No. 11 Oklahoma Takes Down Nebraska, 80-72

Paris records 75th straight double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds

Jan. 16, 2008

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Danielle Robinson scored 22 points, Courtney Paris led a second half surge and No. 11 Oklahoma beat Nebraska 80-72 on Wednesday night.

Paris, who had 16 points and 11 rebounds for her 75th straight double-double, made three baskets in a 17-2 run as the Sooners (11-3, 2-1 Big 12) finally put away a persistent Huskers bunch that fought back to tie it after trailing by 12 midway through the first half.

Paris went 7-for-13 from the field to snap a stretch of six straight games in which she hadn't made more than half of her shots. Paris, a 6-foot-4 center who takes most of her shots from right around the basket, was 32-for-77 (42 percent) during a monthlong shooting slump.

She was 3-for-4 during Oklahoma's big run, putting back her only miss and also setting up Robinson's layup that finished the run and extended the Sooners' lead to 66-50.

Amanda Thompson added 15 points and eight steals, and Jenna Plumley scored 11 as Oklahoma bounced back after a 19-point loss to rival Oklahoma State.

Yvonne Turner led Nebraska (13-4, 2-1) with a career-best 18 points, and Danielle Page scored 12. Kelsey Griffin, the Huskers' leading scorer with a 12.3-point average, was held to seven points.

The Cornhuskers trailed by 21-9 midway through the first half after Oklahoma went on a 16-2 run, but clawed their way back to pull to 30-29 on Turner's two free throws with 3:40 remaining before halftime.

Nebraska finally tied it on a layup by Griffin in the opening minutes of the second half, but Page and Cory Montgomery each missed shots that would've put the Huskers ahead and Tay Hester came up empty on a 1-and-1 chance before the Sooners got back on track.

Oklahoma has won nine of the last 10 games in the series.