Oklahoma State University Athletics
Oklahoma State Prepares For Oklahoma
February 29, 2000 | Cowgirl Basketball
Feb. 29, 2000
Wednesday, March 1, 2000 7 p.m.
Lloyd Noble Center (11,100) Norman, Okla.
Radio - Stillwater Radio (KGFY-105.5 FM)
COWGIRLS FACE SOONERS
- In the final game of the regular season, the Cowgirls will face the Oklahoma Sooners in the 64th meeting of the Bedlam Series. Oklahoma State is 13-14 overall, 5-10 in Big 12 Conference action after an 83-75 loss to seventh-ranked Texas Tech on Saturday night in Gallagher-Iba Arena. OU is 22-6 overall, 12-3 in league play after an 88-69 victory over No. 25 Kansas on Saturday in Norman. The Sooners are ranked 24th by the Associated Press, and 25th in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll.
COMING UP
- OSU's next game will most likely be the first game of the Big 12 Tournament at noon on Tuesday, March 7, in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. The Cowgirls' opponent will be either the Kansas State Wildcats (12-16, 5-10) or the Colorado Buffaloes (9-17, 4-11).
INJURY REPORT
- Tari Cummings suffered a partial ACL tear and a lateral meniscus tear in her left knee against West Virginia on Dec. 31. She had surgery on Jan. 7, and is out until at least the first week of March. Freshman Leah Wahlgren had her knee scoped on Friday morning, and is out for the remainder of the season.
Probable Starters
Pos # Name Ht. GP-GS PPG RPG APG FG% FT%F 00 Toya Releford 5-10 26-13 5.2 3.3 1.0 .423 .724
C 12 Jessica Bates 6-2 25-11 5.3 4.6 0.5 .500 .714
G 20 Shelby Hutchens 5-10 27-20 6.4 2.3 1.9 .335 .691
G 32 Chantoya Hawkins 5-5 27-25 11.0 3.3 2.9 .361 .670
G 34 Jennifer Crow 5-9 27-27 21.7 6.2 4.3 .422 .885
CROW HONORED FOR CLASSROOM WORK
- Senior Jennifer Crow was honored for her classroom work as well on Thursday when the GTE Academic All-America district awards were announced. For the second-straight year, Jennifer was named a first-team District VI Academic All-American. Her name, along with four others from the district, will be added to a national list that will be voted on and the Academic All-America first, second and third teams will be announced on Thursday, March 16. Jennifer was a second-team Academic All-America selection a year ago.
COACH DICK HALTERMAN
- Dick Halterman is entering his 17th season as the head coach for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, and brings with him a 300-201 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. Here is a look at Halterman's year-by-year coaching record at Oklahoma State.
Coach Halterman's Year-by-Year Record
Year W L Pct. Note1983-84 18 11 .620 Eighth-Most Improved team in NCAA history
1984-85 17 11 .607 First-ever 12-win season at home
1985-86 13 18 .419 Clinette Jordan's rookie season
1986-87 16 12 .571 Jordan, Siess both break 1,000 points
1987-88 17 11 .607 Liz Brown's freshman year
1988-89 20 12 .625 OSU's first-ever NCAA Appearance
1989-90 20 11 .645 Big Eight Tournament Champions
1990-91 27 6 .818 Sweet 16 Appearance
1991-92 11 17 .393 Lisa McGill named District All-American
1992-93 23 9 .719 NCAA Appearance
1993-94 20 9 .690 NCAA Appearance
1994-95 17 12 .607 NCAA Appearance
1995-96 20 10 .669 Last NCAA Tournament Appearance
1996-97 15 12 .556 Two 100-point games during season
1997-98 20 11 .645 Postseason Women's NIT
1998-99 13 15 .464 Six players named Academic All-Big 12
1999-2000 13 14 .481 Jennifer Crow's senior season
Totals 300 201 .599
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.
HALTERMAN'S 300TH WIN
- Oklahoma State's 80-66 win over Texas A&M was a milestone in Halterman's career. It was his 300th victory at OSU, moving him into an elite group. Only six coaches in the history of Oklahoma State athletics have reached that mark: Mr. Henry Iba (men's basketball), Toby Greene (baseball), Gary Ward (baseball), Sandy Fischer (softball) and James Wadley (men's tennis). Halterman also became the sixth coach in the Big 12 to reach that mark, and the fourth to reach it at his current school. Only Marian Washington (KU), Ceal Barry (CU), Jody Conradt (UT) and Marsha Sharp (TTU) have won that many games with their current team.
HALTERMAN'S 500TH GAME
- Oklahoma State's game vs. Nebraska was the 500th in Halterman's career at OSU. He is 300-201 in 17 seasons with the Cowgirls. He has an all-time record of 549-235, including stints at Wheeling High School and Moberly Junior College.
