Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Saddle Up For Cyclones
April 09, 2003 | Cowboy Basketball
Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes F 23 Ivan McFarlin 6-8 220 So. 10.2 7.6 Four-straight double-figure rebounding games F 34 Melvin Sanders 6-5 220 Jr. 8.5 3.3 Started 45-consecutive games for the Cowboys C 12 Fredrik Jonzen 6-10 241 Sr. 12.0 7.4 Three double-doubles this season G 1 Maurice Baker 6-1 183 Sr. 17.2 7.0 Returned to lineup after not starting UT game G 5 Victor Williams 5-10 185 Jr. 13.4 3.7^ Double-figure scoring in 10 games this season
Iowa State's Probable Starters
Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG F 50 Marcus Jefferson 6-5 195 So. 10.7 5.2 F 51 Jared Homan 6-9 240 Fr. 3.2 3.1 C 34 Tyray Pearson 6-7 210 Sr. 19.1 8.1 G 0 Jake Sullivan 6-1 190 So. 16.4 2.0 G 21 Shane Power 6-5 210 So. 13.4 4.8 ^ denotes assists per game
Saturday's Game Oklahoma State travels to Ames, Iowa, this weekend to face the Iowa State Cyclones in a 4 p.m. game on Saturday. OSU is 14-1 overall and 1-1 in Big 12 Conference action after a 68-57 win over Baylor on Tuesday night in Waco. Iowa State is 9-7 overall and 1-1 in league play after Wednesday night's 71-67 victory over Missouri in Ames. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
Last Time Out For Oklahoma State Oklahoma State had four players score in double figures and the Cowboys limited trigger-happy Baylor to just 5-of-21 from beyond the three-point arc as OSU defeated the Bears, 68-57, in the Ferrell Center. Melvin Sanders led all scorers with 15 points, followed by Victor Williams with 13, Maurice Baker with 12 and Fredrik Jönzén with 11. Ivan McFarlin led all players with 10 rebounds, his fourth-straight double-figure rebounding game. Baker played 37 minutes after being limited to just 11 vs. Texas due to a strained groin and abdomen muscle. Oklahoma State outscored Baylor, 43-28, in the second period after trailing by four, 29-25, at halftime. BU shot 52.2 percent in the first period, but just 33.3 percent in the second stanza. OSU shot nearly 58 percent from the floor in the second half, and outrebounded the Bears, 41-27.
OSU-Iowa State on Television Saturday's game in Ames will be televised nationally on ESPN. Ron Franklin will handle the play-by-play duties while Jon Sundvold will provide color analysis. Jay Kutlow is the producer for the game.
Last Time Out For Iowa State ISU got 28 points from Tyray Pearson and 20 more from Jake Sullivan as the Cyclones defeated Missouri, 71-67, Wednesday night in Ames. Kareem Rush scored 29 for the Tigers on 12-of-20 shooting, but the rest of his teammates shot just 34.2 percent from the floor. Iowa State shot 51.8 percent, and had just seven turnovers in the game while forcing MU into 13. The Cyclones played just seven players as Pearson, Sullivan and Shane Power all played the entire game. ISU shot 63 percent in the second half, outscoring Mizzou, 45-38, in that period.
OSU-Iowa State: The Series After 100 games between Oklahoma State and Iowa State, the series is deadlocked at 50-50. In Ames, the Cyclones have dominated with a 31-11 record vs. the Cowboys. OSU has won 12 of the last 15 meetings, including an 88-80 victory in overtime last season. ISU won the last meeting in Ames, 72-61, on Feb. 26, 2000.
Up Next: Kansas and Texas Tech Oklahoma State returns home for a regionally-televised contest with top-ranked Kansas (13-1 overall, 2-0 Big 12) on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 8 p.m. in Gallagher-Iba Arena. On Saturday, Jan. 19, the Cowboys will travel to Lubbock, Texas, to face the Texas Tech Red Raiders (13-1, 2-0) and Coach Bob Knight in a 1 p.m., nationally-televised game on CBS.
