Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Take On St. Gregory's In Stillwater
January 19, 2001 | Cowboy Basketball
Jan. 19, 2001
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Oklahoma State Cowboys (11-3, 3-1 Big 12)
vs.
St. Gregory's Cavaliers (9-7, 1-3 Sooner Athletic)
Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001 * 1 p.m. * Cowboy Radio Network
Stillwater, Okla. * Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Saturday's Game
Former OSU player Bryndon Manzer returns to Gallagher-Iba Arena on Saturday
to coach the St. Gregory's as it visits an Oklahoma State team riding a
three-game winning streak. The Cowboys are tied for second place in the Big
12 after they snapped a three-game road skid Wednesday with a 76-65 victory
at Baylor.
Manzer makes return to Stillwater
During a two-year career at OSU, Manzer hit 45.8 percent of his three-point
shots, and in his senior year (1993-94), he nailed 47.9 percent of his
long-range attempts, a mark that ranks third in school history.
The game will mark the first meeting between the schools.
OSU Coach Eddie Sutton
Eddie Sutton (Oklahoma State, 1958) is in his 11th year at OSU and his 31st
year overall. Under his guidance, OSU has advanced to the NCAA Tournament
eight times. Sutton currently owns a career record of 670-262 (71.9 percent)
overall and is 240-98 (70.9 percent) at OSU. Sutton is the only coach to
take four different schools to the NCAA Tournament.
Cowboys get hot from outside, hold off Bears in Waco
OSU, not known for its outside shooting earlier this year, hit a season-high
six three-pointers -- in the first half alone -- and led by as many as 18
points in the first period before defeating Baylor 76-65 in Waco on
Wednesday. The Cowboys ended up with eight treys, including six by Maurice
Baker, and staved off several Bear rallies in front of an emotional Ferrell
Center crowd. Baker, Fredrik Jonzen and Victor Williams each played all 40
minutes of the game, marking the first time since Dec. 5, 1983 (in a 62-61
loss at Oral Roberts, when Joe Atkinson, Win Case and Raymond Crenshaw went
the distance), that three Cowboys played every minute of a game.
Jonzen responding well to preseason expectations
Swedish import Fredrik Jonzen, whose breakout performance in last year's
postseason earned him All-East Region honors in the NCAA Tournament, has
picked up his scoring numbers in the past month. Jonzen has hit for 20 or
more points three times since Dec. 19, including a career-high-tying
26-point effort against Iowa State. Jonzen, who appears to like the
surroundings of the new Gallagher-Iba Arena, where he averages 19.6 points
per game, is shooting 59.5 percent from the field on the season, ranked 19th
nationally according to STATS, Inc.
Another week, another award for Baker
Junior guard Maurice Baker has bolted toward the top of the list of early
contenders for the Big 12's newcomer-of-the-year and player-of-the-year
awards as well as other postseason honors. The 6-1 guard, who had been the
Big 12 player of the week Dec. 5 and the rookie of the week Dec. 12, was
named the league's rookie of the week again Monday after recording
double-doubles in both games last week. He leads OSU in scoring (19.0 ppg,
second in the Big 12, his 22.8-ppg average in conference games is tops in
the league), rebounds (7.3 rpg), assists (4.4 apg) and steals (2.4 spg).
Baker scored a career-high 29 points against Baylor, hitting six of 10
three-pointers -- OSU's previous team high for a single game this season was
five treys. The Iowa State game marked the third time this season that Baker
has led OSU in points, rebounds, assists and steals in the same game (he
also did so at Wichita State and against Texas-San Antonio), before this
season, no player had accomplished that feat since the 1996-97 season.
Baker had 19 points and career highs of 14 rebounds, 10 assists and five steals in the Jan. 3 victory over Texas-San Antonio. The performance made him just the second Cowboy to record a triple-double. Joe Atkinson was previously the only OSU player with a triple-double, he had 10 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocked shots against New Orleans on Jan. 5, 1985. Baker is also only the third player in Big 12 history with a triple-double, the others were Brian Skinner (24 points, 14 rebounds, 10 blocks vs. Eastern Washington on Nov. 29, 1997) of Baylor and Jamaal Tinsley (12 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists vs. Missouri on Jan. 8, 2000) of Iowa State.
Including the triple-double, Baker has double-doubles in three of OSU's past five games (he was one rebound shy of a fourth against Baylor). After grabbing 10 rebounds in addition to his 26 points against Iowa State, he had 10 more (and 10 points) against Texas Tech on Saturday. Baker and Nebraska's Kimani Ffriend are the only Big 12 players with two or more double-doubles in conference games so far this year.