CROW BACK FOR FINAL SEASON
- Jennifer Crow is in her final season in a Cowgirl uniform, and is moving 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 third on the all-time points scored list with 1,700. Jennifer just surpassed Jamie Siess (1,682), and needs just 66 points to move into second. She already holds the school record for three-pointers made (209) and attempted (562) 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 seventh in career scoring average at 15.5 ppg, fifth in free-throw percentage at 82.4 percent, and fifth in three-point shooting at 37.2 percent. Another interesting note: Jennifer is just the third Cowgirl to ever average double-figure scoring in all four years of her career. Here is a look at where Jennifer ranks on the school's career charts.
Category Crow's rank needs to surpassPoints 3rd with 1,751 15 Lisa McGill (2nd with 1,765)
Rebounds 10th with 540 15 Renee Roberts (9th with 554)
21 Cheri Edwards (8th with 560)
Assists 6th with 281 18 Althea Cox (5th with 298)
Steals 5th with 174 9 Renee Roberts (4th with 182)
Minutes 4th with 3,616 253 Jamie Siess (3rd with 3,868)
Free Throws 2nd with 544 59 Clinette Jordan (1st with 602)
FT Attempted 2nd with 660 311 Clinette Jordan (1st with 970)
Field Goals 7th with 500 4 Charmaine Johnson (6th with 503)
44 Donna Ridling (5th with 543)
FG Attempted 6th with 1,177 30 Donna Ridling (5th with 1,206)
Games Started t10th with 90 2 Scales/Johnson (8th with 91)
Games Played 17th with 113 2 Jamie Siess (16th with 114)
All-time Career Leaders
Points Scored
1. Clinette Jordan 2,1682. Lisa McGill 1,765
3. Jennifer Crow 1,751
4. Jamie Siess 1,682
5. Donna Ridling 1,573
CROW BREAKS MARK
- With four three-pointers vs. Baylor, Jennifer Crow surpassed the school single-season mark of 57, set by Alicia Burke in 1988-89. Crow owns three of the top four marks in school history, and four of the top eight. With 10 attempts from behind the arc vs. KSU, she surpassed her own mark for three-point attempts in a season, 146 last year. She now has 180 attempts this season.
All-time Three-Pointers Made (single season)
1. Jennifer Crow, 99-00 682. Alicia Burke, 88-89 57
3. Jennifer Crow, 98-99 51
4. Jennifer Crow, 97-98 48
8. Jennifer Crow, 96-97 42
SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT
- Earlier this month, Jennifer Crow became just the 10th player in school history to record 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career. She also became the first player in school history to record 1,500 points, 500 boards, 250 assists and 150 steals in a career. She currently has 1,751 points, 540 rebounds, 281 assists and 174 steals in her four-year career. She is one of just 11 players in the history of the Big 12 schools to put up those kinds of numbers.
National Scoring Leaders
(as of Feb. 28)
1. Jackie Stiles, SMS State 26.92. Diana Caramanico, Penn 24.9
3. Jess Zinobile, St. Francis, Pa. 22.0
4. Rhonda Smith, LBSU 21.9
5. Jennifer Crow, OSU 21.7
CROW AT THE LINE
- 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 88.5 percent (162-of-183) from the line, second in the nation. Jennifer also owns three of the top 10 single-game free-throw shooting performances in the nation.
NCAA Leaders Free-Throw Percentage
(as of Feb. 20)
Rank, Name, School Pct. FT-FTA1. Jennifer Crow, Oklahoma State 89.9% 151-168
2. Marica Maddox, Georgia State 89.6% 60- 67
3. Corrin Von Wald, Wis.-Milwaukee 88.5% 94-107
4. Alissa Murphy, Boston College 88.4% 107-121
5. Karen Culbertson, Iona 88.2% 112-127
6. Trisha Raniewicz, St. Bonaventure 87.6% 92-105
7. Kylie Galloway, Hawaii 87.2% 82- 94
8. Jackie Stiles, SMS 86.7% 176-203
NCAA TOP SINGLE-GAME FREE-THROW PERCENTAGES
Pct. (FT-FTA) Player, Team vs. Opponent Date100.0% (18-18) Corrin Von Wald, Wis.-Milwaukee vs. Valparaiso Jan. 19
100.0% (16-16) Katie Smrcka-Duffy, Georgetown vs. Seton Hall Feb. 9
100.0% (14-14) Jamie Cassidy, Maine vs. Rice Jan. 11
100.0% (14-14) Jackie Stiles, Southwest Mo. St. vs. Bradley Jan. 29
100.0% (14-14) Shauna Geronin, Canisius vs. Manhattan Jan. 30
100.0% (13-13) Lori Chase, Southeast Mo. St. vs. UMKC Nov. 23
100.0% (13-13) Jennifer Crow, Oklahoma St. vs. Tulsa Nov. 28
100.0% (13-13) Kristine Austgulen, Va. Commonwealth vs. Richmond Jan. 7
100.0% (13-13) LaNeishea Caufield, Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech Feb. 19
100.0% (12-12) Jennifer Crow, Oklahoma St. vs. Lamar Nov. 19
100.0% (12-12) Jennifer Crow, Oklahoma St. vs. Texas A&M Feb. 19
Seven others tied
FRESHMEN DUO GETTING PT
- Freshman Chantoya Hawkins has started 25 games this season, while fellow freshman Shelby Hutchens has started 20 contests this year. That's 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 20 games was in 1992-93, when Stacy Coffey, Amy Scales and Yogi York started 32, 32, and 31, respectively.
