Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Set To Battle West Virginia
February 18, 2014 | Cowgirl Basketball
Feb. 18, 2014
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
20-4 overall; 9-4 Big 12
No. 12 AP, No. 12 USA Today Coaches
Head Coach Jim Littell (Southwestern College, 1977)
3rd Year at OSU (63-27); 3rd Year Overall (63-27)
vs.
West Virginia Mountaineers
22-3 overall; 11-2 Big 12
13-AP, 16-USA Today Coaches
Head Coach Mike Carey (Salem, 1980)
25th Year Overall (564-246); 13th Year at WVU (266-144)
Game 25
Wednesday :: Feb. 19, 2014 :: 6 p.m. (CST)
Morgantown, West Virginia
WVU Coliseum (14,000)
What 2 Watch 4
• The Cowgirls return to action on Wednesday at 6 p.m. (CST) when they head east to face West Virginia in Morgantown.
• OSU is seeking its fifth Big 12 road win, which would be its most since winning six in 2008.
• The Cowgirls enter the contest ranked second nationally in 3-point field-goal percentage defense (24.0 percent).
• OSU will be looking for its 10th league victory, which would be its first double-digit win total since winning 11 times in Big 12 play in 2007-08.
• Tiffany Bias has played 40 minutes in 10 of OSU's 13 Big 12 games this season.
• Bias has played 40 minutes in 19 of her last 23 Big 12 games and has 35 40-minute career outings.
• Bias is two points shy of becoming the fourth Big 12 player to log 1,500 points, 250 steals and 700 assists during her career. She would join Andrea Riley and OU's Stacey Dales and Danielle Robinson.
• Bias is also slated to make her 102nd consecutive
start, a string that dates back to her freshman year.
Know The Foe
• West Virginia brings a five-game winning streak into play after a 61-57 win over TCU on Feb. 16.
• The Mountaineers are 10-2 at home this season with losses to Ohio State and Baylor.
• Bria Holmes is one of four WVU players scoring in double figures and her 14.5 points per game are seventh among league players.
• Asya Bussie's 2.2 blocks per game and Brooke Hampton's assist-turnover ratio both rank second.
OSU vs. WVU — The Series
• The Mountaineers won in Stillwater, 71-67, in January to take a 3-2 lead in the overall series.
• OSU is 1-0 all time in Morgantown after last year's 64-54 win.
• WVU posted an 80-76 win in Charleston, in the first-ever meeting between the two in 1999.
Oklahoma Leftovers
• The win gave OSU its third consecutive 20-win season, which marked the first time the Cowgirls have done so since 1989-91.
• Liz Donohoe logged her seventh double-double of the season.
• The win was OSU's third-straight home victory over its in-state rival, the first time that has happened since 1996-98.
