Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Set For Showdown With Baylor
January 25, 2014 | Cowgirl Basketball
Jan. 25, 2014
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
17-1 overall; 6-1 Big 12
No. 8 AP, No. 9 USA Today Coaches
Head Coach Jim Littell (Southwestern College, 1977)
3rd Year at OSU (60-24); 3rd Year Overall (60-24)
vs.
Baylor Lady Bears
15-3 overall; 5-1 Big 12
12-AP, 10-USA Today Coaches
Head Coach Kim Mulkey (Louisiana Tech, 1984)
14th Year Overall (387-84); 14th Year at BU (387-84)
Game 19
Sunday :: Jan. 26, 2014 :: 3 p.m.
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
What 2 Watch 4
• The Cowgirls will look for their first-ever six-game winning streak against Big 12 competition when Baylor comes calling for a 3 p.m. contest on Sunday inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• The Cowgirls knocked off Kansas, 64-56, on Wednesday in Lawrence to improve to 17-1 for the first time in school history.
• OSU's No. 8 Associated Press ranking and No. 9 Coaches ranking are both the highest in program history. The Cowgirls' previous high was No. 10/11 during the 2007-08 campaign.
• The contest will be televised by FSN with Ron Thulin and Brenda VanLangen handling the call.
• The game will be the first in Cowgirl history at home between two teams ranked in the top 10. OSU's only other top-10 battle came in 2010 against No. 4 Nebraska in Lincoln.
• OSU enters play ranked first nationally in 3-point field-goal percentage defense (20.8 percent), third in field-goal percentage defense (33.2 percent) and fourth in scoring defense (53.8 ppg). • Tiffany Bias is five assists shy of matching Andrea Riley for first place on the school's all-time chart.
• Bias is also slated to start her 117th career game, which would tie her for third on the OSU list.
Know The Foe
• Odyssey Sims leads the nation in scoring at 30.4 points per contest.
• Sims is also the program's all-time leader with 548 assists and made 3-pointers with 214.
OSU vs. Baylor — The Series
• Baylor has won eight consecutive in the series after claiming all three matchups last season.
• Baylor holds a 30-10 advantage in the series.
• OSU's last win against the Lady Bears was a 78-65 victory on Jan. 9, 2010 in Stillwater.
• Eight of OSU's 10 wins have come at home.
Kansas Leftovers
• The win was OSU's fifth straight in Lawrence and gave the Cowgirls their best start in school history.
• Liz Donohoe finished with 12 points and 10 boards for her second double-double in a row. She is tied for the league lead with six.
• Tiffany Bias played all 40 minutes, marking the fifth time in the last seven games she has done so.
• Bias finished with 14 points and five assists to surpass the 1,400-point and 700-assist marks.
