NCAA Women's Tournament: Oklahoma rejects Purdue

Purdue's Dominique McBryde (20) shoots while pressured by Oklahoma's Shaya Kellogg (22) during a first round women's college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, March 19, 2016. Oklahoma won 61-45. [AP Photo/James Crisp]LEXINGTON, Ky. - Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale predicted Purdue's backcourt would canceled out the Sooners' guards, and believed the Sooners had a post advantage.

She could not have been more right.

Oklahoma used 13 blocks from a stifling defense to pummel Purdue, 61-45, in the first round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament here Saturday.

"As we have talked to our team all the time, it is an advantage only if we exploit their weakness," Coale…