Following Saturday’s five-point victory over Oklahoma State, 82-77, the OU women’s basketball claimed its 24th victory in 25 Bedlam games against OSU at Gallegher-Iba Arena in Stillwater.

In fact, the last time the Cowgirls beat the Sooners was in 2008, when Andrea Riley scored a career-high 45 points to upset then-No. 6 OU.

The win broke the Cowgirls’ 17-game losing streak against the Sooners.

But the Sooners continued their winning ways Saturday afternoon, collecting their seventh straight Bedlam win, courtesy of clean defensive plays down the stretch, an 18-point first half from freshman gaurd Aaryn Ellenberg and senior guard Danielle Robinson’s second-half offensive performance.

Credit the starters for doing what they do best: finding ways to win. The Sooners trailed at the half, 42-38, a position OU has found itself in multiple times this season.

But that didn’t stop the Sooners’ fire power from beyond the perimeter. Oklahoma leads the conference with 8.4 made 3-point shots per game, but OU bested themselves in Stillwaterm shooting 50 percent from the 3-point line, going 12-for-24.

And what would Bedlam be without a little drama — why not add four fouls to the mix?

Foul trouble became a problem for the Sooners in the second half when, at the 13:17 mark, sophomore center Joanna McFarland was the first Sooner to collect her fourth foul and found herself sitting on the bench.

And frequent fouling didn’t end until every starter but Ellenberg, who had three of her own, had four fouls with time left in the second half. Despite the fouling frenzy, the Sooners continued to double-team every Cowgirl possession in the paint, an approach that forced multiple, much-needed turnovers.

Robinson was also golden from the foul line. After missing an important 1-and-1 opportunity that could have changed the outcome in the loss to Texas A&M on Wednesday, Robinson finished the Bedlam game, going a perfect 10-for-10 at the free throw line in the second half.

Robinson’s four free throws with less than a minute left in the game were, without a doubt, the difference in this Sooner victory. If she had missed one, the Cowgirls might have been able to convert on their own courtesy line late in the game. In that case, OU’s players would have returned to Norman without smiles on their faces.

But Robinson, being the All-American starter that OU goes to time and time again, got the job done when it counted. And that’s the kind of resiliency this team is going to consistantly need.