Oklahoma State followed up the signing of coveted transfer Liv McGill by landing the top-ranked player in the portal in Audi Crooks, positioning the Cowgirls to make a run at their first Big 12 championship next year and maybe more.<\/p>\n
Crooks made her announcement Sunday in a\u00a0video on social media<\/a>\u00a0featuring her and Oklahoma State coach Jacie Hoyt. The bruising 6-foot-3 star has a season of eligibility left after three years at Iowa State.<\/p>\n Crooks was one of nine\u00a0Iowa State players\u00a0who entered the transfer portal in the first 12 hours it was open.<\/p>\n She averaged 25.8 points last season.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are thrilled with the addition of Audi,\u201d Hoyt said. \u201cShe has been one of the country\u2019s most dominant scorers the last few years and to think she will be in a Cowgirl uniform feels surreal. She has elite size and strength paired with elite hands and touch that allow her to be an automatic bucket around the rim. The last three years I\u2019ve watched team after team strategize and game plan around stopping her and almost all have failed miserably.\u201d<\/p>\n Oklahoma State lost nine players to the portal after going 24-10, finishing tied for fourth in the Big 12 at 12-6 and going 1-1 in the women’s NCAA Tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Cowgirls have announced the signings of six transfers, the first being Division II national player of the year Talexa Weeter of Fort Hays State in Kansas. Following her were 3-point shooting specialist Ellie Brueggemann (Lindenwood), point guard LA Sneed (Utah) and guard Nene Ndiaye (Rutgers).<\/p>\n