Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Host Baylor Thursday Night
February 01, 2001 | Cowgirl Basketball
Feb. 1, 2001
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Baylor (15-3, 4-3) at Oklahoma State (10-8, 2-5)
Thursday - Feb. 1, 2001 - 7 p.m.
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Stillwater, Okla.
Radio - KGFY 105.5 FM
www.okstate.com
COWGIRLS HOST BAYLOR
Oklahoma State (10-8 overall, 2-5 Big 12) will host the Baylor Bears (15-3, 4-3) on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. in Gallagher-Iba Arena. The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but was rescheduled due to the Memorial Services. Baylor is ranked 20th in the Associated Press poll and 22nd in the latest edition of the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. It is the first time Baylor has been listed in the AP Poll since Jan. 31, 1978. The Bears defeated the Cowgirls, 81-69, in the first game of the conference season a month ago. BU leads the all-time series, 8-5.
COMING UP
Oklahoma State will travel to Manhattan, Kan., this Saturday, Feb. 3, to take on the Kansas State Wildcats (11-7, 1-6) at 3 p.m. The game will be televised by Fox Sports Net. The broadcast will include Bill Land as the play-by-play man and Brenda Van Lengen as color analyst. On Wednesday, Feb. 7, the Cowgirls will travel to Ames, Iowa, to take on the Iowa State Cyclones (16-2, 6-1) at 7 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Oklahoma State's bench scored 61 points as the Cowgirls defeated the Texas A&M Aggies, 85-69, last Saturday in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Jessica Bates led the team with 18 points as one of five players that scored in double figures. Mandy Stuber scored a career-high 16 points in an emotional game for the Piedmont, Okla., native. After missing the last two games due to the death of her father, Stuby came off the bench and was 6-of-7 from the field, including a perfect 4-of-4 from behind the three-point arc. ?It is something I thought I would never have to go through,? said Stuber, when asked about the last week. ?It is still hard to talk about. The first few practices were hard for me, but today, I knew that my dad wouldn't be back and I was playing for him.? Kara Faulk picked up her second double-double of the season with 14 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. Junior Nikki Lawrence was one rebound shy of her own double-double with 11 points and nine boards, while sophomore Chantoya Hawkins was two assists shy of a double-double with 14 points and eight dishes. The Cowgirls struggled early, trailing by as many as nine points on four occasions through the first 10-1/2 minutes. However, after being down 19-10, OSU went on a 13-0 run to take a four-point lead. Oklahoma State ended the half strong, outscoring A&M, 20-3, over the last eight minutes. The Aggies whittled away at the lead in the second half and, within six minutes, trailed by just one at 39-38. A&M took the lead once again on a layup by Janae Derrick, but Hawkins returned the favor on the other end of the court and OSU never trailed again. Texas A&M's Jaynetta Saunders had a game-high 31 points on 12-of-27 shooting, taking nearly 40 percent of the Aggies shots at the basket. Derrick finished with 14 points and a game-high 14 rebounds, while Brandy Jones chipped in 11 points for A&M. Oklahoma State shot 51.6 percent for the game, the first time this season over the 50-percent mark. The Cowgirls also shot 40 (8-of-20) percent from the three-point arc and 78.6 (11-of-14) percent from the charity stripe. Meanwhile, the Aggies were limited to just 39 percent shooting, including 10 percent from behind the arc.
OSU-BU SERIES
Baylor leads the all-time series with Oklahoma State, 8-5, although the Cowgirls lead the series in Stillwater with a perfect 4-0 record. Baylor won the last meeting between the two schools, an 81-69 victory a month ago in Waco. The Cowgirls won the last meeting in Gallagher-Iba Arena, a 75-54 win on Jan. 22, 2000.
COWGIRL ATTENDANCE RANKS 44th NATIONALLY
Oklahoma State has had 9,411 fans come through the turnstiles in the first five games in Gallagher-Iba Arena, an average of 1,882 fans per game. That average ranks OSU 44th nationally in unofficial attendance this season. Texas Tech is the Big 12 leader and ranks third nationally with 12,335 fans per contest. Iowa State is second in the league and fourth nationally at 11,306.
COWGIRLS IN THE RPI
Oklahoma State is ranked 54th in the Ratings Percentage Index following Wednesday night's games, published by College Basketball News on Feb. 1. The Cowgirls' schedule-strength rank (28th) is the sixth-toughest in the league behind Oklahoma (ninth), Nebraska (10th), Iowa State (17th), Texas (19th) and Texas Tech (24th).
COACH DICK HALTERMAN
Dick Halterman is entering his 18th season as the head coach for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, and brings with him a 311-211 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.
HALTERMAN ON RADIO/TV
During the 2000-01 season, fans can catch up with the Cowgirl head coach on both the radio and television. The Coach Halterman Radio Show will be broadcast on KSPI-93.7 FM in Stillwater on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. The Coach Halterman Television Show will be broadcast Fridays and Saturdays in Stillwater, Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Woodward, as well as on College Sports Southeast regionally. A schedule of airtimes follows. Casey Kendrick, program manager at KWEM, will host both the radio and television shows.
CAPTAINS
Juniors Kara Faulk and Nikki Lawrence were voted on as the captains for the 2000-01 season. Faulk, from Sapulpa, Okla., is in her third year with the program, while Lawrence, a native of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is in her first season at Oklahoma State.
PLAYER NOTES
#2 Terrisha Osborn - Terrisha has started five games this season, and played in 17 contests. She is averaging 2.2 points and 2.4 rebounds in just under 12 minutes per game. She has 24 assists and just 11 turnovers, a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio.
#4 Jessica Spinner - Jessica is averaging 8.2 points per game. She is third on the team with 48 assists and 21 steals. She was named to the all-tournament team of the Bertha Teague Memorial Classic after a career-high 17 points vs. Tulsa.
#12 Jessica Bates - Jessica is averaging 8.4 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. She is shooting 49.3 percent from the floor, and has started 11-of-18 games for OSU. She leads the team in blocked shots with eight.
#20 Shelby Hutchens - Shelby is averaging seven points per game. She leads the team with 50 assists and 24 steals. She was named to the all-tournament team of the Islander Classic. Shelby had a career-high nine assists vs. Eastern Michigan in the Bahamas.
#22 Kara Faulk - Kara is averaging 9.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. She is 50-of-60 from the line (83.3 percent). She is also shooting 50 percent (11-of-22) from behind the arc. She was named the MVP of the Nassau Sunsplash Shootout after she scored a career-high 24 points vs. Alabama.
#24 Machell Roberts - Machell is averaging 6.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per contest. She scored a career-high 14 points vs. Wichita State and had a team-high 12 vs. Southwest Missouri State. She is fourth on the team with 34 assists.
#32 Chantoya Hawkins - Chantoya is averaging 7.2 points per game. She is also averaging 3.3 rebounds per contest. She was named to the all-tournament team of the Islander Classic. Chantoya leads the team with 50 assists and is second with 21 steals.
#54 Nikki Lawrence - Nikki is averaging four points and 3.4 rebounds per game off the bench. She had a career-high five assists vs. West Virginia. She leads all post players with 18 assists.
#55 Trisha Skibbe - Trisha started her seventh game in a Cowgirl uniform, and is averaging 7.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. She pulled down a team season-high 16 rebounds vs. Kansas last week. Trisha was named to the all-tournament team in the Bahamas.
