Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host UMKC Kangaroos
December 17, 2002 | Cowboy Basketball
Dec. 17, 2002
Oklahoma State Cowboys
(6-1 overall) hosts the UMKC Kangaroos (0-6)
in Gallagher-Iba Arena
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 * 7 p.m. (CST)
Gallagher-Iba Arena [13,611] * Stillwater, Okla.
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Oklahoma State Cowboys
Probable Starters
Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG
F 23 Ivan McFarlin 6-8 237 Jr. 11.6 7.7
F 40 Andre Williams 6-8 225 Sr. 4.4 6.1
G 5 Victor Williams 5-10 187 Sr. 10.4 3.9 ^
G 24 Tony Allen 6-4 205 Jr. 14.7 5.4
G 34 Melvin Sanders 6-5 210 Sr. 14.1 4.3
Off the Bench
Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG
C 4 Frans Steyn 7-2 306 So. 1.0 2.0
G 25 Janavor Weatherspoon 6-1 165 Jr. 5.4 1.7
G 30 Cheyne Gadson 6-3 190 Sr. 4.6 3.9 ^
F 33 Jason Miller 6-9 245 Jr. 4.7 3.4
UMKC Kangaroos
Probable Starters
Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG
F 5 Randall Atchison 6-5 202 Sr. 6.8 4.5
F 34 James Williams 6-8 195 Jr. 12.7 6.0
C 32 Carlton Aaron 6-9 300 So. 7.2 9.5
G 3 Charlie McDonald 6-0 160 Fr. 0.8 1.6
G 22 Michael Watson 6-1 185 Jr. 30.8 3.7
^ denotes assists per gameQuickly
Oklahoma State will host the UMKC Kangaroos in the final game of a four-game homestand. OSU is 6-1 overall and coming off a 71-61 victory over Fresno State Sunday afternoon in Gallagher-Iba Arena. UMKC is 0-6 this season, and lost to Southeast Missouri State, 66-58, in its last outing.
Last Time Out For OSU
Victor Williams scored all 17 of his points in the second half, and Ivan McFarlin had 16 points and 10 rebounds, as Oklahoma State beat Fresno State 71-61 Sunday afternoon. Fresno State shot a season-low 31 percent from the field in its first loss of the season. The Cowboys got 11 points each from Tony Allen and Melvin Sanders. Damon Jackson led Fresno State with 17 points, including five three-point baskets. OSU opened the second half on an 18-6 run, turning a three-point halftime lead into a 15-point advantage at 49-34 with 11:23 to play. Williams, who had three first-half fouls and played only six minutes in the opening frame, hit two free throws to cap the run. The Bulldogs cut the lead to seven when Terry Pettis' three-pointer made it 53-46 with 6:28 to play. But Williams responded with a three of his own on OSU's next possession to push the lead back to 10 points. McFarlin and Allen followed with breakaway dunks, the latter off a nice bounce pass from Williams, to make it 60-46 with less than four minutes to go in regulation.
About UMKC
UMKC is 0-6 this season, with three losses on the road and three at home. The Kangaroos lost to Norfolk State, Denver and Loyola-Chicago away from Kansas City, and lost to Robert Morris, Colorado and Southeast Missouri State at home. UMKC is led by junior guard Michael Watson, who is averaging 30.8 points per game. Scoring nearly half of the team's points, Watson also leads the team with 18 assists, and is deadly from beyond the arc, connecting on 35-of-81 (43.2 percent) shots from long range. Junior James Williams is second on the squad, averaging 12.7 points per contest. Carlton Aaron, a sophomore, is averaging 7.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. No `Roo is shooting better than 50 percent from the floor, while the opposition is shooting 46.1 percent from the field and averaging nearly eight more points a game.
Last Time Out for UMKC
Michael Watson scored 28 points, but took 22 shots to get there, as UMKC lost to Southeast Missouri State, 66-58, in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. SEMO had two players score 20 points, with Damarcus Hence scoring 25 and Derek Winans adding 20. James Williams had 13 for the Kangaroos, and Carlton Aaron added nine points and a game-high 10 rebounds. UMKC shot just 34.6 percent from the floor and 24 percent from beyond the arc. The Kangaroos also got outrebounded, 43-33.
Non-Conference Record in Gallagher-Iba
Oklahoma State has won 104 of its last 105 non-conference games held in Gallagher-Iba Arena since Jan. 7, 1987. The only loss during that span was an 83-81 loss to Florida Atlantic on Dec. 1, 1998, when the Cowboys were ranked 11th in the nation. That loss broke a string of 79-consecutive home non-league wins for OSU. Dating back to 1981, Oklahoma State is 133-7 (.950) in those types of games. The Cowboys have not allowed more than 66 points in their last 21 home non-conference contests.
Up Next: Wichita State
Oklahoma State travel to Wichita, Kan., for its final game before Christmas as the Cowboys play the Wichita State Shockers on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 1:30 p.m. inside the Kansas Coliseum. WSU is 3-3 this season and plays Lamar Wednesday night.
Tickets Available
There are a limited number of tickets available for Oklahoma State's remaining home games over the holiday break. Tickets for the games vs. Arkansas on Dec. 30 and vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Jan. 8 are available for purchase. For more information, contact the OSU Athletics Ticket Office at 1-877-ALL-4-OSU.
