Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Travel To Bertha Teague Memorial Classic
June 09, 2003 | Cowgirl Basketball
THIS WEEK - Oklahoma State will host Southwest Missouri State on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 7:06 p.m. in Gallagher-Iba Arena. The game will be the fifth meeting between these two schools, with the Cowgirls holding a slight 3-2 edge in the series. On Sunday, Dec. 5, OSU will travel to Wichita, Kan., to play the Wichita State Shockers. Game time is set for 2 p.m.
Probable Starters
Pos. ## Name Ht. GP-GS PPG RPG APG
F 11 Tari Cummings 5-11 3-3 17.3 9.0 1.3
F 22 Kara Faulk 5-11 3-3 9.0 7.7 1.3
C 12 Jessica Bates 6-2 3-1 3.7 2.3 0.3
or 00 Toya Releford 5-10 3-2 3.3 2.3 1.3
G 32 Chantoya Hawkins 5-5 3-2 4.0 4.0 2.7
or 20 Shelby Hutchens 5-10 3-1 2.7 1.0 0.5
G 34 Jennifer Crow 5-9 3-3 16.3 7.0 5.7
TULSA/ORU RECORDS - Tulsa played Creighton Wednesday night in the Reynolds Center. Oral Roberts played Wichita State Wednesday night in the Mabee Center. TU was 0-1 prior to that, losing to Florida State, 77-70. ORU was 1-0 prior to the game with WSU, defeating Southern Nazarene, 71-68.
LAST TIME - OSU shot 24-of-32 from the free-throw line, including a school-record 12-of-12 performance by Jennifer Crow, as OSU defeated Lamar, 68-49. Crow's perfection on 12 trips to the line broke the previous record of 10-of-10, set by Crista Troester in 1983 and duplicated four times. Tari Cummings poured in a game-high 18 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for the second double-double of her Cowgirl career. Chantoya Hawkins pitched in 11 points for OSU. "I'm really disappointed in how we played," said OSU Coach Dick Halterman. "I felt like we really struggled to get anything accomplished. I thought Lamar really did a good job at checking us everywhere we wanted to go. It was really an ugly game." OSU shot just 30.8 percent in the first half, compared to 36.8 by Lamar. However, the Cowgirls did shoot better in the second period, connecting on 11-of-25 shots for 44.0 percent.
COACH DICK HALTERMAN - Dick Halterman is entering his 17th season as the head coach for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, and brings with him a 289-188 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. Fans can call in and ask questions of the OSU coach. 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. 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.
HOME NON-CONFERENCE WINNING STREAK INTACT - With the 68-49 win over Lamar on last week, Oklahoma State has won 18 straight home non-conference games, the longest such streak in school history. The Cowgirls are 45-3 in those types of games in the 1990s (73-10 all-time). The only three losses in the 1990s are as follows ... Jan. 25, 1995 - lost to Arkansas, 65-79; Jan. 4, 1992 - lost to UMKC, 58-65; March 14, 1990 - lost to Michigan, 68-77. Here is a list of the current non-conference winning streak ...
Date Opponent Score
02-21-95 Wichita State 86-74
11-25-95 USC 85-55
12-17-95 UC-Irvine 68-45
11-22-96 Southern Utah 97-44
11-23-96 Oral Roberts 70-53
12-15-96 Nicholls State 109-56
11-14-97 Arkansas State 79-49
12-19-97 Southwest Texas 75-62
12-22-97 Western Illinois 88-54
12-29-97 Oral Roberts 92-50
12-30-97 Sam Houston State 75-44
03-15-98 Rice 75-52
11-14-98 SMU 64-57
11-27-98 Northwestern State 88-65
11-28-98 UMKC 77-58
12-02-98 Vanderbilt 67-54
11-15-99 Northern Iowa 73-55
11-19-99 Lamar 68-49
CROW BACK FOR FINAL SEASON - Cowgirl 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 eighth on the all-time points scored list with 1,214. Jennifer needs just 30 points to surpass Renee Roberts (1,243) for seventh and 169 to move past Stacy Coffey for sixth (1,381). She already holds the school record for three-pointers made (145) and attempted (389) 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 10th in career scoring average at 13.6 ppg, sixth in free-throw percentage at 80.6 percent, and fifth in three-point shooting at 37.3 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 8th with 1,214 30 Renee Roberts (7th with 1,243)
Rebounds 20th with 394 13 Linda Tisdell (19th with 406)
Assists t13th with 183 16 Nikki Harmon (12th with 198)
Steals 10th with 133 4 Bridget Nixon (8th with 136)
Minutes 11th with 2,675 84 Cheri Edwards (10th with 2,758)
Free Throws 2nd with 403 200 Clinette Jordan (1st with 602)
FT Attempted 4th with 500 31 Stacy Coffey (3rd with 530)
Field Goals 17th with 333 2 Jodi Fisher (16th with 334)
FG Attempted 15th with 792 12 Rhonda Kite (14th with 803)
Games Started 19th with 66 3 Kelly Pehrson (18th with 68)
SOME NEW FACES - There will be some new faces on the court this season for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls as four newcomers are on the 1999-2000 squad. The most obvious is Tari Cummings, a junior college All-American who transferred to OSU from Westark Community College in Ft. Smith, Ark. Also probable in the starting lineup are Chantoya Hawkins and Shelby Hutchens, who will share time at the point-guard position. Coming off the bench will be Leah Wahlgren, who can play either the point or shooting guard positions. Those four make a fine addition to an already experienced team.
