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OU has is 3-4 on the road and lost their last two road games to Baylor and ISU. They pulled out a 64-55 win over A&M last Tuesday. Texas is 4-3 at home and coming off two straight roads losses. They won their last two home games before embarking on their recent road trip. OU wants to solidify at least a 3rd place finish in conference and still has hopes of finishing in second. Texas is looking to sweep their final three games to have any chance of getting into the NCAAs. Texas is seeking to break a three game losing streak to OU. OU will be gunning to sweep Texas this season and make it four wins in a row. The last Texas home victory over OU was on Jan. 31, 2007.
Aaryn Ellenberg (#3, 5-7 Soph. G) and Whitney Hand(#25, 6-1 RS Jr. G) lead OU in scoring at an average of 13.8 ppg each. Sharane Campbell (#24, 5-10 Fr. G) contributes 9.3 ppg while Morgan Hook (#10, 5-10 Soph. PG) adds 9.2 ppg. Ellenberg leads OU in FGs made and attempted with 74-206 (35.9%) while Hand (72-173, 41.6%) and Hook (46-128, 35.9%) join her as Sooners that have taken over 100 shots in conference play. Nicole Griffin (#4, 6-6 Soph. C) has been the most accurate from the field, hitting on 52.5% of her shots (32-61). The Sooners three starting guards account for 72% of made 3s and 77% of treys attempted. Those players are: Ellenberg (27-75, 36.0%), Hand (16-44, 36.4%) and Hook (14-52, 26.9). Two players currently coming off the bench have the best 3pt percentage for the Sooners: Campbell (8-17, 47.1%) and Joanne McFarland (#53, 6-3 Jr. F/C; 10-21, 47.6%). DaShawn Harden (#22, 5-9 FR. G) is the other player that has taken a three. She has hit on 4-13 (30.8%). As a team, OU is first in the league in 3pg FG% at 35.6%. OU has four players in the league top 15 in FT percentage: Hand (47-57, 82.5%); Griffin (32-41, 78.0%); Ellenberg (32-42, 76.2%) and Morgan Hook (#10, 5-10 Soph. G; 32-44, 72.7%). Campbell with 56-81 (69.1%) has made and taken the most FTs of any Sooner.
Three Sooners are averaging over five rebounds per game: Hand (6.4 rpg), Kaylon Williams (#42, 6-3 Fr. F; 6-1 rpg) and McFarland (5.7 rpg). Hooks leads OU with 57 assists while Hand has passed for 49. Griffin (27) and Williams (12) lead way in blocks. Three Sooners have reached double digits in steals: Ellenberg (30), Campbell (21) and Harden (18) while Hook and Hand are on the verge of joining that group with nine steals each.
OU has a rotation of nine players with 8 having played in all 15 games to date. McFarland, out for several games with an injury, has played in nine. All nine are averaging at least 11 mpg with Hand (37.9 mpg), Ellenberg (32.1 mpg) and Hook (31.9 mpg) all averaging over 30 minutes. Harden is the only one of the nine that has not started at least one game. Hand and Hook have started all 15 conference games while Ellenberg has started 14 of 15 and Griffin 13 of 15. Williams, Ellenberg, Hand, Hook and Griffin started the last game against A&M. Jelena Cerina (#12, 6-5 Sr. C)is the other player that averages over 10 mpg.
Texas is led in scoring by Chassidy (16.1 ppg), Yvonne (11.4 ppg) and Ashleigh (11.3 ppg). Chelsea as the first guard off the bench is averaging 8.0 ppg. Anne Marie (4.7 ppg), Nneka (4.5 ppg), Ashley (4.5 ppg) and Cokie (4.2 ppg) are all averaging over four pts per game. Chassidy has been the Horns’ most effective scorer, hitting 83 of 219 FGs for 37.9% from the field; 36 of 89 for 40.4% from BTA and 40-45 for 88.9% from the FT line. That FT% leads the Big 12 as well. Anne Marie’s 43.8% (32-73) from the field leads Texas in FG% with three others hitting over 40%: Yvonne 41.1% (65-158); Chelsea 43.3% (26-60) and Nneka 43.5% (27-62). Ronisha is 3-4 for 75% in league play, including 1-1 from BTA. Chelsea (11-31, 35.5%) and Ashleigh (14-46, 30.4%) have the second and third best percentages from BTA on the team. Texas ranks third in the league in 3pt percentage at 33.5%. Yvonne (29-40, 72.5%) and Chelsea (17-24, 70.8%) rank second and third in FT percentage. Ashleigh, with 34 of 49 (69.4%) tops the team in FTs attempted.Chassidy leads the team in rebounding with an average of 5.8 rpg. Nneka (5.3 rpg), Ashleigh (4.9 rpg) and Ashley (4.8 rpg) rank second through fourth. Yvonne leads with 88 assists while Ashleigh has totaled 47. Ashley and Nneka rank one and two in blocks with 32 and 12, respectively. Horns have four players with double digit steals in Yvonne (32), Ashleigh (30), Chassidy (19) and Ashley (16).
