Jennie Baranczyk says it's important for OU to play UCLA

Jennie Baranczyk doesn’t shy away from playing high-level competition out of the gate.

No. 6 OU was tested in its opener last week. Despite shooting just 13% from 3, the Sooners pulled out an 84-67 win over Belmont , the preseason favorite to win the Missouri Valley Conference.

“Well, this is why you don't play Belmont,” Baranczyk, OU’s coach, joked afterward. “This is why I told everybody that before.”