Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls To Square Off With Missouri
January 20, 2012 | Cowgirl Basketball
Jan. 20, 2012
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
10-4 overall; 2-3 Big 12
vs.
Missouri Tigers
10-6 overall; 0-5 Big 12
Game 15
Saturday :: Jan. 21, 2012 :: 4 p.m. CST
Columbia, Missouri
Mizzou Arena (15,061)
What 2 Watch 4
• The Cowgirls will look to bounce back from their first home loss of the season on Wednesday night against Kansas when they travel to Columbia, Mo., to face Missouri at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
• Last year, Toni Young pulled a school-record 22 rebounds against the Tigers.
• OSU's overtime loss last year came after the Cowgirls went scoreless over the final four minutes of regulation and Missouri closed on an 11-0 run to force overtime.
• Young enters play with 595 rebounds and will be looking to become the 10th player in school history and first since Shaunte' Smith in 2008 to reach the 600-rebound plateau.
• The Cowgirls have held 12 of their 14 opponents thus far under 40 percent shooting from the floor.
• Tiffany Bias enters play with 106 assists, which is four shy of the No. 20 spot on the school's single-season list.
• 59 of OSU's 70 starts thus far have been made by freshmen and sophomores.
• OSU is 1-2 overall in road games this year and 0-2 against Big 12 foes away from Stillwater.
Know The Foe
• Missouri is looking for its first league win of the season after losing during the midweek at Texas A&M.
• The Tigers are 7-3 at home this year and will be looking to snap a two-game losing streak at home.
• Missouri snapped a four-game losing streak against OSU last year with an overtime win in Columbia.
• TheTigers lead the overall series by a 28-24 count.
• The Cowgirls have won two of the last three in Columbia.
• Christine Flores enters play as the league's second-leading scorer at 18.7 points per game.
• Flores also ranks in the top 10 in rebounding with her 7.3 boards per game (T9) and is second with her 3.6 blocked shots per game.
• BreAnna Brock is sixth in the league at 8.4 rebounds per game and fifth in field-goal percentage (53.4%).
Kansas Leftovers
• OSU shot 41 percent, marking the first conference game this year it has shot at least 40 percent
• The Cowgirls suffered their first home loss of the season, falling to 8-1 inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• The Jayhawks joined Baylor as the only OSU opponent to shoot at least 40 percent from the floor this year. KU finished at 48.1 percent.
