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schooner2
12-28-2002, 08:03 PM
Oklahoma pulled away from a 10-10 tie and never looked back to defeat the Otahkians.

One of the more unique nicknames for a team you'll ever see. Otahki is the name of a Cherokee Indian princess that died on the Trail of Tears during the winter of 1838-39 as they were forced to move westward to Oklahoma.

Here's the official blurb:

Theresa Schuknecht had 23 points and eight rebounds, and Dionnah Jackson added 20 points to lead No. 19 Oklahoma to an 87-59 victory Saturday over Southeast Missouri State.

Maria Villarroel added 13 points for the Sooners (9-3).

Kenja White led Southeast Missouri (6-4) with 21 points, and Lori Chase had 14 points and five rebounds.

Oklahoma dominated the first half, hitting 62.1 percent of its field goal attempts and all 10 free-throw tries to take a 49-25 halftime lead.

Southeast Missouri State closed the gap in the second half, hitting 15-of-34 field goals attempts and 28.6 percent of its 3-point shots.

The Sooners outscored Southeast Missouri in the paint (44-12) and in points off turnovers (25-8).

swok34
12-28-2002, 10:54 PM
Lauren Shoush had an awesome game.....she made some fantastic passes into the post. OU took a whole lot better care of the basketball than in games previous.

I really thought everyone played very good, SE Mo State has absolutely no height, and Schuknecht was able to take advantage of that.

The entire team played good and I was really surprised that they put up 49 points in the first half; very good for this group.

OU should have and did beat SE MO State by a large margin, SE MO State just doesn't have the athleticism and the speed of OU.
Simon still sits on the sidelines, I'm guessing that it will be the doctor's call if she plays next Friday nite vs. Stanford.

Since the entire OU band is in Pasadena, Calif.....we had a guest band, they were absolutely awesome, playing the Eagles, Doobie Brothers....ok, that was my era, they played quite a bit more.