Yvonne and Ashleigh have started all 15 conference games with Chassidy logging 14 starts in 15 games. All eight players in the core rotation have gotten at least one start with the most movement in the post position. Anne Marie has 7 starts, Nneka six, Gayle 11 and Cokie 6. With so many guards out due to injury, Yvonne, Ashleigh and Chassidy have had to play almost all of time in the games. Chassidy is averaging 35.9 mpg, Yvonne 33.5 mpg and Ashleigh 32.8 mpg. Chelsea, as the only healthy guard reserve, averages 21.6 mpg although she did miss five games recently with an ankle injury. Anne Marie and Cokie average just over 17 mpg while Nneka is at 19.2 mpg and Ashley puts in 24.3 mpg.
Projected starting lineups are based on the last game. OU seems to have found a starting lineup that works for them while Texas has rotated post players at times.
[pre]
Texas OU
Anne Marie (6-3) Williams (6-3)
Ashley (6-4) Griffin (6-6)
Yvonne (5-7) Ellenberg (5-7)
Ashleigh (5-8) Hook (5-10)
Chassidy (5-10) Hand (6-1) [/pre]
Hook has been a force in recent games from the PG position. She may not make a lot of shots but she gets to the FT line as she did against A&M and converts, hitting 9-10 against the Aggies. Horns will need to pressure her without sending her to the FT line. Williams has given them more power inside to go with Griffin’s length. In the last game, Griffin ended up nine blocks mostly by standing straight up and having the Horns drive right into her. Texas will need to force her to move on defense, making it tougher to get blocks and easier for fouls to be called. OU will look to slow or shut down Chassidy until the game is no longer in doubt. Most league teams have not been able to do that. Screening and quick passes will help free Chassidy and the other Texas guards up for shots.
Stats are conference stats only.
TEAM STATISTICS UT OU
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SCORING................. 936 1005
Points per game....... 62.4 67.0
Scoring margin........ -6.1 -0.1
FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 353-931 346-858
Field goal pct........ .379 .403
FG made per game...... 23.5 23.1
FG att per game....... 62.1 57.2
2POINT FG-ATT........... 279-710 267-636
2-point FG pct........ .393 .420
2-pt FG made per game. 18.6 17.8
2-pt FG att per game.. 47.3 42.4
3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 74-221 79-222
3-point FG pct........ .335 .356
3-pt FG made per game. 4.9 5.3
3-pt FG att per game.. 14.7 14.8
FREE THROWS-ATT......... 156-232 234-325
Free throw pct........ .672 .720
F-Throws made per game 10.4 15.6
F-Throws att per game. 15.5 21.7
REBOUNDS................ 577 593
Rebounds per game..... 38.5 39.5
Rebounding margin..... -1.9 +0.6
ASSISTS.................. 186 192
Assists per game...... 12.4 12.8
TURNOVERS................ 237 249
Turnovers per game.... 15.8 16.6 Turnover margin....... -0.5 -1.5 Assist/turnover ratio. 0.78 0.77 STEALS.................. 121 103 Steals per game....... 8.1 6.9 BLOCKS.................. 75 63 Blocks per game....... 5.0 4.2 ATTENDANCE.............. 28289 57974
Home games-Avg/Game... 7-4041 8-7247
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st aver 2nd aver OT1 aver OT2 aver Total aver
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Texas.................... 420 28.0 516 34.4 - - - - 936 62.4
Oklahoma................. 465 31.0 530 35.3 10 0.7 - - 1005 67.0
In the last game these two played, OU jumped out to a 7-0 lead and never lost it as they ended up with a 73-67 win in Norman. OU holds a significant advantage in 3pt FG% (35.6% to 33.5%) and FT% (72.0% to 67.2%). Even more importantly, they average making more FTs per game (15.6) than Texas attempts per game (15.5). Horns were able to negate this FT advantage by getting more FTs in the last game although both ended up with 19 made but couldn’t keep OU from 62% from BTA. Horns will need to do a better job of pressuring Hook, Hand, Ellenberg and Campbell when they are BTA. The Horns D, especially on the perimeter, will determine the winner in this game.
