Saturday, February 24
Morgantown, W.Va
1:00 p.m.
West Virginia University
20-9 / 8-9
69
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79
Oklahoma State
19-9 / 14-3
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F
Oklahoma State
11
21
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23
79
West Virginia
20
17
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69
Photo by: All Pro Photography/Dale Sparks
WVU Falls to OSU in Home Finale
February 24, 2018 04:15 PM | Women's Basketball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Despite a stellar effort from the seniors, the West Virginia women's basketball team was outscored 47-32 the final two quarters as the Mountaineers dropped a 79-69 loss to No. 25/23 Oklahoma State in their home finale at the WVU Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.
The loss puts the Mountaineers at 20-9 on the season and 8-9 in Big 12 play with one regular-season game remaining. OSU improves to 19-9 and 14-3.
Senior forward Teana Muldrow shot 50 percent from the field, scoring nine points in the fourth quarter alone to total a team-high 23 on the day. She also added six rebounds and a pair of steals. Senior guard Chania Ray scored 14 points in the first half, totaling 16 on the day with three 3-pointers and three steals. Her first assist of the game moved her into the all-time top 10 for career assists at WVU.
Junior guards Katrina Pardee and Naomi Davenport also finished in double figures with 14 and 10 points, respectively. Freshman guard Ashley Jones added three assists, while senior forward Kristina King had a team-high seven rebounds.
West Virginia shot 40.3 percent from the field and 61.5 percent from downtown. The Mountaineers were outrebounded by the Cowgirls, 40-31, as OSU used that advantage to score 15 second-chance points to WVU's four. Both teams put up 30 points in the paint.
Threes from Davenport helped WVU to a 10-6 lead midway through the first quarter. Davenport collected a steal and converted the layup down the other end to stretch the Mountaineer lead to seven at 16-9 with 90 seconds to play. Theresa Ekhelar added two more points in the paint before Ashley Jones hit a jumper in the closing seconds for a 20-11 WVU advantage at the end of the first.
Muldrow opened the scoring with a jumper in the second, then grabbed the steal before Pardee pushed the lead into double-digits with a fast-break layup at 26-16. Ray was fouled as made a three, and her 4-point play put WVU ahead by 13 at 33-20 with 5:37 to go in the second. Another trey from Ray made it a 14-point lead at 36-22. However, a 10-1 run by the Cowgirls to close the half cut WVU's lead to just five at 37-32 at the end of the second.
After an OSU triple opened the scoring in the third, Muldrow got the Mountaineers on the board with a 3-point play to put the lead back at five. OSU's Loryn Goodwin hit the free-throw line, then added back-to-back layups with Pardee 3-pointer in between to tie the game 43-43 with 7:14 to go in the frame. Goodwin's second layup started an 8-0 run by the Cowgirls as they took a 49-43 lead before Muldrow hit a jumper to end the run. Pardee hit the free-throw line for a pair, but a late OSU triple had WVU trailing, 56-48 heading into the fourth.
Davenport had the steal and the fast-break layup to start the fourth, then hit the free-throw line for a pair. Back-to-back buckets from Muldrow cut the WVU deficit to six, 62-56, with 5:40 to go. After an OSU free throw, Muldrow drained a 3-pointer to cut the lead to four and added another layup off a pass from Ray to make it a two-point game with WVU trailing 63-61. Pardee hit a three as well, but the Cowgirls countered with a trio of triples for a 12-point advantage with one minute remaining. Pardee picked up two points at the free-throw line, but the Mountaineers would take the loss, 79-69.
West Virginia caps the regular season in Waco, Texas, in a Monday tilt with No. 3 Baylor. Tipoff is set for 9 p.m. EST from the Ferrell Center on FS1.
Notes: WVU moves to 9-4 at home and 3-6 at home in league play … Chania Ray moved into 10th place all-time at WVU in career assists ... she boasts 416 in just two and a half years at WVU … Teana Muldrow notched her 14th 20-point performance of the season … she has led the team in scoring 13 times this season.
The loss puts the Mountaineers at 20-9 on the season and 8-9 in Big 12 play with one regular-season game remaining. OSU improves to 19-9 and 14-3.
Senior forward Teana Muldrow shot 50 percent from the field, scoring nine points in the fourth quarter alone to total a team-high 23 on the day. She also added six rebounds and a pair of steals. Senior guard Chania Ray scored 14 points in the first half, totaling 16 on the day with three 3-pointers and three steals. Her first assist of the game moved her into the all-time top 10 for career assists at WVU.
Junior guards Katrina Pardee and Naomi Davenport also finished in double figures with 14 and 10 points, respectively. Freshman guard Ashley Jones added three assists, while senior forward Kristina King had a team-high seven rebounds.
West Virginia shot 40.3 percent from the field and 61.5 percent from downtown. The Mountaineers were outrebounded by the Cowgirls, 40-31, as OSU used that advantage to score 15 second-chance points to WVU's four. Both teams put up 30 points in the paint.
Threes from Davenport helped WVU to a 10-6 lead midway through the first quarter. Davenport collected a steal and converted the layup down the other end to stretch the Mountaineer lead to seven at 16-9 with 90 seconds to play. Theresa Ekhelar added two more points in the paint before Ashley Jones hit a jumper in the closing seconds for a 20-11 WVU advantage at the end of the first.
Muldrow opened the scoring with a jumper in the second, then grabbed the steal before Pardee pushed the lead into double-digits with a fast-break layup at 26-16. Ray was fouled as made a three, and her 4-point play put WVU ahead by 13 at 33-20 with 5:37 to go in the second. Another trey from Ray made it a 14-point lead at 36-22. However, a 10-1 run by the Cowgirls to close the half cut WVU's lead to just five at 37-32 at the end of the second.
After an OSU triple opened the scoring in the third, Muldrow got the Mountaineers on the board with a 3-point play to put the lead back at five. OSU's Loryn Goodwin hit the free-throw line, then added back-to-back layups with Pardee 3-pointer in between to tie the game 43-43 with 7:14 to go in the frame. Goodwin's second layup started an 8-0 run by the Cowgirls as they took a 49-43 lead before Muldrow hit a jumper to end the run. Pardee hit the free-throw line for a pair, but a late OSU triple had WVU trailing, 56-48 heading into the fourth.
Davenport had the steal and the fast-break layup to start the fourth, then hit the free-throw line for a pair. Back-to-back buckets from Muldrow cut the WVU deficit to six, 62-56, with 5:40 to go. After an OSU free throw, Muldrow drained a 3-pointer to cut the lead to four and added another layup off a pass from Ray to make it a two-point game with WVU trailing 63-61. Pardee hit a three as well, but the Cowgirls countered with a trio of triples for a 12-point advantage with one minute remaining. Pardee picked up two points at the free-throw line, but the Mountaineers would take the loss, 79-69.
West Virginia caps the regular season in Waco, Texas, in a Monday tilt with No. 3 Baylor. Tipoff is set for 9 p.m. EST from the Ferrell Center on FS1.
Notes: WVU moves to 9-4 at home and 3-6 at home in league play … Chania Ray moved into 10th place all-time at WVU in career assists ... she boasts 416 in just two and a half years at WVU … Teana Muldrow notched her 14th 20-point performance of the season … she has led the team in scoring 13 times this season.
Team Stats
OSU
WVU
FG%
.500
.403
3FG%
.500
.615
FT%
.656
.733
RB
40
31
TO
15
11
STL
6
9
Game Leaders
Pts
23
FGM
10
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
14
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's Basketball
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