Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Resume Play Against Vermont
December 11, 2009 | Cowgirl Basketball
Dec. 11, 2009
Oklahoma State Cowgirls (5-2) vs. Vermont Catamounts (7-1)
Game 8
Sun. · Dec. 13 · 3:30 p.m.
Patrick Gymnasium (3,228)
Burlington, Vermont
Radio -- KGFY (105.5 FM)
or online at www.okstate.com
Cowgirls To Square Off Against Vermont
Oklahoma State's women's basketball team (5-2) will play its final non-conference road game on Sunday when it travels to Burlington, Vermont to face the Vermont Catamounts (7-1) at 3:30 p.m. Due to finals week, the Cowgirls last took the court on Dec. 6 and posted an 80-51 win over Coppin State in Stillwater. Vermont enters the contest fresh off a 57-38 win at Massachusetts on Wednesday.
Cowgirls and Vermont ... The Series
The Cowgirls and Catamounts have never met. However, OSU has faced a pair of teams from the America East Conference. The Cowgirls won at Maine, 75-64, on Nov. 30, 1996. OSU also defeated Maryland Baltimore County, 105-52, at the Florida International Classic in Miami in 1991.
Scouting The Catamounts
Vermont will be the fifth opponent of OSU's first eight that played in the NCAA Tournament a year ago. The Catamounts went 21-12 and lost in the first round to eventual national champion Connecticut. Vermont is 2-0 at home this season with wins over Dartmouth and Manhattan. Vermont opened the season with a pair of wins at the Wolfpack Invitational, including a win over host N.C. State. The squad's lone loss came on Dec. 3 at No. 1 Connecticut. Vermont edged Hartford as the favorite to win the America East Conference. Courtnay Pilypaitis is the only player in AEC history to reach 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists. She and May Kotsopoulos were preseason all-league picks.
What 2 Watch 4
Andrea Riley stands at 2,105 career points which ranks eighth on the Big 12's all-time scoring list ... Riley is 20 points shy of catching Oklahoma's LaNeishea Caufield for seventh place ... Riley also enters the contest No. 2 nationally in consecutive double-figure scoring games ... Ohio State's Jantel Lavender leads at 76 consecutive games, while Riley has scored at least 10 points in 65-straight games ... Riley enters play with 244 steals, which is six shy of OU's Stacey Dales for 12th on the league's all-time list ... Riley is also 10 made free throws shy of catching Clinette Jordan for first on the school's all-time list.
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