2008–09 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team

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2008–09 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball
Big 12 Champions
ConferenceBig Twelve Conference
DivisionSouth
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4[1]
APNo. 2
Record32–4 (14–2 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaLloyd Noble Center
Seasons

The 2008–09 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Sooners were coached by Sherri Coale. The Sooners are a member of the Big Twelve Conference and qualified for the Final Four.

2008–09 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma 15 – 1   .938 32 – 5   .865
No. 5 Baylor † 12 – 4   .750 29 – 6   .829
No. 17 Iowa State 11 – 5   .688 27 – 9   .750
No. 9 Texas A&M 11 – 5   .688 27 – 8   .771
No. 21 Kansas State 10 – 6   .625 25 – 8   .758
No. 25 Texas 8 – 8   .500 21 – 12   .636
Texas Tech 6 – 10   .375 16 – 15   .516
Kansas 6 – 10   .375 22 – 14   .611
Nebraska 6 – 10   .375 15 – 16   .484
Oklahoma State 4 – 12   .250 17 – 16   .515
Missouri 4 – 12   .250 13 – 17   .433
Colorado 3 – 13   .188 11 – 18   .379
† 2009 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [2]


Offseason[edit]

Preseason[edit]

Exhibition[edit]

Date Location Opponent Sooners Points Opp. Points Record
Nov. 6/08 Western State
Nov. 11/08 Oklahoma Christian

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Preseason WNIT[edit]

Date Location Opponent Sooners Points Opp. Points Record
Nov. 15/08 Norman, OK UC Riverside 88 57 1-0
Nov. 19/08 Norman, OK Middle Tennessee 85 65 2-0
Nov. 21/08 Norman, OK Arizona State 70 57 3-0
Nov. 23/08 Norman, OK North Carolina 79 80 3-1

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Regular season[edit]

  • Reserve Nyeshia Stevenson hit back-to-back 3-pointers and gave Oklahoma (ranked No. 6 in the ESPN/USA Today Poll, ranked No. 5 in the AP poll) its first lead of the game with 3:43 to play. The Sooners made an improbable comeback from a 26-point halftime deficit to shock the California Golden Bears (No. 7 ESPN/USA Today, No. 9 AP) 86-75 on Saturday night in the Basketball By The Bay Classic.[5]

Cal led by 17 points, 69-52, before Oklahoma (8-2) closed the game with a 34-6 run. Stevenson finished with 21 points and Courtney Paris had 18 points and 13 rebounds to extend her consecutive streak of double-doubles dating to her freshman season to 102 games in Oklahoma's third straight victory since their loss to top-ranked Connecticut on Nov. 30. Cal had won the only other two meetings with Oklahoma but this marked the first matchup between the schools since Nov. 28, 1987, when the Bears won 81-66 in the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu.[5]

  • January 4: The Sooners set a new school record for fewest points allowed in an 89-25 drubbing of North Carolina Central on Saturday. Whitney Hand scored 16 of her game-high 18 points in the opening half and Oklahoma blew out to a 50-15 lead in the first half.

Five Sooners scored in double-figures, including Courtney Paris, who finished with 11 points and 12 rebounds in only 22 minutes to stretch her NCAA record streak of consecutive double-doubles to 105 games.[6]

Roster[edit]

Number Name Height Position Class
1 Nyeshia Stevenson 5-9 Forward/Guard Junior
3 Courtney Paris 6-4 Center Senior
4 Abi Olajuwon 6-4 Center Junior
5 Ashley Paris 6-3 Forward Senior
10 Carlee Roethlisberger 6-1 Forward Sophomore
13 Danielle Robinson 5-9 Guard Sophomore
14 Lauren Willis 5-11 Guard Sophomore
15 Carolyn Winchester 5-11 Forward Senior
21 Amanda Thompson 6-0 Forward Junior
25 Whitney Hand 6-1 Guard Freshman
31 Rose Hammond 5-9 Guard Junior
45 Jasmine Hartman 5-10 Guard Freshman
53 Jenny Vining 5-9 Guard Sophomore

Schedule[edit]

Date Location Opponent Sooners Points Opp. Points Record
Nov. 26/08 Norman Marist 83 57 1-0
Nov. 30/08 Storrs, CT Connecticut 78 106 1-1
Dec. 3/08 Norman Creighton 69 49 2-1
Dec. 7/08 Jonesboro, AR Arkansas State 87 57 3-1
Dec. 12/08 San Jose, CA Cal State Bakersfield 105 84 4-1
Dec. 13/08 San Jose, CA California 86 75 5-1
Dec. 21/08 Norman Tulsa 94 42 6-1
Dec. 30/08 St. Louis, MO Saint Louis 87 61 7-1
Jan. 04/09 Norman NC Central 89 25 8-1
Jan. 10/09 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 77 56 9-1
Jan. 14/09 Norman Kansas State 64 48 10-1
Jan. 18/09 Norman Texas A&M 71 59 11-1
Jan. 21/09 Boulder, CO Colorado 72 58 12-1
Jan. 25/09 Norman Texas 89 69 13-1
Jan. 28/09 Waco, TX Baylor 56 51 14-1
Jan. 31/09 Norman Missouri 78 56 15-1
Feb. 2/09 Oklahoma City Tennessee 80 70 16-1
Feb. 8/09 Stillwater, OK Oklahoma State 93 75 17-1
Feb. 11/09 Norman Iowa State 58 49 18-1
Feb. 14/09 Lawrence, KS Kansas 69 54 19-1

