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Dec. 31, 2012

	Aaryn Ellenberg

No. 17 Oklahoma (10-2) vs. West Virginia (8-3)
Date and Time	Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 7 p.m. CT
Location	Norman, Okla. | Lloyd Noble Center
Tickets	OU Athletics Ticket Office
TV	Sooner Sports TV | Channel Listings  FS Oklahoma Plus  COX 715 | AT&T U-Verse 1754 | DirecTV 679  FCS Central  COX 271 | AT&T U-Verse 648 | DirecTV 623
Radio	Sooner Radio Network   KOKC 1520 AM and KREF 1400 AM in Oklahoma City
Online	Live Stats | Live Audio (Pay) | SoonerSports.tv (Replay) | Game Notes

GAME PREVIEW
• No. 17 Oklahoma (10-2) hosts West Virginia (8-3) Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla.
• Bob Carpenter (play-by-play) and Dan Hughes (analyst) have the call on Sooner Sports TV’s broadcast on FS Oklahoma Plus and FCS Central.
• The radio broadcast with Brian Brinkley on play-by-play and Colton Coale as color analyst will air on KOKC 1520 AM and KREF 1400 AM in the Oklahoma City metro area.
• A replay of the game will be available to watch online at SoonerSports.tv following its live broadcast.

TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR OU HOME GAMES
• Season tickets are available for a low as $119. Tickets may be purchased online at SoonerSports.com or by calling the OU Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-456-GoOU.
• Single-game tickets are available with prices beginning at $5 for general admission seating.
• OU students receive free admission at Oklahoma home games when presenting a valid ID.

NOTABLE
• The game is the first intraleague matchup for West Virginia as a Big 12 Conference member.
• Oklahoma and West Virginia tied for second in the Preseason Big 12 Coaches’ Poll.
• Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale is 367-170 (.683) in her 17th season. She has been the Big 12 Coach of the Year four times.
• Mike Carey is 235-130 (.644) in his 12th season as head coach at West Virginia and 523-232 (.693) in his 25th year overall.
• Oklahoma and West Virginia are meeting for just the second time. The Mountaineers beat the Sooners in Norman, 83-65, on Nov. 26, 1989.

NEXT GAME
• Oklahoma plays just its third true road game of the season when it visits Texas Saturday, Jan. 5.
• The game will be televised nationwide on FSN. Tip-off is 12:30 p.m. Central.

TWO ADDED TO SOONERS' ROSTER
The season-ending injuries to four players left the OU women’s basketball team with eight remaining on its active roster before the holiday break, but OU volleyball players Tara Dunn and Eden Williams joined the team Dec. 26.

Dunn (Poth, Texas), a 6-2 outside hitter, and Williams (Amarillo, Texas), a 5-3 defensive specialist, were both multi-sport stars in high school. Dunn was a Class 2A All-District MVP and All-State Tournament Team member.

Visit the Sooner Report for more information.

	Player to Watch  Portia Durrett | Jr. | Forward  • First double-double with Sooners vs. CSUN.  • Scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.  • Leads OU in rebounds per minute played.  • Second in points per minute.  • Junior college All-American at Walters State.  • 2012 NJCAA Region Player of the Year.

HAND UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL SURGERY
Fifth-year senior guard and four-time team co-captain Whitney Hand suffered an ACL tear in her left knee in the first half of OU’s win versus North Texas on Dec. 6. Hand underwent successful surgery to repair the ligament on Dec. 27.

Hand amassed 1,211 points, 555 rebounds, 296 assists, 51 blocks and 120 steals in her 104-game career. She ranks third all-time at Oklahoma in minutes played per game (32.5),19th in career scoring and fifth in 3-pointers made (164).

OPENING STAND
Oklahoma allows only 26.0 points per first half (scoring defense is 57.0 points per game), holding opponents to 31.2 percent field goal shooting (21.4 percent from 3-point range), while scoring 35.2 points.

The Sooners have held opponent to 25 or fewer first-half points in seven games and 30 or fewer in nine games. In OU’s two losses, UCLA and Vanderbilt both scored 37 first-half points. OU allowed 35 first-half points to Oregon (led 55-35 at halftime) and won 100-61.

Oklahoma is 9-0 when leading at halftime and 1-2 when trailing.

OU-WEST VIRGINIA SERIES HISTORY
Oklahoma and West Virginia are meeting for the second time, but the first as conference foes.

DURRETT MAKES THE MOST OF MINUTES
Portia Durrett averages just 11 minutes per game, but makes the most of her minutes. Durrett ranks second among the Sooners in scoring efficiency and leads rebounding efficiency. Durrett averages 0.45 points per minute, trailing only Aaryn Ellenberg’s 0.61. Durrett averages 0.87 rebounds per minute.

BOARD GAMES
Joanna McFarland averaged 2.0 points, 4.0 rebounds (2-8 FG) before being benched after three games in favor of freshman Maddie Manning. In nine games since then, McFarland averages 7.1 points, 9.7 rebounds (started three of nine). She has nine or more rebounds in eight of nine games, and double-digit rebounds in the last four straight and five of the last six games.

RECORD TRACKER
Aaryn Ellenberg continues to ascend several Oklahoma career statistical lists.

ALL HOME GAMES TELEVISED
Coverage of the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team will reach a record number of viewers this season as Sooner Sports TV powered by FOX Sports will broadcast at least 16 games on its network.

All of Oklahoma's home games will be televised during the 2012-13 season. Games not selected for a national broadcast on FOX Sports Net or ESPN2 will be produced by Sooner Sports TV for broadcast on FS Southwest, FS Oklahoma or FOX College Sports.

Additionally, OU's three games of the Rainbow Wahine Showdown played in Honolulu, Hawaii, during the Thanksgiving weekend, will be available to fans via live webcasts on SoonerSports.tv. All televised games will also be archived for replay on SoonerSports.tv.