OU is angling for position in the Big 12 tournament along with A&M and KSU. Texas needs to win out to even have a chance of getting an invite to the big dance. Extra shots kept them in the previous game as thsy got off 73 shots compared to OU’s 52. Forcing 23 TOs wnile only committing 13 helped in getting those extra shots. Better shooting with a similar defensive effort will help.
Game time is at 5pm this Saturday. Coverage will on FSN. In Austin, that’s TWCHD 1539. KVET AM 1300 The Zone will carry the game in the Austin area while you can also listen to it on XM Ch. 202 and Sirius Ch. 216.
BEVO’S BARGAINS
Shoot for a Cure
OU is the Shoot for a Cure Game with fans urged to wear pink. Lots of other goodies free as noted in the article.
“Arena Reserved tickets are available for all fans for only $5 by visiting the UT Athletics Special Promotions page of TexasBoxOffice.com and entering the promotional code PINK.
Fans who prefer to order by phone may call 512-232-3865. (The deadline to order by phone is Friday, Feb. 24 at 4 p.m.).”
Faculty/Staff Day: $5 arena reserved ticket available to all University of Texas faculty and staff. Faculty and Staff may purchase tickets at Bellmont Hall (M-F; 9 a.m. -- 4 p.m.) or at the Frank Erwin Center's north or south box offices starting one hour prior to the game. Valid UT ID must be presented at the time of purchase.
Teacher Appreciation Day: $5 arena reserved ticket for all teachers and guests. ADVANCE SALE ONLY by calling (512) 232-3865. The deadline to order is Friday, Feb. 24 at noon.
Scout Day: $5 arena reserved ticket for all girl and boy scouts and guests. Scouts will receive a UT Athletics Scout patch at the game. ADVANCE SALE ONLY by calling (512) 232-3865. The deadline to order is Friday, Feb. 24 at noon.
Longhorns Kids Court: Youth 18 and under can enjoy inflatables, face painting, basketball goals and more for FREE presented by Carus Dental. Located at the Denton Cooley Pavilion, doors open 90 minutes before tip.
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Aaryn Ellenberg (#3, 5-7 Soph. G) and Whitney Hand(#25, 6-1 RS Jr. G) lead OU in scoring at an average of 13.8 ppg each. Sharane Campbell (#24, 5-10 Fr. G) contributes 9.3 ppg while Morgan Hook (#10, 5-10 Soph. PG) adds 9.2 ppg. Ellenberg leads OU in FGs made and attempted with 74-206 (35.9%) while Hand (72-173, 41.6%) and Hook (46-128, 35.9%) join her as Sooners that have taken over 100 shots in conference play. Nicole Griffin (#4, 6-6 Soph. C) has been the most accurate from the field, hitting on 52.5% of her shots (32-61). The Sooners three starting guards account for 72% of made 3s and 77% of treys attempted. Those players are: Ellenberg (27-75, 36.0%), Hand (16-44, 36.4%) and Hook (14-52, 26.9). Two players currently coming off the bench have the best 3pt percentage for the Sooners: Campbell (8-17, 47.1%) and Joanne McFarland (#53, 6-3 Jr. F/C; 10-21, 47.6%). DaShawn Harden (#22, 5-9 FR. G) is the other player that has taken a three. She has hit on 4-13 (30.8%). As a team, OU is first in the league in 3pg FG% at 35.6%. OU has four players in the league top 15 in FT percentage: Hand (47-57, 82.5%); Griffin (32-41, 78.0%); Ellenberg (32-42, 76.2%) and Morgan Hook (#10, 5-10 Soph. G; 32-44, 72.7%). Campbell with 56-81 (69.1%) has made and taken the most FTs of any Sooner.
Three Sooners are averaging over five rebounds per game: Hand (6.4 rpg), Kaylon Williams (#42, 6-3 Fr. F; 6-1 rpg) and McFarland (5.7 rpg). Hooks leads OU with 57 assists while Hand has passed for 49. Griffin (27) and Williams (12) lead way in blocks. Three Sooners have reached double digits in steals: Ellenberg (30), Campbell (21) and Harden (18) while Hook and Hand are on the verge of joining that group with nine steals each.
