OSU Press Conference
Princeton Press Conference
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Oklahoma State survived blowing most of their leads of 18 and 14 factors to beat Princeton 82-68 on Saturday, giving Jacie Hoyt her first March Madness win in her fourth season as coach.The eighth-seeded Cowgirls (24-9) have been led by Achol Akot with 28 factors and 10 rebounds. Jaydyn Wooten had 18 factors and 10 assists and Micah Gray added 16 factors.
Oklahoma State had misplaced within the first spherical in its final two March Madness appearances.
The ninth-seeded Tigers (26-4) closed inside 4 within the third quarter, after they outscored the Cowgirls 20-13, and inside 5 early within the fourth. Princeton was led by Madison St. Rose with 17 factors. Skye Belker and Ashley Chea had 14 factors every whereas combining to make seven of the Tigers’ eight 3-pointers within the recreation.
Oklahoma State was too robust within the fourth, outscoring the Tigers 21-15, together with a 9-0 run after the Tigers received to 63-58. The Cowgirls ran off 9 straight factors to begin the fourth to snuff out Princeton’s hopes.
Princeton stays caught on simply three March Madness wins in program historical past, the final coming in 2022.
The Tigers trailed by 18 factors within the second quarter after the Cowgirls had runs of 14-0 and 8-0 to guide 48-33 at halftime.
