Cowgirls Face Off With Baylor In Big 12 Semifinal Action

Game Notes

21/21 Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(25-5, 14-4 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jacie Hoyt (Eighth Year Overall — 141-98)
vs.
17/18 Baylor Bears
(26-6, 15-3 Big 12) • Head Coach: Nicki Collen (Fourth Year — 100-34)

Game 31 · March 8, 2025 · 5:30 p.m. (CST)
Venue: T-Mobile Center (18,000)
Video: ESPN+
TV: None
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM, Varsity Network App (Casey Kendrick, Latricia Trammell)
Stats: http://big12wbb.statbroadcast.com
Tickets: big12sports.com
Social Media: Twitter — @osuwbb, Instagram — @osuwbb
Facebook — www.facebook.com/CowgirlBasketball/

What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will look to earn its second title game appearance at the Big 12 Championship when it takes on Baylor at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.
• The Cowgirls will be in search of their first win over Baylor in Big 12 Championship action (0-6).
• OSU's 84-61 win in Waco on Jan. 1 was the Cowgirls' largest margin of victory in its series with Baylor.
• The Cowgirls earned the No. 3 seed after posting a 14-4 mark, their highest-ever win total in conference play.
• OSU is No. 21 this week after entering the AP Top 25 seven weeks ago for the first time since Feb. 19, 2018.
• Head coach Jacie Hoyt and her husband, Daniel, welcomed their first child on Dec. 11, Harlow Renee Heflin.
• The Cowgirls currently stand at No. 27 in the NET ranking.
• Ténin Magassa is ninth among current active leaders with her 2.13 blocks per game and 10th with her 262 blocks.
• Micah Gray is 18th among active career leaders with her 2.26 3-pointers per game.
• OSU has produced a quartet of 30-point scorers on the season. Macey Huard scored a career-high 31 points in the season opener against UAPB and Anna Gret Asi poured in a career-high 33 points in OSU's win over Texas Southern. Micah Gray joined the list with her 36-point outburst against Chicago State. Stailee Heard added a career-best 32 points against Alabama State.
• Gray's output marked the most by a Cowgirl since Andrea Riley's 37-point outing against Kansas in 2010.
• With Gray reaching the plateau, it marked the first time in program history OSU has had three different 30-point scorers in the same season.
• The Cowgirls are the only squad in the country this year with a quartet of 30-point scorers and just the sixth Division I program to do so since 1999-2000.
• OSU has 11 30-point quarters offensively and has held its opposition to 16 single-digit scoring quarters.
• Praise Egharevba scored 10 points against Arizona to become the ninth Cowgirl to reach double figures this season.
• Egharevba finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds at Utah to become the sixth Cowgirl to log a double-double.
• With its win at Utah, OSU is now 5-2 in Quad 1 games.

Last Time Out
• OSU secured win No. 25, marking the first 25-win season for the program since 2013-14.
• The Cowgirls have now won 12 in a row over Texas Tech.
• Stailee Heard matched her career high with 34 points and set a Big 12 Championship single-game record with her 17 made free throws.
• Heard finished with 13 rebounds to log her 10th double-double of the season.

At The Big 12 Championship
• The Cowgirls are 19-27 all time at the Big 12 Championship after their 62-59 win over Texas Tech on Friday night.
• OSU is 4-3 all time as the No. 3 seed.
• The Cowgirls reached the championship game in 2008.
• OSU's all-time record by seed: 3 (3-3), 4 (3-4), 5 (3-2), 6 (0-1), 7 (3-4), 8 (1-4), 9 (2-2), 10 (1-2), 11 (2-4), 12 (0-1)
• Andrea Riley's 43 points in 2010 are the second-best total in a Big 12 tourney game, while Natasha Mack and Kaylee Jensen each blocked eight shots, the second-best total in a tourney game as well.
• In 2010, Riley scored a league-record 112 points over three games and also set Big 12 standards with her 37.3 points per game, 38 made field goals and 104 field goal attempts over those three games.
• She is second all time with her 234 points and first with her 26.0 points per game at the event during her career.
• OSU has won two conference tournament titles in its history, winning the Big Eight title in 1990 and 1991.

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Players Mentioned

Anna Gret Asi

Praise Egharevba

Micah Gray

Stailee Heard

Macey Huard

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