Hot first half leads to easy victory over Red Raiders
A strong defensive effort and Victor Williams' 14 first-half points led to a
17-point OSU lead at halftime, and the Cowboys cruised to a 65-46 victory
over Texas Tech on Saturday in Stillwater. Williams hit five of eight shots
in the first period while the Red Raiders managed just 30.8-percent shooting
and committed nine turnovers. OSU held a 47-to-31 rebounding advantage and
defeated Texas Tech for the seventh straight time.
Victor Williams heating up in 2001
Transfer guard Victor Williams, who came to OSU after a year at Illinois
State, has opened up his scoring since the start of the new year. In the
first nine games of the year, Williams averaged 10.1 points per game and hit
38 percent of his field-goal attempts, 18.8 percent from three-point range.
But since the start of the true new millennium, Williams has hit almost half
his field-goal attempts (28 of 57) and 38.9 percent (7 of 18) of his threes
while averaging 14.8 points. Williams scored a season-high-tying 20 points
against both Iowa State and Texas Tech and hit eight of 12 field-goal tries
against Texas Tech.
Andre Williams keeps blocking shots
Sophomore forward Andre Williams led OSU and all Big 12 freshmen in blocked
shots last season despite missing five games. This season, the Kansas City,
Kan., native is ranked fourth in the Big 12 in blocked shots (2.14 per
game), and he has moved up to ninth place in OSU history in career blocks
(65) despite being only 42 games into his Cowboy career. Williams' next stop
on the OSU top-10 list is eighth-place Richard Dumas with 66, Byron Houston
holds the school record with 223. Williams swatted a career-high five shots
against Texas Tech and has 11 in the past three games. He added 12 points
and 11 rebounds against the Red Raiders for his first double-double since
Dec. 16.
On the air
OSU games are broadcast on the Cowboy Radio Network with KWTV's Bill Teegins
handling play-by-play duties and Tom Dirato, OSU coordinator of radio & TV,
providing commentary. Dirato and Teegins are in their 10th year as the
Cowboys' basketball radio team, Dirato is calling OSU basketball for the
24th season. The OSU radio network can be accessed through the Internet
(www.okstate.com) or on Teamline. Fans wishing to use Teamline should call
(800) 846-4700 and use team code No. 1750. Use of Teamline requires a Visa
or MasterCard.
Head Coach Eddie Sutton
Eddie Sutton (Oklahoma State, 1958) is in his 11th year at his alma mater
with a 240-98 record at the school as well as a 670-262 overall mark in his
31st year of collegiate coaching. Under his guidance, OSU has advanced to
postseason play in nine of 10 years and has won 20 games or more eight
times. Sutton is the 20th coach in Division I history to reach the
600-victory mark, and he is just the seventh coach to reach it in 28 years
or less, joining Denny Crum, Bob Knight, Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, Jerry
Tarkanian and John Wooden.
Only one active coach (Tarkanian) ranks ahead of Sutton in both victories and winning percentage, and Sutton is the 26th person overall and the fifth active boss to coach 900 NCAA games. Sutton, who previously coached at Creighton, Arkansas and Kentucky, is the only coach in NCAA history to lead four different schools to the national tournament. With Sutton and Henry P. Iba among the 600-win club, OSU is one of only three schools -- joining Illinois and Kentucky -- with two coaches among the all-time top 20.
Player Thumbnails
15 - David Anderson - F - 6-7 - 190 - Fr.
Played just two minutes against UMKC but scored seven points thanks to a
7-for-8 showing from the line ... earned a starting nod against Texas-San
Antonio, responded with four points and career-high six rebounds ... played
17 minutes against Lamar and scored two points ... saw his first OSU action
in the second exhibition, played seven minutes and pulled down two rebounds
... originally from Levittown, Puerto Rico, Anderson moved to the U.S. in
summer 1998 ... McDonald's All-American.
1 - Maurice Baker - G - 6-1 - 175 - Jr.
Career-high 29 points at Baylor, hitting a career-best six three-pointers in
10 attempts ... 19 points, career highs of 14 rebounds, 10 assists and five
steals vs. UTSA, recorded only the second triple-double in OSU history and
only the third by a Big 12 player ... 26 points despite career-low 29
minutes at Texas ... 26 points, 10 rebounds, five assists vs. Iowa State ...
25 points, including a layup that gave OSU the lead for good, against
Arkansas ... 24 points, 19 in the first half, at San Diego State ... 24
points vs. Northwestern State ... 24 points (10 of 12 from the field) vs.
