Week 4

No. 3 ranked Nebraska beat No. 11 Oklahoma Sooners at the Lloyd Noble Center Wednesday night 80-64.

Kelsey Griffin led Nebraska with 30 points and 13 rebounds, and Cory Montgomery added a season-high 24 points for the Cornhuskers (26-0, 13-0 Big 12). With the win, Nebraska claimed its first Big 12 title.

Nebraska ended the game on an 18-1 run and beat OU by 16 points, the same margin of victory No. 1 Connecticut took down OU with earlier this month in Norman. Both Nebraska and UConn remain undefeated.

"I don’t think we fought for the full 40 minutes together as a team," said senior forward Amanda Thompson. "We kind of separated a little bit when they took some shots and we didn’t. We’ve got to learn from those little things and make things tighter when we get in those positions, and play harder on defense."

The women take on No. 14 Texas Saturday in Austin. Earlier this month, Texas beat OU in Norman 75-57.

*Photos courtesy of SoonerSports.com

Week 3

After leading by only two points at the half, the the Kansas State University Wildcats rolled past the Sooners with an 83-68 win Saturday night at the Lloyd Noble Center.

With the win, KSU assured themselves of a winning road record in conference play for the first time since the 1987-88 season, and handed the Sooners their second worst home loss under head coach Jeff Capel.

The OU men's basketball team added another notch to its now four-game losing streak and second consecutive loss at home after it had won 31 of 32 at LNC.

"We missed some opportunities and when you are playing against a team like that, a team that is that good, you have to take advantage of every opportunity," Capel said. "I thought we ran out of gas in the second half. Our guys were competing. We were tired and they were a little bit fresher than us. Again, I thought we did some good things, but unfortunately we didn’t come out with a win.”

The Sooners take on the No. 1 ranked Kansas Jayhawks as part of Big Monday in Lawrence, Kan. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m.

*Photos from SoonerSports.com

Week 2

Tuesday night, former Sooner and current LA Clippers forward, Blake Griffin, was awarded the NCAA Sportsmanship Award. Each year the NCAA honors athletes in all divisions that exhibit the qualities of sportsmanship.

Griffin, the reigning national player of the year, spent two seasons at OU. He gave up his junior and senior seasons to enter the NBA draft. He was the No. 1 pick.

Fans came out to see Griffin honored at Blake Griffin Night as the men's basketball team battled Texas Tech. 100 lucky fans had the opportunity to meet and greet Griffin after the game.

"I'm so proud to be a Sooner, and even happier OU beat Texas last week," joked Griffin after he received his plaque.

A broken kneecap kept Griffin off the court for the Clippers, but he hopes to see playing time soon.



Note: Photos in first slideshow by Breia Brissey and from SoonerSports.com. All photos in second slideshow are from SoonerSports.com

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As Normanites prepared for the next big storm of the winter season, liquor store employees braced for increase in business. Because with the forecast calling for four to six inches of snow and layers of ice, the 21 and up crowd flocked to their respective alcohol dealers.

Shoppers found that their choices were more limited because people were coming in and buying more inventory than usual. Plus several trucks had trouble completing all their deliveries because of the bad road conditions.

Jeff Knudson, an employee at Discount Liquor in Norman, said they try to prepare for things like this by increasing inventory before a storm. But if the trucks can't make it there, then there's nothing they can do. The result is fewer options for customers.

"As soon as they cancelled classes business picked up a lot," Knudson said. "People came by once and stocked up. The shelves just looked wiped out."

Knudson said snow days are good for business, but encouraged people who want to stock up to do so earlier. Otherwise, they run the risk of missing out on their drink of choice.


**Liquor store photos by Breia Brissey
**All others courtesy of the Oklahoma Daily