Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Travel To Norman For Bedlam Battle
February 03, 2012 | Cowgirl Basketball
Feb. 3, 2012
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
12-6 overall; 4-5 Big 12
vs.
Oklahoma Sooners
14-6 overall; 6-3 Big 12
Game 19
Saturday :: Feb. 4, 2012 :: 12 p.m. CST
Norman, Oklahoma
Lloyd Noble Center (12,000)
What 2 Watch 4
• The Cowgirls will attempt to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the year on Saturday at noon when they travel to Norman, Okla., to face Oklahoma.
• The game will be televised by the Sooner Sports Network with Bob Carpenter and Billy Tubbs on the call.
• After its 66-63 win over the Sooners earlier this year, OSU will be looking to sweep the season series for the first time since 1998 when the Cowgirls capped a six-game winning streak in the series.
• The league's top two free-throw shooters will be in action in OSU's Liz Donohoe (95.6%) and OU's Whitney Hand (87.9%).
• The Cowgirls have held 16 of their 18 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.
• 74 of OSU's 90 starts thus far have been made by freshmen and sophomores.
• Tiffany Bias has led the Cowgirls in assists in 17 of OSU's 18 games this season and has now paced OSU in 42 of her 50 career games.
Know The Foe
• OU has won two in a row after its 74-68 overtime win at Kansas on Jan. 31.
• The Sooners have three players scoring in double figures and are paced by Aaryn Ellenberg, who is fifth in the league with her 16.2 points per contest.
• The Sooners pace the league in 3-point field-goal percentage at 37.2 percent.
• OU is second among Big 12 squads with its 6.7 made 3-pointers per contest and is second in scoring offense at 72.4 points per outing.
• Morgan Hook and Whitney Hand both rank among the league's top 10 assist leaders at 4.1 and 4.0 assists per game, respectively.
Iowa State Leftovers
• The Cowgirls have now lost eight of nine in Ames.
• Taylor Schippers led OSU with a career-high three assists in the contest.
• Toni Young finished with her second double-double of the year and now has 19 in her career.
