Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls To Face Alcorn State
November 28, 2011 | Cowgirl Basketball
Nov. 28, 2011
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
2-0 overall; 0-0 Big 12
vs.
Alcorn State Lady Braves
0-4 overall
Game 3
Nov. 29, 2011 :: 7 p.m. CST
Stillwater, Okla.
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
What 2 Watch 4
• After not playing for 13 days, the Cowgirls will play their second game in four days on Tuesday when Alcorn State (0-4) comes to town for a 7 p.m. tip.
• The Cowgirls knocked off Coppin State, 59-35, on Saturday in their first game since Nov. 13.
• The Cowgirls received 10 votes in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll
• The Cowgirls won the only previous meeting with Alcorn State on Dec. 5, 1987. OSU won, 76-74, at the Ladyjack Dial Classic in Nacogdoches, Texas.
• The Cowgirls have won 55 of their last 56 non-conference home games.
Know The Foe
• Alcorn State is looking for its first win of the season after its 74-57 loss at Rice on Nov. 23.
• Three of the Lady Braves' losses this season have come against common opponents with OSU (Rice, Texas and Mississippi State)
• Alcorn State boasts the preseason SWAC Co-Player of the year in senior guard Kiara Ruffin.
• Last year, Ruffin was named the league's top player after averaging 17.7 points and 3.0 steals per game.
• Isis Smith, a Tulsa native, is a junior on the squad.
Coppin State Leftovers
• OSU returned to action after a 13-day layoff with a 59-35 win over Coppin State on Saturday.
• Tiffany Bias was the lone Cowgirl to finish in double figures with 17 points.
• Bias also had a game-high five assists.
• The Cowgirls held the Eagles to just a 16 percent shooting effort in the first half and a 19 percent effort for the game.
• Ten of the 13 Cowgirls to play in the game scored.
