Cowgirls Open Big 12 Play Against Baylor

Game Notes

Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(10-1; 0-0 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jim Littell (5th Year — 98-45)
vs.
No. 4 Baylor Lady Bears
(13-0; 0-0 Big 12) • Head Coach: Kim Mulkey (16th Year — 450-90)

Game 12 • Dec. 30, 2015 • 6 p.m. CST • Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)

What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will begin Big 12 play on Wednesday night when it hosts No. 4 Baylor at 6 p.m. in Stillwater.
• Brittney Martin ranks first among current active leaders nationally with 292 career steals.
• Martin's 2.68 steals per game average for her career ranks fifth nationally among active players, her 891 boards rank 10th, her 24 double-doubles rank 29th and her 1,412 points are 40th.
• Martin currently leads the Big 12 in scoring at 23.8 points per game, is second in rebounding at 10.5 boards per game, first in steals at 3.3 per contest and 10th with her 1.2 blocks per game.
• Martin enters play fresh off her third Big 12 Player of the Week honor this season, which she earned Monday.
• Martin ranks as the nation's No. 5 scorer, while Roddricka Patton ranks sixth with her 7.1 assists per game.
• Martin is currently nine rebounds from 900 and eight steals from 300 for her career.
• The Cowgirls are 8-11 all time in Big 12 openers after falling to Baylor to start the league slate a year ago.

Know The Foe
• The Lady Bears will be OSU's second Top 25 foe this season. South Florida carried a No. 20 ranking during its Dec. 20 victory over the Cowgirls in Tampa.
• The Lady Bears begin conference play with the league's top-scoring offense at 85 points per game.
• Baylor also leads the Big 12 in scoring margin (+34.2), field-goal percentage (.520), scoring defense (50.8 ppg), field-goal percentage defense (.311), rebounding margin (+17.9) and assists (25.9 apg).
• Nina Davis is second in the league in scoring at 17.8 points per game and first in field-goal percentage at 65.3 percent, while Niya Johnson leads the league with her 10.5 assists per contest.

OSU vs. BU ... The Series
• The Lady Bears have won 14 in a row in the series after winning all three matchups a year ago.
• OSU's last win in the series came on Jan. 9, 2010, a 78-65 victory in Stillwater in the Big 12 opener.
• The two squads have met three times in each of the past three seasons.

Last Time Out
• The Cowgirls secured their fifth consecutive undefeated home non-conference slate.
• The Cowgirls now own a 48-game home winning streak against non-conference opponents.
• Brittney Martin posted her sixth double-double of the year, while Kaylee Jensen notched her fourth thus far.
• Diana Omozee made her first career start.

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Players Mentioned

Kaylee Jensen

Brittney Martin

Diana Omozee

Roddricka Patton

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