Oklahoma State University Athletics

Cowgirls Head To Morgantown To Face Mountaineers
January 08, 2019 | Cowgirl Basketball
Game Notes
Oklahoma St. Cowgirls
(10-3; 1-1 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jim Littell (8th Year — 157-83)
vs.
West Virginia Mountaineers
(9-4; 0-2 Big 12) • Head Coach: Mike Cary (18th Year — 380-198)
Game 14 · January 9, 2019 · 6:00 p.m. · WVU Coliseum (14,000)
Tickets: WVUSports.com
TV: Nexstar (Dan Zangrilli, Meg Bulger, Anjelica Trinone)
Video: https://wvusports.com/watch/?Live=2485&type=Live
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM (Kevin T. Gum, Casey Kendrick)
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
Social Media: Twitter — @osuwbb, Instagram — @osuwbb, Facebook — www.facebook.com/CowgirlBasketball/
What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will hit the road for a midweek contest, taking on West Virginia at 6 p.m. (CST) on Wednesday in Morgantown.
• The Cowgirls picked up their first Big 12 win of the year on Sunday with a 75-71 win over TCU in Stillwater.
• Vivian Gray enters the contest ranked as the No. 2 free-throw shooter in the Big 12 at 88.9 percent.
• Gray has six 20-point performances, which is tied for first in the league.
• Braxtin Miller has five such performances, which is tied for third among league players.
• Miller ranks fifth in the league in scoring (17.8 ppg), 10th in assists per game (3.8), ninth in assist-turnover ratio, sixth in 3-point field-goal percentage (43.6 percent) and seventh in free-throw percentage (75.7 percent).
• Gray ranks sixth among league players at 17.6 points per game and eighth with her 1.3 blocked shots.
• Jaden Hobbs enters the contest first among league players in 3-point field-goal percentage at 45.8 percent.
• Over the past 10 games, Hobbs has made 20 of her 41 3-point attempts.
• LaTashia Jones is fourth among league players with her 9.8 boards per game.
Scouting West Virginia
• The Mountaineers are coming off a 70-58 loss to Texas on Sunday in Morgantown.
• West Virginia leads the league in scoring defense at 49.4 points per outing, is first in free-throw percentage at 74.4 percent and first in steals at 10.9 per game and turnover margin (+7.0) as well.
• Kari Niblack ranks second among league players in field-goal percentage at 63.5 percent.
• Tynice Martin is tied with Vivian Gray for second with her 88.9 percent success rate from the free-throw line.
The Series
• West Virginia leads the overall series, 8-7.
• The Cowgirls have won three of the last four meetings.
• OSU swept the regular-season series a year ago before the Mountaineers claimed a 69-60 victory at the Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City.
• OSU is 3-3 all time in Morgantown.
Last Time Out
• OSU ran its winning streak against TCU to five.
• The Cowgirls have now won six consecutive Big 12 home openers.
• Ja'Mee Asberry and Vivian Gray recorded career-high scoring totals with 14 and 27, respectively.
• Gray saw her string of consecutive made free throws extend to and end at 25. She had not missed since Dec. 2 against Tennessee.
Oklahoma St. Cowgirls
(10-3; 1-1 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jim Littell (8th Year — 157-83)
vs.
West Virginia Mountaineers
(9-4; 0-2 Big 12) • Head Coach: Mike Cary (18th Year — 380-198)
Game 14 · January 9, 2019 · 6:00 p.m. · WVU Coliseum (14,000)
Tickets: WVUSports.com
TV: Nexstar (Dan Zangrilli, Meg Bulger, Anjelica Trinone)
Video: https://wvusports.com/watch/?Live=2485&type=Live
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM (Kevin T. Gum, Casey Kendrick)
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
Social Media: Twitter — @osuwbb, Instagram — @osuwbb, Facebook — www.facebook.com/CowgirlBasketball/
What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will hit the road for a midweek contest, taking on West Virginia at 6 p.m. (CST) on Wednesday in Morgantown.
• The Cowgirls picked up their first Big 12 win of the year on Sunday with a 75-71 win over TCU in Stillwater.
• Vivian Gray enters the contest ranked as the No. 2 free-throw shooter in the Big 12 at 88.9 percent.
• Gray has six 20-point performances, which is tied for first in the league.
• Braxtin Miller has five such performances, which is tied for third among league players.
• Miller ranks fifth in the league in scoring (17.8 ppg), 10th in assists per game (3.8), ninth in assist-turnover ratio, sixth in 3-point field-goal percentage (43.6 percent) and seventh in free-throw percentage (75.7 percent).
• Gray ranks sixth among league players at 17.6 points per game and eighth with her 1.3 blocked shots.
• Jaden Hobbs enters the contest first among league players in 3-point field-goal percentage at 45.8 percent.
• Over the past 10 games, Hobbs has made 20 of her 41 3-point attempts.
• LaTashia Jones is fourth among league players with her 9.8 boards per game.
Scouting West Virginia
• The Mountaineers are coming off a 70-58 loss to Texas on Sunday in Morgantown.
• West Virginia leads the league in scoring defense at 49.4 points per outing, is first in free-throw percentage at 74.4 percent and first in steals at 10.9 per game and turnover margin (+7.0) as well.
• Kari Niblack ranks second among league players in field-goal percentage at 63.5 percent.
• Tynice Martin is tied with Vivian Gray for second with her 88.9 percent success rate from the free-throw line.
The Series
• West Virginia leads the overall series, 8-7.
• The Cowgirls have won three of the last four meetings.
• OSU swept the regular-season series a year ago before the Mountaineers claimed a 69-60 victory at the Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City.
• OSU is 3-3 all time in Morgantown.
Last Time Out
• OSU ran its winning streak against TCU to five.
• The Cowgirls have now won six consecutive Big 12 home openers.
• Ja'Mee Asberry and Vivian Gray recorded career-high scoring totals with 14 and 27, respectively.
• Gray saw her string of consecutive made free throws extend to and end at 25. She had not missed since Dec. 2 against Tennessee.
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