MANHATTAN, Kansas – Ok-State girls’s basketball will ship 4 gamers to the 2026 USA Basketball 3X Women’s Showcase on May 9-10. The video games will likely be performed on the Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa, Arizona. Admission is free and open to the general public.
The 4 Wildcats participating within the 3X Women’s Showcase are senior
Taryn Sides, juniors
Mikayla Parks and
Ramiya White and sophomore
Brandie Harrod. The 3X Showcase, in addition to the USA Basketball 3×3 improvement camp will function an analysis for choice to future USA Basketball 3×3 nationwide groups and different alternatives.
Different than 5-on-5, 3×3 is performed on a half-court with a 10-minute recreation clock and 12-second shot clock. Play is steady, as groups “clear” the ball behind the 2-point line following a made basket, defensive rebound or steal. The first group to attain 21 factors through 1-point area targets or 2-pointers behind the arc is victorious; or if time expires then the group main wins.
Ok-State will play three video games within the preliminary spherical on May 9. The Wildcats will face Phoenix at 5 p.m. (CT), Stephen F. Austin at 6:40 p.m. (CT) and Fairfield at 8:30 p.m. (CT). Other groups anticipated to compete are: Arizona State, South Dakota State and two groups that are a part of the USA Basketball 3×3 improvement camp.
Sides, a product of Phillipsburg, Kansas, paced Ok-State in scoring throughout the 2025-26 season at a career-best 12.4 factors per recreation whereas capturing 42.3 % from the sphere, together with 38.9 % from 3-point vary, and 84.6 % from the foul line. She ranked 10
th in class historical past totally free throw proportion in a season. She was second on the group and 13
th within the Big 12 in assists per recreation at 3.7. She led the Wildcats and was sixth within the Big 12 for 3-point area targets made per recreation at 2.22.
She established profession season-highs for factors (460) and assists (137). Her 137 assists are eighth in program historical past for a junior season. Sides joined Kindred Wesemann (2015-16) as the one two gamers in a junior season to register 100 or extra assists and 80 or extra 3-point area targets made. She was the ninth participant in program historical past to register 400 or extra factors, 100 or extra rebounds and 100 or extra assists.
Parks, a guard from Norman, Oklahoma, noticed motion in seven video games in 2025-26 after lacking the 2024-25 season attributable to damage. She averaged 0.7 factors and 0.4 rebounds.
White, a middle from Louisville, Kentucky, registered motion in 28 video games with 4 begins in her first season in Manhattan. She carded 1.7 factors on a 51.5 area objective proportion and 1.9 rebounds.
Harrod, a guard from Oklahoma City, performed in all 37 video games with 33 begins in her freshman season in 2025-26. She tallied 6.1 factors on a 43.1 area objective proportion, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 steals. Harrod led the Wildcats in rebounding in 14 video games and tallied seven video games with 10 or extra factors.
Ok-State ended its 58th season in 2025-26 with a 19-18 general report and the fifth straight postseason look and the tenth within the final 12 seasons. The Wildcats return seven letterwinners for the 2026-27 season.