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Barstool Snow Ball Fight brings life to Library Lawn By Bryanna Nickel
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By Noah Weber Natasha Mack’s day at Gallagher-Iba Arena started and ended with tears. As Mack walked into the Oklahoma State locker
room that was freshly decorated for the Cowgirls’ senior day matchup against the Iowa State Cyclones, some tears began to fill her eyes as this was her final home game of her senior season. Although this was a bit
of a sad day for Mack, her performance on the court was anything but sad. Mack finished with 24 points, four rebounds and six blocks while also shooting a perfect 6 for 6 from the free-throw line despite
the fact that she thought she had a bit of a tough start to open up the game. “(In) the first half, I had a little attitude when things weren’t falling my way, but I realized it’s a team game and my teammates are playing great,” Mack said. Although Mack is an elite player on the court and seems to stuff the stat sheet every game, coach Jim Littell always harps on the fact that she is as good of a person off the court as she is on the court. “I love her,” Littell said. “She is one of those kids that after you talk to her, she makes everyone around her feel special and that is a unique thing to do.” Special is the exact word to describe Mack’s day today. She started the day with tears in her eyes as the locker room was decorated for senior day, she then had an outstanding game in front of a loving crowd and her day finally came to a close as OSU’s alma mater played over the speakers as she had her arms around her teammates for the final time on the north end of Gallagher-Iba. The exact emotions that Mack felt as she saw her locker decorated for senior day returned as the alma mater came to a close. Tears. sports.ed@ocolly.com
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Failure or Success? Students discuss the value of failure at “Fail Up Night” By Carley McCutchan Fail Up Night, a monthly event hosted by The Riata Center for Entrepreneurship, has prompted a campus-wide discussion about failure and the stigma surrounding it. On Thursday, students joined Mayor Will Joyce and Oklahoma House Representative Trish Ranson in a discussion about the reality of failure. Representative Ranson, who was a music teacher at Westwood Elementary before beginning her career in politics, talked extensively about her experiences with failure as an educator. She recalled working with students who were unresponsive to her method of teaching, only solving this issue by altering her curriculum for a certain class. Through this difficult time, Ranson admitted to feeling like she had failed, only to realize later on that she had accomplished more in that class than in any other that year. She concluded her story by alluding that what many people consider to be
a failure can actually be the beginning of a much bigger success. Stillwater’s Mayor, Will Joyce, chimed into the discussion with his own experiences. He described that assuming that there is only one possible cause of any problem is what often leads to failure. As Joyce continued, he shared with his virtual audience that a broadened outlook on a difficult situation can create a better chance for success. Before the meeting ended, both Representative Ranson and Mayor Joyce were asked to share any advice they had for young entrepreneurs just beginning their careers. Ranson was quick to respond with a statement that seemed to summarize the entirety of her conversation. “Find the positive,” Ranson said. “There is always a positive.” Mayor Joyce concluded with his own knowledge of the subject. “Don’t be afraid to try,” Joyce said. “There is no set path so, don’t be afraid to find your own way.” news.ed@ocolly.com
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Feeding off the beast Taylen Collins has her best game of the year By Ben Hutchens Sometimes it’s best to feed the beast, other times it’s best to feed off the beast. Taylen Collins, a freshman forward at Oklahoma State, played well off of her frontcourt teammate and All-American candidate Natasha Mack in Saturday’s 80-73 victory over Iowa State.
“When (ISU) went and doubled (Mack), a lot of times it was (Collins’) man and she got to the backside and Mack found her a couple of times,” OSU coach Jim Littell said. “(Collins) just played with a high maturity level and got where we needed her to get and took advantage of playing with an All-American.” Mack leads the team in rebounding by a wide margin, but on Saturday, the Cowgirls second-leading rebounder, Collins, got the better of her teammate. Collins outrebounded Mack 7-4. “It’s amazing, I have no
complaints about it as long as the job gets done,” Mack said. “It’s actually great to see somebody who can keep paving the way when I’m gone.” The uptick in rebounds also came because Collins played with a different mentality on Saturday. “I thought she’d had some freshman times lately where she was a little bit tentative, and it was a whole different level of aggressive play for her getting on the boards,” Littell said. Collins was tasked with primarily guarding Ashley Joens, the Big 12’s leading scorer. Joens averages 23.6 points per
game, and she dropped exactly 23 against OSU. “Ashley Joens for Iowa State is an animal,” Littell said. “That’s good holding her to (23 points), especially when they were going to her every time down the floor.” Collins played over 30 minutes in one of the most important games OSU has played all season. Littell said it was her best game of the season. “She just battled and played hard and played beyond her years today,” Littell said. sports.ed@ocolly.com
sports Cowgirl defeats Iowa State for 13th conference win
By Jacob Sturm Natasha Mack caught the ball at the free throw line. She didn’t hesitate to dump it off to a cutting Taylen Collins, who came from the left corner. Collins’ momentum carried her into the ball’s path for the easy layup. In Oklahoma State’s 80-73 senior
night win against Iowa State, the Cowgirls had moments of brilliance and others needing corrections. The Mack dime made it 21-14 OSU with 1:30 in the opening quarter, setting the tone for a dominant Cowgirls performance. OSU (17-6 overall, 13-4 Big 12) gained a 42-22 lead, looking like a tournament team with swift ball movement and
quality defensive discipline surely making OSU coach Jim Littell satisfied. Suddenly, Iowa State found its mark. The Cyclones closed the half on a 13-0 run, including a buzzerbeating 3-pointer that took multiple hops on the rim, mitigating the 20-point deficit to 42-35. “We were down a little bit at halftime,” Littell said.
