Texas vs OU

BBV_Horn

BBV_Horn

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OK, I am worried about this one, esp. with Danielle Robinson..

BABHorn, put up some of your good mojo aka info...

Who guards her? How do we match up....??

TEXAS !!! FIGHT!!!!

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geez, lots of questions. any answers? I don't worry about that. The Horns have excellent defenders at the SF and guard positions. Ashleigh will probably start off on her although all
of our guards will probably take turns on her.

The better question is: how will they guard us, now that they have to account for more balanced scoring from the perimeter?
 
These two rivals come into this game with their sights set on extending one game winning streaks. OU is at 5-2 and Texas at 3-3. On Sunday, OU won at Tech 70-66. Texas beat Baylor 61-50.OU has won all three league home games. OU has yet to lose at home this season. Texas is 1-1 on the road in Big 12 play. In this week’s AP poll, OU is 13th and Texas is 17th. Last week’s ESPN poll, due to be updated on Tuesday, has OU at 12th and Texas at 25th.

Danielle Robinson (#13, 5-9 Jr. G) with 17.1 ppg leads the Sooners. Nyeshia Stevenson (#1, 5-10 Sr. G, 16.3 ppg) and Amanda Thompson (#21, 6-1 Sr. F, 11.3 ppg) also rank among the top 25 league scorers. Stevenson is fourth in the league with 2.43 3s made per game. Robinson (37-39, 94.9%) ranks first in the league in FT shooting average. Stevenson (15-18, 83.3%) is seventh.

Thompson and Abi Olajuwon (#34, 6-4 Sr, C) are first and second on the team in rebounding with 10.1 and 7.0 rpg, respectively. Robinson tops the Sooners in assists with an average of 4.6 apg. Thompson adds 2.7 apg. Robinson has 10 steals to lead the Sooners. Olajuwon has 5 blocks to lead OU. Carlee Roethlisberger (#10, 6-1 Jr. F) has taken over as the fifth starter after Whitney Hand went down with an injury. Jasmine Hartman (#45, 5-10 Soph. G) and Joanne McFarland (#53, 6-3 Fr. F) are the primary reserves for OU.

In conference play, Texas is led in scoring by four players with double digits averages: Brit (15.5 ppg), Ashleigh (11.8 ppg), Kat (10.8 ppg), and Erika (10.0 ppg). Rounding off averages, the rest of the Horns average between 9 and 3 ppg. The top four scorers have taken between 53 and 71 shots for 64.8% of the FGA in Big 12 play. They have made 64.3% of the FGM. Those four are also the most likely take a 3, having taken 87% of 3s attempted in conference play. That comes out to 88.1% of 3s made by the team. Kristen is hitting 100% of her 3s (1-1) while Earnie is 3-8 from BTA. Brit is the most successful Horn at getting to the FT line. She has been there 42 times and made 31 (73.8%). Kat has the best % of any Horn taking at least 10 FTs, hitting 13-15 for 86.7%. Erika (7-7) and Lauren (6-6) have yet to miss in Big 12 play.

Kat is the top rebounder at 7.0 rpg. Six others average between 5.0 and 3.7 rpg. Four Horns have double digit assists in conference play, led by Ashleigh’s 17. Ashley’s 19 blocks lead the team by a wide margin with Cokie’s 5 second on the team. Earnie has 10 steals, tops on the squad. Five others have between 5 and 8 steals.

OU has started Robinson, Stevenson, Thompson and Olajuwon all 20 games, including all seven Big 12 games. Whitney Hand started the first five games before being injured. Roethlisberger has started the last 15 games. For Texas, Brit, Ashleigh, Kat, Ashley, and Earnie have started all six conference games.

