A weekend full of rewards
by Brandon Chatmon
bchatmon@opubco.com
In Oklahoma State’s 67-63 win over Texas A&M on Sunday, the Cowgirls displayed a surprising mental toughness and an uncommon will to win.
And the nation has taken notice. Among the accolades:
–The Cowgirls entered the Associated Press Top 10 for the first time ever on Monday at No. 10. OSU is 18-3 with its lone losses at No. 8 Ohio State, at No. 17 Texas and on a neutral court to Michigan State. The Cowgirls are undefeated at home including wins over No. 15 Baylor and No. 21 Georgia Tech.
–Senior point guard Andrea Riley was named Big 12 Women’s basketball player of the week. She averaged 30 points, 5 assists and 3.5 rebounds while leading the Cowgirls to wins over Missouri and Texas A&M. It is the fourth time this season that Riley earned the honor and the 11th time in her stellar career.
–Fox Sports revised their schedule to televise OSU’s top-10 battle with No. 4 Nebraska on Fox Sports Oklahoma at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Clearly the network realized the importance of this game, which could decide the Big 12 regular season title. Nebraska is 19-0 including 6-0 in the Big 12. The Cowgirls are currently second in the Big 12 at 18-3, 6-1. The game was originally set to be shown on Fox Sports Midwest ONLY.
–Riley is on the front page of ESPN’s women’s basketball section. National analysts have finally started noticing the Cowgirls. Everybody knows about Riley but Tegan Cunningham has performed at an all-conference-type level and OSU has more depth and athleticism then most observers expected in the preseason.
The winter storm and long trip to College Station, Texas made for a long weekend… but it was an rewarding one.
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AVERAGE No 1 & 2 BB SCORERS POINTS PER GAME (as of 02.01.10)
OSU Cowgirls: Riley/Cunningham – 44.1 (#1 in NCAA)
OSU Cowboys: Anderson/Muonelo – 35.2
OU Sooners: Warren/Mason-Griffin – 29.5
OU Sooners(W): Robinson/Stevenson – 31.3
OKC Thunder: Durant/Westbrook – 45.5
> Compiled by David-OKC
Another great article Brandon! There sure is a bunch of us OSU alumni that are very proud of this Cowgirls team. I went into the CGirls away games against Texas A&M (where I have many alumni friends) and Nebraska saying if they could win one of the two games I would be happy. I still feel this way. But, if the CGirls could somehow beat the Lady Huskers tomorrow night, words could not express the feelings.
I’ve watched/scouted four(4) live Nebraska games, in their barn this season and they can be beat. I’m sure Kurt, Jim, and the CGirls coaching staff knows this too. I’m expecting some “different looks” tomorrow night.