Oklahoma State women's basketball to honor 3 seniors in 2023-24 season's final home game

STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State women’s basketball team is set to host its final regular-season game of the season with a 6:30 p.m. tipoff against West Virginia on Tuesday night at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Second-year coach Jacie Hoyt and the Cowgirls will salute three seniors Wednesday — each with a different length of time spent at OSU, but all with a significant impact.

Lior Garzon, Quincy Noble and Emilee Ebert form the trio to be recognized on Senior Night.

Here’s a look at the Cowgirl career of each:

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Lior Garzon, F, Ra'anana, Israel

Garzon has been a critical building block for Hoyt in her two seasons.

The 6-foot-1 forward spent her first two years at Villanova, but blossomed even more in her two seasons as a Cowgirl. Garzon became one of the Big 12’s top 3-point shooters, currently at 39.0% over her time at OSU.

She shot 42.4% from 3 as a junior last season, playing a key role off the bench on a team that reached the 20-win mark and qualified for the NCAA Tournament in Hoyt’s first season.

This year, Garzon has started all 27 games, averaging 9.8 points and 4.6 rebounds, while also showing improvement on the defensive end from a year ago. Garzon has an extra season of eligibility remaining, should she choose to use it.

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Quincy Noble, G, McKinney, Texas

After a stellar career at North Texas in which she climbed to seventh on the school’s all-time scoring list, Noble transferred to OSU for her final year of eligibility. The 5-foot-10 guard has been a key piece on both sides of the ball. On offense she has averaged 12.4 points per game while often drawing one of the top defensive assignments.

Noble has also added 3.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, plus 36 steals over 27 starts.

On top of all that, her veteran experience has been valuable for young Cowgirls, like true freshman Stailee Heard.

“Q is just all around an amazing person,” Heard said. “She has taught me so much. She’s brought everything to the table for this team. She defends 94 feet the whole game, she scores for us, she does it all. But outside of basketball, she cares about everyone.

“She brought me in as a freshman and gave me the confidence to do what I do. She’s just amazing.”

Emilee Ebert, G, Frankfort, Kansas

A mid-year addition, Ebert essentially came out of retirement to help the Cowgirls. After four years at Kansas State, she stepped away from the game. Yet when OSU began facing injury issues, Hoyt reached out and convinced Ebert to join the team in December.

Ebert boosted depth, appearing in 10 games, and brought a wealth of experience to practices. Yet in her return to Kansas State’s Bramlage Coliseum earlier this month, she suffered a knee injury that ended her season and career.

“It was heartbreaking,” Hoyt said. “The fact that Emilee joined our team to try and alleviate some of that (depth) issue, and then to go down the way she did is one of the most heartbreaking things I’ve ever experienced.

“I’ve been very fortunate in my head coaching career that I’ve never lost a player to a season-ending injury, and we’ve lost four this season. And Emilee’s was just salt in a wound, and I know our team’s whole heart breaks for her.”

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OSU vs. No. 24 West Virginia

TIPOFF: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater (ESPN+)

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