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Cordero to the rescue
Oklahoma State center scores 23 points and collects nine rebounds; Riley chips in with 26 points

 
By Berry Tramel | Published: March 23, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

DES MOINES, Iowa — Kurt Budke listed all the things he didn't like about Oklahoma State's 85-73 victory Saturday night.

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OSU's Andrea Riley celebrates the Cowgirls' 85-73 first-round NCAA Tournament win on Saturday night. Riley, who scored 26 points, bruised her knee in the win but said she would be ready to go Monday. BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN

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Ragged offense. Weak physically. Weak mentally. Defense on East Tennessee State sharpshooter Michele DeVault.

Then the Cowgirl basketball coach listed all the things he liked about OSU's first NCAA Tournament victory in a dozen years.

Maria Cordero.

The Cowgirl center had 23 points and nine rebounds and was the stabilizing force in a frenetic game at Wells Fargo Arena. State could throw the ball to Cordero, and good things generally happened.

"That's basically what I told the team,” Budke said. "We saw a senior come step up and play like she knew the next loss is her last one.”

That's the attitude needed from every Cowgirl in the NCAA Tournament. Including Cordero again Monday night, since both Florida State and Ohio State, who played late Saturday night for the right to meet the Cowgirls, sport big post players.

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