2025–26 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team

2025–26 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball
2025–26 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	11–2 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Jacie Hoyt (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Kelby Jones; Mandi Carver; Ashley Davis; Robyne Bostick; Terran Hoyt;
Home arena	Gallagher-Iba Arena

2025–26 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	13	–	0	1.000
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	13	–	0	1.000
No. 10 Iowa State	0	–	0	–	12	–	0	1.000
No. 9 TCU	0	–	0	–	12	–	0	1.000
BYU	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
No. 15 Baylor	0	–	0	–	11	–	2	.846
Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	11	–	2	.846
Kansas	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
West Virginia	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
Arizona	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Colorado	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750
Utah	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750
UCF	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
Houston	0	–	0	–	6	–	5	.545
Kansas State	0	–	0	–	7	–	6	.538
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	5	–	7	.417

† 2026 Big 12 tournament winner As of December 18, 2025 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team represents Oklahoma State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls are led by fourth-year head coach Jacie Hoyt and play their home games at the Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Cowgirls finished the 2024–25 season 25–7, 14–4 in Big 12 play, to finish in third place. They defeated Texas Tech in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament before losing Baylor in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as an No. 7 seed in the Spokane Region 4 where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Anna Gret Asi	4	G	5'8"	Senior	Tartu, Estonia	Graduated
Maria Anis Rodriguez	7	F	6'1"	Freshman	Barcelona, Spain	Transferred to Arkansas
Rylee Langerman	11	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Del City, OK	Graduated
Brenna Butler	15	G	5'6"	Sophomore	Gruver, TX	Transferred to Oklahoma Baptist
Stacie Jones	20	F	6'1"	Graduate Student	Kathleen, GA	Graduated
Kennedy Evans	21	G	5'10"	Freshman	Little Elm, TX	Transferred to Louisiana Tech
Alexis Smith	25	G	5'8"	Graduate Student	Columbus, OH	Graduated
Landry Williams	30	G	5'9"	Senior	Tulsa, OK	Graduated
Ténin Magassa	34	C	6'6"	Graduate Student	Morsang-sur-Orge, France	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Amari Whiting	1	G	5'10"	Junior	Boise, ID	BYU
Favour Onoh	10	C	6'5"	Sophomore	Enugu, Nigeria	University of Philippines
Achol Akot	11	F	6'1"	Junior	Ottawa, ON	UCF
Haleigh Timmer	13	G	5'11"	Senior	Rapid City, SD	South Dakota State
Tyla Heard	33	G/F	5'11"	Sophomore	Sapulpa, OK	Oral Roberts
Wilnie Joseph	35	C	6'5"	Graduate Student	Greenwood, IN	McNeese
Faith Acker	55	C	6'2"	Junior	Winnsboro, TX	Tarleton State

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Lena Girardi G	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Grandview Prep School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Lena Girardi G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (93)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 30, 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Oklahoma State Cowgirls women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Amari Whiting	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Burley High School BYU	Boise, ID
G	2	Lena Girardi	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Grandview Preparatory School	Purchase, NY
G	3	Micah Gray	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Classen SAS Seton Hall	Oklahoma City, OK
G	6	Jadyn Wooten	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Blue Valley High School	Overland Park, KS
C	10	Favour Onoh	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	University of Philippines	Enugu, Nigeria
F	11	Achol Akot	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Capital Courts Academy UCF	Ottawa, ON
G	13	Haleigh Timmer	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	St. Thomas More High School South Dakota State	Rapid City, SD
G	22	Macey Huard	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Valor Christian High School Montana	Highlands Ranch, CO
F	24	Praise Egharevba	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Nottingham Academy	Papenburg, Germany
G	32	Stailee Heard	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Sapulpa High School	Sapulpa, OK
G/F	33	Tyla Heard	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Sapulpa High School Oral Roberts	Sapulpa, OK
C	35	Wilnie Joseph	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	GS	Whiteland High School McNeese	Atlanta, GA
C	55	Faith Acker	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Winnsboro High School Tarleton State	Winnsboro, TX

