Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Basketball Tips Off Regular Season At Duke
November 13, 2008 | Cowgirl Basketball
Cowgirls Open With Tough Test At Duke
Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will open its season on Friday night at 6 p.m. (CST) against Duke in Durham, N.C. The tilt will be a clash of top-15 teams as the Cowgirls enter with a No. 14 ranking, while the Blue Devils begin the season as the country's No. 8 squad.
Opening Statement
OSU is 3-5 all time in season openers on the road ... OSU is 2-1 in season openers under Budke ... OSU is 25-10 overall in season openers ... Friday's contest will mark the first true road opener for the Cowgirls since a 71-63 overtime win at Oral Roberts on Nov. 17, 2000 ... The Cowgirls did open the season with neutral site games in 2002 and 2003, but have opened in Stillwater in each of the last four seasons.
Scouting Duke
In its first season under head coach Joanne P. McCallie, Duke posted a 25-10 record and earned a trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2008 ... the Blue Devils' postseason run came to an end against Big 12 foe Texas A&M in the Oklahoma City Regional ... four starters and nine letterwinners return from a year ago, including senior center Chante Black ... Black led the squad last season with her 14.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game en route to earning honorable mention All-America honors ... Duke posted a 10-3 mark at home last season ... OSU and Duke have met on one previous occasion with the Blue Devils prevailing, 76-64, in the first round of the 1995 NCAA Tournament.
What 2 Watch 4
OSU's last road game also came against the No. 8 team in the country as the Cowgirls won at Baylor, 72-68, to close out the regular season a year ago ... Andrea Riley is nine points shy of 1,200 for her career, while Shaunte' Smith is one shy of the 800-point plateau.
OSU vs. the ACC
Despite meeting Duke on just one previous occasion, the Cowgirls have played eight games against ACC foes with the most recent coming in last season's NCAA Tournament. OSU knocked off Florida State in overtime to advance to the Sweet 16. The meeting produced just the second (2-6) win by the Cowgirls over an ACC opponent with the other coming against Miami (Fla.) in 1989.
Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will open its season on Friday night at 6 p.m. (CST) against Duke in Durham, N.C. The tilt will be a clash of top-15 teams as the Cowgirls enter with a No. 14 ranking, while the Blue Devils begin the season as the country's No. 8 squad.
Opening Statement
OSU is 3-5 all time in season openers on the road ... OSU is 2-1 in season openers under Budke ... OSU is 25-10 overall in season openers ... Friday's contest will mark the first true road opener for the Cowgirls since a 71-63 overtime win at Oral Roberts on Nov. 17, 2000 ... The Cowgirls did open the season with neutral site games in 2002 and 2003, but have opened in Stillwater in each of the last four seasons.
Scouting Duke
In its first season under head coach Joanne P. McCallie, Duke posted a 25-10 record and earned a trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2008 ... the Blue Devils' postseason run came to an end against Big 12 foe Texas A&M in the Oklahoma City Regional ... four starters and nine letterwinners return from a year ago, including senior center Chante Black ... Black led the squad last season with her 14.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game en route to earning honorable mention All-America honors ... Duke posted a 10-3 mark at home last season ... OSU and Duke have met on one previous occasion with the Blue Devils prevailing, 76-64, in the first round of the 1995 NCAA Tournament.
What 2 Watch 4
OSU's last road game also came against the No. 8 team in the country as the Cowgirls won at Baylor, 72-68, to close out the regular season a year ago ... Andrea Riley is nine points shy of 1,200 for her career, while Shaunte' Smith is one shy of the 800-point plateau.
OSU vs. the ACC
Despite meeting Duke on just one previous occasion, the Cowgirls have played eight games against ACC foes with the most recent coming in last season's NCAA Tournament. OSU knocked off Florida State in overtime to advance to the Sweet 16. The meeting produced just the second (2-6) win by the Cowgirls over an ACC opponent with the other coming against Miami (Fla.) in 1989.
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