AUBURN, Ala.— SEC play continues for Auburn women’s basketball as the Tigers welcome No. 16 Oklahoma to Neville Arena Sunday afternoon.
Game time is 1 p.m. CT, and arena doors open at noon.
Sunday’s game is Girl Scout Day and Women in Sports Day. Fans arriving early can pick up a voucher for Girl Scout cookies, which can be redeemed leaving the arena at the end of the game.
The Tigers (13-7, 2-4 SEC) are looking for their third straight home win and second top-25 win of the season. After back-to-back wins over Florida and No. 21 Alabama last week, the Tigers fell on the road at No. 5/4 Vanderbilt Thursday night.
Oklahoma (15-4, 3-3) snapped a three-game skid in style Thursday night with a 94-82 overtime win over No. 2 South Carolina.
Tickets are available in advance by visiting AUBTix.com or via the Auburn Athletics app, and tickets will also be available at the arena ticket office on gameday.
ON THE AIR
›› Brit Bowen and Larry DiChiara will have the radio call on ESPN 106.7 FM beginning at 12:45 p.m. CT. The broadcast can also be heard on AuburnTigers.com and the Auburn Athletics app.
›› The game can be seen on SEC Network with Chuckie Kempf and Brooke Weisbrod calling the action.
LAST TIME OUT
›› Three Tigers scored in double figures, but a big third-quarter run for Vanderbilt proved to be the difference as Auburn fell to the No. 5/4 Commodores 81-53 Thursday night at Memorial Gym.
›› Harissoum Coulibaly led Auburn with 13 points and had a pair of steals. Kaitlyn Duhon scored 11 points along with five steals and two assists, and A’riel Jackson had her best game in SEC play with 10 points and four rebounds. Sania Richardson had a career-high four assists, and Arek Angui led Auburn with five rebounds.
›› Auburn trailed by just four at the half, 33-29, and scored first in the third quarter to cut the deficit to two points. But Vanderbilt went on an 18-2 run over the next five minutes, and Auburn could get no closer.
AN AUBURN WIN WOULD...
›› Give the Tigers a second top-25 win this season.
›› Improve Auburn to 10-2 at home this season.
›› Be Auburn’s third straight SEC home win.
AUBURN-OKLAHOMA SERIES
›› This is the third meeting between Auburn and Oklahoma in women’s basketball. Each team has one win on their home court.
›› The Tigers beat Oklahoma 95-79 in the 2018 SEC/Big 12 Challenge in Auburn, knocking down a then-school record 13 3-pointers in the game.
›› Oklahoma held off a late Auburn rally for a 73-71 win in Norman last season in the teams’ first meeting as conference opponents.
LAST MEETING: Feb. 10, 2025, in Norman
#16 Oklahoma 73, Auburn 71
›› Auburn fought back from a double-digit deficit to take a lead in the final two minutes, but late free throws proved to be the difference as No. 16 Oklahoma escaped with a 73-71 at the Lloyd Noble Center.
›› DeYona Gaston scored 24 points – 14 of them in the fourth quarter – to lead the Auburn effort. She went on a personal 9-0 run to open the fourth quarter, cutting a 10-point Oklahoma lead down to one in a span of 92 seconds.
›› With the score tied 71-71 and Oklahoma holding for a final shot, Auburn was called for a foul under the basket, and the Sooners’ Payton Verhulst made both free throws to move ahead by two. Auburn got the ball under the basket and got a look from Gaston, but it would be one of the few shots she missed on the night, and Oklahoma held on.
SCOUTING THE SOONERS
›› Oklahoma is 15-4 overall and 3-3 in SEC play this season, coming off an upset over No. 2 South Carolina Thursday night at home. The Sooners are ranked No. 16 in both polls and are No. 11 in the NCAA NET rankings.
›› The Sooners have the nation’s second-leading scoring offense at 90.0 points per game and are outscoring opponents by an average of 26.6 points per game. They lead the nation in field goal percentage defense (32.0%), rebounds per game (51.3) and defensive rebounds per game (34.9). OU is third nationally in rebound margin (13.0) and fourth in assists per game (21.2).
›› Freshman phenom Aaliyah Chavez leads the Sooners with 19.2 points per game, 5th-best in the SEC. Raegan Beers has an NCAA-leading 15 double-doubles this year and is the SEC’s top rebounder with 11.4 per game.
