Martin said she had to resort to a higher power.
The Bears had came back to bring the game within one and looked as if it would beat OSU once again. Martin couldn’t find an open shot, so with the shot clock running down she ran under the basket. With 6-foot-5-inch center Kristina Higgins guarding the 6-foot Martin, she heaved the ball upward without looking behind her. The ball went in and the Cowgirls were never in doubt again.
“I was like, ‘Please God,’” Martin said. “I let God take that one for me.”
There might have been something spiritual in the Cowgirls improbable 52-45 upset of No.