By The Associated Press
The Oklahoma Sooner women (25-7, 13-6 SEC) will host Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (30-3, 21-0 ASUN) today at 2:30 p.m. EDT in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
The BETMGM SPORTSBOOK line has the Sooners down by -15.5, with an over/under of 145.5.
The Sooners’ record in SEC play is 13-6, and their record is 12-1 in non-conference games. Oklahoma scores 85.2 points and has outscored opponents by 16.2 points per game.
The Eagles are 21-0 against ASUN opponents. FGCU is 26-1 in games decided by 10 or more points.
Oklahoma makes 46.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.6 percentage points higher than FGCU has allowed to its opponents (37.6%). FGCU has shot at a 43.7% rate from the field this season, 6.2 percentage points above the 37.5% shooting opponents of Oklahoma have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS
Raegan Beers is averaging 17.5 points and 8.9 rebounds for the Sooners. Payton Verhulst is averaging 15.1 points over the last 10 games.
Emani Jefferson is shooting 57.5% and averaging 14.4 points for the Eagles. Lauryn Taylor is averaging 11.7 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES
Sooners: 9-1, averaging 81 points, 41 rebounds, 21.3 assists, 7.8 steals, and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.7 points per game.
Eagles: 10-0, averaging 74.3 points, 33.5 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 8.8 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 45.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 54.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
