injury the last few days, [autotag]Madi Williams[/autotag] played 29 minutes and led the Sooners in scoring with 19 points on 9 of 16 from the field. [autotag]Skylar Vann[/autotag] had another good game off the bench, going 5 of 6 from the field and scoring 13 points. [autotag]Neveah Tot[/autotag] had 14 points nearly matching her career high of 16 points.

Oklahoma now waits for the NCAA tournament selection committee to tell them where they’re headed for the opening two rounds of Women’s NCAA tournament.

Oklahoma Sooners can’t hang with Big 12’s best defense

Saturday at the Lloyd Noble Center, the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns faced off in a battle to be the Big 12’s best. The two teams were tied atop the Big 12 standings and looking to take a significant step toward securing a Big 12 regular season title.

Oklahoma came into the game with the best offense in the Big 12 and the second-best scoring offense in the country. Texas boasted the Big 12’s best defense. And ultimately, it was Texas that had the better day.

“Texas played really, really well,” OU head coach Jennie Baranczyk said. “They’re a very good basketball team, and we definitely weren’t (today). We will look in the mirror, me first, and be better.”

Texas’ defense created a frustrating environment for the Sooners and midway through the third quarter the Longhorns took control. Texas held Oklahoma to 27.3% shooting and just 22 points in the second half.

The Sooners will have to get back to the drawing board and figure out what went wrong. There’s a good chance they’ll see Texas again and will need to have better answers for their defense.

“I feel like we just were not ready, especially offensively,” Baranczyk said. “We’re going to go one of two directions right now. … I think we’re going to go in the right direction. But we’ve got choices to make, and we’ve got to be able to choose to respond how we want to respond.”

Best photos from Oklahoma’s loss to Texas

Oklahoma Sooners keep winning streak going, beat Texas Tech 84-57

The Oklahoma Sooners jumped out to a 12-point lead and never looked back as they defeated Texas Tech 84-57 to extend their win streak to 5 games.

The Oklahoma Sooners jumped out to a 12-0 lead and never looked back in their matchup with the Texas Tech Lady Raiders on Wednesday night. The Sooners won their fifth game to move into a tie for first place in the Big 12 with the Texas Longhorns.

[autotag]Aubrey Joens[/autotag] led the way with 23 points and 11 rebounds off the bench. She was just one point shy of tying a career-high, which she set on Dec. 5, 2021 against Longwood when she was still with Iowa State.

Oklahoma never trailed in this one and, at one point in time, had a lead as large as 28 points.

In the early going, it was [autotag]Ana Llanusa[/autotag] and [autotag]Liz Scott[/autotag] who came out of the gate on fire to give the Sooners their quick 12-0 advantage in the first. Scott opened the scoring with a layup before Llanusa followed it up with back-to-back three-pointers. After Llanusa’s second three, she took the ball from Texas Tech’s Bre’Amber Scott and found Liz Scott for the layup.

On Tech’s next possession, Llanusa stole the ball again. After her missed three, [autotag]Neveah Tot[/autotag] grabbed the offensive rebound and got the ball to Llanusa again, who found Scott for a second consecutive layup to make it 12-0.

Scott had 13 points, [autotag]Madi Williams[/autotag] chipped in 12, and Tot added 11 to give the Sooners four players in double-figures.

On the evening, the Sooners shot 48.6% from the field and 42.3% from three. They held the Lady Raiders to just 33.3% from the floor and 15.8% from beyond the arc.

It was another dominating performance in a five-game winning streak where they’ve beaten their opponents by an average of 19.8 points per game.

The Sooners are now 21-4 overall and 11-3 in Big 12 play ahead of their Sunday matchup in Lawrence with the Kansas Jayhawks. The last time they played Kansas, the Sooners came away with a six-point win, led by Madi Williams’ 20 points and nine rebounds.

Then the Sooners will host the No. 17 Texas Longhorns on February 25 for what could decide the Big 12 regular season title.

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Oklahoma moving up in ESPN’s latest Women’s NCAA Tournament Bracketology

After wins on the road over Baylor and Kansas State, the Sooners are on the verge of hosting the first two rounds of the Women’s NCAA Tournament per ESPN’s latest Bracketology.

The Oklahoma Sooners’ win a week ago in Waco was something special. Down five with less than 30 seconds to play in regulation, the Sooners got huge buckets from [autotag]Neveah Tot[/autotag] and [autotag]Taylor Robertson[/autotag] to tie the game and force overtime.

