The No. 2 women’s basketball team took the bus to Stillwater Sunday afternoon for a Bedlam battle and took home a 93-75 win over OSU.
Sophomore guard Danielle Robinson drove through the lane to score the first points of the game for OU, and that was indicative of how the first half played out.
OU got going early while the Cowgirls were still looking for their first basket three minutes into the game.
OSU finally put some points on the board, but they were no match for the Sooners high octane offense early on.
Robinson led the Sooners in scoring in the first half with 10 points.
The difference on the scoreboard was the seven players scoring for OU to only four for the Cowgirls.
“They have all the pieces of the puzzle,” Oklahoma State coach Kurt Budke told the Associated Press. “Connecticut is probably a notch above, but Oklahoma is above everyone else. They’re that good. It’s not just the Courtney Paris show and it doesn’t have to be. They have a lot of options this year.”
The Sooners built up a double-digit lead and took the Cowgirls into halftime with a 49-34 lead.
An OSU run marked the opening minutes of the second half, but the Cowgirls team could not break into the Sooners 10-point lead.
OU continued to make the extra pass and knock down shots.
Senior center Courtney Paris finished the game with 17 points and became the all-time leading scorer in Big 12 women’s basketball. She now sits ahead of Big 12 greats Sophia Young, Kendra Wecker and Nicole Ohlde.
The Sooners ended the game with six players — Robinson, Paris, junior forward Amanda Thompson, sophomore guard Nyeshia Stevenson, sophomore guard Jenny Vining and freshman guard Whitney Hand — scoring in double figures.
“I was really proud of the balance of our team today,” head coach Sherri Coale told the Associated Press. “I thought we shared the basketball extraordinarily well. I thought we adheared to the game plan well. I thought we played together extremely well. We got great play off of our bench. Another road win in the Big 12, and we’re proud of it.”
The Sooners return home to face an improved Iowa State team at 7 p.m. Wednesday night at Lloyd Noble Center.
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