The 2009–10 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls, coached by Kurt Budke, played their home games at the Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Cowgirls, a member of the Big 12 Conference, advanced to the NCAA tournament, losing in the second round to Georgia.

Offseason May 20: Oklahoma State added three junior college players to its roster for the 2009-10 season. Lakyn Garrison, Carolyn Blair-Mobley and Precious Robinson all signed national letters of intent to play for the cowgirls in the upcoming season. Garrison earned second-team All-American honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association. Blair-Mobley earned third-team All-American honors by the NJCAA. Robinson earned first-team All-American honors from the NJCAA. They join six incoming players in the 2009 class for the Cowgirls, Keuna Flax, Heather Howard, Desiree Jeffries, Lindsey Keller, LaSharra Riley, and Toni Young. July 30: Oklahoma State senior Andrea Riley was one of 25 players named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's preseason "Wade Watch" list for the 2009-2010 season. She is one of three Big 12 players to make the list. Riley was one of just seven players on the list to appear for at least the second time. August 20: Senior guard, Andrea Riley, was named as a 2009-10 preseason candidate for the John R. Wooden Award. Riley was one of the 31 student athletes chosen for this list. She is one of only four players from the Big 12 who were on the list. November 18: Andrea Riley was named to the watch list for the 2009-10 Naismith Trophy. This is the third such list that Riley has appeared on this season.

Roster Number Name Height Position Class 5 Carolyn Blair-Mobley Guard Sophomore 33 Megan Byford Center Senior 11 Ally Clardy Guard Senior 1 Tegan Cunningham Forward Senior 22 Keuna Flax Guard Freshman 00 Lakyn Garrison Guard Junior 13 Heather Howard Forward Freshman 32 Desiree Jeffries Guard/Forward Freshman 25 Lindsey Keller Center Freshman 12 Jordan Mortensen Guard Junior 10 Andrea Riley Guard Senior 21 LaSharra Riley Forward Freshman 24 Precious Robinson Guard/Forward Junior 15 Toni Young Guard/Forward Freshman

Schedule The Cowgirls are participating in the Preseason WNIT to be held on November 13 through November 22. The Cowgirls are participating in the Junkanoo Jam to be held on November 27 and 28.

Preseason exhibitions Date Location Opponent Score Record Nov. 10 Stillwater Washburn 67-46 1-0

Regular season Date Location Opponent Score Record Nov. 13 Stillwater Arkansas Little Rock 67-58 1-0 Nov. 15 Stillwater Georgia Tech 70-64 2-0 Nov. 18 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 70-56 3-0 Nov. 22 Columbus, OH Ohio State 72-93 3-1 Nov. 27 Freeport, Bahamas Marist 71-69 4-1 Nov. 28 Freeport, Bahamas Michigan State 90-93 (2OT)4-2Dec. 6 Stillwater Coppin State 80-51 5-2 Dec. 13 Burlington, VT Vermont 68-63 6-2 Dec. 17 Stillwater UC Riverside 69-46 7-2 Dec. 19 Stillwater Mercer 100-68 8-2 Dec. 22 Stillwater Oral Roberts 90-65 9-2 Dec. 28 Stillwater Western Illinois 68-55 10-2Jan. 2 Stillwater Texas Pan American 84-31 11-2 Jan. 4 Stillwater Sam Houston State 98-60 12-2 Jan. 9 Stillwater Baylor 78-65 13-2 (1-0) Jan. 13 Lawrence, KS Kansas 70-68 14-2 (2-0) Jan. 16 Stillwater Kansas State 66-56 15-2 (3-0) Jan. 20 Austin, TX Texas 63-77 15-3 (3-1) Jan. 23 Boulder, CO Colorado 74-63 16-3 (4-1) Jan. 26Stillwater Missouri 75-60 17-3 (5-1) Jan. 31College Station, TX Texas A&M 67-63 18-3 (6-1) Feb. 3 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 67-88 18-4 (6-2) Feb. 6 Stillwater Oklahoma 66-77 18-5 (6-3 Feb. 13 Stillwater Texas Tech 57-65 18-6 (6-4) Feb. 17 Stillwater Texas A&M 52-69 18-7 (6-5) Feb. 20 Waco, TX Baylor 69-80 18-8 (6-6) Feb. 24 Stillwater Texas 73-72 (1OT) 19-8 (7-6) Feb. 27 Lubbock, TX Texas Tech 80-70 20-8 (8-6) March 3 Stillwater Iowa State 78-70 21-8 (9-6) March 7 Norman, OK Oklahoma 62-95 21-9 (9-7)