“Our kids realized that we let them back in the game… We had to point out to them, ‘We’re ahead and keep your head up and we’re just going to have to go back and do the things that we did to get the 20-point lead.’” The task of winning didn’t get easier. Iowa State (14-9, 10-6) continued minimizing the deficit, eventually overtaking the Cowgirls for their first lead
at 60-59 before the momentum swayed in the Cowgirls’ favor. Mack managed to score 24 points, and junior guard Ja’Mee Asberry pitched in 21 points on 7-for-13 shooting to take the load of the attention each possession late, but it’s the effort from Collins and Lauren Fields that made the difference. In the final minutes, Fields grabbed multiple steals, scoring on the break once and getting free throws on another occasion. Collins took the challenge of guarding Ashley Joens, using her energy to match the Iowa State forward. The Cowgirls displayed trust in their younger players teams benefit. “You don’t really have to tell them anything,” Mack said. “They just really follow the lead.” The Cowgirls entered the game with a scoring margin of 11.2 points. OSU has only had one game end within five points. The Cowgirls don’t pay attention to the trend. “We kind of don’t pay attention to stuff like that,” Asberry said. “When people say things like that. Or half the time we don’t notice someone said that. So, we really just play our game and do what we’re supposed to do.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
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Cowgirls bully (two) Bears Adam Engel Lenka Stara waited on a slow, lofty lob from Missouri State’s Tiffani Shaw. Stara smacked the ball down the middle of the court out of Shaw’s reach. The volley winner produced the Slovak sophomore’s fourth win of the day. Stara’s performance propelled No. 13 OSU (4-3) to a 4-0 win over Central Arkansas (5-7) and a 4-1 victory against Missouri State (1-6). “It felt good to be back,” she said. “I wasn’t able to play the National Indoors because of quarantine. I was happy with my performance.” Despite the win against UCA, OSU played a quiet brand of tennis that, according to coach Chris Young, isn’t the “Cowgirl Standard.” “We hung our heads after a few points that didn’t go our way. We didn’t have that mental toughness and that competitive energy that we talked a lot about.” Stara echoed Young’s sentiments. “To be honest, we had a slow start. We didn’t have much energy in the first match. With energy, we played much better.” Cowgirls Ayumi Miyamoto and Daniella Medvedeva collected the other single victories against Central Arkansas. “Today felt like a restart to our season,” Young said. “We had two good wins against Missouri over a month ago, and we didn’t get a chance to have our full team
Bruce Waterfield Chris Young coaches Dariya Detkovskaya (left) and Lenka Stara (right) during Oklahoma State’s match against Missouri
at the ITA National Indoors. Today we needed two matches to find our legs.” Against the other Bears — Missouri State, Young opted to use walk-on Lara Boggs at No. 6 singles for the fourth time this season. MSU’s Claire Martin earned the lone Bear win over
Boggs 6-0, 6-1. Cowgirl Dariya Detkovskaya, Stara’s double partner, cruised to a straight set victory over MSU’s Tiffani Nash. Despite the win, Detkovskaya emerged from the locker room mere minutes after the match and smacked forehands served by Cow-
girl assistant coach, Jaime Sanchez-Cańamares. “No one should be satisfied with what we did today,” Young said. It’s just a step in the right direction. We have bigger goals.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
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LET THE PEOPLES PRAISE YOU, O GOD! Let the peoples praise you, O God; Let all the people praise you. Then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall blessed us. God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.” (Ps.67:5-7) Praise and thanksgiving are amazing actions when pertaining to God. It is so easy to think on the negative things of life; to dwell on the things that seem to be wrong in our personal life or in the world. The Bible continually points us to God and his ways, and encourages us to trust him and take him at his promises. We are even told to rejoice in our weaknesses that his power might be in our lives. (2 Co.12:9) This was the same challenge to those who walked with God before us, who trusted God and saw him work in so many ways. The
challenge is to trust God with all our hearts. I remember, years ago, that someone challenged me “Praise in faith at work.” Praise and thanksgiving are the practical ways of expressing our faith. An older minister shared some insight that seemed so simple at the time. I had asked him; “When you have a problem and you cannot figure out an answer or you have a question in the Bible and the solution seems to escape you, what do you do?” I was expecting some complicated answer. He said, “I shut my Bible, go to some quiet place and worship and praise the Lord.” In a church service, years ago, someone shared something that I have been reminded of many times. “You will come through a trial much faster if you will truly praise the Lord.”
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