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Cowboys Travel To Austin To Face Longhorns
February 19, 2002 | Cowboy Basketball
Feb. 19, 2002
Oklahoma State Cowboys [20-6, 7-5] at Texas Longhorns [16-8, 7-4]
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2002 * 7 p.m. [CST]
Erwin Events Center [16,496] * Austin, Texas
Cowboy Radio Network * CSP
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Oklahoma State's Probable Starters
Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes
F 12 Fredrik Jonzen 6-10 241 Sr. 11.8 6.9 Four double-doubles this season
F 23 Ivan McFarlin 6-8 220 So. 11.2 7.3 Six double-figure rebounding games this season
G 5 Victor Williams 5-10 185 Jr. 12.5 4.0^ Double-figure scoring in 20 games this season
G 30 Cheyne Gadson 6-3 202 Jr. 6.3 2.6 Has started five games for OSU this season
G 34 Melvin Sanders 6-5 220 Jr. 8.0 3.9 Started 56-consecutive games for the Cowboys
Texas' Probable Starters
Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG
F 3 Brandon Mouton 6-5 210 So. 14.1 4.6
F 15 Deginald Erskin 6-6 220 Jr. 7.1 2.7
C 0 James Thomas 6-8 220 So. 10.6 8.8
G 11 T.J. Ford 5-11 165 Fr. 10.5 8.8^
G 24 Royal Ivey 6-4 190 So. 12.2 3.8
^ denotes assists per game
Wednesday's Game
Oklahoma State travels to Austin, Texas, this week to face the Texas Longhorns on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. inside the Erwin Events Center. OSU is 20-6 overall and 7-5 in Big 12 Conference action after a 71-66 win over Texas A&M in College Station on Saturday. UT is 17-8 overall, 8-4 in league play after a 72-70 victory over Missouri in Columbia on Sunday. The Longhorns defeated the Cowboys, 70-61, earlier this season in Stillwater.
Last Time Out For Oklahoma State
Victor Williams scored 19 points, one of four Cowboys in double figures, as OSU defeated Texas A&M, 71-66, in College Station. Williams also had six assists and just one turnover. Cheyne Gadson, starting the third-straight game for injured Mo Baker, scored a career-high 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting, including three three-pointers. As a team, Oklahoma State shot 52.1 percent from the floor and 58.3 from beyond the arc. Bernard King scored 18 points for the Aggies, but took 20 shots to do it. He also had 10 assists and seven rebounds. He was held to just six points in the first half when Melvin Sanders was guarding him, but scored 12 when Sanders was in foul trouble in the second period.
OSU-Texas on Television
Oklahoma State's game Wednesday night will be televised by Cowboy Sports Properties. It will air on KWBT-19 in Tulsa, KSBI-52 in Oklahoma City and Cox Cable Channel 7 in Stillwater. John Holcomb will handle the play-by-play duties, while James Dickey will provide expert analysis.
OSU-Texas: The Series
Texas leads the all-time series with Oklahoma State, 30-27, including a current five-game win streak that dates back to Feb. 16, 2000. The Longhorns are 11-3 vs. the Cowboys since the inception of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, including a 5-0 mark in Austin. The two teams have played three times at the Big 12 Tournament, with UT holding a 2-1 edge.
Last Time Out For Texas
Deginald Erskin and T.J. Ford each scored 18 points and Brian Boddicker added 11 as the Longhorns defeated the Missouri Tigers, 72-70, in Columbia. Ford also had 12 assists in the game. Texas had 19 turnovers in the game, but forced 22 by the Tigers. UT also shot 41 percent, compared to 38.3 for Mizzou. The Longhorns were outrebounded, 43-38, in a game that saw 10 lead changes. Kareem Rush and Rickey Paulding each scored 16 for the Tigers, while Arthur Johnson added 14. Texas led, 39-29, at the half, but Missouri outscored UT, 41-33, in the second period.
Up Next: Baylor and Missouri
OSU will host the Baylor Bears (14-11 overall, 4-8 Big 12) this weekend, Saturday, Feb. 23, in a 3 p.m. game televised by ESPN Regional. The Cowboys will return to the road on Monday, Feb. 25, for an ESPN Big Monday game with the Missouri Tigers (18-8, 7-5) in Columbia. Game time is set for 8 p.m.
20 Wins Becomes the Norm at Oklahoma State
For the fifth-straight season, and the 10th time in the Coach Sutton era, Oklahoma State has reached the 20-win mark for a single season. In fact, this is the 24th time in OSU history that a team has reached 20 wins, and the third time that the Cowboys have won 20 or more games in five-consecutive seasons. OSU won 20 or more in six-straight seasons from 1944 until 1949, and accomplished that feat five times from 1991-95. Below is a list of the most wins in a four-year span at Oklahoma State, with a minimum of 90 victories.
