Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Set For Sweet 16 Battle With Notre Dame
March 27, 2014 | Cowgirl Basketball
March 27, 2014
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
25-8 overall; 11-7 Big 12
No. 21 AP, No. 18 USA Today Coaches
Head Coach Jim Littell (Southwestern College, 1977)
3rd Year at OSU (68-31); 3rd Year Overall (68-31)
Game 34
Saturday :: March 29, 2014 :: 1:30 p.m. (CST)
Notre Dame, Indiana
Purcell Pavilion (8,874)
NCAA Championship
OSU's All-Time NCAA Championship Record (10-11)
NCAA Appearances (12)— 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014
• OSU's best NCAA seed was a No. 3 in 2008.
• OSU has reached the Sweet 16 on three occasions (1991, 2008, 2014).
• OSU has played four overtime games in NCAA Tournament history. The most recent coming against FGCU in the first round this season.
• Andrea Riley was OSU's first Regional All-Tournament Team selection, earning the honor in 2008.
• OSU's 2010 win over Chattanooga saw the Cowgirls erase a 19-point deficit en route to a 70-63 win. The 19-point margin was the eighth-largest overcome to win a game in Division I history.
• Six of OSU's NCAA wins have come in its last four appearances.
What 2 Watch 4
• The Cowgirls will make their third NCAA Sweet 16 appearance this weekend when they face Notre Dame (34-0) in Notre Dame, Ind.
• The Fighting Irish are the top seed in the Notre Dame Regional with OSU serving as the No. 5 seed.
• The contest is set to tip at 1:30 p.m. (CST) and will be televised by ESPN with Beth Mowins, Stephanie White and Maria Taylor on the call.
• OSU has made two of its three Sweet 16 trips as the five seed with the other coming in 1991. The Cowgirls were the No. 3 seed in 2008.
• OSU is 6-4 this year in true road games.
• The Cowgirls have won 69 games over the past three years, the best three-year run in OSU history.
• Tiffany Bias has played at least 40 minutes in 14 of OSU's last 22 games and now has 39 career outings of 40 minutes or more.
• Bias is also slated to make her 111th consecutive
start, a string that dates back to her freshman year.
• She is set to play in her 133rd career game and make her 132nd start, both would be school bests.
• Bias has 293 career steals and is ninth on the league's all-time list. She is 10 shy of catching Texas Tech's Monique Smalls for eighth place.
• Brittney Martin has logged double-doubles in five of OSU's last seven games .
Know The Foe
• Notre Dame stands at 34-0 and 15-0 at home.
• Senior Kayla McBride and sophomore Jewell Lloyd were named all-region selections.
• This year's Sweet 16 appearance is the 12th in the last 18 years for Notre Dame.
West Lafayette Leftovers
• OSU's overtime win over FGCU was its first under head coach Jim Littell.
• Tiffany Bias tallied 15 assists, moving her into third all time in Big 12 history with 780.
• Bias logged her 200th assist of the year, giving her two of OSU's four 200-assist seasons.
• Brittney Martin logged OSU's first 20-point, 20-rebound contest since Toni Young in 2011.
• Martin's rebound total was three shy of matching the NCAA Tournament record and was the 20th time a player has pulled 20 boards in NCAA play.
• Roshunda Johnson scored a career-high 16 points against Purdue.
Strong Resumé
• OSU entered NCAA play with an RPI of 28.
• OSU posted a 7-8 record this season against teams in the NCAA field. The Cowgirls own wins over Georgia Tech, Iowa State (twice), Michigan State, Oklahoma, Southern California and Texas.
• All eight of OSU's losses came against teams in the field with five of those losses coming against Big 12 co-champions Baylor and West Virginia.
• The Cowgirls also do not have a loss outside the RPI top 60.
