The sound of a doorhandle puts a boisterous party on hold.
After a win, the OSU women’s basketball team will retreat to their locker room, while coach Jim Littell lags slightly behind.
The previously empty room quickly fosters a celebratory atmosphere as 14 Cowgirls jump around, snap white Gatorade towels at one another and let their emotions uncoil after a tense game.
“I think it’s, we’re all hype and then we hear the door handle, and everybody calms down for a second, and as soon as (Littell) opens the door, just everybody yelling, screaming,” OSU sophomore Kassidy De Lapp said.