Projected starters:
[pre]Texas Oklahoma
Brit(6-1) Stevenson(5-10)
Ashleigh(5-8) Robinson(5-9)
Kat(6-2) Roethlisberger(6-1)
Earnie(6-1) Thompson(6-1)
Ashley(6-4) Olajuwon(6-3)[/pre]

For OU, Olajuwon needs to provide inside scoring for them. She started league strong, averaging 12 ppg in the first 3 games. The next three, she averaged 8.3 ppg. In their last game against Tech, she scored one point in 24 minutes. She did grab 10 rebounds in that game. Robinson is one of the quickest guards in the Big 12 but the Horns beat OSU, who has the fastest and quickest guard in the Big 12 in Riley. Yvonne did an outstanding job on Riley. It’s likely that she will also get a chance to go up against Robinson. It will be interesting to see how Ashley and Cokie fair against Olajuwon and her two freshmen backups. Horns use a ten player rotation while OU basically has gone with a seven player rotation in league games. Texas has gotten sufficient contributions from all ten. Bench depth could come into play, especially if both teams run.
r>[pre]Big 12 TEAM STATISTICS UT(3-3) OU(5-2)
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SCORING.................. 453 463
Points per game........ 75.5 66.1
Scoring margin......... -0.8 +3.4
FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 154-378 171-408
Field goal pct......... .407 .419
FG made per game....... 25.7 24.4
FG att’d per game...... 63.0 58.3
2 POINT FG-ATT........... 112-270 144-313
2-pt FG pct............ .415 .460
2-pt FG made per game.. 18.7 20.6
2-pt FG att’d per game. 45.0 44.7
3 POINT FG-ATT........... 42-108 27-95
3-point FG pct......... .389 .284
3-pt FG made per game.. 7.0 3.9
3-pt FG att’d per game. 18.0 13.6
FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 103-147 94-124
Free throw pct......... .701 .758
F-Throws made per game. 17.2 13.4
FTs att’d per game..... 24.5 17.7
REBOUNDS................. 229 273
Rebounds per game...... 38.2 39.0
Rebounding margin...... -1.2 +5.7
ASSISTS.................. 74 82
Assists per game....... 12.3 11.7
TURNOVERS................ 90 118
Turnovers per game..... 15.0 16.9
Turnover margin........ +1.2 -1.1
Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.8 0.7
STEALS................... 48 35
Steals per game........ 8.0 5.0
BLOCKS................... 39 15
Blocks per game........ 6.5 2.1
WINNING STREAK........... 1 1
Home win streak........ 1 3
ATTENDANCE............... 24105 23508
Home games-Avg/Game.... 4-6026 3-7836


SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st - 2nd - 1OT – 2OT - Total
-------------------- --- --- --- --- -----
Texas-6 games....... 154 211 15 - 12 - 392
Oklahoma-7 games.... 217 246 – - 463[/pre]


OU will run into the league’s top shot blocking team (6.5 bpg)led by Ashley, second in the league with 3.2 bpg. BU’s Griner had 11 blocks in Baylor’s win over OU. Will Texas be able to stuff OU’s shots in a similar manner? Horns are tied with Nebraska as the top scoring unit with an average of 75.5 ppg. Their defense against Baylor was their best effort in league play. A key stat will be if the Horns will be able to get to the FT line. They are averaging making as many FTs per game as OU attempts. Another key will be rebounding. They are close but OU does better grabbing defensive rebounds than the Horns have so far. Texas is one of the best in the league in making 3s, both in number made per game and in percentage but their defense of 3s is among the worse. OU, on the other hand, is not a good shooting team from BTA, neither in number made nor in percentage made. However, they are one of the better teams in defending the 3. So who will prevail, UT’s ability to drain 3s or OU’s D? Will OU continue to struggle from BTA or will they take advantage of the Horns’ problems defending the 3?

The game will on radio on KVET 1300 AM in the Austin area. It will be televised on the Sooner Sports Network.
 
OUCH!

It looks like we are behind in every stat other than 3 pointers!

Well, if we played like we did vs Baylor and stay close or up in rebounding.....I say we get out with a W.

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Come on bigs, ya gotta box out!!

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Well, I see advantages going to Texas all over:

Advantage: Texas:
PPG: 75.5 to 66.1
# of FG made per game: 25.7 to 24.4
# of FG attempted per game: 63.0 to 58.3
3pt FG%: 38.9 to 28.4
#3pters made per game: 7.0 to 3.9
#3pters attempted per game: 18.0 to 13.6
#FT made per game: 18.0 to 13.6
#FT attempted per game: 24.5 to 17.7
Assists per game: 12.3 to 11.7
TOs per game: 15.0 to 16.9
TO margin: +1.2 to -1.1
Steals per game: 8.0 to 5.0
Blocks per game: 6.5 2.1

We play our game and they play theirs, I would expect Texas to get the win.
 
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