Situational Records Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-13 Conference Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7 Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5 Neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Leading at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-2 Trailing at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 Tied at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Overtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0
2011-12 Season Review Sooners at a Glance
Shooting 50 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0 Shooting 40-49 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7 Shooting less than 40 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 Opponent shoots 50 percent or better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Opponent shoots 40-49 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 Opponent shoots less than 40 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-3 Outrebounds opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-4 Opponent outrebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Rebounds are tied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1
Oklahoma entered 2011-12 needing to replace one of its most successful senior classes after the graduations of two-time All-America point guard Danielle Robinson, Carlee Roethlisberger and Lauren Willis. That trio claimed 54 wins inside the Lloyd Noble Center, the most by Oklahoma in a four-year span.
OU attempts 20 or more FTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5 OU attempts fewer than 20 FTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Fortunately, redshirt-junior Whitney Hand was finally back to 100 percent health after suffering an ACL tear in November 2009 and returning to action in January 2011.
Bench outscores opponent bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-3 Opponent bench outscores OU bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
The Sooners were picked by the league’s coaches to finish fourth in the Big 12 and ended the year tied for second, the seventh straight year OU ended at or above its preseason pick.
OU leads points in the paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-2 Opponent leads points in the paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Points in the paint are even . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2
The media voted Oklahoma 15th in the Preseason Associated Press Poll and the Preseason USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll had Oklahoma at No. 16. However, the Sooners fell out of the AP after 118 consecutive weeks of listings, since the 2004-05 season, following a loss to Fresno State in November. The Sooners lost two of their three team captains, senior Jasmine Hartman and junior Lyndsey Cloman, in the preseason; survived a seven-game shooting slump from its leading scorer Aaryn Ellenberg, losing to only Baylor and Connecticut during the span; and went 5-1 while junior forward Joanna McFarland was out of the lineup with a broken jaw. Oklahoma finished the season with a 13th consecutive NCAA tournament appearance, the longest streak among Big 12 Conference teams and the NCAA’s seventh longest active streak. OU was a No. 6 seed for just the second time in the NCAA tournament, but for the second consecutive year. In 2012, Oklahoma routed Michigan, 88-67, before losing to St. John’s, 74-70, in the second round.
Team Captains for 2011-12
Junior Lyndsey Cloman, redshirt junior Whitney Hand and senior Jasmine Hartman were co-captains of the Sooners last season. The captains were voted by their teammates. Unfortunately, Cloman and Hartman did not play in 2011-12 after suffering season-ending knee injuries in the preseason.
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Scores fewer than 50 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scores 50-59 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Scores 60-69 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 Scores 70-79 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 Scores 80-89 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0 Scores 90-99 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scores 100 or more points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Allows fewer than 50 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Allows 50-59 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-0 Allows 60-69 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 Allows 70-79 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Allows 80-89 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4 Games decided by 1-4 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Games decided by 5-9 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3 Games decided by 10-19 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Games decided by 20 or more points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3