Cowgirls Set To Face No. 2 UCLA in NCAA Second Round Action

Monday, March 23

Los Angeles, CA

9:00 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

UCLA

Cowgirls Set To Face No. 2 UCLA in NCAA Second Round Action

March 22, 2026 | Cowgirl Basketball

Game Notes

Oklahoma St. Cowgirls
(24-9, 12-6 Big 12) • Jacie Hoyt (Ninth Year Overall — 165-109)
vs.
No. 2/2 UCLA Bruins

(32-1, 18-0 Big Ten) • Cori Close (15th Year Overall — 353-144)

Game 34 · March 23, 2026 · 9:00 p.m. (CST)
Venue: Pauley Pavilion (13,800)
Video: WatchESPN.com
TV: ESPN (Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty)
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM, Varsity Network App (Casey Kendrick, Latricia Trammell)
Stats: statbroadcast.com
Tickets: NCAAtickets.com
Social Media: Twitter — @osuwbb, Instagram — @osuwbb
Facebook — www.facebook.com/CowgirlBasketball/

What 2 Watch 4
• OSU will look to secure its fourth NCAA Sweet 16 appearance on Monday at 9:00 p.m. (CST) when it faces second-ranked UCLA in Los Angeles.
• The meeting will be the fourth between the Cowgirls and Bruins. UCLA is 2-1 with both wins coming at home.
• The Cowgirls' win over UCLA came on Dec. 8, 2017 against the then-No. 7 Bruins.
• OSU's win over No. 23 Princeton gives the Cowgirls 10 wins over AP Top 25 foes under head coach Jacie Hoyt.
• The Cowgirls are the only team in the Big 12 to utilize the same starting lineup for the entire season.
• OSU ranks in the top 15 nationally in scoring offense (14th, 81.5) and scoring margin (15th, 17.9).
• Micah Gray is 14th nationally with her 92 made treys.
• Gray recorded her 300th career trey against Princeton.
• Achol Akot scored a career-high 28 points and had 10 boards against the Tigers.
• Akot is sixth nationally in field-goal percentage (.633).
• OSU's last win over a Top-10 opponent came last year against No. 9 TCU and its last win over a top-five foe was No. 4 Baylor on Dec. 30, 2015. The Cowgirls' highest ranked win has come on two occasions with OSU knocking off No. 3 Colorado in 1994 and No. 3 Texas Tech in 2004.
• OSU has averaged 10.6 made 3-pointers and shot 39 percent from beyond the arc in its 24 wins. In nine losses, OSU is shooting 24 percent and averaging 5.7 made treys.
• OSU's 49 wins are its most over a two-year stretch in program history.
• The Cowgirls have five players averaging double figures in the scoring column for the first time in program history.

OSU At The NCAA Tourney
• The Cowgirls are 13-18 all time in NCAA play.
• OSU's best NCAA seed was a No. 3 in 2008.
• The Cowgirls are 10-9 all time in first-round games and snapped a two-game losing streak against Princeton.
• OSU is 10-6 as the higher seed and 3-12 as the lower seed.
• OSU's record by seed: 3 (2-1), 4 (1-1), 5 (4-2), 7 (2-6), 8 (1-2), 9 (2-2), 10 (0-2), 12 (0-2).
• OSU has three Sweet 16 appearances (1991, 2008, 2014).
• Three of the Cowgirls' previous four tourney appearances have seen them compete in the 8-9 game.
• The Cowgirls have four players from last year's team who saw significant NCAA action in OSU's contest against South Dakota State.
• Stailee Heard logged a double-double (20 points, 10 rebounds), Micah Gray scored 10 points, while Jadyn Wooten played 20 minutes and Praise Egharevba was on the floor for 11 minutes.
• Haeigh Timmer's postseason experience is extensive. She led SDSU to a WNIT title and was on the all-tournament team in 2022. She played in a pair of NCAA games in 2023 and 2025 as well. Timmer scored 11 points for SDSU in that first-round game against OSU.

Tourney Tidbits
• OSU's 2010 first-round win over Chattanooga saw the Cowgirls erase a 19-point deficit, marking the third-largest deficit overcome to win an NCAA game.
• Jaden Hobbs' eight made treys against Syracuse in 2018 are the fourth-best single-game total in tourney history.
• Hobbs made eight of her nine attempts (88.9 percent), the 10th-best single-game percentage in tourney history.
• The Cowgirls made 37 free throws in their 1991 contest against DePaul, the fifth-best total in an NCAA game.
• Jodi Fisher was the leading free-throw shooter by percentage in 1991 (10-10).
• OSU has played in four of the 89 NCAA overtime contests.
• The Cowgirls' triple overtime game against Michigan State in 1991 is one of just two triple overtime NCAA games.
• OSU's 28 points against the Spartans are the fourth-most scored in overtime.
• Lisa McGill was the second-leading scorer (21.3 ppg) at the 1991 tournament, Andrea Riley was third (24.3 ppg) in 2008, Tegan Cunningham was first (25.0 ppg) in 2010 and Natasha Mack was 10th (20.0 ppg) in 2021.
• Andrea Riley was OSU's first Regional All-Tournament Team selection, doing so in 2008 in New Orleans. Tiffany Bias earned the distinction in 2014 in South Bend, Ind.