WBB Game Preview: Sooners to Face San Jose State in Norman

NORMAN — No. 14 Oklahoma plays game two of a six-game homestand, its longest since 2012-13, on Tuesday night when it hosts San Jose State (0-1) at Lloyd Noble Center. Tip is set for 6 p.m. on SEC Network+ with Chad McKee and Bryndon Manzer on the call. Brian Brinkley and Carolyn Baker will call the action on the Sooner Sports Radio Network.

Oklahoma climbed seven spots to No. 14 in the Nov. 9 AP poll following a 2-0 start. The Sooners' jump was the largest nationally this week and the ninth-largest in program history, including the second-largest under Baranczyk.

FAN INFORMATION

Doors open at 5 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center, with tip scheduled for 6 p.m. The game will air on SEC Network+ and on the Sooner Sports Radio Network.

Fans can follow live stats throughout the game, and tickets remain available through the Oklahoma Ticket Office.

Tuesday is Military Appreciation Night and fans can take home a green USA-themed OU hat as the giveaway.

LAST TIME OUT

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.

SERIES HISTORY

Tuesday marks the first all-time meeting between Oklahoma and San Jose State. The Sooners are 18-8 in program history vs. team from the Mountain West Conference.

THE FAST BREAK

• Tuesday marks a homecoming for San Jose State head coach Jonas Chatterton, who served as Jennie Baranczyk's associate head coach in 2024-25. Now in his second season leading the Spartans, Chatterton's staff includes former OU player Jordan Moser, daughter of men's basketball coach Porter Moser. Three former Baranczyk associate head coaches have gone on to lead Division I programs, but Tuesday marks her first matchup against one. OU will also face Alabama head coach Pauline Love, the Sooners' associate head coach in 2025-26, later this season.

• The Sooners have won 33 straight games against unranked opponents, including 20 consecutive against unranked non-conference foes at home. Under Baranczyk, OU is 37-3 at the Lloyd Noble Center in non-conference play.

• Oklahoma carries a 51-week active streak in the AP poll (6th longest in NCAA), the third-longest run in program history and the program's longest stretch since a 59-week span from 2000-03.

• Freshman LeeLee Bell earned USBWA National Freshman of the Week honors this week with the SEC's weekly awards set to be announced before tipoff against San Jose State. Bell is just the second Sooner freshman to open her career with consecutive 20-point games. Her 25-point debut against then-No. 12 North Carolina was the highest-scoring debut by a freshman nationally against a ranked opponent since at least 1999.

• Through games on Nov. 8, the SEC was the only league in the country without a loss (38-0) and five or more Quad 1 wins per Bart Torvik as the Sooners have one (vs. UNC).

UP NEXT

The Sooners host Oral Roberts at the LNC Friday at 10:30 a.m. on SECN+ for OU's annual Field Trip Day. Oklahoma is expected to welcome a program record over 8,000 elementary students from all over the state for the game.

Tickets are not sold for the game, but OU season ticket holders can sit in sections 107/ 108, while general public can sit in sections 202, 202, 224, 225 and courtside seats.