North Texas ... 23 points against UNLV, six in overtime ... Big 12 player of
the week Dec. 5, Big 12 rookie of the week Dec. 12 and Jan. 15 ... led OSU
in points, rebounds, assists, steals vs. Wichita State, UTSA and Iowa State.
21 - Antoine Broxsie - F - 6-10 - 235 - Jr.
Saw his first action as a Cowboy vs. UTSA, played nine minutes and had two
points and four assists, also played against Texas Tech ... got into the
game late against Baylor and scored a key bucket with the shot clock winding
down ... had been academically ineligible this season and had sat out the
1999-2000 season as a four-year transfer ... played in 57 games in two years
for Minnesota, averaging over four blocks per 40 minutes of playing time ...
second on the team in blocked shots in both 1997-98 and 1998-99 despite
averaging 10 minutes of playing time.
14 - Terrence Crawford - F - 6-6 - 235 - Fr.
Suffered a knee injury Dec. 19 and is hopeful to return this month ... 12
points, four assists, three steals vs. North Texas ... scored eight points
against UALR before being injured ... received starting assignment against
California All-Stars and had 12 points, seven rebounds ... averaged 21.0
points, 11.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game as a senior while leading
McGuinness to its third consecutive class 4A state championship ... Tulsa
World and Gatorade Player of the Year.
11 - Nate Fleming - G - 5-11 - 185 - Fr.
Scored the first field goal of his career with a driving layup against Lamar
... got into the game late against UMKC and scored the first point of his
career ... played with the game in doubt for the first time in his career at
Texas, also saw action against North Texas, Northwestern State and Texas-San
Antonio ... played in four games last season but eventually took a medical
redshirt ... lettered three years in basketball under coach Garret Mantle
and four in tennis while at Edmond North ... helped lead Edmond North to a
state semifinal appearance and was a member of the national eighth-place AAU
team.
13 - Guy Ikpah - G - 6-0 - 165 - Fr.
Team captain who helped lead Williamstown (N.J.) HS to the Tri-County
Championship in 2000 ... hit the game-winning shot against Pitman High
School ... scored career-high 37 points in a game as a junior ... averaged
8.0 assists and hit 68 percent of his three-pointers as a senior ... also
competed in cross country for one year ... full name is Kwaghhange Orngu
Ikpah.
12 - Fredrik Jonzen - F - 6-10 - 230 - Jr.
Career-high 26 points vs. Lamar, also had 11 rebounds for his fifth career
double-double ... also scored 26 against Iowa State and hit at least 10 free
throws for the third time in his career ... 22 points vs. Arkansas-Little
Rock ... 19 points, 15 in second half, vs. Arkansas ... 16 points, eight
rebounds at San Diego State ... 17 points, nine rebounds in season opener
... 19 points, 10 rebounds against California All-Stars ... earned Big 12
all-improved and all-underrated honors last year ... also an Academic
All-Big 12 first-team honoree and the only OSU player to earn All-East
Region status ... last name is pronounced "zyahn-ZEE-un."
43 - Jason Keep - C - 6-10 - 280 - Jr.
Already a Gallagher-Iba Arena fan favorite, Keep became at least a cult hero
with his backboard-shattering dunk to cap a 13-2 run against Arkansas-Little
Rock ... currently suspended indefinitely due to violation of team rules ...
scored six points against the Trojans, all during the decisive run and all
on dunks, including two after he ran through UALR passes at midcourt ... 11
points, three more dunks against Lamar ... career-high 10 rebounds vs.
Texas-San Antonio ... started for the first time in his career against UMKC,
responded with a career-high 14 points in just 14 minutes ... averaged eight
points, seven rebounds, 13 minutes in exhibition games ... played in 20
games and hit two-thirds of his field-goal attempts last year.
24 - Ellis Kidd Jr. - G - 6-4 - 180 - Fr.
Battled a sprained knee throughout preseason and made his first appearance
as a Cowboy at Wichita State and played against Arkansas as well, however,
the knee has not responded well, and Kidd is expected to pursue a medical
redshirt ... Dallas Morning News All-Area selection ... helped lead Madison
HS to a 32-3 record and the Texas 4A championship game ... coached by his
father, Ellis Sr., who led the Trojans to three state-final appearances in
the past five years.
3 - Daniel Lawson - G - 6-5 - 215 - Jr.
Career highs of seven points, 19 minutes vs. Northwestern State ... had two
key rebounds (both after missed OSU free throws) and a steal in the final
minute to help seal OSU's victory over Iowa State ... tied career high with
seven points at Texas ... scored eight points in 13 minutes of backup
backcourt play in Enid ... played twice last year but ended up taking a
medical redshirt season ... second-team NJCAA Division II All-American at
Mott (Mich.) CC ... earned Michigan community college player-of-the-year
honors ... helped lead Mott to a 26-6 overall record and a final No. 2
national ranking.
