Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Travel To Ames To Face Cyclones
January 31, 2012 | Cowgirl Basketball
Jan. 31, 2012
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
12-5 overall; 4-4 Big 12
vs.
Iowa State Cyclones
11-8 overall; 2-6 Big 12
Game 18
Wednesday :: Feb. 1, 2012 :: 7 p.m. CST
Ames, Iowa
Hilton Coliseum (12,376)
What 2 Watch 4
• The Cowgirls will look to bounce back from their 67-56 loss on Saturday against Kansas State when they travel to Iowa State for a 7 p.m. tip on Wednesday.
• The contest will be just OSU's second road outing in its last six contests.
• The league's top two scoring freshman will be in action in Liz Donohoe (13.4 ppg) and Nikki Moody (9.7).
• The Cowgirls have held 15 of their 17 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.
• 70 of OSU's 85 starts thus far have been made by freshmen and sophomores.
• Tiffany Bias has led the Cowgirls in assists in all 17 games this season and has now paced OSU in 42 of her 49 career games.
Know The Foe
• The Cyclones saw their two-game winning streak end on Sunday with a 66-64 loss at Texas A&M.
• Eight of ISU's 11 wins this season have come at home and the Cyclones are 8-2 this year in Ames.
• Iowa State's 7.0 made 3-pointers per game lead the league.
• Chelsea Poppens ranks ninth among league players at 14.4 points per game and is the league's top rebounder at 11.1 boards per game.
• Poppens also ranks fifth in field goal percentage at 53.3 percent.
• The Cyclones have won 26 of the 48 meetings between the two teams after last year's 79-59 win in Ames.
• Iowa State has won the last two meetings at home with OSU's last victory in Ames being a 45-44 triumph in 2007. The win snapped OSU's two-game winning streak in the series.
Kansas State Leftovers
• The loss snapped OSU's two-game winning streak.
• Tiffany Bias matched her career high with 21 points.
• Lindsey Keller matched her career high with 14 points.
• Bias also logged six assists to move into 12th place on the school's all-time list with 258.
