Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host Baylor Bears
February 22, 2002 | Cowboy Basketball
Feb. 22, 2002
Baylor Bears [14-12, 4-9] at Oklahoma State Cowboys [21-6, 8-5]
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2002 * 3 p.m. [CST]
Gallagher-Iba Arena [13,611] * Stillwater, Okla.
Cowboy Radio Network * ESPN Regional
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Oklahoma State's Probable Starters
Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes
F 12 Fredrik J?nz?n 6-10 241 Sr. 12.0 6.9 Four double-doubles this season
F 23 Ivan McFarlin 6-8 220 So. 11.1 7.4 Seven double-figure rebounding games
G 5 Victor Williams 5-10 185 Jr. 12.8 4.1^ Double-figure scoring in 21 games
G 30 Cheyne Gadson 6-3 202 Jr. 6.5 2.8 Averaging 8.2 ppg in conference games
G 34 Melvin Sanders 6-5 220 Jr. 8.1 3.9 Started 57-consecutive games for the Cowboys
Baylor's Probable Starters
Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG
F 44 Lawrence Roberts 6-8 220 Fr. 16.3 8.1
C 34 R.T. Guinn 6-10 235 So. 6.0 3.9
G 13 Matt Sayman 6-3 180 So. 6.2 2.7
G 15 John Lucas 5-11 165 Fr. 13.0 4.0^
G 20 Wendell Greenleaf 6-2 190 Jr. 13.3 3.2
^ denotes assists per game
Saturday's Game
Oklahoma State returns home after two-straight road games to host the Baylor Bears on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 3 p.m. inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Cowboys are 21-6 overall, 8-5 in Big 12 Conference action after an 85-80 win over Texas in Austin on Wednesday night. Baylor is 14-12 overall, 4-9 in league play after a 65-54 loss at the hands of the Oklahoma Sooners on Tuesday in Waco. OSU won the earlier meeting this season, 68-57, in Waco.
Last Time Out For Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State outrebounded Texas, 47-27, leading to 46 points in the paint as OSU defeated the Longhorns, 85-80, in the Erwin Center. It was the Cowboys' first win in Austin since 1974, and gave Coach Eddie Sutton his 700th career victory. Victor Williams scored a game-high 20 points, including nine free throws, all in the final 1-1/2 minutes of the game. As a team, OSU shot 57.7 percent from the floor, compared to just 39.7 percent for Texas. Fredrik J?nz?n had 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting, while Ivan McFarlin scored eight and had a game-high 11 rebounds. Cheyne Gadson scored 13 points and had a career-high nine boards. Maurice Baker returned to action after missing three games, and responded with two points and two rebounds in eight minutes.
Sutton Earns 700th Career Victory
Coach Eddie Sutton became just the 18th coach in NCAA history to reach the 700-victory plateau, and the 14th at the Division I level. He became just the sixth active coach to reach that mark, joining Jim Phelan, Bob Knight, Lefty Drissell, Jerry Tarkanian and Lou Henson. Coach Sutton was the eighth-fastest ever to 700 victories by games played (975), and with two more wins, will have the second-most wins ever through the first 32 seasons of a career behind Dean Smith, surpassing Bob Knight.
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) 700
4. Adolph Rupp, Kentucky (1931-52, 54-63) 686
5. Henry Iba, Oklahoma A&M (1930-61) 655
J?nz?n Earns Academic All-District Honors
Fredrik J?nz?n has been named to the District VI Academic All-America team, it was announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The district is comprised of universities in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. J?nz?n, who carries a 3.267 grade point average in international business, is joined on the District VI team by Donny Beacham, a sophomore at Texas-Arlington with a 3.65 GPA in information systems, Eric Channing, a senior at New Mexico State majoring in management with a 3.89 GPA, Omar-Seli Mance, a junior at Rice with a 3.298 in mathematics, and McEverett Powers, a senior at Texas-San Antonio majoring in information services with a 3.50 GPA.
