Cowgirls Return To Big Dance Against Miami

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Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(21-11, 10-8 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jacie Hoyt (Sixth Year — 102-76)
vs.
Miami Hurricanes

(19-12, 11-7 ACC) • Head Coach: Katie Meier (22nd Year — 419-268)

Game 33 · March 18, 2023 · 1 p.m. (CST)
Venue: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Video: WatchESPN.com
TV: ESPN (Brenda VanLengen, Holly Warlick)
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM, Varsity Network App (Casey Kendrick, Latricia Trammell)
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
Tickets: iuhoosiers.com
Social Media: Twitter — @osuwbb, Instagram — @osuwbb
Facebook — www.facebook.com/CowgirlBasketball/

What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will make its 17th NCAA Championship appearance this weekend when the eighth-seeded Cowgirls take on No. 9 Miami at 1 p.m. (CST) on Saturday in Bloomington, Ind.
• A win would be No. 22 on the year under head coach Jacie Hoyt and would set the school mark for wins in a season for a first-year OSU head coach.
• Terryn Milton is one of only nine players nationally with 1,200 points, 500 assists and 500 rebounds for her career.
• Three Cowgirls are averaging double digits in the scoring column and two are within reach of the mark. OSU has not finished the season with at least four double-digit scorers since the 2014-15 season.
• Kassidy De Lapp has 136 games to her credit as a Cowgirl and moved past Tiffany Bias and Liz Donohoe for first place on the school's all-time list against Oklahoma in Stillwater.
• Lior Garzon currently ranks 21st nationally in 3-point field goal percentage at 41.7 percent.
• She enters play 22 points shy of 1,000 for her career and would become the fifth player on the roster to hit the mark.
• Garzon is the first Cowgirl to average double figures scoring-wise in a reserve role since Toni Young averaged 12.0 points per game while coming off the bench in 2011-12.
• Her 78 3-pointers are tied for first place on the school's single-season made 3-pointers list, while Naomie Alnatas is fifth on the list with 71.
• OSU enters the tourney tops the Big 12 in 3-point field-goal percentage and is 15th nationally at 36.6 percent.
• OSU's 262 made 3-pointers are 36 more than any other Cowgirl team has made in a season.
• Lexy Keys enters the contest with 129 career 3-pointers and is 12 away from moving into fifth place on the school's all-time chart.
• The Cowgirls sport five wins over teams currently in the Top 25 or receiving votes.
• The Cowgirls have scored at least 20 points in 55 quarters this season and have scored 30-plus points four times.
• OSU has had 10 different players have at least one double-digit outing.
• The Cowgirls' 21 wins are 12 more than they recorded last season and are currently tied for the seventh-best turnaround in the country from a year ago.

OSU vs. Miami ... The Series
• The two teams have met twice previously with each side winning once.
• OSU's first-ever NCAA contest was a 93-69 win over the Hurricanes on March 15, 1989 in Stillwater.
• Miami registered a 74-71 win on Jan. 2, 1991 at the Florida International Classic in Miami.

OSU at the NCAA Championship
• The Cowgirls are 12-16 all time in NCAA play.
• OSU's best NCAA seed was a No. 3 in 2008.
• OSU is 9-4 as the higher seed and 3-12 as the lower seed.
• OSU has three Sweet 16 appearances (1991, 2008, 2014).
• OSU's 2010 first-round win over Chattanooga saw the Cowgirls erase a 19-point deficit, marking the second-largest deficit overcome to win an NCAA game.
• Andrea Riley was OSU's first Regional All-Tournament Team selection, earning the honor in 2008 in New Orleans. Tiffany Bias was a regional all-tournament pick in 2014 in South Bend, Ind.
• OSU is 1-1 all time as the No. 8 seed with a win over Wake Forest and loss to Stanford coming in 2021.
• Jacie Hoyt is the fourth different head coach to lead OSU to the NCAA tourney and the first to do it in their first year.
• The contest will mark the third consecutive 8-9 matchup for OSU in NCAA play. The Cowgirls knocked off Syracuse, 84-57, in 2018 and handled Wake Forest, 84-61, in 2021.

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