Oklahoma women’s basketball is off to a 13-1 start to the season.
The No. 8 Sooners opened SEC play by crushing Texas A&M 72-50 on the road Thursday at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.
OU has won 12 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in program history.
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True freshman phenom Aaliyah Chavez led the Sooners with 20 points and added seven rebounds and six assists.
Chavez owns the top scoring mark among all true freshmen in the country and is on pace to join Hannah Hidalgo, Paige Bueckers, Caitlin Clark, Chennedy Carter and Kelsey Mitchell as the only freshmen to ever average 18.5 points, four assists and three rebounds per game.
Chavez is already a four-time SEC Freshman of the Week and one-time National Freshman of the Week honoree. She’s largely viewed as the current favorite to win the National Freshman of the Year award this season.
OU center Raegan Beers registered her 56th career double-double in the win, finishing with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
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The Sooners outrebounded the Aggies 63-35.
OU has now won six consecutive road contests.
The Sooners and Texas A&M will meet again this season as designated double opponents. Under the SEC’s format, each team plays every conference opponent once and one team twice.
The Aggies will visit Norman on Jan. 29.
Next, OU hosts Mississippi State at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lloyd Noble Center.
Colton Sulley covers the Oklahoma Sooners for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Colton? He can be reached at csulley@oklahoman.com or on X/Twitter at @colton_sulley. Support Colton’s work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com.
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