Cowgirls Tip Off 2020-21 Campaign on Sunday Against ORU

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Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(0-0, 0-0 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jim Littell (10th Year — 176-111)
vs.
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
(0-1, 0-0 Summit) • Head Coach: Misti Cussen (10th Year — 124-123)

Game 1 · November 29, 2020 · 2 p.m.
Venue: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Tickets: okstate.com/tickets
Video: None
TV: None
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM (Casey Kendrick)
Live Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
Social Media: Twitter — @osuwbb, Instagram — @osuwbb, Facebook — www.facebook.com/CowgirlBasketball/

What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State will begin the 2020-21 campaign on Sunday when Oral Roberts makes the trek to Stillwater from Tulsa for a 2 p.m. contest.
• The game will mark the start of OSU's 10th season under head coach Jim Littell. He joins Dick Halterman as the only Cowgirl head coaches with a decade of service at the helm.
• The Nov. 29 start date will mark OSU's latest since the Cowgirls opened the 1994-95 campaign on Nov. 29.
• OSU will 'Remember the 4' on Sunday. The Cowgirls will honor the lives of former head coach Kurt Budke, assistant coach Miranda Serna as well as Olin and Paula Branstetter, who were killed in a plane crash on Nov. 17, 2011 while on a recruiting trip in Arkansas.
• Last year against ORU, Natasha Mack produced the first of her two 20-20 games after finishing with 20 points and a school-record 23 rebounds.

OSU vs. ORU ... The Series
• OSU leads the overall series by a 28-15 count.
• The Cowgirls have won eight in a row in the series after their 78-44 win last year in Stillwater.
• OSU has also won 16 consecutive in Stillwater against the Golden Eagles.

OSU in Season Openers
• The Cowgirls are 36-11 all time in season openers and have won 14 consecutive home openers.
• OSU's last loss in an opener came on Nov. 19, 2005 against Texas State.
• The Cowgirls defeated Idaho, 62-47, in last year's season opener on Nov. 5 in Stillwater.

Scouting ORU
• ORU opened its season on Nov. 25 with a 96-49 loss at No. 14 Arkansas
• ORU is in the midst of a season-opening four-game road swing that includes trips to Kansas and Nebraska.
• ORU was picked to finish fourth in the Summit League preseason poll and senior Keni Jo Lippe was named a first-team all-league selection.

A Decade of Superlatives
The Cowgirls are entering their 10th season under head coach Jim Littell. In their first nine seasons they have ...
• Had four of OSU's five WNBA Draft picks.
• Won the school's first-ever WNIT Championship, doing so in his first season in 2012.
• Recorded six 20-win seasons
• Made five NCAA Championship appearances, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2014.
• Had six different players earn All-America honors.

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Players Mentioned

Natasha Mack

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