Oklahoma Rolls Past Morgan State in Home Opener

Sunday, November 8

2 PM

University of Oklahoma

2-0,0-0SEC

Morgan State

1-3,0-0MEAC

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Morgan St.	11	10	9	8	38
Oklahoma	28	14	28	25	95

November 08, 2026 | Women's Basketball

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By: OU Athletics Communications

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Freshman LeeLee Bell had 20 points and 12 rebounds for her first double-double, Sa'Myah Smith added 18 points, nine boards and two blocks off the bench, and No. 21 Oklahoma beat Morgan State 95-38 on Sunday in its home opener.

Bell scored seven of her 11 first-quarter points during Oklahoma's 16-0 run to close the frame for a 28-11 lead. After leading 42-21 at halftime, the Sooners opened the third quarter on a 12-0 run as Morgan State did not score until the 6:38 mark.

Oklahoma also closed the game on a 22-4 run for its largest lead. The Sooners finished with 31 points off 24 Morgan State turnovers and held a 58-23 lead on the glass.

Bell was 6 of 15 from the field, including 1 of 5 from 3-point range, and 7 of 8 at the free-throw line. On Monday, Bell became the first freshman this century to score 25 points in their debut against a ranked opponent, while her points were the most by a Sooner freshman in their debut.

Sina Hollerl scored 13 off the bench and Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu grabbed 11 rebounds for Oklahoma (2-0), which opened the season with a 91-79 victory over No. 12 North Carolina in Paris.

Morgan State (1-3), which was coming off a 92-38 loss at No. 22 Oklahoma State, did not have a player reach double-digit points for a second straight game.

The Sooners have won 33 straight games against unranked opponents, including 20 consecutive against unranked non-conference foes at home.

OU faces San Jose State, coached by former Jennie Baranczyk assistant Jonas Chatterton, Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Norman.

POSTGAME NOTES

• No. 21 Oklahoma (2-0) improved to 6-0 in home openers under head coach Jennie Baranczyk on Sunday afternoon, defeating Morgan State, 95-38, at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman.

• The Sooners scored on their opening possession and never trailed, building a 17-point lead after the first quarter and taking a 21-point advantage into halftime. Oklahoma held Morgan State to just 17 second-half points en route to the 57-point victory, its third-largest margin of victory in a home opener in program history and largest since 2011. The win improved OU to 41-11 all-time in home openers and extended its winning streak against unranked opponents to 33 games.

• True freshman LeeLee Bell, who scored 25 points in her historic debut against No. 12 North Carolina earlier in the week, recorded her first career double-double on Sunday with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Bell is the first Sooner freshman since Taylor Robertson (2018-19) to open her career with back-to-back 20-point performances. The Minot, N.D., product also added four steals, becoming the first Sooner to post at least 20 points, 12 rebounds and four steals in a game since Teresa Schuknecht in 2002.

• Fifth-year forward Sa'Myah Smith added 18 points and nine rebounds in just 20 minutes of action. The DeSoto, Texas, product shot 8-of-9 from the field, including a perfect mark inside the 3-point arc, and finished with a +21 plus-minus.

• Freshman Sina Hollerl knocked down a team-high three 3-pointers en route to 13 points off the bench. The Austrian helped Oklahoma finish with eight made 3-pointers on 30 attempts in the victory.

• Caya Smith made her first career start in place of sophomore guard Aaliyah Chavez, who missed Sunday's contest. Smith tallied four points, five rebounds and four assists in 21 minutes. Following the game, head coach Jennie Baranczyk said Chavez's status was day-to-day.

• Sophomore Keziah Lofton tallied eight points and seven assists without committing a turnover, finishing with a +36 plus-minus rating in just her second career start. Lofton became the ninth Sooner of the Baranczyk era to record at least seven assists without a turnover in a game.

• Oklahoma's offensive effort was balanced, as nine Sooners made multiple field goals and eight scored at least five points. OU dominated the glass, outrebounding Morgan State 58-23. The +35 rebounding margin was the Sooners' largest since posting a +36 advantage against East Texas A&M in November 2025.

• The Sooners extended their winning streak when leading at halftime to 24 games and improved to 93-6 when scoring at least 80 points under Baranczyk. Since the start of the Baranczyk era, OU has eclipsed 90 points 54 times, third most in the country.

• Defensively, Oklahoma held Morgan State to just 23.5% shooting (12-of-51), marking the eighth time a Baranczyk-led OU team has held an opponent below 25% from the field, including seven times since the start of the 2025-26 season.

• Oklahoma returns to action Tuesday at 6 p.m. against San Jose State in Norman. The Spartans are led by former OU assistant coach Jonas Chatterton and feature former Sooner Jordan Moser, the daughter of Oklahoma men's basketball head coach Porter Moser, on their coaching staff. The contest will air on SEC Network+.