Cowgirls Tip Off Big 12 Play Against No. 22 Kansas

Game Notes

Oklahoma State Cowgirls

(10-2, 0-0 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jacie Hoyt (Sixth Year — 91-67)

vs.

No. 22/25 Kansas Jayhawks
(10-1, 0-0 Big 12) • Head Coach: Brandon Schneider (25th Year — 493-264)

Game 13 · Dec. 31, 2022 · 4 p.m.
Venue: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Video: None
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Mike Wolfe, Latricia Trammell)
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM (Casey Kendrick, Ryan Cameron)
Live Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
Tickets: okstate.com/tickets
Social Media: Twitter — @osuwbb, Instagram — @osuwbb
Facebook — www.facebook.com/CowgirlBasketball/

What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will tip off its 18-game conference schedule on Saturday when No. 22 Kansas comes to town for a 4 p.m. contest.
• KU will be OSU's first ranked foe since facing No. 4 Baylor in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals last year.
• The Cowgirls last defeated a ranked team on Jan. 22, 2020 when they took down No. 25 West Virginia, 57-55.
• The tilt wraps up a run of five consecutive home games for the Cowgirls. OSU will hit the road again Jan. 4 when it travels to Kansas State.
• OSU has used the same starting lineup in each of the past nine games. That is its longest string with the same starting five since a 10-game stretch during the 2017-18 season.
• The Cowgirls enter conference play with four players scoring in double figures. The last time OSU finished a season with four double-digit scorers was the 2014-15 campaign.
• Taylen Collins is shooting 79.3 percent (23-29) from the floor over OSU's last four games.
• Kassidy De Lapp is five blocks away from 100 for her career. She would become the eighth Cowgirl to reach the mark.
• Garzon currently leads the league in 3-point field-goal percentage at 45.5 percent.
• As a team, the Cowgirls are 12th nationally in assist-turnover ratio at 1.40 and eighth in turnovers per game at 11.8.
• Lexy Keys enters the contest with 102 career 3-pointers and is three away from moving into the top 10 on the school's all-time chart.
• The Cowgirls have scored at least 20 points in 27 quarters this season and have scored 30-plus points three times.
• OSU has had nine different players have had at least one double-digit outing.

Last Time Out
• The Cowgirls limited Air Force to just three free-throw attempts in their Dec. 20 contest.
• Taylen Collins logged her fourth double-double of the year, finishing with 12 points and 15 rebounds.
• Her board total marked the third time this year she has grabbed at least 15 rebounds.

Know The Foe
• Kansas opened the season on a 10-game winning streak before a triple overtime setback at Nebraska on Dec. 21.
• The Jayhawks are 2-1 this season on the road overall, including a 77-50 win at then-No. 12 Arizona on Dec. 8.
• KU has a NET ranking of 22 and is eighth nationally in field-goal percentage (33.1 percent) and rebounds per game at 46.9.

OSU vs. Kansas ... The Series
• OSU leads the overall series by a 41-37 count.
• The Jayhawks swept the season series last year, marking OSU's first consecutive losses in the series since 2011 and 2012.
• The Cowgirls have won 13 of the last 17 in Stillwater.

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Players Mentioned

Taylen Collins

Kassidy De Lapp

Lexy Keys

Oklahoma State University Athletics