Oklahoma Rolls Behind Taylor Robertson's Hot Hand

Sooners senior hits nine 3s and scores 27 as OU crushes Buffalo.

John E. Hoover | Nov 22, 2021

Oklahoma Rolls Behind Taylor Robertson's Hot Hand /

Taylor Robertson tied her own school record with nine 3-pointers to lead Oklahoma to a 93-72 victory over Buffalo in the second round of the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

All 27 of Robertson's points came from behind the 3-point arc. The senior added seven rebounds and five assists.

"We had some great energy tonight," head coach Jennie Baranczyk said. "I thought our second quarter was really great, and my favorite stat on the whole sheet is 29 assists. I love that we're playing together and having fun. Especially after a hard day yesterday, for us to step onto the floor and separate one day from the next shows how mature this team is."

Madi Williams recorded a double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds as the Sooners (4-1, 0-0 Big 12) recorded 29 assists, the most since December 2017.

OU started slow, shooting 9-of-24 early, but shot 47.6 percent the rest of the way to pull away. A 22-4 run in the second quarter got things going as Robertson drained back-to-back-to-back 3s after starting an 0-for-5 start.

Oklahoma finished with 15 3-pointers, two short of the school record (set against Oregon in 2012).

Skylar Vann had 12 points and eight rebounds. Freshman guard Kelbie Washington set a career-high with seven assists in the win.

Robertson's 23 attempted 3-pointers shattered her record of 19, set vs. Texas Tech in 2020. The McPherson, KS, product, who also scored 29 on Saturday against Oregon, became the first Sooner to record back-to-back 25-point games since Madi Williams did it last February.

With their win, the Sooners earned a spot in Monday's fifth-place game against Minnesota (4-2). The Gophers beat Syracuse 70-63 earlier in the day.

Published Nov 22, 2021

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.