Oklahoma State University Athletics
Women's Hoops Takes On Texas A&M
February 12, 2001 | Cowgirl Basketball
Feb. 12, 2001
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Oklahoma State (12-10 overall, 4-7 Big 12) will travel to College Station, Texas, early this week for a Tuesday night game with the Texas A&M Aggies (12-10, 2-9). Game time is set for 7 p.m. the Cowgirls are coming off a 76-47 loss at the hands of 10th-ranked Oklahoma Saturday night in Gallagher-Iba Arena. A&M is coming off an 80-55 loss to the Baylor Bears in Waco Saturday night. Both OSU and A&M have identical overall records. However, the Cowgirls are 4-7 in Big 12 play, sitting in eighth place in the standings, while the Aggies are 2-9 and currently in 10th place.
Oklahoma State (12-10, 4-7) at Texas A&M (12-10, 2-9)
QUICK FACTS
Tuesday -- Feb. 13, 2001 -- 7 p.m.
Reed Arena (12,500)
College Station, Texas
Radio - KGFY 105.5 FM
www.okstate.com
COMING UP
Oklahoma State will host a doubleheader with the men's team on Saturday, Feb. 17, as OSU hosts Texas in men's action at 12:45 p.m. and the Lady ?Horns at 7 p.m. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, the Cowgirls will play the Missouri Tigers in Columbia, Mo., at 7 p.m. Oklahoma State will then travel to Norman, Okla., on Saturday, Feb. 24, for the second edition of Bedlam basketball action as the Cowgirls face the Sooners for the second time in two weeks. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Despite a good showing in the first half, the Oklahoma State Cowgirls faltered and were outscored, 52-29, in the second period as the 10th-ranked Oklahoma sooners defeated OSU, 76-47, before 5,092 fans in Gallagher-Iba Arena here Saturday night. The Sooners shot an amazing 80.8 percent (21-of-26) in the second half, including 4-of-5 from behind the three-point arc. Oklahoma State, meanwhile, shot a meager 29.4 percent for the game, including just 5-of-28 (17.9 percent) from three-point range. OU's Caton Hill led all scorers with 22 points and added 19 rebounds to her stat totals. LaNeishea Caufield added 20 points, while Stacey Dales chipped in 18 points and pulled down 10 boards. Oklahoma State's lone scorer in double figures was Chantoya Hawkins, who scored 15 points off the bench, including three treys. Jessica Bates added eight points off the bench, as the Cowgirl starters scored just 16 of OSU's 47 points. ?Our kids really did a good job of competing in the first half, and the first seven or eight minutes of the second half,? said OSU coach Dick Halterman. ?Once Oklahoma got going, I felt like we didn't compete well down the stretch in the last 10 or 12 minutes.?
FAULK NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
For the first time this season, a Cowgirl was named the Big 12 Conference's Player of the Week. Kara Faulk, a junior from Sapulpa, Okla., earned the honor for the week ending Feb. 4. In two games vs. Baylor and Kansas State, she averaged 21 points and 10.5 rebounds in two wins for the Cowgirls. She also shot 48.3 percent from the floor and 84.6 percent from the free-throw line. She connected on 3-of-8 treys.
MORE ON TEXAS A&M
Texas A&M is 12-10 overall this season and 2-9 in Big 12 Conference play. The Aggies have wins over Nebraska and Baylor, both at home. A&M is led by senior Jaynetta Saunders, who is averaging 22.7 points and seven rebounds per game. Also scoring in double figures is Brandy Jones at 11.6 points per contest. Freshman Toccara Williams leads the Aggies with 156 assists, or 7.1 per game. The Aggies were 10-1 in non-conference action, and are 8-3 in games played at Reed Arena. Texas A&M is coached by Peggie Gillom, in her third season with the program. She has an all-time record of 30-46.
COWGIRL ATTENDANCE RANKS 40th NATIONALLY
Oklahoma State has had 15,632 fans come through the turnstiles in the first seven games in Gallagher-Iba Arena, an average of 2,233 fans per game. It was bolstered mostly by a showing of 5,092 fans at the Oklahoma game on Feb. 10. That total was the third-most in Gallagher-Iba Arena history for a women's basketball game, and the fifth-most to ever watch a women's bedlam game in the state of Oklahoma. The average this season ranks OSU 40th nationally in unofficial attendance this season. Texas Tech is the Big 12 leader and ranks second nationally with 12,676 fans per contest. Iowa State is second in the league and fourth nationally at 11,268.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
-- Oklahoma State scored a season-high 95 points vs. West Virginia, the most for the Cowgirls since a 95-point performance vs. Texas A&M in Stillwater on Feb. 11, 1998.
-- OSU's 51.6 percent shooting vs. Texas A&M on Jan. 27 was a season high. It was also the highest since the Cowgirls shot 54.3 percent vs. the Aggies in Stillwater last season (Feb. 19).
-- The Cowgirls had a season-high six blocked shots vs. Baylor in Stillwater, the most since OSU had six vs. Colorado last season in Boulder. Mandy Stuber led the Cowgirls with three, while Shelby Hutchens had a key block of a Sheila Lambert shot attempt at the buzzer to insure the win.
-- Kara Faulk is just three points shy of the 500-point milestone. She has twice scored 24 points in a game this season, a career best.
-- Chantoya Hawkins is just five points shy of the 500-point plateau. She has 495 points in hertwo-year career.
-- OSU has limited its opponents to less than 60 points on seven occasions, and is 7-0 in those games. The Cowgirls have give up 70 or more points in just five games this year.
-- Although most members of the team would rather forget the 29-point performance vs. Texas Tech in Lubbock, it seems to have done some good. Prior to that contest, OSU was averaging 62.8 points per game. In the next three games following the debacle, the Cowgirls averaged 74.3 points per contest.
COWGIRLS IN THE RPI
Oklahoma State is ranked 41st in the Ratings Percentage Index published by College Basketball News on Feb. 11. The Cowgirls' schedule-strength rank (10th) is the second-toughest in the league behind Nebraska (seventh).
COACH DICK HALTERMAN
Dick Halterman is entering his 18th season as the head coach for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, and brings with him a 313-213 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.
