Cowgirls Head To Waco To Face Baylor

Game Notes

No. 17 Oklahoma St. Cowgirls
(19-5; 9-4 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jim Littell (5th Year — 107-49)
vs.
No. 4 Baylor Lady Bears
(25-1; 12-1 Big 12) • Head Coach: Kim Mulkey (16th Year — 462-91)

Game 25 • Feb. 17, 2016 • 7:00 p.m. CST • Ferrell Center (10,284)

What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will play its third consecutive contest against a ranked opponent on Wednesday when it travels to Waco, Texas to face No. 4 Baylor at 7 p.m.
• OSU has four wins this season over Top-25 opponents, knocking off Baylor, Oklahoma (twice) and West Virginia.
• The Cowgirls' four wins over ranked opponents are their most since defeating six ranked teams in 2009-10.
• In seven games against ranked teams this season, Brittney Martin is averaging 18.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 3.0 steals per game.
• OSU is seeking its fifth 20-win season in a row.
• The Cowgirls stand at No. 17 in the NCAA RPI.
• OSU has held its opponents to single-digit point totals in 14 quarters, including 11 in Big 12 play.
• Martin enters play having logged double-doubles in seven of the squad's last nine games.
• Martin ranks as the nation's No. 17 scorer at 21.0 points per game, while Roddricka Patton ranks third with her 7.5 assists per game.
• Martin ranks 23rd nationally with her 2.8 steals per contest and is 13th with her 11.3 boards per game.
• Martin enters play as the league's leader in scoring, rebounding and steals.
• Patton has recorded double-digit assist totals in four of the past seven games.

Know The Foe
• Baylor is 15-0 at home this season.
• The Lady Bears have won 12 in a row since their lone loss of the year in Stillwater.
• BU leads the league in scoring offense and defense as well as scoring margin, field-goal percentage and field-goal percentage defense.
• Niya Johnson paces the Big 12 with her 9.3 assists per contest and is the league leader in assist-turnover ratio.

OSU vs. Baylor ... The Series
• Baylor leads the overall series by a 37-11 count.
• OSU snapped a 14-game losing streak against Baylor in the first meeting between the two squads on Dec. 30.
• The win was OSU's first over a top-five opponent since their last win over Baylor in 2010.
• OSU's last win in Waco came on March 6, 2008.
• OSU only other victory in Waco came on Feb. 6, 1999.

Last Time Out
• OSU ended a three-game home losing streak in its series with West Virginia.
• Martin matched her season high with 17 rebounds.
• Sydney Walton scored a career-high 10 points.
• The win moved OSU to 4-3 this season against teams ranked in the Top 25.

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Players Mentioned

Brittney Martin

Roddricka Patton

Sydney Walton

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