McFarlin Earns Big 12 Rookie-Of-The-Week Award

January 28, 2002 | Cowboy Basketball

Jan. 28, 2002

Oklahoma State's Ivan McFarlin, a sophomore on the Cowboy Basketball team, was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Rookie of the Week, it was announced today, in voting done by a media panel for the week ending Jan. 27.

McFarlin averaged 16 points and 12.5 rebounds in two conference wins last week for OSU. The 6-8 forward opened the week registering career highs in points (20) and rebounds (17) in the 70-63 victory over Nebraska. The 17 boards were the most by a Cowboy since All-American Bryant Reeves pulled down 20 rebounds against Kansas in 1995.

McFarlin, a native of Missouri City, Texas, had three blocked shots vs. the Huskers, his sixth multiple-block game of the season. In the 64-55 win over Colorado, McFarlin made 6-of-8 shots and scored 12 points. He also had eight rebounds against the Buffs.

McFarlin and the rest of the ninth-ranked Cowboys travel to Norman, Okla., on Wednesday night for a bedlam matchup with the No. 6 Oklahoma Sooners. Game time is set for 8 p.m.