Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Host Longhorns Wednesday
January 11, 2000 | Cowgirl Basketball
Jan. 11, 2000
STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma State will host the Texas Longhorns on Wednesday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m. in Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Cowgirls are 9-4 and 1-0 in the Big 12 after a 61-42 win over Texas A&M Saturday afternoon in College Station. UT is 10-4 and 2-0 in league play after a 72-68 victory over Nebraska in Lincoln on Saturday.
COMING UP - Oklahoma State has a tough road ahead over the next week. The Cowgirls will travel to Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday for a noon game with the Texas Tech Lady Raiders (11-2 overall, 0-2 Big 12). PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE FROM 2 P.M. TO NOON. On the following Tuesday, OSU will return home for a 7 p.m. contest with the Iowa State Cyclones (11-2, 3-0).
INJURY REPORT - Junior Tari Cummings suffered a partial ACL tear and a lateral meniscus tear in her left knee against West Virginia. She had surgery on Jan. 7, and will be out for a minimum of six weeks. Sophomore Kara Faulk is questionable after reinjuring her hip flexor strain during the Texas A&M game.
Texas (10-4, 2-0) at Oklahoma State (9-4, 1-0)
Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000 7 p.m.
Gallagher-Iba Arena (6,381) Stillwater, Okla.
Radio - Stillwater Radio (105.5 FM)
Probable Starters
| Pos | ## | Name | Ht. | GP-GS | PPG | RPG | APG | FG% | FT% | |
| F | 00 | Toya Releford | 5-10 | 12-4 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 | .478 | .694 | |
| C | 12 | Jessica Bates | 6-2 | 12-2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 0.2 | .407 | .667 | |
| or | 25 | Reba Johnson | 6-0 | 7-1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.4 | .467 | .333 | |
| G | 20 | Shelby Hutchens | 5-10 | 13-11 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | .250 | .600 | |
| G | 32 | Chantoya Hawkins | 5-5 | 13-11 | 10.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 | .391 | .608 | |
| G | 34 | Jennifer Crow | 5-9 | 13-13 | 20.8 | 6.6 | 4.8 | .429 | .865 |
LAST TIME - OSU won its first conference game of the season with a 61-42 win over Texas A&M. Toya Releford led a balanced Cowgirl attack, scoring a game-high 15 points. Jennifer Crow added 13, as did guard Chantoya Hawkins. Texas A&M tied the score at 23-23 on a jumper by LaToya Rose with 2:10 remaining in the first half. But, OSU went on a 4-0 run to end the period, including a layup by Cowgirl Mandy Stuber off a dish by Hawkins with five seconds on the clock. OSU continued its run in the second period, rolling off nine unanswered points and leading by 13 before Brandy Jones finally hit a shot for A&M at the 14:51 mark. The Cowgirls led 47-33 with 6:15 to go, and OSU scored its final 14 points off free throws. Cowgirl Kara Faulk, who was questionable Friday afternoon with a hip flexor strain, picked up six points and eight rebounds in 22 minutes. The OSU defense held A&M's two leading scorers, Prissy Sharpe and Jaynetta Saunders, to just 12 points, 20 below their average. ?If you had told me before the game that we were going to shoot 33 percent, turn the ball over 22 times, and get outrebounded, I wouldn't have thought we would've won,? said coach Dick Halterman. ?It's always great to get that first win in conference especially on the road. I thought it would be a game that went down to the wire. Defensively we were as good as we've been all season.?
COACH DICK HALTERMAN - Dick Halterman is entering his 17th season as the head coach for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, and brings with him a 296-191 career mark at OSU. Halterman has guided the Cowgirls to eight postseason appearances in the last 11 years, including seven NCAA Tournament appearances (last in 1996) and one Women's NIT appearance (1998). Under Halterman, 13 Cowgirls have been named first-team all-conference, while 27 student-athletes have achieved first-team academic all-conference status. He is a two-time conference Coach of the Year, and was the District V Coach of the Year in 1991. Halterman has taken two conference All-Star teams abroad, including this past August, when he led the Big 12 All-Stars on a tour of Finland and Sweden. That team finished with a 5-1 record.
