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Game Preview: Oklahoma at Texas Tech
February 28, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 28, 2012
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Oklahoma Sooners (18-10, 10-6) at Texas Tech Lady Raiders (17-11, 5-11)
When: 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012
Where: United Spirit Arena, Lubbock, Texas (15,089)
TV: Texas Tech Sports Network
Play-by-Play: David Thetford
Analyst: Marsha Sharp
Radio: Texas Tech Sports Network, 97.3 FM (Lubbock)
Play-by-Play: Steve Strain
Analyst: Crystal Boles
TEXAS TECH LADY RAIDERS (17-10, 5-10 BIG 12)
Coach: Kristy Curry
Overall: 284-135 (13)
at Tech: 105-84 (6)
vs. OU: 1-13
NO. NAME HT P YR STATS
23 Monique Smalls 5-6 G JR 8.3 pts/game
15 Casey Morris 5-9 G JR 9.3 pts/game
00 Chynna Brown 5-8 G JR 9.0 pts/game
1 Jordan Barncastle 6-2 F SR 5.1 pts/game
33 Shauntal Nobles 6-3 F SO 5.8 pts/game
OKLAHOMA SOONERS (18-10, 10-6 BIG 12)
Coach: Sherri Coale
Overall: 354-165 (16)
at OU: 354-165 (16)
vs. Tech: 21-12
NO. NAME HT P YR STATS
3 Aaryn Ellenberg 5-7 G SO 15.0 pts/game
10 Morgan Hook 5-10 G SO 10.8 pts/game
25 Whitney Hand 6-1 G RS-JR 12.9 pts/game
53 Joanna McFarland 6-3 F JR 6.5 pts/game
4 Nicole Griffin 6-6 C SO 5.8 pts/game
TEXAS TECH - OKLAHOMA SERIES
This will be the 46th meeting between the two schools with Oklahoma leading the all-time series 23-22 after a 71-68 win in Norman on Jan. 11. Oklahoma has won 3 of the last 4 contests between the two schools, losing last season's finale in Lubbock, 61-56.Texas Tech is 13-11 at home against the Sooners.
INSIDE THE SERIES VS OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma leads the all-time series 23-22.
- Texas Tech is 13-11 against the Sooners at home.
- Oklahoma is 20-5 against Texas Tech since 2001.
- Kristy Curry is 1-5 against the Sooners at home.
- Sherri Coale is 8-7 on the road against Tech.
- Texas Tech's biggest win over Oklahoma was 93-56 (+37) on Dec. 28, 1992.
- Texas Tech's worst loss to Oklahoma was 78-39 (-39) on Jan. 23, 2008.
- Texas Tech's biggest win at home over Oklahoma was 93-69 (+24) on Jan. 6, 1999.
- Texas Tech's worst loss at home to Oklahoma was 80-68 (-12) on Jan. 5, 2002.
LAST TIME OUT
NO. 14/11 TEXAS A&M 79, TEXAS TECH 51
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Adaora Elonu scored 14 points and No. 14 Texas A&M rolled to a 79-51 victory over Texas Tech Saturday night.
Tyra White and Alexia Standish scored 13 points apiece, Karla Gilbert scored 11 in a reserve role and Kelsey Bone had 10 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots for the Aggies (20-7, 11-5 Big 12). Texas A&M shot 59 percent, led by double figures beginning midway through the first half and held a 36-18 halftime edge in getting ready for its next game, Monday night at home against No. 1 Baylor.
Casey Morris led the Lady Raiders (17-11, 5-11) with 15 points. Texas Tech has lost four in a row.
LEADING THE WAY
Texas Tech junior guard Casey Morris led the team with 15 points on 6 of 13 shooting. She also added three steals. That's the 13th time this season that Morris has scored in double figures and fifth time she has scored 15 points or more. She's led the team in scoring five times this season - including 4 of the last 8.
NO SMALL FEAT
Texas Tech junior guard Monique Smalls added five more assists to just one turnover on Saturday against Texas A&M. Smalls now has 118 assists and just 48 turnovers for a 2.46 assist-to-turnover ratio, leading all Big 12 Conference players. She also had three steals, giving her a team-leading 77 on the year.
TEXAS TECH STARTERS (GAMES STARTED THIS YEAR)
G Monique Smalls (28), G Casey Morris (28), G Christine Hyde (23), F Kierra Mallard (19), F Kelsi Baker (17), F Shauntal Nobles (11), F Jordan Barncastle (9), Chynna Brown (5).
CAUGHT STEALING
Texas Tech had 13 steals on Saturday night against the Aggies - the most in Big 12 Conference play for Tech. Tech leads the Big 12 Conference with 304 steals in 28 games (10.9/game).
TWENTY-SOMETHING
Texas Tech junior guard Chynna Brown became the first Lady Raider this season to post 20 points or more in a game twice. Brown had a career-high 10 field goals and matched her season-high with 21 points against Kansas on Feb. 21. She also had 21 in Tech's second game this season at Houston on Nov. 16. Brown has scored in double figures in five of her last eight games.
LOW RATE
Texas Tech turned the ball over only 10 times - its third-lowest turnovers in a game this season. Tech had just seven turnovers against Iowa State on Feb. 12 and had only eight against Missouri (Feb. 5) and Baylor (Jan. 18).
THREES COMPANY
Texas Tech senior forward Jordan Barncastle was 2 of 3 from behind the 3-point line on Saturday to give her 21 total 3-pointers made on the season. That total matches her previous total from the last three years combined. Her 65 threes puts her in the top 15 all-time at Texas Tech.
HOLDING DOWN BAYLOR
Baylor was held to its lowest point total this season and a single-digit margin of victory for the third time this season on Feb. 18 - twice by Texas Tech. Baylor came into the game averaging a 31-point margin of victory at home in Big 12 play.
Baylor was outrebounded for only the second time this season. Tech outrebounded the Lady Bears 38-37 and had 30 defensive rebounds. Tennessee was the only other team to do it this season.
TOUGH ON THE BOARDS
Texas Tech continues to be one of the Big 12 leaders on the boards. Tech is second in the conference with 16.3 offensive rebounds per game and is third in conference play with a 69.2 defensive rebound percentage and 39.7 offensive rebound percentage.
MORRIS STEPPING UP
Junior Casey Morris led Texas Tech in scoring on Feb. 15 with 15 points. She hit 50 percent from the field in three of her last four games, scoring 15 against Texas A&M and 14 against Missouri. Morris led Tech with six defensive rebounds against Missouri to help hold the Tigers to just four offensive rebounds as a team.
SEASON SWEEP
Texas Tech's 76-49 win over Missouri on Feb. 5 earned the program its first regular season sweep over a team since the 2006-07 season when the Lady Raiders beat Oklahoma State twice. Tech beat Missouri, 69-63, in Columbia on Jan. 7.
