Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Basketball Rolls Past Oral Roberts, 78-53
December 02, 2006 | Cowgirl Basketball
Oklahoma State's women's basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak against Oral Roberts on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Golden Eagles, 78-53, in the first game of the Bertha Teague Classic at Tulsa's Reynolds Center.
Playing in their first game away from Gallagher-Iba Arena this season, the Cowgirls improved to 7-0 and are off to their best start since winning the first 10 games of the 1995-96 season. The victory also snapped a five-game losing streak in the Bertha Teague Classic with OSU's last win in the event coming on Nov. 18, 2001 against ORU.
In the first half, neither team was able to build a lead of more than five before the Cowgirls got back-to-back 3-pointers from Rita Kollo and Taylor Hardeman to fuel a 10-2 run late in the half and gain some breathing room against the Golden Eagles (5-2).
Kollo, closed the spurt with a fastbreak layup at the buzzer to send OSU into the intermission up 33-23. The junior transfer came off the bench to score seven of her 10 points in the first half.
Andrea Riley took over for the Cowgirls in the second half, scoring nine points in the first eight minutes after the break on her way to a career-high 20 points and her fourth consecutive double-figure scoring outing. The freshman also recorded her second consecutive double-double, finishing with 10 assists as well.
Joining Riley and Kollo in double figures were senior Rashidat Sadiq, who finished with 13 points, and junior Maria Cordero, who recorded her second career double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
For the second consecutive game, the Cowgirls eclipsed the 50 percent mark from the field, while holding ORU to a 33 percent effort from the floor.
The Cowgirls will return to action on Monday night when they host Prairie View A&M at 7 p.m. in
