Jennie Baranczyk\u2019s<\/strong> team will have to put that loss behind them quickly, as Sunday brings another top 15 clash.\u00a0<\/p>\nOklahoma (12-2, 0-1 SEC) heads to Knoxville to take on the No. 15-ranked Tennessee Lady Volunteers (13-0, 1-0) at 2 p.m. (ESPN).<\/p>\n
Bouncing back will be the name of the game all year in conference play as everyone\u2019s schedule is littered with ranked matchups, but Baranczyk hopes the nature of Thursday\u2019s defeat to the Longhorns will light a fire under her team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe passed up some looks that we don\u2019t need to pass up,\u201d Baranczyk said after the loss to Texas. \u201c\u2026 I don\u2019t think we\u2019re as confident as we need to be right now. And so this is one of those games where you kind of hope that we get our little edge back and making sure that we know that we can do that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t seen a team of ours pass up as many shots either, and then we turn it over after. So those are the things that will be really interesting as we all process this because this team is good.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/figure>\nOU\u2019s star guard Payton Verhulst <\/strong>was especially disappointed because the Sooners dictated the pace of the game early against Texas, but as the game wore on, the Longhorns were able to better assert themselves.<\/p>\n\u201cI thought in the first quarter especially we were playing a lot of Oklahoma basketball the way we like to play,\u201d she said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t letting their defense dictate what we did on offense. And I think that slowly kind of changed throughout the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s contest against Tennessee will provide less of a style clash than the battle with Texas.<\/p>\n
The Lady Vols want to get out and run just like the Sooners, and Tennessee leads the nation by attempting 36.5 3\u2019s a game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sophomore guard Talaysia Cooper<\/strong> leads\u00a0 the way, scoring 17.9 points per game, and the Tennessee defense leads the country forcing 27.38 turnovers per game.\u00a0<\/p>\nObviously, the Sooners are going to have to be much better at valuing the basketball.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Veterans Nevaeh Tot <\/strong>and Skylar Vann <\/strong>accounted for 10 of OU\u2019s 27 turnovers against the Longhorns, mistakes Baranczyk hopes her team leaders will be able to quickly put behind them.<\/p>\nBut that will all be for naught if the Sooners pass up as many looks as they did on Thursday, which was the real crux of Baranczyk\u2019s frustrations after the loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese women are resilient and we respond. So that\u2019s what I want us to see. So I want to see us to be able to step in, own what we did, not feel sorry for ourselves,\u201d Baranczyk said. \u201c\u2026 At some point we\u2019ve got to realize how good we actually are and I can\u2019t do that for you. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anybody that could believe in this team more than I do\u2026 I\u2019m really disappointed in the way that we finished the game\u2026 At the end of the day we\u2019ve got to compete in every possession and you can\u2019t take one off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I think that\u2019s probably part of what everyone keeps telling us the SEC is all about. But we already knew that in this game\u2026 That\u2019s what\u2019s unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both teams rank in the top five in pace nationally, so there should be plenty of chances for the Sooners to cut loose if they take the floor with confidence against Tennessee.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oklahoma is 3-0 in true road games already this season, but will need to extend that start to 4-0 to avoid falling to 0-2 in conference play for the first time since the 1998-99 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a really, really good basketball team,\u201d Baranczyk said. \u201cSo I\u2019m excited to see how we respond\u2026 I\u2019m excited to see how hungry we continue to get because our best basketball could be ahead of us, no question.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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