# of wins Years Wins each year
109 1944-47 27-27-31-24
109 1945-48 27-31-24-27
105 1946-49 31-24-27-23
99 1992-95 28-20-24-27
96 1991-94 24-28-20-24
92 1998-2001 22-23-27-20
90 1999-2002 23-27-20-20*
* indicates active
One More for 700
With 699 wins in his 32-year coaching career, Coach Eddie Sutton is one win away from a major milestone. Only 17 coaches in NCAA history have achieved 700 or more victories in their career, and only 13 of those were at the Division I level. He will become just the sixth active coach to reach that mark, joining Jim Phelan, Bob Knight, Lefty Drissell, Jerry Tarkanian and Lou Henson. Coach Sutton will be the eighth-fastest ever to 700 victories by games played, and with three more wins, will have the second-most wins ever through the first 32 seasons of a career behind Dean Smith.
Coaching Wins, through 32 seasons, last school (years)
1. Dean Smith, North Carolina (1962-93) 774
2. Bob Knight, Indiana (1966-97) 701
3. Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State (1970-89, 90-2002) 699
4. Adolph Rupp, Kentucky (1931-52, 54-63) 686
5. Henry Iba, Oklahoma A&M (1930-61) 655
Cowboys In The Polls
Oklahoma State is currently ranked 13th in the Associated Press poll and 14th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The Cowboys moved up in both polls after defeating No. 4 Oklahoma and Texas A&M on the road last week. OSU's No. 5 ranking earlier this season was the highest ranking OSU has achieved since the Cowboys were ranked second nationally in mid-February of 1992. OSU was ranked No. 2 for two weeks before dropping back to eighth that year. Three of Oklahoma State's opponents this season are ranked in the top 25 of both polls (Kansas, Oklahoma, Cincinnati), while two more (Texas, Texas Tech) are receiving votes in each of the polls.
Gadson Steps to the Forefront
Despite knee surgery at the beginning of the season that slowed his learning of Coach Sutton's system, Cheyne Gadson has come into his own the last few games. He had a breakout game at Oklahoma as he set a career-high with 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting and also had seven rebounds. Against Oklahoma in Stillwater, he scored 10 points and had five boards. In his last game, vs. Texas A&M, Gadson scored a career-high 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting and also had three three-pointers. He also dished out five assists. In the last six games, he is averaging nine points per game is shooting 49 percent from the floor, and has connected on 6-of-10 shots from beyond the arc.
McFarlin Posting Big Numbers
Oklahoma State sophomore Ivan McFarlin is showing the league what the coaching staff has known all along - he's a prime-time player. Against Nebraska, he set career highs in both points and rebounds with 20 and 17, respectively. It was the most rebounds by a Cowboy since Bryant Reeves had 20 vs. Kansas in 1995. In I-Mac's first season with the Cowboys (he was a partial qualifier last year), he has 17 double-figure scoring games with a season-high of 22 points vs. Oklahoma. He also recorded his first double-double in the second game of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds vs. Austin Peay. He had back-to-back double-doubles with 10 and 10 vs. Arkansas and 11 and 11 vs. Ball State. He had four-straight double-figure rebounding games through one stint in the season. In the first exhibition game of the season, I-Mac had 20 rebounds, including 10 on each end of the court. He leads the team in steals with 41 and blocked shots with 30. He is second in the Big 12 in field-goal percentage , connecting on 61.8 percent of his overall shots.
Victor Williams Showing Leadership Qualities
While fellow starting guard Maurice Baker was hampered by groin injury and now by a sprained ankle, junior Victor Williams stepped up with 18 points vs. Texas. It was his third-straight game with 17 or more points, and he now has 20 double-figure scoring games this season. Vic is second on the team in scoring with a 12.5 ppg average, and is also second on the team in free-throw percentage (.755). He has 103 assists, leading the team, and 56 turnovers, a 1.83 assist-to-turnover ratio. He recorded the first double-double of his career with 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. Fresno State.
J?nz?n Moving Up Scoring Chart
With eight points vs. Texas A&M, senior forward Fredrik J?nz?n moved up to 17th on the all-time career scoring list. He surpassed Joe Atkinson, who had 1,145 points in his career. J?nz?n currently has 1,149 points in his four-year career, and needs 41 to move past Joe Adkins. Fred needs to average 12 points per game to finish the regular season in the top 15.
J?nz?n Eclipses 700 Rebound Mark
Senior forward Fredrik J?nz?n pulled down four rebounds vs. Texas A&M, eclipsing the 700-career rebound mark. He now has 702 boards, and is in ninth place on the career rebounding charts. He became just the seventh player in school history to record 1,100 points and 700 rebounds in a career.
J?nz?n, Sanders Consistently in the Starting Lineup
Senior Fredrik J?nz?n and junior Melvin Sanders have started 62 and 56 consecutive games, respectively, for OSU, ranking fifth and eighth on the Cowboy consecutive starts list. J?nz?n needs one more to take sole possession of fourth place, while Sanders needs one more to take sole possession of eighth place and four to move into seventh.
OSU Post Players Host Block Party
Through 26 games, OSU has blocked 90 shots, and average of 3.5 swats per game. Ivan McFarlin leads the team with 30, while Andre Williams has 26. Antoine Broxsie has 15 blocked shots. Fredrik J?nz?n has 10, while Maurice Baker has five. Melvin Sanders has three and Jack Marlow has one. Williams had four vs. Cincinnati, and three vs. Northwestern State, Texas and Texas Tech, while Broxsie had three vs. TCU, New Orleans and Northwestern State. McFarlin had three vs. North Texas, Ball State, Nebraska, Kansas State and Oklahoma.
