Nov. 25, 2011
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
1-0 overall; 0-0 Big 12
vs.
Coppin State Eagles
1-2 overall
Game 2
Nov. 26, 2011 :: 2 p.m. CST
Stillwater, Okla.
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
What 2 Watch 4
• OSU will play for the first time in nearly two weeks after suffering the loss of head coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna in a plane crash on Nov. 17.
• The Cowgirls are coming off the second-best shooting half of the Budke Era with their 64.9 FG percentage in the first half against Rice on Nov. 13.
• OSU's weekend contests against Grambling State and UT-Arlington were postponed.
• The Cowgirls received 10 votes in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll
• The Cowgirls won the only previous meeting with Coppin State. OSU hosted the Eagles on Dec. 6, 2009 and prevailed with an 80-51 victory.
• The Cowgirls have won 54 of their last 55 non-conference home games.
Know The Foe
• Coppin State is 1-2 after its 80-58 loss at Wake Forest on Nov. 18
• CSU's first victory of the year came on Nov. 16 against UMBC, a 68-60 win
• CSU was picked to finish sixth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Preseason poll.
We Will Remember
For the second time in just over a decade, Oklahoma State's basketball programs were hit by tragedy. On Nov. 17, head women's basketball coach Kurt Budke, assistant coach Miranda Serna, former state senator and OSU alum Olin Branstetter, and his wife Paula, were killed in a plane crash west of Little Rock, Ark. The Branstetter's were taking coaches Budke and Serna to Little Rock on a recruiting visit.
Rice Leftovers
• Kendra Suttles logged her second career double-double, finishing with career highs with 27 points and 12 rebounds.
• Tiffany Bias also recorded her second career double-double with 20 points and a career-best 12 assists.
• The Cowgirls 64.9 FG percentage in the first half was their highest in a half since shooting 72.4% against Columbia on Dec. 29, 2006.
• OSU is now 28-11 overall in openers.
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