55 - Jack Marlow - C - 7-0 - 330 - Fr.
Career-best 10 points against Lamar ... earned first career start at Baylor
and scored OSU's first two points ... career-high six rebounds against UTSA
... four points, five rebounds in Cowboy debut vs. UMKC ... earned starting
spot against California All-Stars ... listed by some publications as the No.
2 prospect in Oklahoma, second only to Terrence Crawford ... averaged 17.3
points and 8.4 rebounds a senior, helping Union to a 21-5 record and a state
quarterfinal appearance for the second straight year ... second-team
All-Metro according to the Tulsa World ... coached by Rudy Garcia.
23 - Ivan McFarlin - F - 6-7 - 210 - Fr.
Sitting out the 2000-01 season as a partial qualifier ... all-state
selection after leading Willowridge to the class 5A state championship, its
third straight ... averaged 15.9 points, 14.9 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 3.2
steals ... MVP of the state tournament ... helped Willowridge finish the
year ranked No. 5 nationally by USA Today and No. 2 by HoopsUSA ... named as
a top-40 recruit nationally.
34 - Melvin Sanders - G/F - 6-5 - 205 - So.
Career-high 16 points vs. UTSA, hit his first four shots of the game ... hit
his first two three-point attempts at Baylor to spark OSU's best shooting
night of the year ... 13 points at Texas and has averaged 11.3 points in the
past four games ... 12 points vs. Lamar ... 10 points, four rebounds vs.
UMKC ... 10 points, four assists, five steals vs. North Texas ... 10
rebounds vs. UNLV ... hit for double figures in both exhibition games,
including a 14-point, seven-rebound effort against the California All-Stars
... helped lead Seward County Community College to a 23-9 record in
1999-2000 ... stellar track athlete who recorded a high jump of 7-2 to go
with a 52-foot triple jump and a 25-foot long jump.
40 - Andre Williams - F - 6-7 - 210 - So.
Career-high 16 points, 11 rebounds vs. Northwestern State ... 11 points,
career-high 13 rebounds vs. Arkansas ... 13 points, eight rebounds, three
blocks vs. UNLV ... 12 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks against Texas Tech
for his third double-double this season and the fourth of his career ... 10
points, six rebounds, three blocks, three steals at North Texas ... already
ninth in OSU history in career blocks (62).
5 - Victor Williams - G - 5-10 - 185 - So.
20 points (10 in first 16 minutes) against Iowa State and 20 more (14 in the
first half) against Texas Tech ... 17 points vs. Texas-San Antonio, hit
three three-pointers ... 13 points vs. Arkansas, 11 coming in the second
half, hit the game-tying three-pointer with under five minutes remaining ...
season-high 20 points at North Texas ... 11 points vs. Arkansas-Little Rock,
13 and seven assists against Lamar ... 18 points, four assists against the
California All-Stars ... Illinois State's starting point guard as a freshman
in 1998-99 and named the top freshman in the MVC.
Up next: Cowboys return to Big 12 play, host Aggies
OSU hosts Texas A&M on Jan. 24 and then hits the road for four of its next
five games, beginning with a Jan. 27 trip to Colorado. After a visit to
Texas Tech on Jan. 30, the Cowboys return home to face Missouri on Feb. 3 in
a key Big 12 matchup.
Cowboy Quoteboard
"You don't spit into the wind. You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger. And you don't underestimate an Eddie Sutton team." -- Baylor coach Dave Bliss asked if he was surprised the Cowboys had started so well.
"He's still got a lot to learn, but he certainly has been impressive. The thing impressive about him is his toughness. He's a warrior. I knew he was good, but I don't think anybody knew he could make this adjustment this quickly." -- Eddie Sutton on Maurice Baker.
"This is the toughest environment we'll play in all year. Nothing is going to be tougher. It's good." -- Iowa State coach Larry Eustachy after the Cyclones' game in Stillwater on Jan. 8.
"The beauty of this project is that the history and ambience remain. This is one sacred spot in the development of college basketball that has not been lost to a modern multi-purpose cookie-cutter arena. And while there is much consternation that the expanded building will lose some of the unique feel and noise of the original, much of the charm is still there. ... You likely won't see a renovation like this happen again. Too bad. The new Gallagher-Iba opens Monday, appropriately more modern, but still with much of the same charm and wonderful history. It's the saving of the venue that tops our list of the best arenas in college basketball." -- CBS Sportsline's Dan Wetzel in a Jan. 8 column.
