Oklahoma State University Athletics
Women's Basketball Faces Wichita State
December 07, 2000 | Cowgirl Basketball
Dec. 7, 2000
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Oklahoma State will host the Wichita State Shockers on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. in the Mabee Center on the ORU campus in Tulsa. It will be the third-straight 'home away from home' game for the Cowgirls. OSU will be looking to break a three-game losing streak vs. the Shockers. Oklahoma State is 4-3 this season, coming off a 66-59 loss to Washington on Sunday afternoon. Wichita State is 2-2 and coming off a 78-68 loss to TCU on Tuesday night in Wichita. OSU leads the all-time series, 7-5, although WSU picked up an 86-81 win over the Cowgirls last year in Wichita.
Oklahoma State (4-3) vs. Wichita State (2-2)
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000 --2 p.m.
Mabee Center (10,585)
Tulsa, Okla.
Radio - KGFY 105.5 FM
www.okstate.com
COMING UP
Oklahoma State will leave Sunday, Dec. 17, for the Bahamas and the Nassau Sunsplash Shootout on Dec. 20-21. Other teams competing in the tournament are Eastern Michigan, Alabama and Creighton. Following the Bahamas trip, the Cowgirls will be off for three days before returning to practice on Dec. 26. The next game on the schedule will be West Virginia on Friday, Dec. 29, in the new Athletic Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Washington's Kellie O'Neill scored a game-high 20 points and the Huskies halted a late rally by Oklahoma State as the Cowgirls fell to UW, 66-59. Washington took an early 8-0 lead in a game in which it never trailed. By the 14-minute mark of the first half, the Huskies had taken an 11-point lead, 16-5. Oklahoma State cut the lead back to three at 19-16 midway through the first period, and trailed by just two with 1:43 remaining in the half. A pair of baskets put UW ahead, 35-30, at the intermission. In the first six minutes of the second stanza, Washington went on a 16-2 run and took a 19-point lead, the biggest of the game. In that span, OSU missed 11-of-12 field-goal attempts, including four layups. The Cowgirls missed nine point-blank shots in the game. OSU went on an 18-6 run of its own over the next 11 minutes, including 11 free throws. However, the Huskies scored twice and hit 5-of-6 free throws in the final 2-1/2 minutes to preserve the win. A pair of three-pointers by Jessica Spinner and a trey by Machell Roberts at the buzzer made the score respectable. Spinner led the Cowgirls with 11 points and seven rebounds, while Trisha Skibbe also scored in double figures with 10 points. Shelby Hutchens, Roberts and Jessica Bates each chipped in nine points.
CAPTAINS
Juniors Kara Faulk and Nikki Lawrence were voted on by the team as the captains for the 2000-01 season. Faulk, a Sapulpa, Okla., native, is beginning her third year in a Cowgirl uniform. Lawrence is a junior college transfer originally from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
MORE ON WICHITA STATE
Wichita State is 2-2 this season and coming off a 78-68 loss to TCU at home Tuesday night. The Shockers are led by junior foward Jennifer Kaczka who is averaging 17 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. She is also shooting 66.7 percent from the field. Freshman Angela Buckner is averaging 14 points and 11.8 boards per contest. The head coach of WSU is Darryl Smith who has a 38-24 record in his third season with the Shockers. His all-time record in just over 10 seasons is 198-88.
OSU-WSU TIES
Oklahoma State has two players on its roster from the state of Kansas. Leah Wahlgren is from Salina, Kan., (Salina South HS) and Trisha Skibbe is from Oxford, Kan. (Oxford HS). Skibbe's hometown of Geuda Springs, Kan., is approximately 20 minutes from Wichita. The Shockers' Renada Collins is from Oklahoma City, Okla. (Southeast HS) and attended Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Okla.
PLAYER NOTES
#2 Terrisha Osborn -- Terrisha is averaging just over 10 minutes per game. She is scoring 2.5 points and 2.7 rebounds per game, and is shooting 45.5 percent from the floor.
#4 Jessica Spinner -- Jessica started the first five games for OSU, and is averaging 7.9 points per game. She leads the team with 20 assists and has eight steals. She was named to the all-tournament team of the Bertha Teague Memorial Classic.
#12 Jessica Bates -- Jessica is averaging eight points and 5.3 rebounds per game. She is shooting 47.8 percent from the floor and 66.7 percent from the line. She started the first five games for OSU.
#20 Shelby Hutchens -- Shelby is averaging 8.1 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. She is second on the team in assists with 16. She was named to the all-tournament team of the Islander Classic.
#21 Mandy Stuber -- Has seen limited playing time in three games due to an ankle sprain. She does have two rebounds, two assists, a block and two steals.
#22 Kara Faulk -- Kara is averaging 7.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. She is 14-of-17 from the line (82.4 percent) and has as many offensive rebounds (23) as defensive boards.
#24 Machell Roberts -- Machell is averaging 7.4 points per game and is shooting 45 percent from three-point range (9-of-20). She was the leading scorer with 12 points vs. Southwest Missouri State.
#32 Chantoya Hawkins -- Chantoya leads the team with 9.7 points per game. She is also averaging 4.3 rebounds per contest. She has connected on 13-of-32 treys (40.6 percent). She was named to the all-tournament team of the Islander Classic.
#54 Nikki Lawrence -- Nikki is averaging 3.6 points and three rebounds per game off the bench. She is 11-of-12 from the free-throw line.
#55 Trisha Skibbe -- Trisha has made an immediate impact for OSU in the paint. She is averaging 8.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. She is shooting 44.2 percent from the floor and 71.4 percent from the line.
COACH DICK HALTERMAN
Dick Halterman is entering his 18th season as the head coach for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, and brings with him a 305-206 career mark at OSU. Halterman has guided the Cowgirls to eight postseason appearances in the last 12 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 31 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 August of 1999, when he led the Big 12 All-Stars on a tour of Finland and Sweden. That team finished with a 5-1 record. Here is a look at Halterman's year-by-year coaching record at Oklahoma State.
COWGIRL BASKETBALL ON THE AIR
Once again during the 2000-01 season, Oklahoma State's basketball games will be broadcast live on KGFY-105.5 FM in Stillwater. Kevin Gum, in his 11th season with the Cowgirl broadcast, will handle play-by-play duties, while Casey Kendrick, in his sixth season on the air, will provide color analysis. For the first time, Cowgirl Basketball will be part of the OSU Radio Network. Member stations will provide statewide broadcasts of as many as 10 games throughout the season. Fans unable to pick up the over-the-air broadcast will be able to listen to the games via the internet at www.okstate.com. Broadcasts will begin 15 minutes prior to tipoff with pregame analysis, as well as interviews with Coach Halterman and various Cowgirl players.
