Illinois tied things up late, but Oklahoma pulled away on the strength of repeated steals from lightning-fast first-year Danielle Robinson.

Courtney Paris had the usual; for the Illini, post Jenna Smith and guard Chelsea Gordon combined for 31. "Courtney is just very big and very strong," Smith noted. "She's the toughest person I have ever played against."


UPDATE: OU vs UIUC was the first game we watched on the new Big Ten Network, to which a big thumbs up: clean, uncluttered graphics, intelligent annnouncers who aren't distracted any more than they have to be by matters off-court (yes, they have to push football a bit, but look where they were), and... it's available in HD.