Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Travel To Lawrence To Battle No. 5 Kansas
February 08, 2001 | Cowboy Basketball
Feb. 8, 2001
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Oklahoma State Cowboys (14-5, 5-3 Big 12)
at No. 5 Kansas (18-3, 7-2 Big 12)
Saturday, Feb. 10, 2001
3 p.m. CST - ESPN Plus
Cowboy Radio Network
Lawrence, Kan. - Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)
Saturday's Game
Oklahoma State, winners of six of its last eight contests, travels to Lawrence to take on No. 5 Kansas in a pivotal Big 12 matchup. The Cowboys dropped from third to sixth place in the conference standings with Wednesday's overtime loss to Nebraska, but a win over Kansas would propel the team back into the hunt for the Big 12 title.
OSU-Kansas: The Series
Kansas leads the all-time series, 94-49 including a commanding 51-10 advantage in Lawrence. The Cowboys won both meetings last season in convincing fashion in Stillwater (86-53) on Feb. 7, 2000, and at the Big 12 Tourney in Kansas City (77-58) on March 10, 2000. Prior to last season, the Jayhawks had won the last eight meetings dating back to the 1994-95 campaign. The last time OSU defeated the Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse was a 87-81 win on Feb. 8, 1989.
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 673-264 (71.8 percent) overall and is 243-100 (70.8 percent) at OSU. Sutton is the only coach to take four different schools to the NCAA Tournament.
A quick look at Saturday's game
Cowboys furious second-half rally comes up short in OT
Oklahoma State rallied from 12 and seven point deficits in the second half against Nebraska but it was not enough as the Cowboys lost 78-75 to the Cornhuskers Wednesday night. OSU had four players score in double-digits, led by Maurice Baker's 22 points on 7-of-22 shooting, including 4-of-13 from three-point range. The Cowboys trailed 40-33 at halftime and 49-37 with 14:39 left in the game before going on an 18-4 run to take a 55-53 lead with 8:25 on the clock. After Nebraska came back to retake a 67-60 lead with 3:28 left, OSU used one last effort to go on a 10-3 run to tie the game at 70-70 at the end of regulation. The Cowboys ran out of gas in overtime as the Cornhuskers outscored them 8-5 to win 78-75.
Baker and J?nz?n, one of OSU's all-time top tandems
Maurice Baker and Fredrik J?nz?n are shaping up as one of the top one-two scoring punches in OSU history and the best since the Final Four combo of Bryant Reeves and Randy Rutherford. Baker and J?nz?n average a combined 36.2 points per game, currently the fourth-best combination in school history and the best since Reeves and Rutherford averaged a combined 41.1. See page seven of this release for a list of the top five.
January 27, 2001
The day will be etched forever in Oklahoma State history as 10 members of the Oklahoma State family were tragically killed in a plane crash returning from a game against Colorado. Lost in the plane crash were Kendall Durfey (radio engineer/producer), Bjorn Fahlstrom (pilot), Nate Fleming (basketball player), Will Hancock (media relations coordinator), Dan Lawson (basketball player), Brian Luinstra (trainer), Denver Mills (pilot), Pat Noyes (director of basketball operations), Bill Teegins (radio play-by-play) and Jared Weiberg (student assistant coach). All 10 men were important to the OSU community and will be missed by family, friends and co-workers.
Announcers donate efforts in honor of fallen comrade
Big 12 radio play-by-play men from the other 11 schools in the conference have volunteered their efforts in honor of their comrade Bill Teegins, OSU's play-by-play man, who passed away in the Jan. 27 airplane crash. The 11 announcers will call one Cowboy game each and donate their $500 talent fee to the Bill Teegins Memorial Fund. Learfield Sports, which owns the rights to Cowboy Basketball, will also match the sum. Monday's game against Missouri was broadcasted by Bob Barry Sr., the voice of the Oklahoma Sooners. Pete Taylor of Iowa State will do the honors against Kansas while John Morris of Baylor will call the Oklahoma game on Feb. 14.
Saturday's game will be aired on the ESPN Regional network, including KFOR (channel 4) in Oklahoma City and KJRH (channel 2) in Tulsa. Dave Armstrong (play-by-play) and Chris Piper (color analysis) will handle the television commentary duties. Andre Williams, strong on and off the court
Andre Williams has shown recently that he has matured on and off the court. Over the last four contests, Williams is averaging 11 points and 13 rebounds, including nine caroms against Nebraska Wednesday night. The sophomore forward has had his two best games as a Cowboy against Texas A&M and Colorado, games in which he has combined to rack up 33 points and pull down 27 rebounds. Williams scored 15 points and pulled down 16 boards in the Cowboys loss to the Buffaloes but his most impressive performance came off of the field. Williams was one of the first Cowboys to speak publicly speak about the tragic plane crash and he represented the players with a speech at the memorial service OSU held last Wednesday. Williams has proven to be a man on and off of the court over the last two weeks.
Awards keep coming in for Maurice Baker
Junior guard Maurice Baker has bolted toward the top of the list of contenders for the Big 12's newcomer-of-the-year and player-of-the-year awards as well as other postseason honors. With Missouri forward Kareem Rush sidelined for the rest of the season with a thumb injury, Baker is now the active scoring leader in the Big 12. The 6-1 guard, who had been the Big 12 player of the week Dec. 5 and the rookie of the week Dec. 12 and Jan. 15, was named the league's rookie of the week for the third time Jan. 22 after averaging 27.5 points in two games. He leads OSU in scoring (20.1 ppg, second in the Big 12, his 23.0-ppg average in conference games is first in the league), assists (4.5 apg) and steals (2.2 spg). "Mo" scored 22 points against Missouri on Monday and tallied the same number of points in the Cowboys loss to Nebraska Wednesday night.
