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Cowgirls Suffer First Home Loss Against Kansas
January 18, 2012 | Cowgirl Basketball
Jan. 18, 2012
STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma State's women's basketball team fell at home for the first time this season on Wednesday night, suffering a 65-60 loss to Kansas in front of 2,247 fans inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
The Cowgirls, who had won their previous eight home games, fell to 10-4 overall and 2-3 in Big 12 play. The Jayhawks improved to 15-2 and 4-1.
The Cowgirls trailed by double figures for a good portion of the first half and were down 10 with less than a minute to play. Sophomore Tiffany Bias hit a runner in the lane with 12 seconds left and stole the ensuing inbound pass and laid it in to end the first half with OSU trailing 33-27.
Kansas hit 50 percent of its shots in the half before finishing at 48 percent to become just the second team this year to shoot at least 40 percent from the floor against OSU.
Four minutes into the second half, the Cowgirls trimmed the deficit to two at 37-35, but the Jayhawks responded with 10 of the game's next 12 points to extend the lead back to double figures.
OSU mounted one final run, getting a jumper from junior Lindsey Keller to draw within one at 56-55 with 3:38 remaining before KU countered with seven points in a row.
Bias drilled a long 3-pointer to get the Cowgirls within a possession at 63-60 with 11 seconds remaining, but the Jayhawks tacked on a pair of free throws to end the contest.
Bias led OSU with 18 points and was joined in double figures by junior Toni Young, who finished with 12 points, and freshman Liz Donohoe, who added 10 points.
KU's Carolyn Davis scored 18 points, while Aishah Sutherland finished with 15 points and 22 rebounds.
The Cowgirls will return to action on Jan. 21 when they travel to Columbia, Mo., to take on the Missouri Tigers at 4 p.m.
