Men's Basketball Post Game Notes

March 1, 2000

OSU clinches a bye in next week's Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. The Cowboys will be the tournament's second seed if they beat Oklahoma on Saturday and will play their first tourney game next Friday, March 10, at 6 p.m. against the winner of the first-round game between Colorado and the 10th seed. If Oklahoma wins Saturday, OSU will be the fourth seed and play at 2:20 p.m. March 10 against the winner of a game between the fifth- and 12th-seeded teams.

OSU has won 18 consecutive home games against Colorado, a streak dating 20 years.

The Cowboys attempted 36 free throws, their most since they shot 36 charities at UNLV on Dec. 18.

Freshman Andre Williams set a career high with 14 points tonight and notched another career best with eight free throws made. He came within one rebound of his second career double-double.

With nine assists tonight, Doug Gottlieb moved into 11th place in Division I history in career assists. He has 890 in his career and needs four to move into the all-time top 10.

OSU tied a season high with 12 three-pointers. The Cowboys have hit at least nine three-pointers five times in the past eight games.

Glendon Alexander hit six three-pointers tonight, marking the fourth time this season that he has hit at least six treys. Prior to this season, Alexander and Joe Adkins, who each accomplished the feat once, were the only Cowboys since 1995 to hit at least six three-pointers in a game. Despite just playing two seasons as a Cowboy, Alexander is tied for sixth place in school history in career three-pointers made with 118.

Desmond Mason, who scored 29 points tonight (three off his career high), is fifth in school history in three-pointers made (120), and Joe Adkins, despite just one trey tonight, is fourth (170).

In the games following its losses, OSU has won by scores of 125-65 (over Langston on Jan. 5), 71-56 (at Kansas State on Jan. 26), 94-55 (over Nebraska on Feb. 19) and 96-60 (tonight).

In 14 home games, OSU has outscored its opponents by average scores of 84.9 to 58.3.

OSU is 12-3 in Big 12 play, giving the Cowboys their most conference victories since the 1964-65 team went 12-2 in Big Eight games. With a victory Saturday, OSU would equal the school record for league wins, set in 1937-38.

If the Cowboys defeat Oklahoma on Saturday, they will record the best homecourt record in school history. OSU is currently 14-0 at home, which equals the best mark (set in 1990-91 and 1943-44). The Cowboys have won 15 home games twice in school history (1988-89 and 1991-92), but each of those seasons included one Gallagher-Iba loss.

Dunks: Williams 2. Charges Taken: Jonzen, Keep, Mason

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