Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls To Host Western Illinois
December 28, 2009 | Cowgirl Basketball
Dec. 28, 2009
Oklahoma State Cowgirls (9-2) vs. Western Illinois Leathernecks (4-8)
Game 12
Tues. · Dec. 29 · 4:30 p.m.
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Radio — KGFY (105.5 FM)
or online at www.okstate.com
Video — www.okstate.com
OSU To Square Off With Western Illinois
Oklahoma State's women's basketball team (9-2) will continue its seven-game homestand on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. against Western Illinois (4-8). The teams were originally scheduled to meet on Monday night, but had to adjust their schedule due to travel complications. OSU is coming off a 90-65 win over Oral Roberts on Dec. 22, while the Leathernecks lost at Ohio State, 99-38, in their last outing.
Cowgirls and Western Illinois ... The Series
The Cowgirls and Leathernecks have crossed paths on two previous occasions with OSU winning both outings. The first meeting took place in 1984 at the UMKC Tournament in Kansas City and resulted in a 71-54 Cowgirl win. OSU hosted Western Illinois on Dec. 22, 1997 and came away with an 88-54 win.
Scouting The Leathernecks
Western Illinois will be looking to snap a two-game losing skid after suffering losses to Loyola and at Ohio State. The Leathernecks are in their 12th season under head coach Leslie Crane, who has compiled a 177-152 record during her time at the Macomb, Ill. school. Erica Lewis is the lone player scoring in double figures at 10.7 points per outing. Ashley Lord is pulling a team-best 6.9 boards per game. WIU is 1-4 away from home this season with its lone road win coming at Northern Illinois on Nov. 17.
What 2 Watch 4
The Cowgirls have won 39-straight non-conference games at home … Andrea Riley enters the contest with 2,192 career points which is 49 points shy of catching Kansas State's Nicole Ohlde for fourth on the Big 12's all-time scoring list … Riley has had double-doubles in each of her past two games … Riley enters the contest No. 2 nationally in consecutive double-figure scoring games … Ohio State's Jantel Lavender leads the nation at 81 consecutive games, while Riley has scored at least 10 points in 69-straight games … Riley enters play with 256 career steals, which is one shy of Texas' Edwina Brown for 11th on the league's all-time list ... Riley has double-doubles in her last two outings and is averaging 10.3 assists per game over her last six games ... Lakyn Garrison has gone 9 of 20 from the 3-point line over the past two games as well.
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