NORMAN — The Sooners’ magic number is one.

After a 91-56 Bedlam rout Saturday afternoon, the OU women's basketball team (20-7, 14-2 Big 12) are one win away from clinching a share of their second straight Big 12 regular-season title. Not since 2006-07 have the Sooners gone back-to-back in the Big 12.

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OU has won 14 conference games in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2001-02.

The Sooners closed the Big 12 Bedlam series with their sixth straight win over the Cowgirls — OU’s third-longest streak in the 68-game history of the series.

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Third-year coach Jennie Baranczyk improved to 6-0 in Bedlam and 40-12 in Big 12 play. It’s the first time since 2006-08 that the Sooners have won 40 Big 12 games in a three-year stretch.

Asked about being on the cusp of a second straight conference crown, Baranczyk deferred.

“I think I’ll be able to answer that question at the end,” Baranczyk said, “to be like, ‘Man, that’s really cool.’ But in the middle of it, who cares? You’ve still gotta get better tomorrow. So we’re gonna enjoy this one today, I’m gonna promise you that, like we do every one.”

It was fitting for the Sooners to reach such historical milestones on a day when the program was celebrating its 50th anniversary. More than two dozen former players crowded around longtime coach Sherri Coale for a picture at midcourt.

Baranczyk, born and raised in Iowa, where she played college ball for the Hawkeyes, has embraced OU’s women’s hoops history.

“The foundation of this program is incredibly strong,” Baranczyk said.

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And it’s been refortified by Baranczyk, who’s 71-23 as Coale’s successor.

“We had women that were here from the very first team,” Baranczyk said. “They have roots, they watch every game and they’re so proud of these guys. And they can give some coaching advice, too. And then you start to see how far we’ve come.”

Saturday’s game was nationally televised by FOX, with Tim Brando calling the action.

The audience saw Payton Verhulst whip passes through tight windows, Skylar Vann dominate the Cowgirls on the glass and freshman Sahara Williams score a career-high 20 points.

The Sooners overmatched and overwhelmed the Cowgirls, who have dealt with a string of injuries this season.

OU shot 47% from the field, including 38% from 3-point range. OU had 19 offensive rebounds to OSU’s four, attempting 77 shots to OSU’s 60.

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The Sooners put on a show in front of a strong crowd at Lloyd Noble Center.

Players like Vann and Verhulst have given fans a reason to come. As has Baranczyk, who in just three years has the Sooners doing things we haven’t seen for decades.

Texas (26-3, 13-3 Big 12), one of the teams chasing OU, is in town Wednesday.

“I don’t want (fans) to come out for the championship, I don’t want them to come out because it’s OU-Texas,” Baranczyk said. “I want them to come out because today they watched this team and they fell in love with this team the way that they played.

“I don’t want there to be something they’re coming for other than watching these women play.”

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