Oklahoma STatement

Last night, Oklahoma State and Florida State battled it out, a 3 seed vs. an 11 seed. Late in the game, you could smell an upset brewing because the Seminoles had a one point lead. With a Shante Williams free throw, the lead was two with 20 seconds left. But six seconds later, Danielle Green made a layup to force overtime. In overtime, the Cowgirls took a five point lead, but then Florida State was able to climb back. A Tanae Cain-Davis and a pair of three pointers from Mara Freshour completed a 7-2 run and tied the game up. Then things got controversial when Freshour hit the second three and Andrea Riley for Oklahoma State took her time getting up the floor. She waited until there were five seconds left and she tried to drive right, but the defense was tight, so she tried to pass with one second remaining. However, Shante Williams had different plans and tried to block Riley from going any farther right, and block she did. The referee called the blocking foul, with one second left. There was a spark of hope when Riley missed the first foul shot, but she ended up making the second one to launch the Cowgirls into the Sweet 16. First of all, that was a stupid thing for Shante Williams to do. If she looked at the clock, she wouldn't have even moved because Riley was only passing and time would have expired before she even got the pass off. But in a clutch situation like that, the ref should have just let the girls play, and limit foul calls. To me, OSU won in a really cheap way.