OU Women's Basketball News
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Video: Picture perfect - Sooners soar past OSU |
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Monday, 08 March 2010 12:36 |
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OU senior Amanda Thompson scored a career-high 29 points, while leading the Sooners to a 95-62 win over the Cowgirls in Norman on Sunday.
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Women's Hoops: Seniors sent out in style |
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 21:42 |
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(by AP) NORMAN, Okla. - Amanda Thompson's shots were falling like never before, her mother was there to see it, then all her teammates got in on the action.
Her last time playing at the Lloyd Noble Center in the regular season was like a dream -- or maybe even better. Thompson scored a career-high 29 points and helped lead Oklahoma (No. 12 ESPN/USA Today, No. 11 AP) with a record-setting 3-point avalanche in a 95-62 rout of No. 20 Oklahoma State on Sunday....read more from SoonerSports.com
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Women's Basketball: Seniors say goodbye with Bedlam blowout |
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 19:09 |
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(by Annelise Russell) Welcome to the closing act of the Amanda Thompson show.
The senior forward and OU women’s basketball team slammed the door shut on the Oklahoma State Cowgirls in a 95-62 Bedlam blowout.
Both Oklahoma squads were looking to head into the Big 12 Championships with a boost over an instate rival, but OU stole the show....read more from The Oklahoma Daily
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Sooners whip Cowgirls in Big 12 basketball |
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 19:01 |
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NORMAN -- Amanda Thompson scored 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds Sunday as Oklahoma ripped Oklahoma State 95-62 in Big 12 women's basketball at Lloyd Noble Center. Thompson was one of four Sooners to score in double figures. Abi Olajuwon added 10 rebounds.
OU (21-9 overall, 11-5 Big 12) coasted all the way....read more from The Oklahoman
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Women's Hoops: She is who she is |
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 11:31 |
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(by Clay Horning) Norman — It wasn’t who she was. Scoring a ton of points every night, becoming her own highlight reel, taking over just as soon as the ball was tipped at Lloyd Noble Center and throughout the Big 12 … it just wasn’t.
Yes, Amanda Thompson, coming out of Chicago’s Whitney Young High School, the Sun Times’ and the Tribune’s player of the year, the No. 5, 6 or 7 high school prospect in the nation, depending on the source, when she signed to play college basketball for coach Sherri Coale and Oklahoma, thought there would be nights like that....read more from The Norman Transcript
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Amanda Thompson's mom provides motivation |
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 11:05 |
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(by Jenni Carlson) NORMAN — Amanda Thompson’s motivation has always been about more than the name on the front of her jersey.
No doubt she has worn the Oklahoma jersey with pride for the past four years. She has played through injury and pain. She has played with intensity and passion.
The senior forward has done that for her team, but she’s also done it for a woman who shares the name on the back of her jersey....read more from The Oklahoman
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Women's Hoops: Bedlam on tap Sunday for Senior Night |
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Friday, 05 March 2010 11:16 |
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(by OU Media Relations) Though Oklahoma will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Championship, Sunday marks the final regular-season game at the Lloyd Noble Center for seniors Abi Olajuwon, Nyeshia Stevenson and Amanda Thompson. Ceremonies will commense following the game to honor their contributions to the program.
Abi Olajuwon played behind Courtney Paris for three years but made her mark in her senior season as a dependable and athletic post presence. Olajuwon leads the team in field goal percentage (50.0 percent) and is the team's most efficient rebounder and second most efficient scorer by minutes played. More than 300 over her 400 career points and 200 of her 350 career rebounds were attained this season....read more from SoonerSports.com
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Three Academic All-Big 12 in Women's Hoops |
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:46 |
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(by OU Media Relations) IRVING, Texas -- Oklahoma's Danielle Robinson, Jasmine Hartman and Amanda Thompson were among 47 student-athletes named to the 2010 Academic All-Big 12 Women's Basketball Team, the conference office announced Thursday.
Robinson was a first-team member for having a cumulative GPA more than 3.20. Hartman and Thompson each had a cumulative GPA more than 3.00.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the women's basketball academic all-league squad consisted of 34 first team members combined with 13 on the second team....read more from SoonerSports.com
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There’s still time for OU women to move up |
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 09:51 |
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(by Clay Horning) The Oklahoma women have lost eight games this season, four in the Big 12 Conference.
Still, they’re ranked No. 10 by the coaches and No. 11 by the media. If that makes it appear the Sooners are being treated kindly by the pollsters, there’s still a case to be made they aren’t being treated kindly enough....read more from The Norman Transcript
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Women's Hoops: Aggies hand Sooners 78-55 loss in blowout |
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 22:27 |
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(by Annelise Russell) The Lone Star State got the best of the Sooners Tuesday night.
OU women’s basketball suffered a 78-55 thumping at the hands of Texas A&M.
Despite the Aggies’ lopsided win, it looked like neither team was going to pull away early with a lead. A large margin victory was not expected in a game that featured two of the perennially strongest team in the Big 12....read more from The Oklahoma Daily
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Women's Hoops: Sooners Struggle in College Station |
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 22:06 |
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(by AP) COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Tanisha Smith scored 19 points, Danielle Adams added 18 and No. 15 Texas A&M cruised to a 78-55 win over 11th-ranked Oklahoma on Tuesday night.
The Aggies (21-7, 9-6 Big 12) used a dominant first half to build a 19-point lead and didn't allow Oklahoma to get within 10 points after halftime.
The Sooners (20-9, 10-5) cut the lead to 13 before the Aggies scored eight consecutive points to stretch their advantage to 64-43 with 8 minutes left....read more from SoonerSports.com
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