Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls To Face Cyclones In OKC
March 06, 2014 | Cowgirl Basketball
March 6, 2014
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
22-7 overall; 11-7 Big 12
No. 18 AP, No. 18 USA Today Coaches
Head Coach Jim Littell (Southwestern College, 1977)
3rd Year at OSU (65-30); 3rd Year Overall (65-30)
Game 30
Saturday :: March 8, 2014 :: 11 a.m.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Chesapeake Energy Arena (18,203)
Big 12 Championship
OSU's All-Time Big 12 Championship Record (12-17)
OSU's Big 12 Championship Record In OKC (1-2)
What 2 Watch 4
• The Cowgirls will begin play at the Big 12 Championship on Saturday at 11 a.m. when they face Iowa State (20-9) inside Chesapeake Energy Arena.
• The contest will be televised by FSN with Ron Thulin and Brenda VanLengen on the call.
• The Cowgirls will serve as the event's No. 4 seed, while the Cyclones will be the fifth seed.
• The two squads last met on Feb. 26 in Stillwater with Iowa State prevailing, 86-69.
• Tiffany Bias has played 40 minutes in 12 of OSU's 18 Big 12 games this season.
• The two teams have met two times at the Big 12 Championship with each team winning once.
• Bias has played 40 minutes in 21 of her last 28 Big 12 games and has 37 40-minute career outings.
• Bias is also slated to make her 107th consecutive
start, a string that dates back to her freshman year.
• Bias has 287 career steals and is 10th on the league's all-time list She is one shy of catching former Cowgirl Andrea Riley for ninth place.
• Bias' 757 assists are seven shy of fourth place in league history, which is held by OU's Stacey Dales.
Know The Foe
• The Cyclones enter play at 20-9 after seeing their three-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday against Baylor.
• Iowa State leads the league in free-throw percentage and 3-point field goals per game.
• Hallie Christofferson is third among Big 12 players in scoring at 18.5 points per contest and first in free-throw percentage at 87.9 percent.
• Jadda Buckley paces the Big 12 in 3-point field-goal percentage at 42.5 percent.
In The Polls
• OSU has been ranked all 18 weeks in both major polls this season, which is a new program record.
• The Cowgirls previous best string was 17 consecutive weeks during the 2007-08 season.
• A No. 8 ranking in Week 12 was a program best.
Honor Roll
Four Cowgirls received All-Big 12 honors this week. Tiffany Bias was a unanimous first-team All-Big 12 pick, she was also the first OSU player ever chosen to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. Brittney Martin and Liz Donohoe received honorable mention all-league honors, while Roshunda Johnson was named to the all-freshman team.
