Hardeman is one mean girl
And just what Cowgirls need against Lady Tigers

Guess it never occurred to the guy that Hardeman might be a ballplayer.

Maybe Hardeman looks like she just came from a campus sorority — "I love to shop! I would do it for a living,” she proclaims in the OSU press guide — but beware her on the court. Hardeman will scratch out your eyeballs.

Cowgirl coach Kurt Budke calls Hardeman "mean.” She's OSU's Lindsay Lohan, a damsel who dishes out distress for this team full of hard-nosed lasses.

The Cowgirls will need all the growls and elbows they can muster today against LSU in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16. The sixth-ranked Tigers, seeking their fifth straight Final Four trip, are ultra-talented, ultra-experienced and ultra-confident.

But the Cowgirls counter with toughness. Every OSU starter seems to possess a streetball attitude, a whatever-it-takes mentality, and none more evident than the girl from the suburbs.

"She's a tough kid,” said teammate Danielle Green. "When you look at her, she's from Norman, pretty uppity background. But she's tough. She's not giving nothing to nobody.”

Hardeman admits it. The same press guide page that extols her shopping fetish also says the reality show she would have the best chance of winning is Survivor.

"I'm mean on the court,” Hardeman admitted. "You have to have that toughness.

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