Head coach

Jacie Hoyt (Wichita State)

Assistant coach(es)

Kelby Jones (North Texas)
Mandi Carver (Idaho State)
Ashley Davis (TCU)
Robyne Bostick (Saint Joseph's)
Terran Hoyt (Nebraska–Kearney)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2025* 6:30 p.m.	No. 22	Oklahoma Christian	W 104–51		–	–	–	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22	New Orleans	W 109–48	1–0	24 – Gray	12 – Egharevba	6 – Timmer	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,193) Stillwater, OK
November 5, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22	East Texas A&M	W 97–59	2–0	22 – Timmer	9 – Whiting	4 – Tied	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,096) Stillwater, OK
November 6, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22	Langston	W 105–35	3–0	29 – Girardi	7 – S. Heard	7 – Wooten	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,402) Stillwater, OK
November 9, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22	Oral Roberts	W 112–62	4–0	23 – Akot	10 – Akot	9 – Tied	Gallagher-Iba Arena (7,501) Stillwater, OK
November 11, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	No. 20	Prairie View A&M	W 105–55	5–0	25 – Gray	11 – Akot	8 – Wooten	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,056) Stillwater, OK
November 19, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	at St. John's	L 67–74	5–1	15 – S. Heard	6 – Akot	4 – Tied	Carnesecca Arena (726) Queens, NY
November 24, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 98–45	6–1	25 – Timmer	6 – Wooten	8 – Wooten	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,536) Stillwater, OK
November 28, 2025* 10:00 a.m., FloCollege	No. 24	vs. Charlotte Cayman Islands Classic Little Cayman Division	W 74–65	7–1	16 – Akot	8 – Akot	5 – Heard	John Gray Gymnasium George Town, Cayman Islands
November 29, 2025* 10:00 a.m., FloCollege	No. 24	vs. Miami (FL) Cayman Islands Classic Little Cayman Division	W 87–84	8–1	23 – Whiting	6 – Tied	8 – Whiting	John Gray Gymnasium (475) George Town, Cayman Islands
December 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	at North Texas	W 73–55	9–1	23 – Timmer	14 – Akot	4 – Whiting	The Super Pit (1,819) Denton, TX
December 6, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	Mississippi Valley State	W 133–46	10–1	26 – S. Heard	8 – Whiting	13 – Wooten	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,674) Stillwater, OK
December 13, 2025* 3:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 23	vs. No. 9 Oklahoma Bedlam Series	L 70–92	10–2	22 – Gray	7 – Tied	4 – Wooten	Paycom Center (10,552) Oklahoma City, OK
December 15, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		Tulsa	W 90–58	11–2	20 – Gray	6 – Tied	7 – Wooten	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,021) Stillwater, OK
Big 12 regular season
December 21, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cincinnati						Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
December 31, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Baylor						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 3, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		Houston						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 7, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at TCU						Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
January 11, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Colorado						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 14, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Kansas						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 18, 2026 12:00 p.m., FOX/FS1		Iowa State						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 25, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Colorado						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
January 28, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		BYU						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 1, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Arizona						McKale Center Tucson, AZ
February 4, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Arizona State						Desert Financial Arena Tempe, AZ
February 7, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		UCF						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 10, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Kansas State						Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 14, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas Tech						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 16, 2026 1:00 p.m., FOX		Utah						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 21, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at West Virginia						Hope Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 25, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Iowa State						Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 28, 2026 5:00 p.m., FS1		Kansas						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Big 12 Conference tournament
March 4–8, 2026 TBA		vs.						T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source:^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	22	20	18	24	24	23	RV
Coaches	22	22	21	25	23	22	RV

References

^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". okstate.com. Retrieved October 30, 2025.

[1] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". okstate.com. Retrieved October 30, 2025.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References