Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Back In Action Against Wildcats
January 27, 2012 | Cowgirl Basketball
Jan. 27, 2012
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
12-4 overall; 4-3 Big 12
vs.
Kansas State Wildcats
13-6 overall; 4-3 Big 12
Game 17
Saturday :: Jan. 28, 2012 :: 11:30 a.m. CST
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
What 2 Watch 4
• The Cowgirls will put their two-game winning streak on the line Saturday when they host Kansas State at 11:30 a.m. inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• The contest will be televised by Fox Sports Net.
• The Cowgirls have held 14 of their 16 opponents thus far under 40 percent shooting from the floor.
• The Cowgirls will be looking for their fifth Big 12 win, which would surpass their total from last season.
• OSU will be looking for its first three-game conference winning streak since winning three in a row in February of 2010.
• 67 of OSU's 80 starts thus far have been made by freshmen and sophomores.
• Tiffany Bias has led the Cowgirls in assists in all 16 games this season and has now paced OSU in 41 of her 48 career games.
Know The Foe
• Kansas State comes to town looking to snap a three-game losing streak after Wednesday's 66-57 home loss against Iowa State.
• The Wildcats are 5-2 this season in road games.
• Brittany Chambers is the squad's leading scorer (15.4 ppg) and rebounder (6.3 rpg).
• Chambers ranks sventh in the league in scoring and is 15th among the Big 12's leading rebounders.
• She also ranks second in the league in minutes played (36.1 mpg) and is second in 3-point field goals made per game (2.7).
• K-State ranks second in the league in scoring defense at 54.2 points per game.
• The Wildcats lead the all-time series 28-27 after last year's 63-45 win in Manhattan. K-State has won seven of the last nine overall and three of the last four in Stillwater.
Texas A&M Leftovers
• OSU halted a three-game losing streak against A&M and got its first home win in the series since 2004.
• Tiffany Bias had a pair of steals, giving her 114 for her career and moving her into 20th place on the school's all-time list.
• The win was OSU's second this season over a Top 25 team with Texas being the first on Jan. 7.
