Cowgirls Look To Bounce Back With Trip To Cincinnati

Saturday, January 4

2:00 PM

Oklahoma State University

Kansas

January 07, 2025 | Cowgirl Basketball

Game Notes

RV/NR Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(12-2, 2-1 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jacie Hoyt (Eighth Year — 128-95)
vs.
Cincinnati Bearcats

(9-4, 1-2 Big 12) • Head Coach: Katrina Merriweather (Ninth Year — 174-92)

Game 15 · Jan. 8, 2025 · 5:30 p.m. (CST)
Venue: Fifth Third Arena (12,012)
Video: ESPN+
TV: None
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM, Varsity Network App (Casey Kendrick, Latricia Trammell)
Stats: statbroadcast.com
Tickets: gobearcats.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 bounce back from its first conference loss of the season on Wednesday when it heads to Ohio for a 5:30 p.m. contest against the Cincinnati Bearcats.
• The Cowgirls will be looking to win their first two road league games for the second year in a row.
• Anna Gret Asi has made 18 consecutive free throws entering the contest.
• Head coach Jacie Hoyt and her husband, Daniel, welcomed their first child on Dec. 11, Harlow Renee Heflin.
• OSU is fourth nationally in field-goal percentage (.495) and 3-point percentage (.390).
• OSU is also among the top 10 nationally in field-goal percentage defense (5th), rebound margin (10th), scoring offense (10th).
• The Cowgirls currently stand at No. 29 in the NET ranking.
• Ténin Magassa is 12th among current active leaders with her 2.00 blocks per game and 10th with her 214 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 the third quarter against Kansas and have now hit at least half of their shots in 32 of 56 quarters this season.

Series History
• The teams have met on just two occasions with each side winning once.
• The Cowgirls won the first meeting in 1995, a 78-57 victory in Houston, Texas at the Rice Tournament.
• Cincinnati evened the series with a 58-56 win at home last year on Jan. 24.

Last Time Out
• The Cowgirls saw their five-game winning streak come to an end with their loss to Kansas on Saturday.
• Stailee Heard tallied her fifth double-double of the year, finishing with 24 points and 11 rebounds.
• OSU is now 34-9 all time at home under Hoyt.
• The Cowgirls shot a season-low 36 percent from the floor.

Know The Foe
• Cincinnati is 6-1 at home this season with its lone loss coming on Nov. 18 against Seton Hall.
• The Bearcats are sixth nationally in free throw attempts (23.5) and second in made free throws per game (18.2).
• Jillian Hayes leads the Big 12 and is 17th in the country with her seven double-doubles on the year.
• She is second in the league with her 9.9 boards per game.
• Additionally, she is 16th nationally with 74 made free throws and 15th with her 100 attempts from the line.