Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Set For Big 12 Championship
March 06, 2012 | Cowgirl Basketball
March 6, 2012
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
16-11 overall; 8-10 Big 12
vs.
Missouri Tigers
12-17 overall; 2-16 Big 12
Game 28
Wednesday :: March 7, 2012 :: 7:30 p.m. CST
Kansas City, Mo.
Municipal Auditorium (9,308)
What 2 Watch 4
• The Cowgirls will ride a three-game winning streak into this week's Big 12 Championship at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
• OSU enters play as the No. 7 seed and will face No. 10 seed Missouri on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
• OSU closed out the regular season on Saturday with a 68-47 win over the Tigers.
• 109 of OSU's 135 starts thus far have been made by freshmen and sophomores.
• Toni Young is 17 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 26 of OSU's 27 games this season and has now paced OSU in 51 of her 59 career games.
• Bias is two steals from 13th and four from 12th on the school's all-time list.
Big 12 Championship History
• The Cowgirls are 11-15 all time in the event.
• OSU reached the title game for the first time in 2008 before falling to Texas A&M.
• The Cowgirls have been the No. 7 seed on one other occasion, posting a 2-1 mark in 2010.
• OSU is 7-7 all time in first-round games.
• Overall, the seven seed is 11-4 in first-round games.
Know The Foe
• Both of Missouri's Big 12 victories came in the final five games of the regular season.
• The Tigers are second in the league with their 6.8 made 3-pointers per game.
• Christine Flores ranks fourth in scoring (16.7 ppg)
• BreAnna Brock and Flores rank fifth and seventh, respectively, among league players in rebounding.
• OSU has won two of the three previous meetings against the Tigers at the Big 12 Championship.
• The Cowgirls have won six of the last seven, but trail by a 28-26 count in the overall series.
Mizzou Leftovers
• Liz Donohoe pulled a career-best 15 rebounds and dished out a career-high five assists.
• Lindsey Keller and Kendra Suttles each recorded double-doubles.
• Suttles grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds.