Andre Williams Fifth on All-Time Blocked Shots Chart
Andre Williams recorded four blocks in the first game of the seeason vs. Cincinnati, and has 26 total this year. He became just the fifth player in school history to reach the century mark in blocked shots in his career. The amazing fact is that he accomplished that feat in just two seasons, the second Cowboy ever to do so. Byron Houston had 131 blocks after his sophomore year. Andre has had six multiple-block games this season, including four vs. Cincinnati and three vs. Northwestern State, Texas and Texas Tech.
Baker Earns All-District Honor
Cowboy senior Maurice Baker was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches District 12 first-team, it was announced Tuesday. Baker joins Drew Gooden and Kirk Hinrich of Kansas, Kareem Rush of Missouri and Oklahoma's Hollis Price. The country is broken down into 15 districts, recognizing the best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes in the nation. The 75 players are now eligible for the NABC/Pontiac Division I All-America team, to be announced at the conclusion of the 2001-02 NCAA men's basketball season.
Baker Nearing Top 25 in Scoring
With 19 points vs. Texas Tech, Maurice Baker surpassed four former Cowboys and moved into 26th place on the career scoring list. He moved past Clayton Carter (939 points), Ed Odom (945), Don Johnson (945) and Eli Johnson (946). He needs 18 points to move past Larry Hawk and into the top 25 all-time. Baker has the second-most points by a Cowboy with just two years at OSU, trailing Director of Basketball Operations Brooks Thompson (996 points in 1993-94) by 43 points.
Comeback Cowboys
OSU has trailed every opponent this season at some point in the game, including eight games where the Cowboys were in double-digit deficits. In two of those games, OSU came back to win. The first was vs. Arkansas, when the Cowboys trailed the Razorbacks by 22 points midway through the first period. OSU ended up winning that game by nine. Against Texas Tech in Stillwater, OSU fell behind by as many as 15 points with 12 minutes remaining in the game, but defeated Tech, 64-62. In the other six games, OSU lost by single digits in four of those.
Cowboy Noteworthy
* Oklahoma State has played 27 games into overtime in the Coach Sutton era, including last week's 79-72 win over Oklahoma. That game tied OU with Kansas for the most overtime games in the Coach Sutton era. OSU is 2-2 vs. KU in overtime games and 2-2 vs. the Sooners in OT games. OSU has played Missouri in three overtime games, with a 1-2 mark vs. the Tigers. Teams that Oklahoma State has played twice in overtime include Iowa State, Kansas State, Colorado and Texas Tech. OSU is 1-1 vs. all those teams in overtime.
* Oklahoma State ranks 16th in the latest collegerpi.com ratings with a schedule-strength ranking of 31st. The Cowboys are 18th in the latest ratings by College Basketball News, with a schedule-strength ranking of 36th. OSU is 21st in the Sagarin RPI ratings with a schedule-strength ranking of 42nd.
* Oklahoma State has shot over 50 percent seven times this season, but just once in 2002. OSU's 52.1 percent shooting vs. Texas A&M was the Cowboys' first above-.500 shooting game of 2002.
* OSU has shot over 70 percent from the free-throw line just once in the last 11 games (5-of-7 or 71.4 percent vs. Fresno State). The last time OSU shot better than 70 percent with at least 10 attempts was on Dec. 22 vs. Arkansas, a span of 14 games.
* In the seven games prior to A&M, OSU was shooting just 22.8 percent (26-of-114) from beyond the three-point arc. However, vs. the Aggies, OSU broke out of the slump, connecting on 7-of-12 treys, or 58.3 percent.
Sutton First Member of 250-250 Club
After some dilligent research by Gary Johnson at the NCAA, it has been determined that Coach Eddie Sutton is the first coach in NCAA history to win 250 games at two different Division I schools. Coach Sutton picked up 260 wins while at Arkansas, and currently has 269 at Oklahoma State. He picked up his 250th win with the Cowboys on Nov. 16, 2001, vs. Cincinnati. Lou Henson of New Mexico State has just joined the 250-250 win club. He had 423 wins at Illinois and has 254 this season at NMSU. He picked up his 250th win with the Aggies on Jan. 31 of this year vs. New Orleans. Connecticut's Jim Calhoun had 349 wins entering the season at UConn, and had 248 victories at Northeastern.
OSU in the Big 12 Statistics
Oklahoma State ranks in the top-four of the league in several statistical categories. The Cowboys are first in scoring defense at 63.1 points per game, field-goal percentage at 40.3 percent, and in three-point field goal percentage defense at 29.5 percent. OSU is fourth in scoring margin (plus 9.3 points per game) and rebounding margin (plus 6.7 rebounds per game), as well as rebounding offense (40.2 boards per contest). OSU is third in rebounding defense, giving up 33.5 boards per game.