Brief OSU Basketball History
Oklahoma State is in its 94th season of basketball with an all-time record of 1,323 wins and 953 losses, a .581 winning percentage. The Cowboys have won two national championships (1945-46), appeared in five Final Fours, and made 19 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including 10 in the Sutton era. In fact, Coach Sutton has more wins (275) in his 12-plus years as the OSU head coach than the previous five coaches had (242) in a combined 20 seasons.
Transfers, Jucos Dot Cowboy Roster
Eight newcomers are listed on the Oklahoma State roster, including three transfers that will have to sit out the 2002-03 season. Tony Allen, a junior-college player from Wabash Valley Community College, and Janavor Weatherspoon, a juco transfer from Odessa College, should make an immediate impact. Freshmen Ross DeRogatis, Onye Ibekwe and Julian Richardson could also see playing time. Daniel Bobik and the twins, Joey and Stevie Graham, will have to sit out a year after transferring from BYU and Central Florida. All three, however are allowed to practice with the team. Other players that are not new to the program but will see their first action in a Cowboy uniform this season are Frans Steyn and Jason Miller. Steyn came to OSU a year ago and sat out as a true freshman. Miller, who transferred to Oklahoma State a year ago, had to sit out due to NCAA transfer guidelines.
Four Seniors Return For Final Season
Four Cowboys enter the 2002-03 season as seniors. Andre Williams, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., is the lone four-year senior on the squad. Victor Williams, Kansas City, Kan., and Melvin Sanders, Liberal, Kan., are both entering their third year of play at Oklahoma State. Cheyne Gadson, a senior from Jamaica, N.Y., transferred to OSU last season for his junior year.
Sanders, McFarlin Earn All-Tournament Honors
Senior guard Melvin Sanders and junior forward Ivan McFarlin were both named to the Great Alaska Shootout all-tournament team. Sanders, while only shooting 37.8, did average 13.3 points and four rebounds per game. He also had 11 assists and seven steals in the two games. McFarlin averaged a double-double with 11.3 points and 10 rebounds per contest. He shot 54.5 percent from the field and 76.9 percent (10-of-13) from the free-throw line. Ivan also had five blocked shots.
Allen Has All-Around Performance at Shootout
Junior transfer Tony Allen had a great all-around performance at the Great Alaska Shootout. While leading the team in points scored, averaging 16 per contest, he also shot 51.7 percent from his guard spot and was 2-of-5 from beyond the arc. He connected on 16-of-20 shots from the charity stripe, good for 80 percent. Tony had seven assists, two steals and three blocks, including one in the waning seconds of the Michigan State game that sealed the win.
Cowboys Host Block Party
As a team, Oklahoma State blocked 18 shots during the three-game tournament, an average of six per contest. Senior forward Andre Williams led the party with eight blocked shots, while Ivan McFarlin had five in the three games. Tony Allen had three, while Melvin Sanders and Jason Miller each had one. OSU blocked 13 shots vs. Hartford, the third-most deflections in a game in school history. For the season, the Cowboys have blocked 47 shots in seven games, an average of 6.7 per contest.
Williams Ranks Among Elite Shot Blockers
Forward Andre Williams leads the team with 21 blocked shots so far this season, and is just 18 away from moving past Leroy Combs and into fourth place on the all-time OSU career blocked shots list. Andre had five blocks in the season opener vs. Yale, and had three vs. Alaska-Anchorage. He added three more vs. the College of Charleston, and had two vs. Michigan State. His four vs. Hartford led a team total of 13. Most recently, he had three vs. Northwestern State, and with one vs. Fresno State, he's extended a streak of seven games with at least one block. Williams is currently averaging three blocks per game this season, and is second in the league behind Colorado's David Harrison (five blocks per game). Byron Houston is the all-time Cowboy shot blocker with 223.
Andre Grabs His 500th Rebound
With four rebounds vs. the College of Charleston in the Great Alaska Shootout, senior Andre Williams achieved a major milestone by reaching 500 career rebounds. He joined an elite group of just 18 Cowboys that have achieved that milestone. He currently has 524 caroms, and ranks 15th all-time in the OSU record books. He needs 39 boards to move past Lafayette Threatt and into 14th place.
Vic Reaches 800
With 17 points vs. Fresno State, senior Victor Williams now has 837 points in his OSU career. That scoring total ranks 34th on the all-time OSU career scoring list. He needs eight points to move past Mark Tucker, who had 844 points in the late 70s, and just 17 more points to move past Joe Smith, who had 853 points from 1867-69. Victor has 1,082 points in his career at the Division I level, including 245 his freshman season at Illinois State.
Williams Ranks in Top 15
Victor Williams has 263 assists in his two-plus year career at Oklahoma State. That ranks him 14th among all-time OSU career assist leaders. With five assists vs. Yale in the season opener, Williams surpassed Randy Rutherford, who had 239 dishes from 1993-95. Vic needs two more assists to move past Eddie Hannon, who had 264 dishes from 1981-82. Vic has 366 career assists, including a game-high nine vs. Texas A&M on Feb. 21, 2001, and a season-high 126 last season. He is 29 assists away from moving past current OSU Associate Head Coach Sean Sutton, who had 291 assists in his two-year career with Oklahoma State.
Sanders Has String of Starts
Cowboy senior Melvin Sanders has started every game of his Cowboy career, and has moved into fifth-place on the consecutive starts list. Sanders needs 19 more starts to move past Bryant Reeves, who started 87 consecutive contests from 1993-95.
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