OSU-Baylor: The Series
Oklahoma State leads the all-time series with Baylor, 37-11, including a 15-1 record in Stillwater. The Cowboys have won the last nine games vs. the Bears, and are 11-2 vs. BU since the Big 12 formed in 1996. Oklahoma State won 21 of the first 25 meetings between the two schools, dating back to 1917-18. During that span, the two teams played eight times in the All-College Classic. From 1958 until 1992, the series was tied, 5-5.
OSU-Baylor on Television
Oklahoma State's game Saturday night will be produced by ESPN Regional, part of the Big 12 Conference's television package. John Walters will handle the play-by-play duties, while Chris Piper will provide expert analysis. The game will be available on KOCB-TV 34 in Oklahoma City, Cox Cable Channel 11 in Stillwater, and KWHB-TV 7 in Tulsa.
Last Time Out For Baylor
John Lucas scored 19 points and Lawrence Roberts added 13, but Baylor could not overcome Oklahoma's hot shooting in the second half as the Bears lost to the Sooners, 65-54, Tuesday night. OU shot 53.8 percent from the floor in the second period and got 15 points each from Aaron McGhee, Holis Price and Ebi Ere. Roberts also had eight rebounds and five blocked shots. BU's bench scored just four points, all from Logan Kosmalski.
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 1943-46 14-27-27-31
99 1992-95 28-20-24-27
97 1948-51 27-23-18-29
96 1991-94 24-28-20-24
95 1951-54 29-19-23-24
92 1947-50 24-27-24-18
92 1998-2001 22-23-27-20
91 1999-2002 23-27-20-21*
* indicates active
Up Next: Missouri and Texas A&M
Oklahoma State will travel to Columbia, Mo., on Sunday for a game on Monday, Feb. 25, with the Missouri Tigers (18-9 overall, 7-6 Big 12). It will be OSU's first and only Big Monday game on ESPN. Game time is set for 8 p.m. The Cowboys will close out the regular season on Saturday, March 2, as OSU hosts the Texas A&M Aggies in a 7 p.m. game that will be televised by Cowboy Sports Properties.
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 seven games, he is averaging 9.6 points per game. He also had a career high with nine rebounds vs. Texas.
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 42 and blocked shots with 32. He is second in the Big 12 in field-goal percentage , connecting on 62.4 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 has stepped up his game. He is averaging 14.3 points per game over the last seven contests and 5.8 assists per game in the last five. Vic is second on the team in scoring with a 12.8 ppg average, and is also second on the team in free-throw percentage (.741). He has 110 assists, leading the team, and 61 turnovers, a 1.80 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 1,165 points in his four-year career, and needs 25 to move past Joe Adkins. Fred needs to average 10.7 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 707 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 63 and 57 consecutive games, respectively, for OSU, ranking fifth and eighth on the Cowboy consecutive starts list. J?nz?n will be unable to move up any, needing 14 to tie Bryant Reeve for fifth place. Sanders can move past Raymond Crenshaw for seventh place with three more starts.
OSU Post Players Host Block Party
Through 27 games, OSU has blocked 95 shots, and average of 3.5 swats per game. Ivan McFarlin leads the team with 32, while Andre Williams has 27. Antoine Broxsie has 15 blocked shots. Fredrik J?nz?n has 11, while Maurice Baker has five. Melvin Sanders has four 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 16 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 41 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 13th in the latest collegerpi.com ratings with a schedule-strength ranking of 26th. The Cowboys are 15th in the latest ratings by College Basketball News, with a schedule-strength ranking of 31st. OSU is 16th in the Sagarin RPI ratings with a schedule-strength ranking of 34th.
* Oklahoma State has shot over 50 percent eight times this season, but just twice in 2002. Both of those have come in the last two games.
* OSU has shot over 70 percent from the free-throw line just once in the last 12 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 15 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 270 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 63.7 points per game and field-goal percentage at 40.2 percent, and are second in three-point field goal percentage defense at 29.8 percent. The Cowboys are third in rebounding offense (40.5 rpg), rebounding defense (33.3 rpg) and rebounding margin (plus 7.2 rebounds per game). OSU is fourth in scoring margin (plus 9.2 points per game), as well as offensive rebounds (15.11per contest) and defensive rebounds (25.37).
