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Madi Williams named Big 12 player of the week after wins over TCU and Oklahoma State

For the second time this season and the fifth time in her career, Madi Williams was named Big 12 Player of the Week.

One of the best bigs in college basketball on one of the best offenses in the nation is having a huge impact for the Oklahoma Sooners. For the second time this season, and the fifth time in her career, Madi Williams was named Big 12 Player of the Week.

Williams averaged 22.5 points in wins over the TCU Horned Frogs and the Oklahoma State Cowgirls to help the Sooners to a 16-2, 6-1 Big 12 record. Oklahoma is in first place in the Big 12 in large part to Williams’ all-around prowess.

The fifth-year senior is having a career year from the field, shooting 53.1% and 33.3% from three-point range.

In Oklahoma’s blowout win, Williams shot 80% from the field, scoring 19 points in just 25 minutes. She followed that up with a season-high 26 points in the come from behind win over Oklahoma State, where the Sooners trailed by as many as 12 points early in the third quarter.

The Oklahoma Sooners will next take on the Texas Longhorns on Wednesday before a pivotal top 25 Big 12 showdown with No. 17 Iowa State in Ames.

Pair of Sooners inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame

On Monday night, Stacey Dales and Bob Kalsu were inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.

The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame held ceremonies on Monday night for the class of 2021 inductees. Joining an esteemed group of hall of fame members, Stacey Dales and Bob Kalsu were honored as part of the 2021 class.

Stacey Dales was a two-time All-American and back-to-back Big 12 Player of the year for the Sooners basketball. She helped lead the Sooners to Big 12 championships and a national championship appearance in 2002.

Dales, along with head coach Sherri Coale, put Sooners basketball back on the map. Before the 1999-2000 season, the Sooners had made the NCAA tournament just once in the previous 13 seasons. After Dales’ first tournament appearance in the 1999-2000 season, the Sooners went on a run where they appeared in the NCAA tournament for 19 straight seasons.

The Big 12’s all-time assist leader went on to play for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA before joining the NFL Network as a host and national correspondent.

Bob Kalsu, from Del City, Oklahoma, was an All-American selection at tackle for the Oklahoma Sooners before winning rookie of the year as a guard for the Buffalo Bills. He helped the Sooners amass a 10-1 record and a win over the Tennessee Volunteers in the Orange Bowl in 1967.

After his lone season in the NFL in 1968, Kalsu cut his playing career and joined the US Army as a lieutenant in the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War. Kalsu was one of two professional football players killed in action during the Vietnam War in 1970.

They join other Sooners such as Brian Bosworth, Tony Casillas, Joe Castiglione, Sherri Coale, Patty Gasso, and Billy Sims to name a few as members of the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.