Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Face FGCU In NCAA Action
March 18, 2015 | Cowgirl Basketball
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
20-11 overall; 9-9 Big 12
NR-AP, NR-USA Today Coaches
Head Coach Jim Littell (Southwestern College, 1977)
Fourth Year at OSU (88-43)
Fourth Year Overall (88-43)
NCAA Championship
Saturday :: March 21, 2015 :: 10 a.m. (CST)
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
Capacity -- 12,100
Radio -- KGFY (105.5 FM)
Kevin T. Gum (PxP), Casey Kendrick (Color)
TV -- ESPN2
Mark Jones (PxP), Sue Bird (Analyst)
Video -- ESPN3.com
What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's women's basketball team earned its third consecutive berth in the NCAA Championship field.
• The Cowgirls will be the No. 10 seed in the Greensboro Region and will face seventh-seeded Florida Gulf Coast (30-2) on Saturday at 10 a.m. (CST) in Tallahassee, Fla.
• The winner will advance to face the winner of the Florida State-Alabama State contest.
• A win would mark the 90th over the last four years for OSU and would extend the winningest four-year stretch in program history.
• OSU is 0-1 in NCAA action as the No. 10 seed, losing in the first round in 2007 to Bowling Green.
• OSU ranks 27th nationally in scoring defense (56.0 ppg), has held three of its last eight opponents under 50 points and has not allowed more than 60 points in six of its last 10 contests.
• Liz Donohoe is slated to start her 133rd consecutive game in a Cowgirl uniform.
• Donohoe's 133 career games started and games played will surpass Tiffany Bias' school record for starts and will tie her program mark for games played.
• Brittney Martin currently ranks sixth nationally among active players with her 2.64 steals per game and her 256 career steals rank 17th.
• Of the 16 players ranked ahead of her on the career steals list, 14 are seniors and two are juniors.
• Roddricka Patton has 66 assists over the past 10 games after tallying 22 in her previous 21 games.
Know The Foe
• FGCU hit the 30-win mark for the year with its victory in the title game at the Atlantic Sun Tournament.
• The Eagles have emerged as the A-Sun champion three of the past four years.
• FGCU brings a 25-game winning streak into the event with its last loss coming on Nov. 29 against Ohio State.
• A-Sun Player of the Year Whitney Knight paces the squad with her 14.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.
Resumé Building
• OSU's buzzer-beating victory at Iowa State started a string of six wins in seven games and began a stretch of four road wins in five outings.
• The Cowgirls' win at Texas Tech wrapped up its third season sweep of a Big 12 foe this year.
• OSU also logged a home win against Texas, which checked in at No. 21 in the most recent NCAA RPI.
• OSU has played since Jan. 19 without starting guard Brittany Atkins, who was averaging 9.4 points per game.
