Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Head To Oregon For NCAA Action
March 16, 2016 | Cowgirl Basketball
Game Notes
Oklahoma St. Cowgirls
(21-9; 11-7 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jim Littell (5th Year — 109-53)
vs.
St. Bonaventure Bonnies
(23-7; 12-4 A10) • Head Coach: Jim Crowley (16th Year — 257-230)
Game 31 • March 18, 2016 • 6:30 p.m. (CST) • Gill Coliseum (9,604)
What 2 Watch 4
• For the fourth consecutive year, Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will appear in the NCAA Championship field. OSU will be the No. 7 seed in the Dallas Region and will face No. 10 seed St. Bonaventure at 6:30 p.m. (CST) on Friday in Corvallis, Ore.
• The winner will advance to take on the Oregon State-Troy winner on March 20.
• The Cowgirls own a 6-7 record this season against teams in the field of 64.
• OSU has held its opponents to single-digit point totals in 17 quarters, including 14 in Big 12 play.
• Brittney Martin enters play having logged double-doubles in 12 of the squad's last 16 games.
• Martin is 19 boards away from matching the school's career rebounding record (1,128).
• Martin ranks as the nation's No. 27 scorer at 20.3 points per game, while Roddricka Patton ranks third with her 7.1 assists per game.
• Martin ranks 16th nationally with her 2.80 steals per contest and is 12th with her 11.1 boards per game.
• Martin enters play as the Big 12's leader in scoring, rebounding and steals and is on pace to become the first player in league history to do so.
OSU Tourney Tidbits
• The Cowgirls are 10-13 all time in NCAA play.
• OSU's best NCAA seed was a No. 3 in 2008 and is 7-3 as the higher seed and 3-10 as the lower seed.
• 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 in 2014.
• Andrea Riley was OSU's first Regional All-Tournament Team selection, earning the honor in 2008 in New Orleans. Tiffany Bias was a regional all-tournament pick in 2014 in South Bend, Ind.
• 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.
• Brittney Martin's 20-rebound performance at Purdue in 2014 marked the 20th time in NCAA Championship history a player reached the 20-rebound plateau.
Know The Foe
• St. Bonaventure is 23-7 this season, including a 12-4 mark in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
• This year will be the second NCAA appearance for the Bonnies and their first since a Sweet 16 run in 2012.
• Senior Katie Healy was a first-team all-conference selection this season after averaging 15.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per contest.
Oklahoma St. Cowgirls
(21-9; 11-7 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jim Littell (5th Year — 109-53)
vs.
St. Bonaventure Bonnies
(23-7; 12-4 A10) • Head Coach: Jim Crowley (16th Year — 257-230)
Game 31 • March 18, 2016 • 6:30 p.m. (CST) • Gill Coliseum (9,604)
What 2 Watch 4
• For the fourth consecutive year, Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will appear in the NCAA Championship field. OSU will be the No. 7 seed in the Dallas Region and will face No. 10 seed St. Bonaventure at 6:30 p.m. (CST) on Friday in Corvallis, Ore.
• The winner will advance to take on the Oregon State-Troy winner on March 20.
• The Cowgirls own a 6-7 record this season against teams in the field of 64.
• OSU has held its opponents to single-digit point totals in 17 quarters, including 14 in Big 12 play.
• Brittney Martin enters play having logged double-doubles in 12 of the squad's last 16 games.
• Martin is 19 boards away from matching the school's career rebounding record (1,128).
• Martin ranks as the nation's No. 27 scorer at 20.3 points per game, while Roddricka Patton ranks third with her 7.1 assists per game.
• Martin ranks 16th nationally with her 2.80 steals per contest and is 12th with her 11.1 boards per game.
• Martin enters play as the Big 12's leader in scoring, rebounding and steals and is on pace to become the first player in league history to do so.
OSU Tourney Tidbits
• The Cowgirls are 10-13 all time in NCAA play.
• OSU's best NCAA seed was a No. 3 in 2008 and is 7-3 as the higher seed and 3-10 as the lower seed.
• 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 in 2014.
• Andrea Riley was OSU's first Regional All-Tournament Team selection, earning the honor in 2008 in New Orleans. Tiffany Bias was a regional all-tournament pick in 2014 in South Bend, Ind.
• 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.
• Brittney Martin's 20-rebound performance at Purdue in 2014 marked the 20th time in NCAA Championship history a player reached the 20-rebound plateau.
Know The Foe
• St. Bonaventure is 23-7 this season, including a 12-4 mark in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
• This year will be the second NCAA appearance for the Bonnies and their first since a Sweet 16 run in 2012.
• Senior Katie Healy was a first-team all-conference selection this season after averaging 15.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per contest.
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