SCOUTING AUBURN
›› Auburn is 13-7 on the year, 2-4 in SEC play. The Tigers have won two straight home SEC games with a pair of wins last week over Florida and No. 21 Alabama.
›› True freshman Harissoum Coulibaly averages a team-best 11.1 points per game; she has moved into the starting lineup for the bulk of SEC play. She was named SEC Freshman of the Week Dec. 23 after averaging 15.0 points in the two wins over MTSU and Alcorn. She also shoots a team-best 52.6% from the field. She led Auburn with 19 points, matching a season-best, in the win over Georgia State Nov. 17. She made a splash in her college debut Nov. 3 at Charlotte, scoring a team-leading 19 points with nine of those coming in the pivotal overtime period. She added 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists vs. MVSU.
›› Redshirt junior Kaitlyn Duhon averages 9.9 points per game. One of the top defenders in the SEC, she also leads the Tigers with 3.5 steals per game, which ranks 3rd in the SEC and 14th nationally. She shared the team lead with 14 points in the win over Florida Jan. 11. Duhon scored a career-high 20 points and was 5-of-5 from 3-point range at Seton Hall Dec. 14. She also had a career-best 7 steals in the win over Cal on Nov. 26, then had 15 points and six steals at Syracuse Dec. 3. She matched her career-high in steals with 7 at Mississippi State on Jan. 1.
›› Sophomore Khady Leye has been steady, averaging 8.9 points and a team-best 5.1 rebounds. Her 16-point, 9-rebound performance led the Tigers to a win over No. 21 Alabama Jan. 15. She scored a career-high 20 points in the win over MVSU, then she recorded her first Auburn double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. Georgia State. She added a team-leading 14 points in the win over Rutgers Nov. 20 and matched that 14-point total against Tennessee Jan. 4.
›› Mya Petticord, a senior transfer from Rutgers, matched a season high with 21 points, hitting 4-of-5 3s to lead Auburn in the win over Jackson State. She hit the game-winning shot against her former team, hitting a driving layup with 10 seconds left to clinch the Tigers’ win Nov. 20. She had her best game in two years with 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting (3-4 3FG) in the win over Alabama State. She followed that up with a team-leading 18 points (4-7 3FG) in the win over UNCG.
›› Ja’Mia Harris scored in double figures in three of the first four games. Most recently, she flirted with a double-double, scoring 8 points with a career-high 9 rebounds in the win over Florida Jan. 11. She shared the team lead with 19 points and led the Tigers with 8 rebounds in the win at Charlotte Nov. 3, then scored 16 with four 3-pointers in the win over Alabama State. She followed that up with a pair of 3-pointers on an 11-point night - along with 7 rebounds - vs. UNCG, and she had 17 points and 7 rebounds at Seton Hall.
›› Senior guard A’riel Jackson scored a season-high 17 points, going 7-11 from the field and 3-3 from 3-point range to lead the Tigers in their win over Cal Nov. 26. Two days earlier, she scored a season-high 12 points in the win over UTSA. Jackson knocked down three first-half treys, scoring 9 points with a team-best 4 assists vs. UNCG. She then had 8 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 assists against Alabama State. Jackson had her best showing in SEC play with 10 points and four rebounds at Vanderbilt Jan. 22.
›› Sophomore Syriah Daniels dazzled in her first start of the season at MTSU, setting or matching career-highs with 14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks in the win. She also scored 10 points with four rebounds and two steals vs. MVSU. Daniels helped seal the win over No. 21 Alabama in the final seconds, taking a charge to give Auburn the ball back with a two-point lead.
›› Freshman Sania Richardson had the best game of her young career with 12 points in the win over Jackson State. She averages 3.8 points off the bench and is becoming one of Auburn’s top 3-point threats.
›› 6-9 redshirt freshmen Arek Angui notched her first career double-double with career-highs 11 points and 11 rebounds vs. Mississippi Valley State. She made her first appearance for Auburn against Alabama State Nov. 8 and pulled down a team-leading 8 rebounds along with 3 points. Originally from South Sudan, she played one season of high school basketball at Greenforest Academy in Georgia.
›› Senior guard Angena Belloso transferred from FIU where she played in 57 games the last 2 years. She scored a season-high 10 points, all in the second quarter, in Auburn’s game with Oregon Nov. 30.
UP NEXT
›› Auburn wraps up January’s slate of conference games as the Tigers host No. 2 South Carolina Thursday night at Neville Arena. Game time is 8 p.m. CT.