BIG 12 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
- Jennifer Crow leads the Big 12 Conference in scoring, averaging 21.7 points per game. She leads UT's Edwina Brown, who is averaging 21.6 points per contest. Jennifer has 586 points in 27 games, Brown has 605 points in 28 contests. Crow also ranks eighth in assists per game (4.26), and third in three-pointers made per game (2.52). Chantoya Hawkins ranks 12th in the conference in steals, averaging 2.11 per contest. Crow also leads the Big 12 in free-throw percentage at 88.5 percent, just ahead of Texas A&M's Prissy Sharpe (88.1). Crow is also 10th in assist-turnover ratio (1.22), and 10th in three-point shooting percentage (36.4).
Top Five Scorers in Big 12
(as of Feb. 29)
Rank, Name PPG1. Jennifer Crow, OSU 21.7
2. Edwina Brown, UT 21.6
3. Phylesha Whaley, OU 20.5
4. Lynn Pride, KU 17.4
5. Nicole Kubik, NU 17.2
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES -
- As a team, the Cowgirls have shattered the previous school record for three-point attempts in a season. The previous record was 355 in 1991-92. This year, OSU has attempted 467 shots from behind the arc.
- With five three-pointers against Texas A&M, Oklahoma State broke the school record of 131, set by the 1988-89 team. The 1999-2000 squad now has 146 treys.
- Maintaining their current pace, the Cowgirls should break two more three-point records. OSU is currently averaging 5.41 treys made and 17.3 threes attempted this season. The school records are 4.63 and 13.1, respectively.
- The Cowgirls broke the school-record for three-pointers in a game when the connected on 11 shots from behind the arc vs. Iowa State. The previous record was 10 vs. Nebraska on March 4, 1998.
- Senior Jennifer Crow has scored 20-plus points in 16 of the last 21 contests, and has three 30-point games.
- Freshman Chantoya Hawkins has reached double figures in scoring in 20 of the last 23 games.
- Freshman Shelby Hutchens has scored at least eight points on 12 occasions this season, including a career-high 22 points vs. Baylor in Stillwater.
- Junior Reba Johnson pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds at Colorado, the most since Kelly Folsom grabbed 16 caroms at Texas on Feb. 8, 1997.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Here is a statistical comparison between Oklahoma State and Oklahoma (Big 12 ranking in parenthesis) ...
Overall Big 12
OSU OU OSU OU
Overall Record 13-14 (8) 22-6 (3) 5-10 (T8) 12-3 (T1)
Scoring Offense 70.3 (7) 79.4 (2) 66.1 (9) 79.5 (1)
Scoring Defense 68.7 (9) 67.3 (7) 71.6 (10) 69.7 (6)
Scoring Margin +1.6 (8) +12.1 (3) -5.5 (9) +9.8 (2)
Field-Goal Pct. 40.6 (11) 48.3 (1) 39.1 (10) 48.5 (1)
FG Pct. Defense 40.4 (7) 42.6 (11) 40.7 (5) 42.5 (8)
Free-Throw Pct. 74.7 (2) 75.0 (1) 73.9 (3) 75.8 (1)
Rebound Margin +0.3 (9) +7.9 (2) -3.5 (9) +6.1 (3)
3-Point FG Pct. 31.3 (8) 36.1 (3) 31.2 (8) 39.2 (2)
3-Pointers Per Game 5.4 (3) 4.8 (4) 5.7 (3) 5.3 (5)
Turnover Margin +0.7 (7) +0.6 (8) -1.0 (9) -0.1 (4)
SERIES HISTORY WITH OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma State leads the all-time series with Oklahoma, 34-29, although the Sooners have won three of the last four. That includes a 93-68 victory in Stillwater earlier this season. The Cowgirls have won seven of the last 10 contests, including 3-of-4 in Norman since 1996. OU leads the all-time series in Norman, 16-11. Here is a game-by-game look at the all-time series ...
01-23-75 W 70-41 Norman, Okla.
02-19-75 W 93-42 Stillwater, Okla.
12-10-75 W 76-36 Stillwater, Okla.
