Cowgirls Ready For Showdown With UNLV

Game Notes

Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(8-2, 0-0 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jacie Hoyt (Sixth Year — 89-67)
vs.
UNLV Lady Rebels

(9-1, 0-0 MWC) • Head Coach: Lindy La Rocque (Third Year — 50-17)

Game 11 · Dec. 18, 2022 · 3 p.m.
Venue: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Video: None
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Mike Wolfe, Bryndon Manzer)
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM (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's women's basketball team will return to action on Sunday for the first time since Dec. 6 when it hosts UNLV at 3 p.m.
• The tilt is part of a run of five consecutive home games for the Cowgirls. OSU will not hit the road again until Jan. 4 when it travels to Kansas State.
• The Cowgirls boast the top two 3-point shooters in the league. Lior Garzon is shooting 44.8 percent from deep, while Naomie Alnatas is hitting at a 39.4 percent clip.
• As a team, the Cowgirls are 11th nationally in assist-turnover ratio at 1.45 and fifth in turnovers per game at 11.3.
• Lexy Keys enters the contest with 101 career 3-pointers and is four away from moving into the top 10 on the school's all-time chart.
• Garzon has produced back-to-back 20-point outings off the bench after scoring 21 against North Texas before pouring in 20 points against Loyola Marymount.
• The Cowgirls have scored at least 20 points in 22 quarters this season and have scored 30-plus points three times.
• OSU has had nine different players have had at least one double-digit outing.

Last Time Out
• Claire Chastain scored 15 points to eclipse the 1,000-point mark for her career.
• Lior Garzon hit six of her seven 3-point attempts and scored 18 of her game-high 20 points in the third quarter.
• OSU dished out 25 assists against just six turnovers. Both program bests since a 26-assist, 5-turnover game at Iowa State on Jan. 13, 2021.
• OSU shot 56.9 percent from the floor, its highest since hitting 60.0 percent against TCU on Feb. 15, 2017.

Know The Foe
• UNLV sports a 9-1 mark after picking up wins at Hawaii-Hilo and Hawaii in its last two outings.
• The Lady Rebels finished 26-7 and won the Mountain West regular season and tournament titles a year ago to earn a berth in the NCAA Championship field.
• Desi-Rae Young was the league's player of the year in 2022 and is averaging 18.5 points and 9.5 boards per outing.

OSU vs. UNLV ... The Series
• OSU and UNLV have met on five occasions with the Lady Rebels holding a 3-2 advantage.
• UNLV won the first three meetings, all in Las Vegas.
• OSU's first victory came during the 2001 WNIT in Stillwater before picking up an 88-73 win at the 2008 Desert Draw in Las Vegas.

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Players Mentioned

Naomie Alnatas

Claire Chastain

Lior Garzon

Lexy Keys

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