Cowgirls Look To Bounce Back During Midweek Against BYU

Game Notes

Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(10-6, 3-2 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jacie Hoyt (Seventh Year — 112-83)

vs.
BYU Cougars
(11-7, 1-4 Big 12) • Head Coach: Amber Whiting (Second Year — 27-24)

Game 17 · Jan. 17, 2024 · 6:30 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)
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 returns home to begin a two-game homestand when BYU comes to town on Wednesday for a 6:30 p.m. contest.
• The Cowgirls are 7-1 this season at home and 21-4 overall inside Gallagher-Iba Arena under the direction of head coach Jacie Hoyt.
• OSU has started the same five for the past eight games.
• The Cowgirls have four players ranked among the Big 12's top 15 in minutes played per game: Quincy Noble (5th), Lior Garzon (8th), Stailee Heard (11th), Anna Gret Asi (15th).
• Quincy Noble ranks 65th nationally among current active leaders with her 1,536 career points.
• Stailee Heard currently ranks 32nd nationally in field-goal percentage at 56.3 percent.
• Heard is currently averaging 14.5 points per game. Clinette Jordan's 13.9 points per game in 1985-86 marks the best scoring average by a Cowgirl freshman in program history.
• She has also scored in double figures in six consecutive games and has scored at least 10 points in all but two of OSU's contests this year.
• The Cowgirl rookie was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week for the second time this season on Dec. 26 after her performance during OSU's two games at the Trailblazer Classic in St. George, Utah.
• Praise Egharevba scored 14 points against TCU to become the 10th different Cowgirl to reach double figures this year.
• 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.

Last Time Out
• OSU saw its three-game winning streak come to an end with a 70-64 loss at Kansas on Saturday.
• Praise Egharevba tallied career highs with 13 rebounds and three blocked shots.
• OSU outrebounded KU by a 45-35 count, marking its third consecutive contest with a double-digit advantage in rebound margin.

OSU vs. BYU ... The Series
• The Cowgirls have won two of the three meetings between the two programs.
• The two teams met twice during the 1989-90 campaign with OSU winning the first matchup in Stillwater in November before claiming a December win on a neutral floor.
• The last meeting came at the 1990 BYU Holiday Classic with BYU emerging victorious.

Know The Foe
• The Cougars logged their first Big 12 win in their last outing, taking down Cincinnati, 68-58, on Jan. 13.
• BYU is 1-5 this season on the road with its lone win coming in its season opener at Montana State.
• The Cougars rank 10th nationally in 3-point percentage at 38.4 percent.
• Lauren Gustin leads the nation with her 16 double-doubles on the year.
• Gustin is also the nation's leading rebounder at 15.5 per contest and is first in total rebounds (279) and defensive rebounds per game (10.6).

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Players Mentioned

Anna Gret Asi

Praise Egharevba

Lior Garzon

Stailee Heard

Quincy Noble

Chandler Prater

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