The Missouri Tigers will be hosting the Oklahoma State Cowgirl basketball team at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Heames Center.
The 5-11 Cowgirls are looking for their first Big 12 Conference road win. OSU is currently 1-4 overall in the Big 12. The Tigers have an overall record of 8-7 and are 2-2 in the Big 12.
OSU is coming off of two straight losses entering Saturday’s game. The Cowgirls got routed by No. 7 Texas Tech Lady Raiders 95-45 in Lubbock, Texas and lost to the Colorado Buffaloes at Gallagher-Iba Arena 64-50 on Wednesday night.
Although the Cowgirls have lost two-straight contests, they feel good about their progress.
“We’ve had a lot of turnovers lately and haven’t been patient,” OSU freshman guard Meghan Craig said. “We need to take care of the ball and if we play defense a little better and shoot a little better we have a chance.”
Craig led all OSU scorers with 16 points in the loss to CU and is the Cowgirls second leading scoring averaging 8.2 points per game.
Along with Craig, junior center Trisha Skibbe and senior guard Thia Willis lead OSU. Skibbe, the Cowgirls leading scorer and rebounder averages 15.9 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.
Skibbe tied her season-low by being held to nine points in her last effort against CU. “Skibbe has always been there for us,” Willis said. “The rest of the team needs to step up when she is struggling, but sometimes we need Skibbe to get some points on the board for us.”
The Tigers are coming off two straight victories against Big 12 opponents. MU beat the Iowa State Cyclones 86-55 at Ames, IA.
The Tigers also topped the Nebraska Cornhuskers 65-53 to pick up their first Big 12 home win. Against the Huskers, MU junior forward Stretch James scored a career high 18 points and dished out three assists.
The Tigers are led by junior forward Evan Unrau and senior guard Kerensa Barr. Unrau is the MU’s leading scorer and rebounder with an average of 15.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. Barr is the Tigers second leading scorer with an average of 12. 2 points and leads MU in assists by averaging five a game.
Cindy Stein is in her fifth season as the Tigers head coach and has turned a program around that was in the dumps. By her third season, Stein led MU to the Sweet 16.
Last year, the Cowgirls hosted the Tigers at Gallagher-Iba and came out victorious, 73-57. Skibbe scored 26 points on 10-of-11 shooting and former Cowgirl Tari Cummings put up 22 points in the win.
“I felt like we played well against Colorado,” OSU coach Julie Goodenough said. “We guarded the triangle offense as well a team can and we executed offensively. We just need shots to start falling for us.”
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