Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Set To Begin WNIT Play
March 15, 2012 | Cowgirl Basketball
March 15, 2012
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
16-12 overall; 8-10 Big 12
vs.
Central Arkansas Sugar Bears
24-6 overall; 14-2 Southland
Game 29
Friday :: March 16, 2012 :: 7:00 p.m. CST
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
What 2 Watch 4
• The Cowgirls will play in the WNIT for the second year in a row when they host Central Arkansas on Friday at 7 p.m. in first-round action.
• The WNIT berth marks the sixth consecutive season OSU has received a postseason invitation.
• 113 of OSU's 140 starts (81 percent) thus far have been made by freshmen and sophomores.
• Toni Young is four points shy of becoming the 19th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point mark.
• Tiffany Bias has led the Cowgirls in assists in 27 of OSU's 28 games this season and has now paced OSU in 52 of her 60 career games.
• Bias is two steals from 13th and four from 12th on the school's all-time list.
WNIT History
• The Cowigrls are 5-4 all time in the event.
• The Cowgirls made their lone quarterfinal appearance in 2001, finishing 2-1 with a pair of home wins.
• OSU reached the second round in three of its previous four trips to the WNIT.
• OSU has played in the event two of the last four years, including last year's second-round showing.
• The Cowgirls are 5-0 all time in WNIT home games.
Know The Foe
• Central Arkansas comes to town sporting a 24-6 mark overall. The Sugar Bears won the Southland Conference regular season crown with a 14-2 mark.
• The Sugar Bears were 6-3 this season on the road.
• Megan Herbert is the squad's leading scorer (17.6 ppg) and rebounder (11.3 rpg).
• Herbert was named the league's player of the year for the second-straight season as well as the defensive player of the year, while Matt Daniel was named the Southland Conference Coach of the Year.
• The Cowgirls and Sugar Bears met once previously with OSU claiming a 107-36 win on dec. 22, 2007.
Mizzou Leftovers
• The loss snapped OSU's three-game winning streak.
• Toni Young recorded her third double-double of the year and the 20th of her career.
• The loss was just OSU's second in its last eight games against the Tigers.
