Mossman's legacy grows as Norman makes it seven straight

With each passing season, Norman girls basketball coach Matilda Mossman further proves she’s among the state’s elite coaches. And that goes for all seven classes. Mossman showed she’s as good as any coach in Class 6A long before now.

Saturday, with a 60-35 win over a Southmoore team that had been on quite a roll, Norman advanced to the Class 6A state tournament for the seventh consecutive season.

Jeannie Ramon scored 13 points, Kamra King had 10 and Jordan Franks 10 as the third-ranked Tigers steadily pulled away from the SaberCats, then blew the game open in the fourth quarter. Norman led by two after one quarter, nine at halftime and 12 after three quarters. But a 20-7 run in the final period sealed the Tigers’ third win in three tries against Southmoore.

Mossman, the winningest coach in school history in both number of wins and winning percentage, now has Norman atop Class 6A in regards to consecutive seasons in the state tournament. And with Claremore not reaching state this season, Mossman’s and Norman’s streak is now the second-longest in the state, trailing Washington’s run of 10 straight.