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Odimgbe gives Sooners defensive boost

The first time Ijeoma Odimgbe checked into last weekend's women's basketball game against West Virginia, she ran straight at Kristina King in an attempt to slow the Mountaineer forward.

It was the opposite of what coach Sherri Coale put in the scouting report, and sure enough, King faked a shot, drove past Odimgbe and finished at the rim.

So when Odimgbe checked out of the game, Coale told her junior forward what went wrong and how she needed to fix it.

When she went back out later on in the 19-point win, Odimgbe adhered to the plan and stayed on help defense.