West Virginia Grinds Out Defensive Battle In opposition to Oklahoma State – West Virginia College Athletics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 21-ranked West Virginia College ladies’s basketball crew collected its first ranked win of the season after defeating No. 24 Oklahoma State, 54-37, on Saturday afternoon contained in the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.
 
The win over a ranked opponent marks the third time Hayhurst Household Head Coach Mark Kellogg has come out on prime towards a crew featured within the AP Ballot. It’s the Mountaineers’ first of its variety this season.
 
West Virginia put forth its finest defensive efficiency of the season, limiting Oklahoma State to simply 11 area targets and a 21.2% mark from the ground. WVU pressured the Cowgirls right into a season-low 37 factors, a mark 43 factors under their season common of 80 factors per recreation this season. OSU completed with simply two assists within the recreation.
 
Junior guard Sydney Shaw completed with a game-high 18 factors on 7 of 10 made area targets, together with three from past the arc. Senior guard JJ Quinerly completed in double figures for the 21^st time this season with 15 factors. She added a career-high eight steals within the win as WVU completed with 15 steals for the competition. The Norfolk, Virginia native added 4 assists and 4 rebounds.
 
Quinerly’s 15 factors within the recreation pushed her to No. 7 on the all-time scoring checklist with 1,747, behind Talisha Hargis (1995-98) with 1,747. She is third in steals with 300 and handed Corridor of Famer Rosemary Kosiorek (1989-92) who has 293 on the checklist.
 
Junior guard Jordan Harrison completed with a team-high six assists, guiding WVU to 10 within the recreation, as senior Kyah Watson led WVU with 9 rebounds. It’s the 16^th time this season Watson has led the Mountaineers’ effort on the glass.
 
Shaw knocked down a deep three on the Mountaineers’ opening possession of the sport earlier than six straight factors noticed Oklahoma State take the lead after three minutes. OSU failed to attain over the ultimate seven minutes of the primary as WVU took a 10-6 lead after the primary. OSU completed the body 0 of 6 from the ground and coughed up eight turnovers throughout the Mountaineer run.
 
WVU held Oklahoma State scoreless over the opening 4 minutes of the second, operating the OSU scoring drought to 11 minutes. The Mountaineers scored the opening six factors of the second to take a 16-6 lead on the 6:06 mark. The Cowgirls lower the WVU lead down to 5 factors two minutes later earlier than WVU scored six straight factors to move into halftime with a 23-14 lead.
 
Quinerly and Shaw completed the opening 20 with a game-high seven factors as Quinerly added six steals, serving to the Mountaineers pressure OSU into 13 turnovers. Oklahoma State completed the half simply 5 of twenty-two from the ground and 0 of 9 from past the arc.
 
Oklahoma State trimmed the WVU lead down to 6 factors out of the break. Shaw took over within the quarter, scoring eight of the Mountaineers’ 18 factors to assist WVU to a 41-29 lead after three. The Mountaineers shot 53.3% from the ground within the quarter whereas the Cowgirls made simply 3 of 15 of its makes an attempt. OSU made use of an ideal 7 of seven mark from the charity stripe to maintain inside putting distance.
 
West Virginia outscored Oklahoma State 13-8 within the closing body to safe the win. The Cowgirls lower the WVU result in single digits at 9 factors on the 3:29 mark of the fourth however an 8-0 WVU run to shut out the competition ended the OSU comeback bid.
 
West Virginia is now 16-14 all-time towards OSU, together with a 9-4 mark when enjoying contained in the WVU Coliseum.
 
West Virginia is again at house on Wednesday, Feb. 5, towards Kansas. Tipoff contained in the WVU Coliseum is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.