STILLWATER, Okla. – For the second time in three seasons under the direction of head coach Jacie Hoyt, Oklahoma State’s women’s basketball team earned a spot in the NCAA Championship field with the announcement of the tournament bracket on Sunday evening.

After being picked to finish 11th in the Big 12’s preseason poll, the Cowgirls currently stand at No 17 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll after tallying a third-place finish and winning a program-record 14 Big 12 games while posting a 25-6 mark overall. OSU’s victory total is the third best in program history.

The Cowgirls enter play as the No. 7 seed in the Spokane 4 Region. OSU will face No. 10 South Dakota State, which sports a 29-3 record, on Saturday, March 22 in Storrs, Connecticut. The winner will advance to take on the winner of second- seeded UConn and Arkansas State.

OSU last competed in the tourney two years ago when it faced Miami (Fla.) in Bloomington, Ind.

The Cowgirls are 12-17 all time in NCAA action, including three Sweet 16 appearances with the most recent of those coming in 2014.

This is how the match up between the two teams matchup and how to watch: No. 7 Oklahoma St. Cowgirls (25-6, 14-4 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jacie Hoyt (Overall — 141-99, OSU — 60-34) vs.

No. 10 South Dakota St. Jackrabbits (29-3, 16-0 Summit) • Head Coach: Aaron Johnston (26th Year — 627-194)

How to Watch:

Game 32 · March 22, 2025 · 2:30 p.m. (CST) Venue: Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Video: ESPN+ TV: ESPN2 (Beth Mowins, Rebecca Lobo) 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

• Oklahoma State’s women’s basketball team will compete at the NCAA Championship in Storrs, Conn., on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. (CST) as a No. 7 seed and will take on No. 10 seed South Dakota State. The winner will advance to take on the winner of the contest between UConn and Arkansas

State.

• The Cowgirls have 25 wins on the season, the third-best total in program history. OSU won 27 games during the 1990-91 and 2007-08 campaigns.

• OSU’s six losses on the season are its fewest since finishing 27-6 in 1990-91.

• OSU is No. 17 this week in the AP Top 25 poll, its highest ranking since reaching No. 17 in 2016.

• Head coach Jacie Hoyt and her husband, Daniel, welcomed their first child on Dec. 11, Harlow Renee Heflin.

• Ténin Magassa’s 72 blocks rank third on the school’s single-season chart.

• Micah Gray’s three 3-pointers against Baylor moved her into first place on the school’s single-season list with 81.

• Anna Gret Asi ranks ninth on the single-season chart with her 66 made 3-pointers and is two shy of eighth place.

• 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 careerhigh 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 one of two squads in the country this year with a quartet of 30-point scorers and just the seventh Division I program to do so since 19992000.

• OSU has 11 30-point quarters offensively and has held its opposition to 16 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.

Know The Foe

• The Jackrabbits enter NCAA action on a 19-game winning streak with their last loss coming on Dec. 22 at Texas.

• SDSU went 16-0 in league action and its only other losses came against Duke and Georgia Tech.

• SDSU is sixth nationally in field-goal percentage at (48.3) and Brooklyn Meyer is sixth as well (63.9).

• SDSU will be OSU’s sixth AP Top 25 foe this year (3-2).

• OSU is 0-1 all time against SDSU, losing in 2004 at home.

At the NCAA Championship

• The Cowgirls are 12-17 all time in NCAA play.

• OSU’s best NCAA seed was a No. 3 in 2008.

• OSU is 9-5 as the higher seed and 3-12 as the lower seed.

• OSU has three Sweet 16 appearances (1991, 2008, 2014).

• Andrea Riley was OSU’s first Regional All-Tournament Team selection, earning the honor in 2008 in New Orleans. Tiffany Bias was a regional all-tournament pick in 2014 in South Bend, Ind.

• OSU is 2-5 all time as the No. 7 seed. OSU’s last appearance as the No. 7 came in 2016.

• Two years ago, Jacie Hoyt became the fourth different head coach to lead OSU to the NCAA tourney.

• The Cowgirls previous three tourney appearances have seen them compete in the 8-9 game.

• OSU is 7-3 this year against teams in the field.

• OSU has three players on its roster who have competed at the NCAA Championship. Anna Gret Asi played in OSU’s in 2023, Ténin Magassa competed for Dayton in 2022 and Rylee Langerman competed for Arkansas in 2022.

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 fourthbest single-game total in tourney history.

• Hobbs made eight of her nine attempts (88.9 percent), the ninth-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 (1010).

• OSU has played in four of the 86 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 fourthmost 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.

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