The No. 18 OU women’s basketball team sent its seniors out in style Wednesday night with an 81-66 win over Oklahoma State in the Sooners’ final regular-season home game.
It was Senior Night, but somebody forgot to tell freshman Aaryn Ellenberg. The guard had 23 points and was 5-of-10 from the 3-point line.
“That’s Aaryn’s personality — when’s she open she’s going to shoot it. When she’s not open she’s going to shoot it,” senior guard Danielle Robinson said. “We’re proud of her how she’s played this whole season.”
OU’s veterans certainly made their own contributions, though.
Senior forward Carlee Roethlisberger ended the night with 14 points, and Robinson added 13 points and a career-high nine rebounds.
Senior guard Lauren Willis was a perfect 2-for-2 from behind the arc for six points.
For Senior Night, it was fitting Roethlisberger opened the game for OU with a 3-point basket.
“I thought Carlee got us started early, and Danielle really controlled the tempo of the game,” OU coach Sherri Coale said. “Just a really great night for all three of the seniors.”
OSU briefly took a 20-19 lead with 10 minutes to play in the half, but the Cowgirl advantage was short-lived when Robinson completed an and-one layup on the other end.
OU maintained its lead throughout the half and sent the Cowgirls to the locker room down, 36-30.
Oklahoma was 7-of-17 from 3-point range in the half, and Ellenberg led all scorers with 13 points.
The Sooners opened up a 13-2 run in the opening minutes of the second half to extend the lead to 17, 49-32.
By midway through the second half, OU had further extended its lead to 62-40.
The Cowgirls never trailed by more than eight in the first half but allowed the lead to balloon in the second. OU led OSU 72-53 with five minutes to play.
With less than two minutes to play and the Sooners leading, 80-64, OU coach Sherri Coale pulled her seniors for the final time.
OU was 14-of-28 from 3-point range and finished the game shooting 43.3 percent from the field.
“[OU is] just a heck of an offensive team. You just kind of pick your poison,” OSU coach Kurt Budke said.
With the win, OU is 2-0 this year against its Bedlam rival.
“It’s always easy to get up for Bedlam,” Robinson said.
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