HALTERMAN ON RADIO/TV - During the 1999-2000 season, fans can catch up with the Cowgirl head coach on both the radio and television. The Coach Halterman Radio Show will be broadcast every Monday evening from 5:30 - 6 p.m. on KGFY-105.5 FM in Stillwater. The Coach Halterman Television Show will be broadcast on Tuesday's at 7 p.m. on KWEM-TV 31 in Stillwater, which is Channel 3 on Peak Cablevision. Casey Kendrick, program manager at KWEM, will host both the radio and television shows.
COWGIRL BASKETBALL ON THE AIR - Once again during the 1999-2000 season, the Oklahoma State women's basketball games will be broadcast live on KGFY-105.5 FM in Stillwater, part of Stillwater Radio. Kevin Gum, in his 10th season with the Cowgirl broadcast, will handle play-by-play duties, while Casey Kendrick, in his fifth season on the air, will provide color analysis. Fans outside the Stillwater broadcast range will be able to listen to the broadcasts via the internet at www.okstate.com. Gum and Kendrick will be on the air 30 minutes prior to tipoff with pregame analysis, as well as interviews with Coach Halterman and various Cowgirl players.
CROW BACK FOR FINAL SEASON - Jennifer Crow is back for her final season in a Cowgirl uniform, and is looking to move up several OSU career statistical charts. She became the 14th player in school history to record 1,000 points in a career, and she currently ranks fifth on the all-time points scored list with 1,436. Jennifer needs 138 points to surpass Donna Ridling (4th with 1,573). She already holds the school record for three-pointers made (171) and attempted (453) in a career. Jennifer was named third-team All-Big 12 last season, and was honored as a second-team Academic All-American her junior year. She ranks eighth in career scoring average at 14.4 ppg, fifth in free-throw percentage at 81.1 percent, and fifth in three-point shooting at 37.7 percent. Here is a look at where Jennifer ranks on several of the school's career statistical charts.
| Category | Crow's stats | needs | to surpass |
| Points | 5th with 1,436 | 138 | Donna Ridling (4th with 1,573) |
| Rebounds | 16th with 459 | 11 | Yogi York (15th with 469) |
| Assists | 10th with 229 | 28 | Bridget Nixon (9th with 257) |
| Steals | 8th with 156 | 2 | Clinette Jordan (7th with 157) |
| Minutes | 7th with 3,061 | 51 | Renee Roberts (6th with 3,111) |
| Free Throws | 2nd with 459 | 144 | Clinette Jordan (1st with 602) |
| FT Attempted | 3rd with 566 | 51 | Lisa McGill (2nd with 616) |
| Field Goals | 11th with 403 | 5 | Cheri Edwards (10th with 407) |
| FG Attempted | 9th with 946 | 98 | Renee Roberts (8th with 1,043) |
| Games Started | 18th with 76 | 2 | Shea Jackson (17th with 77) |
CROW AT THE LINE - Senior Jennifer Crow set an OSU school record vs. Lamar when she was successful on 12-of-12 trips to the free-throw line. She broke the previous record of 10-of-10, set by Crista Troester in 1983, and duplicated four times since, the most recent time by Cheri Edwards in 1998. One game later vs. Tulsa, Jennifer broke her own record by connecting on 13-of-13 free throws. Crow set another school record from the charity stripe by connecting on 30 consecutive free throws. The previous record was 28, set by Jamie Siess in 1987-88. Jennifer made her last three attempts vs. Illinois, then was a perfect 25-of-25 vs. Lamar and Tulsa. She hit her first two vs. Oral Roberts, but then missed her 31st attempt. She is currently shooting 86.5 percent (77-of-89) from the line. Jennifer also owns the top two single-game free-throw shooting performances in the nation.
