WBB Game Preview: Ranked Bedlam Matchup Set for Saturday in OKC

Saturday, December 13

Paycom Center • Oklahoma City, Okla.

3 PM

University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

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WBB Game Preview: Ranked Bedlam Matchup Set for Saturday in OKC

December 12, 2025 | Women's Basketball

By: OU Athletics Communications

NORMAN — Bedlam is back after a one-year hiatus and comes as a top-25 matchup as No. 9 Oklahoma (10-1) faces No. 23 Oklahoma State (10-1) at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Saturday afternoon.

The game is part of a Bedlam doubleheader, as the OU men's basketball team faces OSU at noon. Tickets to either game will get fans into both contests and are available now.

Tip is set for 3 p.m. CT on ESPNU with Beth Mowins and Debbie Antonelli calling the action. Fans can tune in on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (107.7 FM or 1520 AM) with Brian Brinkley and Tyler Neal, or listen in Spanish with Enrique Vasquez and Eduardo Olivas on Los Sooners Radio (1560 AM). Both radio broadcasts will also stream on the Varsity App.

Jennie Baranczyk is 6-0 as OU's head coach against Oklahoma State, with the Sooners winning all six matchups by an average of 14.0 points. The most recent meeting – a 91-56 victory in Norman – featured current Sooners Sahara Williams, Payton Verhulst and Beatrice Culliton, with Williams scoring 20 points and Verhulst pulling down 13 rebounds. OU's 2023 win over OSU moved the Sooners within one game of their second straight conference title, which they secured in the following game against Texas. Oklahoma holds a 69-47 all-time series advantage over Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma enters the contest on a nine-game winning streak, tied for the second-longest run in program history. The Sooners can make it 10 straight on Saturday, which would move the streak into sole possession of second all-time at OU, trailing only a 20-game run in 2008-09. OU has dominated during the stretch, including the first instance in program history of three consecutive wins by 50 points. The Sooners have scored at least 90 points in each of the last seven games and reached 100 points in five of them. During the streak, Oklahoma is averaging 98.9 points on 49% shooting and winning by an average of 39.7 points, with all five starters scoring in double figures during the run.

FAN INFORMATION AND HOW TO FOLLOW

A ticket to one game is valid for both the men's and women's game. Fans can follow live stats throughout the game, and tickets remain available.

(9) Oklahoma vs. (23) Oklahoma State
Date: Saturday, Dec. 13
Tip Time: 3:00 p.m. CT
Location: Oklahoma City, Okla.
Arena: Paycom Center

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LAST TIME OUT

• No. 9 Oklahoma extended its winning streak to nine games on Thursday, tying the second-longest run in program history with three other Baranczyk-era streaks, with a 103-48 win over Little Rock at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. OU has now opened 10-1 or better in three straight seasons and in four of five under head coach Jennie Baranczyk. The active nine-game winning streak trails only the program record 20-game run by the 2008-09 Final Four team. The Sooners have also won eight straight games in December, a streak that dates back to 2023.

• Oklahoma All-American senior Raegan Beers posted game highs with 26 points and 15 rebounds while tying her career high with five assists. She eclipsed 1,000 career rebounds in the win, becoming the fourth active Division I player to reach the milestone. Beers is the only player in the nation with 1,700 career points and 1,000 career rebounds and leads the country among active players with 53 career double-doubles.

BEDLAM SERIES HISTORY

• After a one-year hiatus, following annual meetings every season since 1975, Bedlam basketball returns. The 658 days between meetings is the longest gap in series history. Saturday marks the 117th edition of Bedlam. Oklahoma holds a 69-47 all-time advantage over Oklahoma State and has won six straight, all under Jennie Baranczyk.

• OU's 69 wins over OSU are the most against any single opponent in program history. After OU claimed 25 of the first 26 matchups of the 21st century, the rivalry has tightened, with the Sooners holding a 16-12 edge across the last 28 contests.

NOTABLES

• There are three teams in the nation with their entire starting five scoring in double figures, and Saturday pits the two highest scoring against each other with the Sooners (72.5 PPG) and Cowgirls (64.6 PPG). Both offenses are elite, with OU ranked third nationally in scoring offense at 93.9 points per game, 11th in assists per game at 20.2 and 17th in offensive rating at 116.0, while OSU ranks second nationally in scoring offense.

• OU's defense has emerged as one of the nation's most disruptive. The Sooners rank third nationally in opponent field goal percentage (30.8%), holding teams 11.7% below their season shooting average and 11.3 points fewer than their typical scoring output. OU also ranks 11th nationally in blocks per game (6.5) and 31st in steals per game (12.2). The Sooners' defensive rating of 75.6 is 17th nationally, and OU has not allowed an opponent to shoot above 42% this season.

• OU held steady at No. 9 in Monday's AP Top 25 poll and checked in at No. 9 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, marking a run of five straight weeks in the AP Top 10 for the second year in a row. The Sooners have now appeared in the AP Top 25 for 34 consecutive weeks, the eighth-longest active streak nationally and the fourth-longest in program history, and their 26 straight weeks inside the AP top 20 is tied with North Carolina for the seventh-longest active run in the country. The ranked Bedlam matchup is the rivalry's first since 2016.

• Raegan Beers, Oklahoma's All-American center, has continued her dominance in the paint and solidified herself as one of the nation's top players. She scores 17.7 points per game on 61.7% shooting and adds 10.6 rebounds per game. In 11 games, she has recorded eight double-doubles, including six with 20 points, good for the most in the country.

• Aaliyah Chavez leads OU with 19.2 points per game – the top scoring mark among all true freshmen nationally and the only true freshman ranked inside the top 50 in NCAA scoring. She also leads the Sooners in assists (4.0 APG), adds 3.5 rebounds per game and ranks second in the SEC in made 3-pointers (33).

UP NEXT

The Sooners close non-conference play at home on Dec. 22 when North Carolina Central comes to Norman for a 12 p.m. CT tip on SECN+.

SEC play opens Jan. 1 when OU travels to College Station to face Texas A&M.