02-27-76 W 68-31 State AIAW Tournament, Edmond, Okla.
02-06-76 W 53-47 Norman, Okla.
01-22-77 W 73-65 Big Eight Tournament, Boulder, Colo.
01-25-77 W 52-44 Stillwater, Okla.
02-09-77 W 70-50 Norman, Okla.
03-04-77 W 45-41 State AIAW Tournament, Stillwater, Okla.
12-06-77 L 74-80 Norman, Okla.
02-08-78 W 74-60 Stillwater, Okla.
11-29-78 W 77-62 Norman, Okla.
02-23-79 L 48-53 State AIAW Tournament, Weatherford, Okla.
02-07-79 W 62-48 Stillwater, Okla.
12-07-79 L 41-54 Norman, Okla.
01-19-80 W 60-54 Big Eight Tournament, Columbia, Mo.
02-21-80 L 62-65 State AIAW Tournament, Norman, Okla.
02-06-80 L 45-52 Stillwater, Okla.
12-10-80 L 79-89 Norman, Okla.
01-14-81 L 61-75 Big Eight Tournament, Lawrence, Kan.
01-31-81 L 68-76 Stillwater, Okla.
01-20-82 L 68-78 Stillwater, Okla.
02-27-82 W 53-52 State AIAW Tournament, Oklahoma City, Okla.
02-03-82 L 67-71 Norman, Okla.
01-27-83 L 64-77 Norman, Okla.
02-16-83 L 82-83 Stillwater, Okla.
01-24-84 L 72-75 Norman, Okla.
02-14-84 W 79-71 Stillwater, Okla.
02-27-85 L 62-91 Norman, Okla.
02-03-85 W 85-76 Stillwater, Okla.
02-05-86 L 68-108 Norman, Okla.
03-02-86 L 67-86 Stillwater, Okla.
03-04-86 L 50-85 Big Eight Tournament, Norman, Okla.
01-21-87 W 84-68 Norman, Okla.
02-10-87 L 70-75 Stillwater, Okla.
01-23-88 L 81-83 Norman, Okla.
02-16-88 L 78-79 Stillwater, Okla.
01-17-89 W 71-64 Stillwater, Okla.
02-04-89 W 87-68 Norman, Okla.
01-24-90 W 99-94 Norman, Okla.
02-06-90 W 89-77 Stillwater, Okla.
03-04-90 W 87-78 Big Eight Tournament, Salina, Kan.
01-19-91 W 76-60 Stillwater, Okla.
02-13-91 W 72-63 Norman, Okla.
01-26-92 L 65-75 Stillwater, Okla.
02-20-92 L 75-98 Norman, Okla.
01-17-93 W 65-44 Stillwater, Okla.
02-14-93 L 55-64 Norman, Okla.
03-06-93 W 85-70 Big Eight Tournament, Salina, Kan.
01-16-94 L 60-82 Norman, Okla.
02-13-94 W 77-68 Stillwater, Okla.
01-29-95 L 61-62 Stillwater, Okla.
02-26-95 L 67-76 Norman, Okla.
01-14-96 W 86-79 Norman, Okla. (2ot)
02-11-96 W 62-58 Stillwater, Okla.
01-29-97 W 88-57 Norman, Okla.
02-23-97 W 67-54 Stillwater, Okla.
02-07-98 W 76-54 Norman, Okla.
02-28-98 W 69-52 Stillwater, Okla.
01-13-99 L 58-74 Norman, Okla.
02-10-99 L 53-61 Stillwater, Okla.
03-02-99 W 70-56 Big 12 Tournament, Kansas City, Mo.
02-12-00 L 68-93 Stillwater, Okla.
WHO TO START?
- Oklahoma State has used 13 different starting lineups this season. Senior Jennifer Crow has been the only constant on the floor at tipoff. Here is a look at Oklahoma State's record with each of the 13 different starting lineups ...
Lineup Record
Hawkins, Crow, Hutchens, Cummings, Faulk 4-2
Hawkins, Crow, Stuber, Releford, Magness 1-2
Hawkins, Crow, Hutchens, Faulk, Releford 2-0
Hawkins, Crow, Hutchens, Releford, Bates 1-3
Hawkins, Crow, Hutchens, Releford, Magness 1-1
Hawkins, Crow, Cummings, Faulk, Releford 1-1
Hawkins, Crow, Hutchens, Stuber, Bates 0-2
Hawkins, Crow, Hutchens, Faulk, Bates 1-0
Hawkins, Crow, Johnson, Releford, Bates 1-0
Hutchens, Crow, Cummings, Faulk, Bates 1-0
Hawkins, Crow, Spinner, Johnson, Bates 0-1
Hawkins, Crow, Hutchens, Johnson, Bates 0-1
Hutchens, Crow, Cummings, Faulk, Johnson 0-1
