Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Basketball Travels To Waco To Face Baylor
February 13, 2007 | Cowgirl Basketball
Cowgirl Basketball Travels To Waco For Showdown With Baylor
Oklahoma State's women's basketball team (17-7 overall, 5-6 Big 12) will put its two-game winning streak on the line Wednesday at 7 p.m. when it travels to Waco, Texas to take on the No. 15 Baylor Lady Bears (21-4, 8-3). The Cowgirls are coming off an 83-57 win at Missouri on Saturday, while Baylor enters the contest with a two-game winning streak of its own after knocking off Iowa State, 81-64, on Saturday at home.
Scouting The Lady Bears
Baylor enters the midweek matchup having won 14 of its 16 games at home this season with its two losses coming against Purdue and Oklahoma. The Lady Bears are led by Bernice Mosby's 18.1 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. The preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, Mosby had a 23-point, nine-rebound effort in Baylor's 66-55 win in Stillwater on Jan. 27. Angela Tisdale is averaging 11.2 points per game and has dished out a team-high 97 assists on the year.
Series History
After Baylor's 66-55 win earlier this year, the Lady Bears have now won eight consecutive in the series ... Baylor leads the overall series 18-7 and is 10-1 against the Cowgirls in Waco ... OSU's lone victory in Waco came on Feb. 6, 1999, a 58-56 triumph ... the Cowgirls have lost seven consecutive contests inside the Ferrell Center, including last year's 57-26 setback.
What 2 Watch 4
A win would be OSU's sixth Big 12 win of the season, marking its most conference victories since winning seven Big 12 games in 2001-02 ... a win would be No. 18 for OSU and its highest total since winning 20 games during the 1997-98 season ... a win would be OSU's third Big 12 road victory of the season a feat it has not achieved since winning three league road games in 2001-02 ... Andrea Riley is nine assists shy of the No. 8 spot on the school's single-season list ... OSU is looking for its first win over a ranked opponent in five tries this season.