NCAA TOP SINGLE-GAME FREE-THROW PERCENTAGES
| Pct. | (FT-FTA) | Player, Team vs. Opponent Date |
| 100.0% | (13-13) | Jennifer Crow, Oklahoma State vs. Tulsa (Nov. 28) |
| 100.0% | (12-12) | Jennifer Crow, Oklahoma State vs. Lamar (Nov. 19) |
| 100.0% | (12-12) | Alissa Murphy, Boston College vs. Maine (Nov. 15) |
| 100.0% | (12-12) | Trisha Payne, TCU vs. Wichita State (Nov. 28) |
| 100.0% | (12-12) | Nikki Reddick, Coastal Carolina vs. Furman (Nov. 28) |
| 100.0% | (12-12) | Keomi Johnson, Wichita State vs. Tulsa (Dec. 4) |
| 100.0% | (10-10) | 11 players tied |
FRESHMEN DUO GETTING PT - Freshmen Chantoya Hawkins and Shelby Hutchens have each started 11 games this season, the most starts by a true freshman since 1993-94, when Cheri Edwards started 28 in her first season as a Cowgirl. The last time two true freshmen started at least 11 games was in 1992-93, when Stacy Coffey, Amy Scales and Yogi York started 32, 32, and 31, respectively.
TRIO TAKING CHARGE - After 13 games this season, Oklahoma State has four players averaging at least eight points per game, and three are averaging more than six rebounds per contest. Jennifer Crow leads the team in scoring, averaging 20.8 points per game, including a career-high 28 vs. Long Beach State and vs. West Virginia. She is also averaging 6.6 rebounds per contest. Junior Tari Cummings is averaging 17.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, including careers highs in points (33) and rebounds (15) vs. Washington. Sophomore Kara Faulk is averaging 8.2 ppg and 7.8 boards per game, while freshman Chantoya Hawkins is averaging 10.8 points per contest.
BIG 12 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS - Cowgirl Jennifer Crow and Tari Cummings rank second and fifth, respectively, in the Big 12 Conference in scoring. Cummings is second in rebounding at 9.4 boards per game, behind Keitha Dickerson of Texas Tech (10.3). Kara Faulk ranks 12th in overall rebounding at 7.8 per game. Crow also ranks sixth in assists per game (4.85), and third in three-pointers made per game (2.31). Chantoya Hawkins ranks fourth in the conference in steals, averaging 2.77 per contest, while Crow ranks 12th (2.31). Crow is second in free-throw percentage and 12th in 3-point percentage. Cummings is ranked 12th in field-goal percentage.
Top Five Scorers in Big 12
(as of Jan. 10)
| Rank, Name | PPG |
| 1. Edwina Brown, UT | 22.8 |
| 2. Jennifer Crow, OSU | 20.8 |
| 3. Phylesha Whaley, OU | 19.0 |
| 4. Lynn Pride, KU | 18.2 |
| 5. Tari Cummings, OSU | 17.9 |
BIG 12 TEAM RANKINGS - Oklahoma State is in the top half of the league in seven statistical categories. The Cowgirls are second in the conference in free-throw shooting (74.9) behind Missouri (76.7). They are third in the Big 12 in offensive rebounds (15.85). OSU is fourth in the league in 3-point field goals, averaging 4.92 per game, and fifth in rebounding defense (35.4). O-State is fourth in steals per game, averaging 11.31 per contest. The Cowgirls are fifth in rebounding margin (+4.5) and third in turnover margin (+3.3).
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
Oklahoma State is 3-1 in conference openers since the Big 12 was formed in 1996-97.
The Cowgirls are 1-2 in home conference openers since the Big 12 was formed, 10-6 in home conference openers in the Halterman era, and 10-8 overall in home league openers.