OU has a rotation of nine players with 8 having played in all 15 games to date. McFarland, out for several games with an injury, has played in nine. All nine are averaging at least 11 mpg with Hand (37.9 mpg), Ellenberg (32.1 mpg) and Hook (31.9 mpg) all averaging over 30 minutes. Harden is the only one of the nine that has not started at least one game. Hand and Hook have started all 15 conference games while Ellenberg has started 14 of 15 and Griffin 13 of 15. Williams, Ellenberg, Hand, Hook and Griffin started the last game against A&M. Jelena Cerina (#12, 6-5 Sr. C)is the other player that averages over 10 mpg.
Texas is led in scoring by Chassidy (16.1 ppg), Yvonne (11.4 ppg) and Ashleigh (11.3 ppg). Chelsea as the first guard off the bench is averaging 8.0 ppg. Anne Marie (4.7 ppg), Nneka (4.5 ppg), Ashley (4.5 ppg) and Cokie (4.2 ppg) are all averaging over four pts per game. Chassidy has been the Horns’ most effective scorer, hitting 83 of 219 FGs for 37.9% from the field; 36 of 89 for 40.4% from BTA and 40-45 for 88.9% from the FT line. That FT% leads the Big 12 as well. Anne Marie’s 43.8% (32-73) from the field leads Texas in FG% with three others hitting over 40%: Yvonne 41.1% (65-158); Chelsea 43.3% (26-60) and Nneka 43.5% (27-62). Ronisha is 3-4 for 75% in league play, including 1-1 from BTA. Chelsea (11-31, 35.5%) and Ashleigh (14-46, 30.4%) have the second and third best percentages from BTA on the team. Texas ranks third in the league in 3pt percentage at 33.5%. Yvonne (29-40, 72.5%) and Chelsea (17-24, 70.8%) rank second and third in FT percentage. Ashleigh, with 34 of 49 (69.4%) tops the team in FTs attempted.Chassidy leads the team in rebounding with an average of 5.8 rpg. Nneka (5.3 rpg), Ashleigh (4.9 rpg) and Ashley (4.8 rpg) rank second through fourth. Yvonne leads with 88 assists while Ashleigh has totaled 47. Ashley and Nneka rank one and two in blocks with 32 and 12, respectively. Horns have four players with double digit steals in Yvonne (32), Ashleigh (30), Chassidy (19) and Ashley (16).
Yvonne and Ashleigh have started all 15 conference games with Chassidy logging 14 starts in 15 games. All eight players in the core rotation have gotten at least one start with the most movement in the post position. Anne Marie has 7 starts, Nneka six, Gayle 11 and Cokie 6. With so many guards out due to injury, Yvonne, Ashleigh and Chassidy have had to play almost all of time in the games. Chassidy is averaging 35.9 mpg, Yvonne 33.5 mpg and Ashleigh 32.8 mpg. Chelsea, as the only healthy guard reserve, averages 21.6 mpg although she did miss five games recently with an ankle injury. Anne Marie and Cokie average just over 17 mpg while Nneka is at 19.2 mpg and Ashley puts in 24.3 mpg.
Projected starting lineups are based on the last game. OU seems to have found a starting lineup that works for them while Texas has rotated post players at times.
[pre]
Texas OU
Anne Marie (6-3) Williams (6-3)
Ashley (6-4) Griffin (6-6)
Yvonne (5-7) Ellenberg (5-7)
Ashleigh (5-8) Hook (5-10)
Chassidy (5-10) Hand (6-1) [/pre]
Hook has been a force in recent games from the PG position. She may not make a lot of shots but she gets to the FT line as she did against A&M and converts, hitting 9-10 against the Aggies. Horns will need to pressure her without sending her to the FT line. Williams has given them more power inside to go with Griffin’s length. In the last game, Griffin ended up nine blocks mostly by standing straight up and having the Horns drive right into her. Texas will need to force her to move on defense, making it tougher to get blocks and easier for fouls to be called. OU will look to slow or shut down Chassidy until the game is no longer in doubt. Most league teams have not been able to do that. Screening and quick passes will help free Chassidy and the other Texas guards up for shots.
Stats are conference stats only.
