Cowgirls Put Streak On The Line Against Kansas

Wednesday, January 1

Waco, Texas

3:00 PM

Oklahoma State University

Baylor

January 03, 2025 | Cowgirl Basketball

Game Notes

RV/NR Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(12-1, 2-0 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jacie Hoyt (Eighth Year — 128-94)
vs.
Kansas Jayhawks

(10-3, 0-2 Big 12) • Head Coach: Brandon Schneider (27th Year — 538-290)

Game 14 · Jan. 4, 2025 · 2:00 p.m. (CST)
Venue: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Video: ESPN+ (Adam Hildebrandt, Casey Kendrick)
TV: None
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM, Varsity Network App (Ryan Breeden, Ryan Cameron)
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 riding a five-game winning streak to take on Kansas at 2 p.m. on Saturday inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• The Cowgirls will be looking to start 3-0 in league play for the first time since starting 3-0 during the 2019-20 season.
• Head coach Jacie Hoyt and her husband, Daniel, welcomed their first child on Dec. 11, Harlow Renee Heflin.
• The Cowgirls are 34-8 at home under Hoyt.
• OSU is second nationally in field-goal percentage (.504) and 3-point percentage (.401).
• This weekend serves as Alumni Weekend.
• OSU is also among the top 10 nationally in field-goal percentage defense (4th), rebound margin (10th), scoring margin (6th), scoring offense (9th) and 3-pointers per game (9th).
• The Cowgirls currently stand at No. 26 in the NET ranking.
• Ténin Magassa is 13th among current active leaders with her 2.01 blocks per game and 11th with her 213 blocks.
• OSU has already 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.
• OSU has nine 30-point quarters offensively and has held its opposition to 11 single-digit scoring quarters.
• The Cowgirls shot better than 50 percent in two quarters against Baylor and have now hit at least half of their shots in 31 of 52 quarters this season.

Series History
• The Cowgirls hold a 41-40 advantage in the all-time series.
• The Jayhawks have won five in a row against the Cowgirls.
• Prior to KU's string, OSU won 17 of 21 contests.
• The Jayhawks have won the last two meetings in Stillwater with OSU's last victory coming on Feb. 2, 2021.

Last Time Out
• The Cowgirls won for the second time in their last three tries in Waco with an 84-61 victory on Wednesday.
• The 23-point margin was OSU's largest ever over the Bears.
• Tenin Magassa recorded season highs with 16 points and six blocked shots.
• The Cowgirls shot 77 percent (17-22) in the second half.

Know The Foe
• The Jayhawks are seeking their first league win of the year after suffering losses against Baylor and at Iowa State.
• The contest in Ames was KU's first road game of the year.
• The Jayhawks went 3-0 earlier this year at the Paradise Jam with wins over Pittsburgh, Northern Iowa and Auburn.
• S'Mya Nichols ranks second in the league in scoring at 21.5 points per outing.
• She is first nationally in free throws (115) and free throw attempts (141).