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Oklahoma basketball: Lady Sooners finish off another Big 12 roadie

By Chip Rouse

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARCH 22: A game ball sits on the court in the first half between the Mississippi Rebels and the Oklahoma Sooners during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Colonial Life Arena on March 22, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARCH 22: A game ball sits on the court in the first half between the Mississippi Rebels and the Oklahoma Sooners during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Colonial Life Arena on March 22, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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Don’t look now, but the Oklahoma basketball Lady Sooners are just a half-game back of Big 12-leading Baylor after winning their second straight game away from home, defeating No. 17 West Virginia by 24 on Wednesday night.

After losing at home, in decisive fashion, to the then-No. 6 ranked Baylor Lady Bears, Oklahoma has run off three straight wins to sit 3-1 in conference play and 10-6 overall.

The Sooners’ latest conquest, a 73-49 victory over West Virginia, featured a 31-point performance by sophomore Taylor Robertson. Of her 10 made field goals in the game, eight of them were three-balls.

Oklahoma broke open the game in the third quarter, outscoring the Lady Mountaineers 27-12 to expand a seven-point halftime advantage to 22 points. West Virginia had won nine consecutive games before OU snapped the string.

Robertson leads the nation in made three-pointers with 86 total in 16 games. Wednesday night marked the eighth consecutive game in which she has tallied 20 or more points.

"“This kid is unbelievable the way she scores the basketball,” said Sooner head coach Sherri Coale about the team’s scoring leader in her postgame comments after the win at West Virginia. “I don’t have any words for that.”"

Madi Williams contributed 15 points and eight rebounds to OU’s cause in 26 minutes of action. The Sooners were in lockdown mode defensively, holding West Virginia to 23.7-percent shooting, while shooting 41 percent themselves.

The convincing victory over West Virginia also represented another couple of milestones. The last time an OU women’s team had beaten an opponent away from home by 20 or more points was in 2010 against Kentucky in the NCAA Elite 8.

Oklahoma has now beaten two ranked opponents this season. In addition to the win over West Virginia, the Sooners defeated No. 25 LSU in early December in Norman.

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