The No. 12 Oklahoma Sooners are back on the road for this season’s first installment of Bedlam.

The Sooners (15-4, 5-1 Big 12) take on the Oklahoma State Cowgirls (13-5, 1-4) at noon Saturday, and even though OSU isn’t ranked this season, in Big 12 women’s basketball, you can’t take anything for granted.

“Any road game in the Big 12 — if you can get a win — it’s a big deal. Everybody has 10 points on their home court when you come into the gym,” sophomore center Joanna McFarland said.

McFarland, whose has close ties to OSU, has her own reasons not to think past this game.

“Some of my family went to OSU, my mom and my dad, and I know a couple of the girls on [OSU's] team,” McFarland said. “They all went to Kansas, and of course I want to go in and win.”

Luckily for McFarland, her parents don’t give her too much grief about it — her dad actually spent some time at OU as well.

As for the rest of the Sooners, they will face a much different team in Stillwater than it has become accustomed to, thanks to the graduation of Andrea Riley. The guard averaged nearly 27 points per outing and was picked up in the WNBA by the Los Angeles Sparks.

McFarland said she was definitely glad the Sooners won’t have to face Riley this time around.

“Andrea Riley was a huge part of their team last year, and she was capable of having 40 points a night,” McFarland said. “When you have somebody capable of that, you really do have to focus hard on shutting that person down."

Without Riley on the floor, OU’s focus will likely be on its own game. The Sooners are just a day removed from a two-point loss to Texas A&M, and freshman guard Aaryn Ellenberg is more concerned with how her team plays.

“We're going to move forward. It was a tough game,” Ellenberg said. “We’ve just got to learn to take advantage of every opportunity that we get.”

This is the freshman’s first crack at the team to the north, but she doesn’t seem intimidated — just focused on playing OU basketball.

“I know they’re going to be a pretty good team, but we’ve been doing so well up to this point,” Ellenberg said. “I don’t think there is any doubt we’ll just go in there and handle like we do.”

And handling the Cowgirls might be an easier task than the Aggies. OSU has only one player, Toni Young, averaging double-figures this season, and the Cowgirls shoot less than 30 percent from the 3-point line.

But no matter how it looks on paper, that all gets thrown out with the bathwater Saturday.

When it comes to Bedlam, there are no guarantees.