Liz Scott leads the OU in Bedlam Beatdown

NORMAN – Liz Scott dropped 22 points at the top of his career as the 18th-ranked Oklahoma women’s basketball team defeated Bedlam in the wire on Wednesday night and won the Cowgirls 84-58 at the Lloyd Noble Center.

The win cut Bedlam’s four-match losing streak to Oklahoma (17-3, 6-2), which won the first year of the Oklahoma State (6-11, 1-7) for more than two years as head coach of the first year. Jennie Baranczyk took her first win over Cowgirls.

“I’m so proud of the way this team recovered,” Baranczyk said after the win. “We talked about it a lot before tonight’s game, and it wasn’t really beautiful or spectacular, but tonight we were rough and tough. We played as a team.”

Liz Scott sank a couple of free throws 17 seconds into the game, giving the Sooners a 2-0 lead they didn’t give and increasing the lead to 26-15 at the end of the first set. Madi Williams took power in the first box and scored 10 of 13 points with an effective 4/5 cut.

The Cowgirls slowed the game in the second inning, keeping the Sooners at just 16 points, but the OU responded at the defensive end of the floor by keeping OSU in the goal for nearly five minutes during the period, leading 42-28. break.

Oklahoma had to endure the third round of the Oklahoma State run as the Cowgirls took a break in the 8-0 run to cut the OU lead to just six in the third quarter at 7:07. A Taylor Robertson still life and The rinses won the turnaround jumper launched the OU attack as the Sooners took a 13-point lead in the fourth.

Sooners put the game on ice in the last 10 minutes. In the middle of the fourth set, a four-minute 14-2 run increased the lead to 30 with just over a minute left in the final whistle, giving Oklahoma 26 points. The margin was the highest in OU’s Bedlam win since a 33-point win on March 7, 2010.

Scott’s career night was highlighted by his game record of 22 points out of a career record with 10 free throws from 12 attempts. Junior Color added six rebounds and a plunge and recorded no wins. Williams scored 13 points and a team-record seven rebounds, doing most of his work in the first half. The rinses won joined the two in double digits and scored 12 points in a 5/9 shooting. Upon returning to the floor, a freshman guard Kelbie Washington recorded +40 points in 22 minutes with six points, six passes and four strips.

The Sooners beat the Pokes 46-28 and forced the Cowgirls to a record 23 wins this season. The Baranczyk team shot 49.2% off the floor and 21/28 (.750) on the charity track.

After the league game ended on Wednesday, the Sooners remained tied with Iowa State (17-3, 6-2). The top two 20 teams will sit in one game ahead of 9th place Texas, who will be coming to Norman this Saturday for a showdown with the Sooners.

Saturday’s race vs. Longhorns ends at 2 p.m. and will be broadcast at Bally Sports in Oklahoma.