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. He then hit seven threes against St. Gregory's and four against Texas A&M, giving him 17 in his last three games after he hit 19 in the first 13 games of the year. Baker's 22-point, 10-rebound effort against Texas A&M gave him his fourth double-double, all of which have come since Jan. 1. The junior led the team with 27 points in the loss to Colorado, his fourth straight game of 20 or more points.
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 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.
Cowboys triumph in emotional contest against Missouri
Oklahoma State relied on the dynamic duo of Maurice Baker and Fredrik J?nz?n to upend Missouri in an emotional 69-66 win Monday night. The game was OSU's first since the tragic plane crash on Jan. 27 which claimed 10 members of the Oklahoma State family. Baker propelled a Cowboy second-half run with two three pointers while J?nz?n tied a career-high with 26 points while also grabbing nine boards. Melvin Sanders had a chance to put the game away in the final seconds with two free-throws, but he missed them giving Missouri a chance to tie the game with 3.4 seconds left. Sanders atoned for the misses at the stripe however, when he intercepted MU's inbounds pass, sealing the Cowboys win.
Head Coach Eddie Sutton
Eddie Sutton (Oklahoma State, 1958) is in his 11th year at his alma mater with a 242-99 record at the school as well as a 672-263 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 recently passed John Wooden and Denny Crum into 14th place (fifth among active coaches) in career victories.
Only one active coach (Tarkanian) ranks ahead of Sutton in both victories and winning percentage, and OSU's boss ranks behind only Tarkanian, Dean Smith and Bob Knight in victories through 31 or fewer years of coaching. 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.
J?nz?n responding well to preseason expectations
Swedish import Fredrik J?nz?n, 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. J?nz?n, who turned in a career-high-tying 26-point effort against Iowa State and equalled that mark against Missouri, appears to like the surroundings of the new Gallagher-Iba Arena, where he averages a team-high 19.4 points per game. Despite a subpar shooting night, he scored 17 points against Texas A&M and pulled down 12 rebounds for his second double-double this season and the sixth of his career. J?nz?n has scored in double figures in his last five contests and managed to dish out a career-high six assists in the Cowboys emotional win over Missouri Monday night. He continued his streak of double-digit scoring games with 11 points against Nebraska before fouling out in overtime Wednesday.
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15 - David Anderson - F - 6-7 - 190 - Fr.
Has seen limited action since the start of conference play ... 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.
Leads the Big 12 in scoring (23.0 ppg) in conference games ... has scored 20 or more points in six straight contests ... scored 22 points in both the Missouri and Nebraska matchups this week ... career-high 29 points at Baylor, hitting 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 ... dropped in 22 points in win over Missouri ... 27 points including nine in final two minutes in loss to Colorado ... 26 points, career-high seven three-pointers against St. Gregory's ... 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.
Tied his season-high of six points vs. Nebraska, successful in first two three attempts of the season ... season-high six points and six rebounds against St. Gregory's, also blocked three shots ... saw his first action as a Cowboy vs. UTSA, played nine minutes and had two points and four assists ... 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 missed eight games ... returned to the lineup Jan. 24 and did not attempt a shot but played 14 minutes and had two rebounds and two assists ... has been slow to recover from the knee injury, seeing limited playing time in his four games back ... 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.
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 J?nz?n - F - 6-10 - 230 - Jr.
Tied his career high of 26 points vs. Missouri ... career-high 26 points vs. Lamar, also had 11 rebounds for his fifth career double-double ... seventh in the Big 12 in scoring at 15.9 points per game ... has reached double figures in scoring in his last five contests ... 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 ... 17 points, 12 rebounds vs. Texas A&M ... 16 points, eight rebounds at San Diego State ... 17 points, nine rebounds in season opener ... 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 ... 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.
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, also started against Texas A&M ... started against Colorado, finishing with two points and five rebounds ... 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.
Has started in every game this season ... career-high 18 points against St. Gregory's, also hit a career-best three three-pointers ... 16 points vs. UTSA, hit his first four shots of the game ... scored 14 points at Nebraska and 13 points at Texas ... 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.
Has scored 44 points to go along with 51 boards in last four games ... four blocked-shots against Missouri pushed him into seventh place on the OSU shot block list with 74 ... pulled down a career-high 16 caroms and scored 15 points vs. Colorado while also blocking three shots ... Career-high 18 points, 11 rebounds vs. Texas A&M ... notched 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.
5 - Victor Williams - G - 5-10 - 185 - So.
Scored 14 points and dished out six assists vs. Nebraska ... 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: Bedlam Time
Oklahoma State will host No. 21 Oklahoma on what should be a very interesting Valentine's Day. The Cowboys will be out for revenge after the Sooners defeated them last season in the final game in the old Gallagher-Iba Arena. OU, 18-4 overall and 7-3 in conference play will be on the road Saturday against Texas before facing OSU in Stillwater in the first of two matchups this season.
The OSU Athletics Center
Oklahoma State began play in its new Athletics Center on Dec. 19. Here is a quick look at the facts of the construction:
Facility name: The arena itself will continue to be called "Gallagher-Iba Arena," but the entire facility is known as "The OSU Athletics Center."
Coordinating Architects: Rosser International and Gary Sparks Companies
Contractor: Manhattan Construction
Seating capacity: 13,611
For current construction information, see the "Facility Update" section of OSU's Web site (http://www.okstate.com).
