Oklahoma State University Athletics
No. 15 Cowgirls To Host Mizzou
January 25, 2010 | Cowgirl Basketball
Jan. 25, 2010
No. 15/17 Oklahoma State Cowgirls (16-3, 4-1) vs. Missouri Tigers (11-7, 1-4)
Game 20
Tues. · Jan. 26 · 7:00 p.m.
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Radio < OSU Radio Network
or online at www.okstate.com
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Cowgirls Return Home To Face Missouri
Oklahoma State's women's basketball team (16-3, 4-1) returns home to face Missouri (11-7, 1-4) on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in Stillwater. The Cowgirls are coming off their second Big 12 road victory of the year, a 74-63 win at Colorado, while the Tigers earned their first conference win on Saturday, knocking off Baylor, 70-62, in Columbia.
Cowgirls and Mizzou ... The Series
The two teams have met 50 times with Missouri holding a 27-23 edge. OSU is currently riding a three-game winning streak in the series after its 68-60 win in Columbia last year. The last meeting in Stillwater resulted in a
76-41 win by the Cowgirls to push their advantage to 11-9 all time at home against the Tigers. OSU last won four consecutive against Mizzou from 1991-92.
Scouting The Tigers
Missouri enters Tuesday's contest fresh off a 70-62 win over Baylor in Columbia over the weekend. The victory snapped a five-game losing streak for the Tigers. Mizzou is 2-3 away from home this season and 0-2 in Big 12 road games after losses at Colorado and Kansas. RaeShara Brown currently leads the league in steals at 3.4 per game. The Tigers rank fourth in the Big 12 in scoring defense at 58.9 points per game. Jessra Johnson checks in as the squad's top scorer and rebounder at 12.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.
What 2 Watch 4
Andrea Riley has played 40 minutes in each of OSU's first five Big 12 Games and has scored at least 30 points in four of those games ... Riley enters the contest No. 2 nationally in consecutive double-figure scoring games ...
Ohio State's Jantel Lavender leads the nation at 87 consecutive games, while Riley has scored at least 10 points in 77-straight games ... Riley is four steals away from tying Kansas' Lynn Pride for sixth on the league's all-time
chart at 279 ... she is also one made field goal away from matching Oklahoma's Phylesha Whaley for seventh on the league's all-time chart at 777 ... the Cowgirls are one win away from matching their total from a year ago
... the Cowgirls are 11-0 at home this season and have won 12-straight games in Stillwater dating back to last year ... three of OSU's four conference wins thus far have come against North Division foes.
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