Three Takeaways from Oklahoma State Cowgirls’ Loss to Tulsa: A Golden Hurricane First

The No. 19 Oklahoma State Cowgirls were seeking their fourth win of the season against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Instead, Tulsa made program history.

Tulsa’s (2-1) 64-62 overtime win over the Cowgirls (3-1) marked the first time the Golden Hurricane beat a ranked team. Before the win, Tulsa was 0-50 against ranked opponents.

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Tulsa made their final three field goal attempts but did not make a shot in the final 3:25 in overtime, which meant they had to withstand a Cowgirls comeback. OSU had a chance to tie the game and send it to double overtime but guard Liv McGill’s entry pass under the basket to center Audi Crooks was too low and batted away by a Tulsa defender, which ran out the clock.

Here are three takeaways from Oklahoma State’s first loss of the season.

When the Offense Falters

In Oklahoma State’s first three games of the season the scoring clicked. All three games were at home. But, in the Cowgirls’ first road game of the season the offense was just off.

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OSU shot 33% from the floor and only 17% from the 3-point line (4-of-23). The free throw line worked for the Cowgirls, going 12-for-13. But OSU didn’t get there enough for it to make a difference.

Off nights are going to happen offensively. This being the season’s first road game may have made a difference. But only two players hit double figures – Crooks scored 17 points and McGill scored 13 points. Stailee Heard only scored eight points but had a game-high 15 rebounds.

But the other five players scored 24 points. The other two starters – Yuting Deng and Nene Ndiaye – only scored 11 points. The drop in that complementary offense on Thursday played a role. But the Cowgirls’ overall shooting game proved to by the biggest issue offensively.

The Foul Trouble

Another issue was foul trouble. The Cowgirls were called for 21 fouls and back-up point guard LA Sneed fouled out. Crooks had four fouls and was limited to 29 minutes. Deng also had four fouls and only played 25 minutes. Heard had three fouls but…

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Publish date : 2026-11-13 01:49:00

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