Oklahoma State University Athletics
Title IX At 50: How Sweet It Is!
August 03, 2022 | Cowgirl Basketball
As we celebrate 50 years of Title IX, travel back in time with us as we recount several program-defining moments throughout the history of Cowgirl Basketball which have helped shape the program.
Facing a top-20 opponent on its home floor where it had been formidable all season and doing so without your All-American point guard is not exactly the ideal recipe for advancing during the NCAA Championship.
However, that is just what the Oklahoma State Cowgirls faced in 2014.
In order to reach the program's third Sweet 16, the Cowgirls would have to go through No. 17 Purdue, which sported a 12-2 mark inside Mackey Arena on the year.
The Cowgirls jumped out to a 17-10 lead before the Boilermakers answered. The Cowgirls would counter with a 9-2 run to regain a 28-22 lead and would never trail again.
Leading by seven at the break, OSU opened with a 9-1 spurt in the second before Purdue pulled with six at 52-46.
With the outcome very much in doubt, the Cowgirls were dealt a crushing blow when Tiffany Bias exited the game after rolling her ankle at the 14-minute mark. OSU's star point guard stayed down for several minutes before being carried to the locker room.
Instead of buckling without their floor general, the Cowgirls did not flinch, rattling off a 15-6 run to take a commanding 14-point lead before holding Purdue at arm's length for the remainder of the contest.
Bias somehow found her way back into the game at the 2:45 mark to help her team secure its first Sweet 16 berth since 2008. The unanimous All-Big 12 selection was carefully lifted by a teammate in the postgame celebration while most of the other players jumped up and down and made their way into the stands to celebrate with the Cowgirl faithful.
"I think it will be fine," Bias said "Our trainer is great and we'll do a whole bunch of rehab between now and then. But we've got great players, too."
In her absence, Brittney Martin led the way to the tune of an epic 20-point, 20-rebound performance. She was joined in the double-double club by LaShawn Jones, who finished with a 16-point, 12-rebound outing.
"Martin had the game of her life," Purdue head coach Sharon Versyp said. "They controlled the tempo. We couldn't get where we needed to be. We needed to rebound better and box out better."
For Martin, who would develop into the Big 12 Player of the Year two seasons later, she finished three rebounds short of matching the first and second-round record in a single tourney game, a mark that had stood since 1985.
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"Those are huge, huge numbers," OSU head coach Jim Littell said. "She has just been a rebounding machine and she was a scorer tonight. Kind of put us on her back and carried us."
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Facing a top-20 opponent on its home floor where it had been formidable all season and doing so without your All-American point guard is not exactly the ideal recipe for advancing during the NCAA Championship.
However, that is just what the Oklahoma State Cowgirls faced in 2014.
In order to reach the program's third Sweet 16, the Cowgirls would have to go through No. 17 Purdue, which sported a 12-2 mark inside Mackey Arena on the year.
The Cowgirls jumped out to a 17-10 lead before the Boilermakers answered. The Cowgirls would counter with a 9-2 run to regain a 28-22 lead and would never trail again.
Leading by seven at the break, OSU opened with a 9-1 spurt in the second before Purdue pulled with six at 52-46.
With the outcome very much in doubt, the Cowgirls were dealt a crushing blow when Tiffany Bias exited the game after rolling her ankle at the 14-minute mark. OSU's star point guard stayed down for several minutes before being carried to the locker room.
Instead of buckling without their floor general, the Cowgirls did not flinch, rattling off a 15-6 run to take a commanding 14-point lead before holding Purdue at arm's length for the remainder of the contest.
Bias somehow found her way back into the game at the 2:45 mark to help her team secure its first Sweet 16 berth since 2008. The unanimous All-Big 12 selection was carefully lifted by a teammate in the postgame celebration while most of the other players jumped up and down and made their way into the stands to celebrate with the Cowgirl faithful.
"I think it will be fine," Bias said "Our trainer is great and we'll do a whole bunch of rehab between now and then. But we've got great players, too."
In her absence, Brittney Martin led the way to the tune of an epic 20-point, 20-rebound performance. She was joined in the double-double club by LaShawn Jones, who finished with a 16-point, 12-rebound outing.
"Martin had the game of her life," Purdue head coach Sharon Versyp said. "They controlled the tempo. We couldn't get where we needed to be. We needed to rebound better and box out better."
For Martin, who would develop into the Big 12 Player of the Year two seasons later, she finished three rebounds short of matching the first and second-round record in a single tourney game, a mark that had stood since 1985.
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"Those are huge, huge numbers," OSU head coach Jim Littell said. "She has just been a rebounding machine and she was a scorer tonight. Kind of put us on her back and carried us."
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