Cowgirls Close Homestand Against Southern Illinois

Sunday, December 17

1:00 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

Southern Illinois

December 15, 2023 | Cowgirl Basketball

Game Notes

Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(5-3, 0-0 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jacie Hoyt (Seventh Year — 107-80)
vs.
Southern Illinois Salukis

(5-4, 0-0 MVC) • Head Coach: Kelly Bond-White (Second Year — 17-23)

Game 9 · Dec. 17, 2023 · 1:00 p.m. (CST)
Venue: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Video: None
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Mike Wolfe, Bryndon Manzer)
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM, Varsity Network App (Casey Kendrick, Latricia Trammell)
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 will look to close out its four-game homestand with a fourth consecutive victory on Sunday when it hosts Southern Illinois at 1 p.m.
• The contest will be OSU's first since Dec. 9 after taking a break for final exams.
• Quincy Noble ranks 65th nationally among current active leaders with her 1,444 career points.
• OSU is 19-3 at home under head coach Jacie Hoyt including a 5-0 mark this season.
• Lior Garzon enters the event with 101 treys as a Cowgirl, which puts her one away from 13th place on the school's all-time chart.
• She is five treys away from claiming a spot in the top 10.
• Stailee Heard currently ranks 15th nationally in field-goal percentage at 62.5 percent.
• Garzon is 55th nationally with her 2.62 made 3-pointers per game.
• Chandler Prater will miss the remainder of the season due to an injury suffered against Ohio State.
• On two occasions this season, the Cowgirls set the program's single-game record with 15 made 3-pointers. OSU set the standard at Colorado before matching the feat against Missouri State.
• The Cowgirls have eclipsed the 50 percent mark in two of the past three games from the floor and are shooting a combined 52.3 percent during their current homestand.
• OSU now ranks 29th nationally in field-goal percentage at 47.5 percent.

Last Time Out
• Stailee Heard led OSU with 18 points in its 67-52 win over Texas State on Dec. 9.
• Heard has now scored in double digits in seven of her eight games as a Cowgirl.
• Lior Garzon hit a pair of 3-pointers to reach the century mark as a Cowgirl.

Know The Foe
• Southern Illinois has won two in a row after knocking off SIUE and Saint Louis to start the month.
• Sunday will be the first true road game for SIU this year.
• The Salukis are 40th nationally with their 10.9 steals per outing and 36th with their 21 forced turnovers per game.
• Laniah Randle has tallied four double-doubles on the year and ranks 49th nationally at 9.1 boards per contest.

OSU vs. SIU ... The Series
• Sunday's contest will mark the first-ever meeting between the two programs.