Senior Jennifer Crow has scored 20-plus points in seven of the last nine contests.
Freshman Chantoya Hawkins has reached double figures in scoring in the last seven games, and 10 of the last 11.
Freshman Shelby Hutchens has scored at least eight points on four occasions this season, including a career-high 14 points vs. Portland.
Junior Reba Johnson scored nine points in just six minutes of play vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Junior Tari Cummings has six double-doubles in points and rebounds this season, including four of her last six games.
ABOUT THE LONGHORNS - The Longhorns are 10-4 this season and 2-0 in Big 12 Conference action. UT is led by senior All-America candidate Edwina Brown, who leads the league averaging 22.8 points per contest. She is also averaging 8.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. Four of Texas' starters are averaging double figures in scoring, with Asha Hill scoring 10.9 points per game, JoRuth Woods averaging 10.5 points per contest, and freshman Alisha Sare chipping in 10.1 ppg. Three of UT's four losses have come at the hands of ranked opponents, including No. 2 Tennessee on Dec. 30, 106-76.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS - Here is a statistical comparison between Oklahoma State and Texas (Big 12 ranking in parenthesis) ...
| Okla | homa | Sta | te | Te | x | a | s | |
| Ove | rall | Big | 12 | Ove | rall | Big | 12 | |
| Overall Record | 9-4 | (7) | 1-0 | (T3) | 10-4 | (6) | 2-0 | (2) |
| Scoring Offense | 74.5 | (6) | 61.0 | (8) | 77.3 | (5) | 76.0 | (2) |
| Scoring Defense | 63.3 | (7) | 42.0 | (1) | 68.3 | (10) | 63.0 | (6) |
| Scoring Margin | +11.2 | (7) | +19.0 | (1) | +9.0 | (8) | +13.0 | (4) |
| Field-Goal Pct. | 41.7 | (10) | 33.3 | (11) | 43.7 | (8) | 39.7 | (4) |
| FG Pct. Defense | 39.8 | (8) | 35.4 | (4) | 40.0 | (10) | 38.7 | (6) |
| Free-Throw Pct. | 74.9 | (2) | 69.0 | (7) | 67.6 | (9) | 57.7 | (10) |
| Rebound Margin | +4.5 | (5) | -1.0 | (6) | +7.2 | (4) | +17.0 | (1) |
| 3-Point FG Pct. | 30.5 | (9) | 20.0 | (T8) | 35.9 | (4) | 40.0 | (1) |
| 3-Pointers Per Game | 4.9 | (4) | 3.0 | (T8) | 4.3 | (6) | 7.0 | (1) |
| Turnover Margin | +3.3 | (3) | +12.0 | (1) | +1.5 | (6) | -1.0 | (7) |
SERIES HISTORY WITH TEXAS - Oklahoma State is 2-7 all-time vs. the Texas Longhorns, with both wins coming during the 1997-98 season. UT won both games last season, and the five game prior to 1997-98. OSU is 1-2 in games played in Stillwater. Here is a look at the all-time series ...
Series Record with Texas [2-7]
| Record in Stillwater: | Texas leads, 2-1 | |
| Record in Austin: | Texas leads, 3-1 |
| 03-10-77 | L | 77-80 | Regional AIAW Tournament, Monroe, La. | |
| 03-08-79 | L | 63-76 | Regional AIAW Tournament, Tulsa, Okla. | |
| 03-16-94 | L | 67-75 | 1st round, NCAA Tournament, Austin, Texas | |
| 01-04-97 | L | 70-83 | Stillwater, Okla. | |
| 02-08-97 | L | 63-70 | Austin, Texas | |
| 01-03-98 | W | 82-61 | Stillwater, Okla. | |
| 02-25-98 | W | 69-66 | Austin, Texas | |
| 01-20-99 | L | 53-75 | Austin, Texas | |
| 02-13-99 | L | 55-75 | Stillwater, Okla. |
