B2 - THE JOURNAL, Thursday, March 12, 2015
Sports
Round 3 of Bedlam starts conference tourney
The Oklahoma State
Cowboys split their final
two games of the regular
season and ended up with
a No.6 seed in the Big 12
Conference Tournament
that began yesterday in
Kansas City. The Pokes
will face Bedlam rival Okla-
homa at 8 o'clock tonight.
This will be the fourth
time the Cowboys and
Sooners have faced each
other in the conference
tournament with OSU win-
ning the previous meetings.
In two of those games, the
Pokes were the lower seed.
The first meeting was in
1999 when OSU won 60-57.
In 2009, O-State slipped
past OU 71-70. In 2010,
the Pokes coasted to an
81-67 win.
The winner will face
either Iowa State, Texas or
Texas Tech at 8 p.m. Friday.
The Longhorns and Red
Raiders faced off in a first
round matchup Wednesday
night with the winner play-
ing the Cyclones today.
The Pokes lost at West
Virginia last Saturday to
end the regular season. The
Mountaineers gained the
season sweep with an 81-72
win in Morgantown.
Despite the loss, the
Cowboys had one of their
better shooting games hit-
ting 54 percent of their
shots. However, they were
outscored from the free
throw line 23-9 which
proved to be the difference.
West Virginia erased
an early 3-00SU lead and
never trailed. Jeff Newberry
drained a three-point shot
to begin the game for the
Pokes' lone lead. Newberry
finished with a career-high
23 points.
Anthony Hickey fol-
lowed with 17 points
while Phil Forte added 13.
Le'Bryan Nash chipped in
10 points to keep his string
of double-digit scoring
intact for the season.
The Cowboys closed
out the home portion of the
season with an 82-70 win
over TCU last Wednes-
day night in Gallagher-Iba
Arena.
It took a while for the
Pokes to get going but after
trailing 25-20 late in the
first half, O-State went on
a 32-8 run that finished the
first half and continued into
the early minutes of the
second half. The Cowboys
led by as many as 52-33
with just under 15 minutes
left in the game.
TCU pulled to within 12
at 72-60 at the 5:32 mark
but a 5-0 run cushioned the
lead and the Homed Frogs
never threatened.
Nash and Anthony, both
playing their final games
at GIA, finished with 20
points each.
Five Pokes earned
All-Big 12 honors it was
announced last weekend.
Nash earned a spot on the
all-conference second team
while Forte was named
to the third team. Hickey
and Michael Cobbins were
All-Defensive selections
and Hickey was a member
of the All-Newcomer team.
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The Cowgirls split the
two games they played
in the women's confer-
ence tournament in Dallas,
Texas, last weekend. The
season ended with a 69-52
loss to Baylor in semifinals
action last Sunday. The
Cowgirls opened the tour-
nament with a 67-58 win
over Iowa State.
Now at 20-11, the Cow-
girls must wait to see if they
will be given a spot in the
NCAA Tournament. We
believe they are deserv-
ing of a spot and could do
quite well depending on the
bracket placing. But if that
doesn't happen, a NIT berth
would mean more home
games possibly.
LaShawn Jones gave the
Cowgirls their only lead
with the first bucket of the
game. Then Baylor took
over. The Lady Bears led
40-21 at halftime.
Jones opened the second
half with a conventiOnal •
three-point play to create a
40-24 score. But that would
be as close as OSU would
get. Baylor led by as many
as 31 points with 11:38
left in the game before the
starters were pulled from
the game.
Roshonda Johnson
led the Cowgirls with 16
points, Brittany Martin
followed with 13 points and
11 rebounds while Jones
scored 11.
O-State also placed three
players in double figures in
the opening round win over
Iowa State.
Johnson led with 20
points while Martin fol-
lowed with 17. Liz Dono-
hoe chipped in 14.
The Cyclones pulled to
within three at 59-56 with
less than two minutes left.
However, the Cowgirls
used the free throw line as
an ally by hitting 4-of-6
attempts to hold on for the
win.
The regular season
wrapped up last Monday
night with a 66-56 loss to
Oklahoma on Senior Night.
The Cowgirls struggled
offensively despite the
23-point effort by Donohoe
who played her final game
at GIA. Johnson added 14
points.
Three Cowgirls earned
All-Big 12 honors it was
announced at the end of the
regular season.
Martin was a unanimous
choice for the first team.
She was also named to the
All-Defensive team. Dono-
hoe and Jones were on the
honorable mention list for
all-conference.
Oklahoma State senior Liz Donohoe shoots for two of her
game-high 23 points in last Monday's 66-56 Bedlam loss
to Oklahoma. Donohoe was one of two seniors recognized
before the game as this was their last game to be played
at Gallagher-lba Arena, The Cowgirls lost in the semifinals
of the Big 12 Conference tournament and must now wait to
see if they will be included in the field for the NCAA Worn-
en's Tournament. Donohoe was a four-year starter for the
Cowgirls,
Journal photo by Kyle Lomenick
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