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Notes[edit]

  • Abi Olajuwon scored season-high seven points in 12 minutes versus Cal State Bakersfield on December 12. She grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds against North Carolina Central on January 4.[7]
  • Carlee Roethlisberger scored a season-high 12 points versus Arizona State on November 21.[8]
  • Nyeshia Steveson shot 44.0 percent from the field, including a 36.4 percent (51-of-140) mark from 3-point range, and was 42-of-69 (.609) from the free throw line. She was named Big 12 Player of the Week following her remarkable play at the Basketball by the Bay Classic in San Jose, California on December 12 and 13. Stevenson scored a career-high 23 points and five assists in rout of Cal State Bakersfield on December 12. She led OU's NCAA-record comeback victory against California on December 13) with a 21-point performance. All the points were scored in the second half, including the game-tying, go-ahead and game-winning field goals [9]

Player stats[edit]

Player Games Played Minutes Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Courtney Paris 37 1072 236 0 116 503 57 108 34 588
Danielle Robinson 37 1116 180 0 119 106 217 3 82 479
Ashley Paris 37 1125 196 1 73 355 61 32 28 466
Nyeshia Stevenson 37 755 124 51 42 64 45 6 41 341
Whitney Hand 33 953 106 62 29 97 54 17 40 303
Amanda Thompson 36 786 104 7 29 164 67 31 44 244
Carlee Roethlisberger 37 482 54 19 16 59 16 2 11 143
Jenny Vining 35 457 39 30 8 28 24 2 7 116
Jasmine Hartman 35 332 27 5 10 29 38 5 11 69
Abi Olajuwon 27 162 13 0 11 59 3 4 7 37
Lauren Willis 15 65 4 2 0 2 1 0 3 10
Rose Hammond 18 71 2 0 3 13 7 0 4 7
Carolyn Winchester 8 24 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0

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Postseason[edit]

NCAA basketball tournament[edit]

  • Oklahoma Cit Regional
    • Oklahoma 76, Prairie View 47
    • Oklahoma 69, Georgia Tech 50
    • Oklahoma 70, Pittsburgh 59
    • Oklahoma 74, Purdue 68
  • Final Four

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Awards and honors[edit]

  • Nyeshia Stevenson, Big 12 Sixth Man Award
  • Nyeshia Stevenson, Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 15, 2009)
  • Nyeshia Stevenson, Led Big 12 in 3-point percentage during conference play with .414 percentage.
  • Nyeshia Stevenson, OU record streak of nine consecutive games making at least one 3-pointer (Dec. 3 vs. Creighton to Jan. 14 vs. Kansas State) [9]

Team players drafted into the WNBA[edit]

Round Pick Player WNBA Club
1 7 Courtney Paris Sacramento Monarchs
2 22 Ashley Paris Los Angeles Sparks

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2022-23 Women's College Basketball Rankings for Week 7". ESPN.
  2. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "SoonerSports.com - Official Site of the Oklahoma Sooners - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "SoonerSports.com - Official Site of the Oklahoma Sooners - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  5. ^ a b "OU Overcomes Deficit, Stuns Cal SoonerSports.com - Official Site of the Oklahoma Sooners - OU Overcomes Deficit, Stuns Cal". Archived from the original on May 24, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  6. ^ "Sooners Soar Past Eagles, 89-25 SoonerSports.com - Official Site of the Oklahoma Sooners - Sooners Soar Past Eagles, 89-25". Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  7. ^ "Player Bio: Abi Olajuwon SoonerSports.com - Official Site of the Oklahoma Sooners - Player Bio: Abi Olajuwon". Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  8. ^ "Player Bio: Carlee Roethlisberger SoonerSports.com - Official Site of the Oklahoma Sooners - Player Bio: Carlee Roethlisberger". Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  9. ^ a b "Player Bio: Nyeshia Stevenson SoonerSports.com - Official Site of the Oklahoma Sooners - Player Bio: Nyeshia Stevenson". Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  10. ^ "Stats 2008-2009". Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  11. ^ "Women's 2009 Final Four Official Site". Archived from the original on April 17, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  12. ^ "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2009.

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