Cowgirls Part of Marquee Field At Paradise Jam

Game Notes

NR/RV Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(5-0; 0-0 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jim Littell (9th Year — 166-96)
at
Paradise Jam

Nov. 28 vs. Oregon, Nov. 29 vs. Louisville, Nov. 30 vs. UT Arlington

Venue: Univ. of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center (3,000)
Tickets: basketballtravelers.com
TV: None
Video: www.flohoops.com
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM (Casey Kendrick, Ryan Cameron)
Live Stats: https://paradise.sidearmstats.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary;team=away
Social Media: Twitter — @osuwbb, Instagram — @osuwbb
Facebook — www.facebook.com/CowgirlBasketball/

What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will begin a run of three ranked foes in four outings when it travels to the Paradise Jam this week in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• OSU will open with top-ranked Oregon at 2:15 p.m. on Thursday before facing No. 8 Louisville on Friday at noon. The Cowgirls will close the event on Saturday with a noon contest against UT Arlington.
• The Cowgirls will face back-to-back teams ranked in the top 10 for the first time since 2018 when they faced No. 3 Baylor and No. 6 Texas in consecutive outings.
• Vivian Gray has scored in double figures in 30 consecutive games and 33 of her 35 outings as a Cowgirl.
• Cowgirl head coach Jim Littell stands six victories shy of 800 for his coaching career.
• The Cowgirl defense has produced seven single-digit scoring quarters this season.
• 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 four of her five games as a Cowgirl.
• OSU is 0-9 all time against the top-ranked team in the country after going 0-2 against No. 1 Baylor last year.
• The highest-ranked victory in program history has come on two occasions with the Cowgirls defeating No. 3 in 1994 (Colorado) and 2004 (Texas Tech). OSU's last win over a top-10 team came on Dec. 8, 2017 against No. 7 UCLA.

Know The Foes
• Oregon has four players, Sabrina Ionescu, Erin Boley, Ruthy Hebard and Satou Sabally, on the preseason Naismith Watch List. Ionescu, Hebard and Sabally are on the Wade Trophy Watch List as well.
• The Ducks defeated Team USA on Nov. 9, becoming just the second college squad to do so and first since 1999.
• Louisville's Elizabeth Balogun and Dana Evans were named preseason All-ACC picks
• The Cardinals were picked to finish first in the league after claiming back-to-back regular season titles.
• UT Arlington had a pair of players, Claire Chastain and Katie Ferrell, receive preseason All-Sun Belt honors.
• UTA was picked to third in the league's preseason poll.

The Series
• The Cowgirls and Ducks have never met.
• OSU is 2-0 all time against Louisville with wins in 1988 and 1993 in Ruston, La., and Las Vegas, respectively.
• The Cowgirls are 10-1 all time against UT Arlington with the last meeting coming in 2013 in Stillwater.

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Players Mentioned

Vivian Gray

Natasha Mack

Oklahoma State University Athletics