Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Play Host To West Virginia On Saturday
January 03, 2014 | Cowgirl Basketball
Jan. 3, 2014
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
12-0 overall; 1-0 Big 12
No. 11 AP, No. 13 USA Today Coaches
Head Coach Jim Littell (Southwestern College, 1977)
3rd Year at OSU (55-23); 3rd Year Overall (55-23)
vs.
West Virginia Mountaineers
12-1 overall; 1-0 Big 12
RV-AP, NR-USA Today Coaches
Head Coach Mike Carey (Salem, 1980)
25th Year Overall (544-244); 13th Year at WVU (256-142)
Game 13
Saturday :: Jan. 4, 2014 :: 6 p.m.
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
What 2 Watch 4
• The Cowgirls will look to remain undefeated on the season when West Virginia comes to town for a 6 p.m. tilt on Saturday.
• Admission for the contest is free.
• The game will be televised by FS1 with Ron Thulin (play-by-play) and Brenda VanLengen (color) handling the call.
• The Cowgirls are 12-0 and one of just six remaining undefeated teams in the country.
• The Cowgirls' 12-0 start is the best in school history, surpassing their 11-0 start a year ago.
• The Cowgirls have not opened with consecutive Big 12 victories since starting 3-0 in 2010.
Know The Foe
• West Virginia enters the weekend with a 12-1 mark and has won 12 in a row after dropping its opener against Ohio State.
• The Mountaineers opened Big 12 play on Thursday with a 65-55 win at Kansas.
• Asya Bussie is the squad's leading scorer (14.4 ppg) and rebounder (8.0 rpg).
• WVU is 4-0 on the road this season.
OSU vs. WVU — The Series
• The two squads have split their previous four meetings.
• Each team picked up a road win a year ago.
• The Cowgirls are 1-1 at home against WVU after last year's 67-61 loss.
• OSU earned the season split with a 64-54 win in Morgantown.
Texas Leftovers
• The Cowgirls now own a five-game winning streak against the Longhorns at home.
• The win snapped a three-game losing streak in Big 12 openers for OSU.
• Liz Donohoe recorded her second double-double in a row, finishing with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
• Tiffany Bias logged her first 40-minute outing of the year and poured in a season-high 23 points.
• Texas' 61 points were a season high by a Cowgirl opponent.
