Cowgirls Close Out Home Slate Against Cincinnati

Game Notes

21/RV Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(22-5, 12-4 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jacie Hoyt (Eighth Year — 138-98)
vs.
Cincinnati Bearcats
(15-11, 7-9 Big 12) • Head Coach: Katrina Merriweather (Ninth Year — 180-99)

Game 28 · Feb. 26, 2025 · 6:30 p.m. (CST)
Venue: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Video: ESPN+ (Adam Hildebrandt, Bryndon Manzer)
TV: None
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 will close out its regular-season home slate on Wednesday when Cincinnati comes calling for a 6:30 p.m. contest.
• OSU is 40-9 at home under head coach Jacie Hoyt.
• The Cowgirls are 16-1 on their home floor this year and a win would give OSU its best regular-season win total on the historic white maple floor.
• OSU will be looking to secure win No. 23, which would be its most since winning 25 games in 2013-14.
• The Cowgirls are seeking their 13th league win, which would be their most since posting a 13-5 mark during league play in 2020-21.
• 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. 23 in the NET ranking.
• Ténin Magassa is 10th among current active leaders with her 2.09 blocks per game and 10th with her 251 blocks.
• 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 15 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.

Series History
• The Cowgirls have won two of the three meetings all time.
• This will be the Bearcats' first trip to Stillwater.
• OSU will be looking for the season sweep after a 64-48 win in Cincinnati on Jan. 8.

Last Time Out
• Stailee Heard has now eclipsed the 20-point mark nine times this season, finishing with 26 points against Colorado.

Know The Foe
• Cincinnati is 5-5 this season on the road after a 59-56 win in Lubbock in its most recent road outing.
• The Bearcats are fourth nationally in free throw attempts per game (23.04) and free throws made per game (17.04).
• Jillian Hayes ranks 32nd nationally with her 11 double-doubles on the year.
• Hayes is also 10th with her 197 free-throw attempts and 14 with her 143 makes from the line.
• Hayes checks in as one of the nation's best rebounders at 9.5 boards per game, which ranks 35th in the country.

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Players Mentioned

Anna Gret Asi

Praise Egharevba

Micah Gray

Stailee Heard

Macey Huard

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