AND SOME FAMILIAR ONES - Although Oklahoma State lost four seniors >from last season's squad, there are several players back for 1999-2000. The junior class includes Reba Johnson, Devon Magness and Toya Releford. The sophomore class includes Jessica Bates, Kara Faulk, Emily Lanie, Coleman Smith, Jessica Spinner and Mandy Stuber.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• 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.
• After three games this season, Oklahoma State has two players averaging in double-figure scoring, and three are averaging more than seven rebounds per game. Tari Cummings leads the scoring offense with 17.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, while Jennifer Crow is averaging 16.3 and 7.0, respectively. Sophomore Kara Faulk is averaging 9.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.
• Five Cowgirls have already connected on at least one three pointer, led by junior Tari Cummings (6-of-10). Others that have hit a trey are Jennifer Crow, Jessica Spinner, Chantoya Hawkins and Shelby Hutchens.
• Through three games, Jennifer Crow has played every minute (120).
• Oklahoma State shot 54.1 percent from behind the three-point arc during the two exhibition games, including a 6-of-9 performance from freshman Chantoya Hawkins, and 6-of-10 shooting from Crow. Sophomore Jessica Spinner connected on 4-of-9 treys, while freshman Shelby Hutchens made 3-of-4 three-point attempts.
• Sophomore Jessica Spinner is the first Cowgirl to ever wear a single-digit jersey number (#4).
• In the 1990s, Oklahoma State is ranked 41st nationally based on both total wins and by overall winning percentage. OSU is 184-109 in the 1990s, good enough for a .628 winning percentage.
• Should senior Jennifer Crow average double-figure scoring this season, she will be just the third Cowgirl to do so in school history. Clinette Jordan and Stacy Coffey are the only two OSU players to ever do so.
• The championship/consolation game of the Seattle Times Classic will be the 750th game in OSU school history. Oklahoma State is 432-309 (.583) in 26 seasons of Cowgirl Basketball.
• Jennifer Crow had 14 assists and just two turnovers in the two exhibition games, a 7-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
MORE ABOUT THE BERTHA TEAGUE - Oklahoma State initiated the Bertha Teague Memorial Classic six seasons ago when OSU, OU, Rice and Minnesota played four games on Dec. 30-31, 1994. Since then, Oral Roberts joined in the mix for three seasons from 1995-96 until 1997-98, and now, the fourth Division I school in the state joins in Tulsa. Oklahoma State has never lost a game in the Bertha Teague, going a perfect 10-0, while the Sooners have lost only one game, when the lost to Southern Utah by one point in 1996. OU, 7-1 in the tournament, did not participate in 1997-98. Here is a look at OSU's dominance in the Classic.
Dec. 30, 1994 vs. Minnesota W 70-61
Dec. 31, 1994 vs. Rice W 55-43
Dec. 20, 1995 vs. Grambling State W 67-56
Dec. 21, 1995 vs. Oral Roberts W 84-44
Nov. 22, 1996 vs. Southern Utah W 97-44
Nov. 23, 1996 vs. Oral Roberts W 70-53
Dec. 29, 1997 vs. Oral Roberts W 92-50
Dec. 30, 1997 vs. Sam Houston State W 75-44
Dec. 28, 1998 vs. Stephen F. Austin W 82-68
Dec. 29, 1998 vs. Denver W 76-48
