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By Tyler Palmateer
CNHI Sports Oklahoma
Consider one goal achieved.
The No. 22 Sooners rolled to a 109-65 exhibition victory Tuesday over Division II Southwestern Oklahoma State, answering OU women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale’s call for better offensive output.
Freshman guard Ana Llanusa led all scorers for the second straight game with 22 points off the bench. The difference was five other Sooners joined her in double figures in their final tuneup before the regular season.
Veteran guard Maddie Manning scored 20 points and was critical in an early knockout blow, while center Vionise Pierre-Louis scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, going 6 of 7 from the free-throw line.
Senior guard Gabbi Ortiz scored 14 points, freshman guard Shaina Pellington scored 12 and junior forward Ijeoma Odimgbe chipped in 10.
OU shot 49 percent from the field after a 42 percent mark last week in a preseason game against Central Oklahoma. Coale felt her team could do better, and it produced.
The Sooners turned the ball over just eight times and had a stronger defensive performance, scoring 18 points off SWOSU’s 15 miscues and frustrating the Bulldogs into 29 percent shooting.
Pierre-Louis had four blocks, while Manning and Ortiz tallied four steals apiece.
Manning scored five points in an 11-3 firsthalf run that gave OU a 44-24 lead with 3:51 until halftime, its largest advantage to that point.
OU opens the regular season against Belmont at 7 p.m. Friday inside Lloyd Noble Center, with plans to honor former Sooner All-American Courtney Paris’ jersey at halftime.
CNHI Sports Oklahoma
Consider one goal achieved.
The No. 22 Sooners rolled to a 109-65 exhibition victory Tuesday over Division II Southwestern Oklahoma State, answering OU women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale’s call for better offensive output.
Freshman guard Ana Llanusa led all scorers for the second straight game with 22 points off the bench. The difference was five other Sooners joined her in double figures in their final tuneup before the regular season.
Veteran guard Maddie Manning scored 20 points and was critical in an early knockout blow, while center Vionise Pierre-Louis scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, going 6 of 7 from the free-throw line.
Senior guard Gabbi Ortiz scored 14 points, freshman guard Shaina Pellington scored 12 and junior forward Ijeoma Odimgbe chipped in 10.
OU shot 49 percent from the field after a 42 percent mark last week in a preseason game against Central Oklahoma. Coale felt her team could do better, and it produced.
The Sooners turned the ball over just eight times and had a stronger defensive performance, scoring 18 points off SWOSU’s 15 miscues and frustrating the Bulldogs into 29 percent shooting.
Pierre-Louis had four blocks, while Manning and Ortiz tallied four steals apiece.
Manning scored five points in an 11-3 firsthalf run that gave OU a 44-24 lead with 3:51 until halftime, its largest advantage to that point.
OU opens the regular season against Belmont at 7 p.m. Friday inside Lloyd Noble Center, with plans to honor former Sooner All-American Courtney Paris’ jersey at halftime.
