Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Basketball Falls At Texas A&M, 65-52
February 09, 2004 | Cowgirl Basketball
Oklahoma State's women's basketball team suffered its second consecutive defeat on Wednesday night, falling 65-52 to Texas A&M in front of 2,228 fans inside Reed Arena.
The Aggies won their first-ever Big 12 game under head coach Gary Blair, improving to 8-12 overall and 1-8 in conference play, while the Cowgirls slipped to 8-12 and 3-6. The loss snapped OSU's six-game winning streak against the Aggies in
Texas A&M raced out to a 37-23 lead in the first half and never looked back, getting a combined 26 points from Toccara Williams and Tamea Scales. The duo finished with 40 points in the contest with Williams adding 11 assists and Scales grabbing 11 rebounds.
For the Cowgirls, Trisha Skibbe scored 11 first-half points on her way to the fifth double-double in her last seven games against the Aggies. The
The Aggies scored 20 points off of 27 Cowgirl turnovers and built their lead to as many as 18 in the second half. Williams, the league leader in steals took advantage of A&M's full-court pressure, recording four steals.
The Cowgirls will return to action on Saturday when they take on the Texas Longhorns at
