by STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State’s women’s basketball team ran its winning streak to four games with an 82-55 win over Kansas on Tuesday evening inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
The Cowgirls missed their first six shots of the contest before using a 6-0 run to take its first lead five minutes into the contest. Like their meeting in Lawrence on Saturday, both teams got off to sluggish starts offensively. KU took advantage of the free-throw line in the quarter, converting all eight of its attempts to lead 14-10 at the end of the period.
OSU scored 10 of the first 12 in the second to regain the lead before the Jayhawks answered with five in a row to move back in front 21-20 halfway through the period. The Cowgirls closed the half on an 8-0 run capped by a 3-pointer from freshman Neferatali Notoa to lead 31-26 at the break.
Coming out of the half, OSU scored the first six points capped by a steal and layup from freshman Lexy Keys (Cherokee) to push the margin into double digits at 37-26, forcing a KU timeout three minutes in. Three minutes later, OSU got back-to-back treys from Keys and Asberry to extend the margin to 45-30. Notoa hit a trey with a minute left in the period to extend the lead to 20.
The Cowgirls outscored the Jayhawks 22-9 in the stanza to lead, 53-35.
Keys hit a pair of treys early in the fourth as OSU pushed the margin to 24.
Mack logged her 12th double-double of the year, finishing with 19 points and 19 rebounds.
Keys poured in a career-high 19 points behind a 4-of-6 effort from beyond the arc.
