West Virginia Falls at Oklahoma State – West Virginia College Athletics

STILLWATER, Okla. – The No. 17-ranked West Virginia College girls’s basketball staff fell on the street to Oklahoma State, 64-57, on Saturday afternoon inside Gallagher-Iba Enviornment.
 
The Mountaineers who led at halftime, misplaced their offensive rhythm within the second half capturing simply 21.2 % from the ground. Regardless of the poor capturing efficiency West Virginia, who trailed by as many as 11 within the fourth quarter, made it a one-score recreation twice over the ultimate two minutes however by no means discovered the game-tying shot.
 
Fifth-year Kylee Blacksten led the Mountaineers with 16 factors as senior guard JJ Quinerly was the one different Mountaineer in double figures with 10. Senior guard Kyah Watson and junior guard Sydney Shaw grabbed a team-leading seven rebounds as Watson added 5 steals. Junior guard Jordan Harrison led the way in which with 5 assists.
 
Oklahoma State jumped out to an early 7-5 lead, however the Mountaineers made use of a 12-0 run forcing 5 Cowgirl turnovers to take a 17-7 lead with simply over three minutes to play. The Cowgirls completed the body 5 of 5 from the ground and on a 10-2 run to chop the WVU right down to only one level. Blacksten had the new hand for WVU, scoring 13 of her factors within the body on 5 of 6 capturing.
 
After buying and selling the lead 3 times over the primary 5 minutes of the second, WVU mounted an 11-0 run to take a 38-28 lead with a minute to play. The WVU protection held OSU to a 1 of 10 mark from the ground over eight minutes and compelled the Cowgirls into eight turnovers. OSU knocked down a pair of free throws and a half-court heave on the buzzer to trim the WVU benefit to 5.
 
The Cowgirls shortly took the lead out of the break, scoring the opening seven factors of the sport to steer 40-38 on the media timeout. For the quarter, OSU outscored the Mountaineers 17-7 as WVU went simply 2 of 15 from the ground. Oklahoma State took a 50-45 lead into the ultimate body.
 
West Virginia is now 15-14 all-time in opposition to OSU, together with a 5-9 mark when enjoying inside Gallagher-Iba Enviornment.
 
Quinerly at present sits eleventh in factors at 1,628, and behind Corridor of Famer Liz Repella (2008-11) with 1,641. She is 4^th in steals with 279 and sits simply 14 away from catching Corridor of Famer Rosemary Kosiorek (1989-92) who has 293.
 
West Virginia is again at dwelling on Wednesday, Jan. 15, in opposition to Colorado contained in the WVU Coliseum. Tipoff is ready for 7 p.m. ET.