Cowgirls Set To Battle Rice On Saturday

Game Notes

NR/RV Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(4-0; 0-0 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jim Littell (9th Year — 165-96)
vs.
Rice Owls

(2-2; 0-0 C-USA) • Head Coach: Tina Langley (5th Year — 84-51)

Game 5 · November 23, 2019 · 2 p.m.
Venue: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Tickets: okstate.com/tickets
TV: None
Video: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Mike Wolfe, Bryndon Manzer)
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM (Kevin T. Gum, Casey Kendrick)
Live Stats: okstate.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 close out its two-game homestand on Saturday at 2 p.m. when Rice comes to town.
• OSU will be looking for its fifth consecutive 5-0 start.
• Vivian Gray has scored in double figures in 29 consecutive games and 32 of her 34 outings as a Cowgirl.
• Gray is 22 points away from 700 for her career.
• Cowgirl head coach Jim Littell stands seven victories shy of 800 for his coaching career.
• Clitan de Sousa competed last weekend for Mozambique at the FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament in Africa.
• OSU is in the midst of a formidable non-conference schedule with all 12 opponents having an RPI of 160 or better a year ago. Three of those opponents were inside the top 20 with two of those being inside the top 5 (Louisville, Oregon). The average RPI of those dozen was 82.5.
• Natasha Mack has recorded double-doubles in three of her four games as a Cowgirl.
• Among Big 12 players, Mack currently ranks second in rebounding (12.8), fifth in field-goal percentage (.610) and second in blocked shots (3.5).
• Gray ranks seventh in scoring (19.5), second in free-throw percentage (.958) and fourth in steals (3.0).

Know The Foe
• Rice was picked to repeat as champions of Conference USA and is looking to end a two-game losing streak after suffering losses at SMU on Nov. 13 and to No. 5 Texas A&M on Nov. 17.
• The Owls went 28-4 a year ago, finished with an RPI of 31 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
• Erica Ogwumike appears on the preseason Naismith, Wooden and Drysdale Watch Lists.
• Nancy Mulkey appears on the Leslie Award Watch List.
• Both players were named to the C-USA preseason team as well.
• Ogwumike became the first Owl in program history to earn C-USA Player of the Year honors a year ago.

The Series
• The Cowgirls are 7-0 all time in the series, including a 5-0 mark in Stillwater.
• OSU won the last meeting, 65-51, on Nov. 26, 2016.

Last Time Out
• The Cowgirls improved to 2-0 all time against Idaho State with their 70-52 win on Tuesday night.
• Lauren Fields finished with career-high totals of 13 points, five assists and four steals.
• Vivian Gray recorded a career-best five steals.

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Players Mentioned

Clitan de Sousa

Lauren Fields

Vivian Gray

Natasha Mack

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