In the extra five minutes, the Sooners battled with Baylor to come out on top in a place they hadn’t won back-to-back games since 2006-2007. It was a defining moment for this Oklahoma Sooners squad.

In just her second year at the helm, [autotag]Jennie Baranczyk[/autotag] has her squad playing phenomenal basketball. At 20-4 and 10-3 in the Big 12 and boasting the second-best offense in the country, the Sooners have a chance to make a lot of noise come March. And they’re on the verge of hosting in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament.

In ESPN’s latest Women’s Bracketology for the NCAA tournament, Charlie Creme has the Sooners as a five seed in Chapel Hill. Oklahoma, and would play the winner of the 12-seed play-in game between Nebraska and Mississippi State. On the other side of the Chapel Hill bracket, it would be North Carolina vs. Green Bay.

As for Texas, who’s one game ahead of Oklahoma in the Big 12 standings, they’re a four-seed and would be the hosts of the first two rounds of the tournament in Austin.

If the Sooners can finish the regular season strong and go on a run in Big 12 tournament play, hosting the start of the NCAA tournament is not out of the question.

That would be a huge feather in the cap of Jennie Baranczyk and the Oklahoma Sooners Women’s basketball program.

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Oklahoma Sooners surge late, beat Baylor in overtime 98-92

Down as many as 12 points with under six minutes remaining, the Sooners got some timely stops and clutch shooting to beat Baylor in Waco.

The Oklahoma Sooners never led in regulation, and they didn’t need to in their win over the Baylor Bears in Waco. Oklahoma took over in overtime to pick up the 98-92 win.

After trailing by 12 points with 5:19 left to go in the fourth quarter, the Sooners used some timely defense and clutch shooting to work their way back into the game. Oklahoma battled to pull within three but couldn’t tie it.

Down five with 20 seconds to play, [autotag]Neveah Tot[/autotag] made quick work of the Bears’ defense, driving to the bucket to bring Oklahoma within three. After the layup, the Sooners employed their full-court press and got the turnover they were seeking. Ana Llanusa got the ball in the paint and found Taylor Robertson all alone for three. Robertson, who hadn’t gotten many open looks in the contest, buried the three to tie the game.

In overtime, the Sooners earned their first lead of the game on an Ana Llanusa three-pointer to make it 86-83. The Sooners would lead by five with under three to play before the Baylor Bears stormed back to tie it with just under two minutes remaining in the game. But from there, it was all Sooners.

Oklahoma closed the game on an 8-2 run to pick up an impressive win on the road against the Baylor Bears.

Baylor came into the game having won three in a row and four of their last five. Most recently, they traveled to Ames to beat the No. 12 Iowa State Cyclones to move into third place in the Big 12 conference.

After leading the Sooners in scoring in their win over West Virginia, [autotag]Skylar Vann[/autotag] tied for the team lead against the Bears. Vann and [autotag]Ana Llanusa[/autotag] each had 20 in the win. Vann was 9 of 16 from the field and chipped in six rebounds, five assists, and four steals to fill up the box score. Llanusa had an impressive all-around game as well, with five rebounds, five assists, and two steals.

Vann and Llanusa were joined by three other Sooners in double figures. It’s the second consecutive game that Oklahoma has had five players score 10 or more points. [autotag]Taylor Robertson[/autotag] had 14. Neveah Tot had 13 points and five assists. [autotag]Liz Scott[/autotag] contributed 11 points, eight rebounds, and two blocks in the game.

Though Oklahoma was just 10 of 35 from three, they made their final two attempts count. One at the end of regulation to tie the game and send it to overtime, and one early in the extra period to give Oklahoma an early lead.

On non-three-point attempts, the Sooners shot 55% from the field. Incredible efficiency in a game where every possession mattered.

Per Joey Helmer of OUInsider.com, it was the first time the Sooners had won back-to-back road games in Waco since 2006-2007.

It was a gutsy win for Jennie Baranczyk’s bunch who had to overcome a big deficit on the road against a surging team. The Sooners are now solidly in second place in the conference and have won three straight and eight of their last 10.

They have a chance to finish the regular season on a tear with four of their final six against teams with losing records in the conference. They have key matchups remaining against Texas and Oklahoma State, but are firmly in the thick of the regular season conference title race.

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