TEAM STATISTICS UT OU
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SCORING................. 936 1005
Points per game....... 62.4 67.0
Scoring margin........ -6.1 -0.1
FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 353-931 346-858
Field goal pct........ .379 .403
FG made per game...... 23.5 23.1
FG att per game....... 62.1 57.2
2POINT FG-ATT........... 279-710 267-636
2-point FG pct........ .393 .420
2-pt FG made per game. 18.6 17.8
2-pt FG att per game.. 47.3 42.4
3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 74-221 79-222
3-point FG pct........ .335 .356
3-pt FG made per game. 4.9 5.3
3-pt FG att per game.. 14.7 14.8
FREE THROWS-ATT......... 156-232 234-325
Free throw pct........ .672 .720
F-Throws made per game 10.4 15.6
F-Throws att per game. 15.5 21.7
REBOUNDS................ 577 593
Rebounds per game..... 38.5 39.5
Rebounding margin..... -1.9 +0.6
ASSISTS.................. 186 192
Assists per game...... 12.4 12.8
TURNOVERS................ 237 249
Turnovers per game.... 15.8 16.6 Turnover margin....... -0.5 -1.5 Assist/turnover ratio. 0.78 0.77 STEALS.................. 121 103 Steals per game....... 8.1 6.9 BLOCKS.................. 75 63 Blocks per game....... 5.0 4.2 ATTENDANCE.............. 28289 57974
Home games-Avg/Game... 7-4041 8-7247
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st aver 2nd aver OT1 aver OT2 aver Total aver
------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- --- ---- --- ---- ----- ----
Texas.................... 420 28.0 516 34.4 - - - - 936 62.4
Oklahoma................. 465 31.0 530 35.3 10 0.7 - - 1005 67.0
In the last game these two played, OU jumped out to a 7-0 lead and never lost it as they ended up with a 73-67 win in Norman. OU holds a significant advantage in 3pt FG% (35.6% to 33.5%) and FT% (72.0% to 67.2%). Even more importantly, they average making more FTs per game (15.6) than Texas attempts per game (15.5). Horns were able to negate this FT advantage by getting more FTs in the last game although both ended up with 19 made but couldn’t keep OU from 62% from BTA. Horns will need to do a better job of pressuring Hook, Hand, Ellenberg and Campbell when they are BTA. The Horns D, especially on the perimeter, will determine the winner in this game.
OU is angling for position in the Big 12 tournament along with A&M and KSU. Texas needs to win out to even have a chance of getting an invite to the big dance. Extra shots kept them in the previous game as thsy got off 73 shots compared to OU’s 52. Forcing 23 TOs wnile only committing 13 helped in getting those extra shots. Better shooting with a similar defensive effort will help.
Game time is at 5pm this Saturday. Coverage will on FSN. In Austin, that’s TWCHD 1539. KVET AM 1300 The Zone will carry the game in the Austin area while you can also listen to it on XM Ch. 202 and Sirius Ch. 216.
BEVO’S BARGAINS
Shoot for a Cure
OU is the Shoot for a Cure Game with fans urged to wear pink. Lots of other goodies free as noted in the article.
“Arena Reserved tickets are available for all fans for only $5 by visiting the UT Athletics Special Promotions page of TexasBoxOffice.com and entering the promotional code PINK.
Fans who prefer to order by phone may call 512-232-3865. (The deadline to order by phone is Friday, Feb. 24 at 4 p.m.).”
Faculty/Staff Day: $5 arena reserved ticket available to all University of Texas faculty and staff. Faculty and Staff may purchase tickets at Bellmont Hall (M-F; 9 a.m. -- 4 p.m.) or at the Frank Erwin Center's north or south box offices starting one hour prior to the game. Valid UT ID must be presented at the time of purchase.
Teacher Appreciation Day: $5 arena reserved ticket for all teachers and guests. ADVANCE SALE ONLY by calling (512) 232-3865. The deadline to order is Friday, Feb. 24 at noon.
Scout Day: $5 arena reserved ticket for all girl and boy scouts and guests. Scouts will receive a UT Athletics Scout patch at the game. ADVANCE SALE ONLY by calling (512) 232-3865. The deadline to order is Friday, Feb. 24 at noon.
Longhorns Kids Court: Youth 18 and under can enjoy inflatables, face painting, basketball goals and more for FREE presented by Carus Dental. Located at the Denton Cooley Pavilion, doors open 90 minutes before tip.
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