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Cowgirls To Meet Purdue In NCAA Action
March 23, 2014 | Cowgirl Basketball
March 23, 2014
Oklahoma State Cowgirls (24-8) vs. Purdue Boilermakers (22-8)
Monday · March 24, 2014 · 8:00 p.m. (CST)
ESPN2 or ESPN3.com
West Lafayette, Indiana · Mackey Arena (14,264)
What 2 Watch 4
· Oklahoma State will take on Purdue at 8 p.m. (CST) on Monday in West Lafayette, Ind., in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
· The Cowgirls will look to advance to the third NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in program history. OSU's previous two appearances came in 1991 and 2008.
· OSU advanced to Monday night's game via its 61-60 overtime win over FGCU on Saturday.
· Monday's contest will be televised by ESPN2 with Melissa Lee and Jimmy Dykes on the call.
· OSU is 5-4 in true road games this season.
· The Boilermakers are No. 17 in the Associated Press Poll and 18th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll. OSU is 1-4 against ranked opponents this season with a victory at then-No. 11 Iowa State on Jan. 11.
· Tiffany Bias is slated to make her 110th consecutive start, a string that dates back to her freshman year.
· Bias has started 130 games and is one shy of tying the school's all-time record set by Andrea Riley.
· Bias has 292 career steals and is ninth on the league's all-time list. She is 11 shy of catching Texas Tech's Monique Smalls for eighth place.
· Bias has also played in 131 games, putting her one shy of matching Toni Young for first place on the school's all-time list.
· A win would be OSU's 25th of the year, which would surpass its 2009-10 total for the third-best tally in school history.
· Brittney Martin pulled 15 rebounds against FGCU and has logged double-figure rebounding games in five of OSU's last six games.
FGCU Leftovers
· OSU has now won its last four opening-round games at the NCAA Tournament.
· With the win, the Cowgirls moved to 9-11 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
· Tiffany Bias had eight assists, giving her a career total of 773. Her total moved her into third place in league history, passing Kansas' Angel Goodrich.
· The win was OSU's 68th over the past three years, tying the school's best three-year run from 2008-10.
· Bias' eight assists moved her into third place on the school's all-time assist list in NCAA action.
Free Basketball
· OSU's overtime victory over FGCU on Saturday was its first overtime win under head coach Jim Littell.
· The Cowgirls are now 1-2 in overtime games under his direction.
· The victory was OSU's first overtime win since a 74-65 double overtime victory at New Mexico on Nov. 27, 2010.
· The contest was the fourth of OSU's 20 NCAA Tournament games to go to overtime. The Cowgirls are now 3-1 all time in NCAA overtime contests.
Know The Foe
· Purdue has won six of its last seven contests after knocking off Akron, 84-55, in its first-round NCAA matchup.
· The Boilermakers are 12-2 this season at home.
· Purdue has faced a pair of Big 12 opponents this season. The Boilermakers knocked off TCU, 75-68, and picked up a 71-68 win at Kansas.
· The contest will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
