Cowgirls Roll Past Sooners In Round Two of Bedlam

STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State's women's basketball team ran its winning streak to five in a row on Saturday evening with a 91-64 win over in-state rival Oklahoma in front of 2,219 fans inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.

The Cowgirls improved to 14-5 overall and 10-3 with their sixth win in the last eight tries against OU.

After OSU raced out to an 8-2 lead early in the first, OU used a run of its own to take a 15-13 lead. Freshman Taylen Collins closed the period with a steal and layup at the other end to give the Cowgirls a three-point advantage through 10 minutes.

Halfway through the second, freshman Neferatali Notoa put OSU in front, 33-22, with a trey from the top of the key. Notoa would extend the margin to 15 with a floater in the lane two minutes later as part of a 16-3 run. Junior Ja'Mee Asberry drilled a trey as time expired to cap a 29-point quarter for the Cowgirls and send OSU into the half with a 47-29 lead. Asberry scored 13 of her 19 first-half points in the second quarter.

The hot hand continued for Asberry early in the third when she drilled another trey to extend the Cowgirl margin to 54-31. OSU scored 19 of the first 23 points in the period as the lead swelled to as many as 32.

The Cowgirls held a 68-37 lead heading into the final frame.

Senior Natasha Mack notched her 13th double-double of the season, finishing with 26 points and 18 boards to go with five assists and five blocked shots. With her block total, Mack moved in front of Kaylee Jensen atop the school's all-time blocks list with 176.

Asberry finished with 22 points and five assists, while Collins added 10 points and sophomore Lauren Fields added 13 points. Notoa scored a career-high 10 points in the contest.

The Cowgirls shot 52 percent from the floor for the contest, including a 50 percent (13-26) effort from beyond the arc. OU was held to a 38 percent effort from the floor.

The Cowgirls will be back in action next week when they travel to Texas for a pair of road contests against Texas and Texas Tech.