WBB Game Preview: Sooners Look to Extend Winning Streak on Sunday

Sunday, December 7

Norman, Okla.

1 PM

University of Oklahoma

Maryland Eastern Shore

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NORMAN, OK - November 19, 2025 - Oklahoma Forward Caya Smith (#4) during the game between the East Texas A&M Lions and the Oklahoma Sooners at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, OK. Photo By Brendall Vargas/University of Oklahoma

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WBB Game Preview: Sooners Look to Extend Winning Streak on Sunday

December 06, 2025 | Women's Basketball

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By: OU Athletics Communications

NORMAN — No. 9/9 Oklahoma (8-1) looks to extend its winning streak to eight as it hosts Maryland Eastern Shore (5-5) on Sunday.

Tip is set for 1 p.m. CT on SEC Network+ Chad McKee and Pooh Williamson on the call. Fans can tune in on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (1520 AM) with Brian Brinkley and Carolyn Baker, or listen in Spanish with Enrique Vasquez and Luis Rendon on Los Sooners Radio (1560 AM). Both radio broadcasts will also stream on the Varsity App.

Wednesday's game is OU's annual Teddy Bear Toss where fans are asked to bring a stuffed animal to throw on the court at halftime of the game. Fans can purchase the Sooner Sunday Four Pack starting at $48 which gives fans four tickets, four hot dogs, four sodas and one popcorn.

Oklahoma enters Sunday on a seven game winning streak, the third longest under head coach Jennie Baranczyk and two wins shy of her best mark at OU. The Sooners have dominated during the run, including the first stretch in program history with three straight wins by 50 points. OU has scored 100 points in four consecutive games for the first time ever and is averaging 99.6 points with a plus 35.6 scoring margin while shooting 48.4 percent from the field during the streak. All five starters are averaging double figures. The surge includes victories over two ACC opponents, defeating Florida State by 18 and NC State by five.

The Sooners and Hawks will meet for the second time ever. OU defeated UMES in Norman, 105-46, in 2013.

Following the game, the program will recognize head coach Jennie Baranczyk, Raegan Beers and Sahara Williams for the accomplishments with USA Basketball.

FAN INFORMATION AND HOW TO FOLLOW

Doors open at 12 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center, with tip scheduled for 1 p.m. on SEC Network+. The game will also air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network in English on 1520 AM and in Spanish on 1560 AM in Oklahoma City, with both broadcasts available on the Varsity App.

Fans can follow live stats throughout the game, and tickets remain available.

(9/9) Oklahoma vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
Date: Sunday, Dec. 7
Tip Time: 1:00 p.m. CT
Location: Norman, Okla.
Arena: Lloyd Noble Center

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LAST TIME OUT

• No. 9/9 Oklahoma defeated No. RV/25 NC State 103-98 in overtime at Lloyd Noble Center on Wednesday night to push its winning streak to six and give the Southeastern Conference a point in the ACC/SEC Women's Challenge. The Sooners used the 18th double-digit comeback of the Jennie Baranczyk era (2021-present) to force overtime and secure the win. The Sooners reached 100 points for the fourth straight game – 112 vs. Western Carolina 100 vs. Coppin State 109 vs. Florida State and 103 vs. NC State – setting a program record for consecutive 100-point games.

• Aaliyah Chavez starred with a career-high 33 points on 13 of 26 shooting with four rebounds and four assists. Her 33 points are the third most ever by an OU freshman in a game and the most scored by a freshman nationally this season. Her 62 points across the last two games are the most in a two-game span by a freshman in OU history. Chavez leads all true freshmen with five or more games played in scoring this season at 19.7 points per game which is 3.7 points more than USC's Jazzy Davidson who ranks second. There have been six games this season where a true freshman has scored 29 or more points and Chavez owns three of them.

NOTABLES

• Freshman standout Aaliyah Chavez is coming off a pair of explosive performances, scoring 33 points against NC State on Wednesday after a 29-point effort vs. Florida State. If she reaches 25 or more on Sunday against UMES, she would become the first Sooner since Courtney Paris (Feb. 21 through Feb. 28, 2007) to record three straight games of 25 points. Chavez's 62 points over the last two contests are the most in a two-game stretch by a freshman in OU history.

• Oklahoma has the highest-scoring starting five in the country, as its starters combine to average 73.8 points per game. The Sooners are one of only eight teams nationally with five or more players in double figures, and the offense continues to rank among the nation's elite. OU is fourth in scoring offense at 93.3 points per game, eleventh in assists per game at 20.0, and nineteenth in offensive rating at 114.9. The Sooners also own the longest active streak in the country with four straight games of 100 points.

• While the OU offense commands much of the attention, the Sooner defense has quietly emerged as one of the nation's best. Oklahoma ranks 15th in opponent field goal percentage (32.7%) and has held all but one opponent below 40% shooting this season. The Sooners are inside the top 25 in several major defensive metrics, leading the country in both defensive rebounds per game (35.7) and opponent paint points per game (19.1). OU also ranks 10th nationally in blocks per game (6.4) and remains among the top 40 teams in defensive rating.

• 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 17.3 points per game on 60.2% shooting and adds 10.6 rebounds per game. In nine games, she has recorded seven double-doubles (six straight), good for the most in the country.

• Shara Williams is the only Power Four player – and one of three nationally – averaging at least 10.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. She joins teammate Raegan Beers as one of four SEC players averaging a double-double, and the Sooners are the only team in the country with two players that average a double-double.

SERIES HISTORY

• The Sooners and Hawks have met once before, a 2013 meeting in Norman that saw OU win 105-46. Nicole Kornet scored 26 points on that afternoon in Norman. The Sooners are 4-0 all-time vs. teams from the MEAC, including 1-0 this season (Coppin State) with another game (NC Central) on the docket.