Big 12 Tournament Date Location Opponent Score Record March 11 Kansas City, MO Kansas 76-69 22-9 March 12 Kansas City, MO Iowa State 62-59 23-9 March 13 Kansas City, MO Oklahoma 74-69 23-10

NCAA basketball tournament Date Location Opponent Score Record March 20 Tempe, AZ Chattanooga 70-63 24-10 March 22 Tempe, AZ Georgia 71-74 (OT) 24-11

Player stats Player GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA FG Pct 3FG-FGA 3FG Pct FT-FTA FT Pct Reb Ast Blk Stl Pts Avg Pts Blair-Mobley, Carolyn 32-4 11.2 6-31 .194 1-20 .050 10-17 .588 50 19 3 7 23 0.7 Byford, Megan 35-20 18.0 43-77 .558 0-0 .000 24-37 .649 154 7 30 16 110 3.1 Clardy, Ally 28-3 11.3 11-44 .250 8-33 .242 8-12 .667 18 29 1 10 38 1.4 Cunningham, Tegan 35-35 35.4 228-507 .450 68-176 .386 62-84 .738 255 30 13 46 586 16.7 Garrison, Lakyn 35-28 24.2 65-180 .361 45-132 .341 5-16 .313 65 49 1 19 180 5.1 Howard, Heather 20-0 6.0 2-16 .125 0-11 .000 1-2 .500 12 1 2 2 5 0.3 Jeffries, Desiree 14-1 5.9 5-7 .714 0-0 .000 5-10 .500 11 9 0 2 15 1.1 Keller, Lindsey 35-14 17.6 47-136 .346 9-35 .257 16-21 .762 124 17 6 23 119 3.4 Mortensen, Jordan 7-0 3.3 1-5 .200 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 3 2 1 0 2 0.3 Riley, Andrea 34-34 37.1 296-833 .355 78-262 .298 239-298 .802 114 220 3 59 909 26.7 Riley, LaSharra 26-0 6.7 11-31 .355 0-1 .000 9-18 .500 49 4 0 4 31 1.2 Robinson, Precious 35-20 22.7 99-185 .535 0-0 .000 80-112 .714 252 12 33 33 278 7.9 Young, Toni 35-16 18.2 98-188 .521 0-1 .000 50-80 .625 221 14 25 20 246 7.0

Awards and honors

Oklahoma State Highest Associated Press ranking in school history at #10

Megan Byford First Team Academic All-Big 12 Women's Basketball

Ally Clardy First Team Academic All-Big 12 Women's Basketball

Tegan Cunningham Second Team All-Big 12 Women's Basketball Second Team Academic All-Big 12 Women's Basketball Preseason WNIT All-Tournament team Junkanoo Jam all-tournament team

Andrea Riley AP Second Team All-American First Team All-Big 12 Women's Basketball (Unanimous Selection) All-time leading scorer in school history Preseason WNIT All-Tournament team Junkanoo Jam all-tournament team Big 12 Women's Basketball Player of the week (November 16) Big 12 Women's Basketball Player of the week (November 30) Big 12 Women's Basketball Player of the week (January 11) Nancy Lieberman Award winner

Players drafted into the WNBA Round Pick Player WNBA club 1 8 Andrea Riley Los Angeles Sparks

See also Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball

References

External links Official Site