Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls To Host Texas Southern On Sunday
November 15, 2014 | Cowgirl Basketball
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
1-0 overall; 0-0 Big 12
No. 21 AP, No. 20 USA Today Coaches
Head Coach Jim Littell (Southwestern College, 1977)
Fourth Year at OSU (69-32)
Fourth Year Overall (69-32)
vs.
Texas Southern Lady Tigers
0-0 overall; 0-0 SWAC
N/A AP, N/A USA Today Coaches
Head Coach Johnetta Hayes-Perry (Rice, 2004)
Second Year at Texas Southern (20-13)
Game 2
Sunday :: Nov. 16, 2014 :: 6:00 p.m.
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Radio -- KGFY (105.5 FM)
Kevin Gum (PxP), Casey Kendrick (Color)
Television -- None
Video -- okstate.com
What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will close its season-opening homestand on Sunday at 6 p.m. when it hosts Texas Southern inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• The Cowgirls opened their 2014-15 campaign with a 76-65 win over Loyola Marymount on Friday.
• Liz Donohoe is slated to start her 103rd consecutive game in a Cowgirl uniform.
• The Cowgirls own a 23-game winning streak during the regular season against non-conference competition, which dates back to a 2011 loss vs. Long Island in Reno.
• The Cowgirls also own a 33-game home winning streak against non-conference foes with their last loss coming in 2010 at the hands of Duke.
• OSU has gone undefeated in the non-league portion of its home schedule seven of the past eight seasons.
• Sophomore Brittany Atkins missed OSU's two exhibitions and will sit out the squad's first two regular-season contests while serving a suspension for violation of team rules.
Know The Foe
• Texas Southern was picked to finish second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference by the league's head coaches after a WNIT campaign a year ago.
• Guard Jazzmin Parker and center Morgan Simmons were tabbed as preseason first-team all-league picks.
• Guard Sarah Williams and forward Alexus Johnson were tabbed as second-team selections.
• Sunday's contest will be the first of three consecutive against Big 12 competition for the Lady Tigers, who will play at Kansas on Nov. 18 and at TCU on Nov. 22.
OSU vs. TSU ... The Series
• The two programs have squared off five times with OSU holding a 5-0 advantage.
• All five contests have taken place in Stillwater with the most recent being a 91-49 OSU triumph on Dec. 1, 2012.
Last Time Out
• The Cowgirls are now 31-11 all time in season openers and have won nine consecutive home openers with their last loss coming on Nov. 19, 2005 against Texas State.
• Brittney Martin logged her 11th career double-double and the sixth in her last 10 games.
• Lakota Beatty made her first career start.
• Four newcomers saw their first career action.
