Horns travel to OSU for Big 12 opener

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The team left for Stillwater today around 5pm.Horns will try to snap a two game losing streak against OSU. Horns lost both games last season by nearly identical scores: 64-52 & 64-58. OSU is looking to break their best start to a season (currently 11-0) with a win. Texas will be looking to win their first Big 12 opener since the 2005-06 season.

Projected starting lineups:
Texas:
#1 Empress Davenport, 5-7 Soph. G
#2 Celina Rodrigo, 5-8 Soph. G
#3 Nneka Enemkpali, 6-1 Jr. F
#32 Brady Sanders, 5-11 Soph. G
#40 Kelsey Lang, 6-5 Fr. C

OSU:
#3 Tiffany Bias, 5-6 Sr. G
#4 Liz Donohoe, 6-0 Jr. F
#22 Brittney Martin, 6-0 Soph. G
#31 Kendra Suttles, 6-1 Sr. C
#55 LaShawn Jones, 6-3 Jr. C

OSU has a basic eight player rotation with 7 of the 8 averaging double digit minutes. Texas counters with an 11 player rotation (Chas makes 12).

Jones is their primary inside scorer at 10.2 ppg. Bias (12.9 ppg & 7.5 assists), Donohoe (15.1 ppg and 7.1 rpg) and Martin )15.4 ppg) are the top scorers for OSU. Donohoe (29-62 on treys for a .468%) has taken about a third of the 3s attempted by OSU and made almost 50% of the team 3s. Horns will need to make sure she doesn’t take any uncontested shots from BTA.

Texas is led by Nneka at 14.3 ppg and 8.4 rpg. Chas will miss this game as she recovers from a knee injury.

Look for a fast paced game. Both teams like to run although OSU (81.3 ppg) is doing it a bit better than Texas (73.8). The teams rank one-two in scoring defense (OSU-UT) and 1-3 (OSU-UT) in both FG defense and 3pt FG defense. They are very close in rebounding as well. The battle inside will be tough. OSU will need to contend with Nneka while the Horns will need to stop OSU’s 3pt shooting. Bench play will be important, especially if foul trouble hits either team.

The game is available online through the OSU site if you have a subscription to OSU or to CBS AllAccess. Otherwise, KVET 1300 AM will carry the radio broadcast.

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from the OSU game notes:"The Cowgirls will open Big 12 play on Thursday
when Texas comes calling for a 7 p.m. contest
inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Admission for the opener is free."--bolding is mine.

Wonder if they are trying to get a bigger crowd than their average of 2395? Wonder if it will work?
 
Tough opener - on the road against a team we have not fared well against lately. No Chassidy.
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Still, I am excited and somewhat optimistic. We will surely fare better than we did last year in conference play. The question is how much better.
 
gotta feel good about our chances to pull out a win. More depth, more experience than last year, even with Chas out. And quicker backcourt, simply by work put in this off season. OSU had their hands full last season against a Texas team that was not as good as this one is.

I really wish this one was on TV. It should be the best opening night game.
 
We're a better team than last year, even with Chas out. I'd feel quite optimistic if Imani would play like she's capable of playing. So far this year she hasn't. Still, if our guards can hit a decent percentage of threes, we'll have a good chance. Oklahoma State is a good team, but they haven't played a tough schedule.
 
I remain pessimistic but only because I didn't see it coming last year. I'd rather be pleasantly surprised. That said, I never root against my team. Go horns!
 
Hopefuly, Imani plays like she did against Stanford, when she had a double double.

almost game time!
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Horns close it to 6-7. Wallace for OSU has two fouls.
Horns have the ball after this timeout.
Go, Horns!
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tempest, don't have a subscription so just listening to kvet, same as craig way who is on the way.
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14-12 with just under 12 to go in the first half. OSU ball after this timeout. Can't believe this game, probably the best game to start the Big 12, isn't on TV.
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Fran Harris doing a good job, having to do it all as Craig Way is having traffic problems in getting to the game.

Horns lead 18-17 with 7-48 to go. OSU with the ball.
 
26-25 Horns with 3:21 to go. Bri with have a one and one coming after this time out. She, Kelsey and Nekia have made a good contribution so far.
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32-31 OSU at the half. Nneka and Brady each have two fouls. Nneka is on the way to a double double with 12 pts & 7 rebs. Empress, Kelsey and Imani each has 4 pts.

Bias (11 pts) and Donohoe (10 pts) lead OSU. Martin with 4 rebs leads OSU. Loecker, Jones, Martin and Wallace each have 2 fouls.

OSU leads with 21 rebs to Horns' 20 while Texas has one more TO, 8-7. Neither is shooting well, with OSU at 29.0% while Texas is at 32.1%. They are burning the nets from the FT line, UT 92.9 % (13-14) with OSU at 92.3% (12-13).
 
We need some scoring from the Guards.
Empress got some points.But I need the rest of the Guards to show up.
 
yep, not counting Empress' six pts, guards have 5 pts. Not that they haven't taken shots, just not hitting them.
 
55-46 OSU. Horns seeing OSU create separation. Need to hit those shots inside. Missing too many bunnies.
 
Horns are going to lose this one. They got to figure out how to hit their 3s against top 25 competition. 67-61 final.

The game was there for them to grab, OSU just didn't crack, not with such an experienced PG in Bias.

Next game up is Sunday.
 
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