Last Time vs. Iowa State OSU took control in overtime after a seesaw second half to win on the night of the official dedication of Gallagher-Iba Arena. Trailing 40-39 just under three minutes into the second half, the Cowboys marched out to a 52-43 lead after a run sparked by Victor Williams' two baskets and one assist. But the Cyclones came back to take a 55-54 lead at the 10-minute mark, only to see OSU take charge again to lead 66-57 with three minutes to play. Again, though, ISU came back, and when Tinsley's three-pointer bounced high off the rim and then dropped through the ring with 0.3 seconds left, the game went to overtime. OSU scored the first six points in the extra session, though, and although OSU hit just 9-of-18 charity tosses in overtime, the Cowboys hung on for their 11th-consecutive home victory over the Cyclones, knotting the all-time series after 100 meetings. Baker and Jönzén tied career scoring highs, and Baker recorded his second double-double in three games. Victor Williams tied a season high with 20 points. The Cowboys tied a season low with 14 turnovers. Andre Williams tied a career high with four blocked shots. For only the second time in 292 games, OSU failed to hit a three-point shot. OSU recorded a season high in free-throw attempts for the third-straight game and hit a season-high 28 charities.
Last Time in Ames Marcus Fizer scored 29 points and Michael Nurse hit five three pointers as No. 17 Iowa State defeated No. 10 Oklahoma State, 72-61. OSU was leading the conference in scoring defense at 61 points a game, but Iowa State topped that figure with 8:47 to play and the Cowboys couldn't handle the combination of Fizer, Nurse and the inside play of Stevie Johnson, who had 12 points and seven rebounds. Iowa State also played outstanding defense on Desmond Mason, the Cowboys' leading scorer. Mason, guarded by Kantrail Horton, scored just eight points on 2-of-11 shooting. He had been averaging 18.6 and was coming off a 25-point game at Missouri. Joe Adkins led Oklahoma State with 14 points and Glendon Alexander scored 13. Leading 37-31 at halftime, Iowa State began the second half with a 12-2 run that included two treys by Nurse and was in control from then on. Tinsley's 3-pointer and Horton's two free throws gave Iowa State a 58-37 lead with 12:25 to play, and the Cyclones ran an effective four-corners offense down the stretch. Iowa State led 72-53 with a little more than a minute remaining before Oklahoma State scored the final eight points.
Cowboy Noteworthy * Oklahoma State ranks in the top seven in all three major ratings percentage indices. The Cowboys are third behind Cincinnati and Duke in the Sagarin ratings, and seventh in both collegerpi.com and the College Basketball News RPI ratings, behind Kansas, Arizona, Duke, Cincinnati, Georgia and Wake Forest.
* Oklahoma State's 13-0 start to the season was the third-best in school history. The 1991-92 Cowboys started the year off 20-0, while the Aggies of 1950-51 began the year with 16 wins before a loss.
* Oklahoma State is one of eight schools to have already won 14 games this season. Pittsburgh leads the pack at 15-1, while Oklahoma State, Cincinnati and Butler are 14-1, and Syracuse, Mississippi State Miami (Fla.) and Alabama are 14-2.
Cowboys In The Polls Oklahoma State is currently ranked sixth in both the Associated Press poll and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The Cowboys dropped a spot after falling to Texas last week. OSU's No. 5 ranking over the last two weeks is 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. Four of Oklahoma State's opponents this season are ranked in the top 25 of both polls (Kansas, Oklahoma, Cincinnati and Missouri), while five more are receiving votes in at least one of the polls. Here is a look at where OSU has ranked in each poll this season:
Date Pre N12 N19 N26 D3 D10 D17 D24 D31 J7 AP 18th 18th 15th 14th 10th 8th 6th 5th 5th 6th ESPN 18th 18th 16th 12th 10th 9th 6th 5th 5th 6th
Baker Nearing Top 30 All-Time With 12 points vs. Baylor Tuesday night, Maurice Baker has 851 points in his career at Oklahoma State. He surpassed Mark Tucker for 32nd on the all-time list, and needs just three points to move past Joe Smith into 31st place. He needs just 38 points to move past James King's 888 and into the top 30 all-time. If he does so, he will be just the third player in the top 30 with just two years in a Cowboy uniform, joining current Director of Basketball Operations Brooks Thompson (996 points in 1993-94) and Ed Odom (945 points in 1979-80).
Baker Among Top Rebounding Guards Through the efforts of STATS, Inc., it has been determined that Maurice Baker is one of the top rebounding guards in the country. The 6-1 senior is averaging seven rebounds per contest, the second-best average in the nation behind 6-2 Ryan Sidney of Boston College, who is averaging 7.4 boards per game. Here is a look at the top-10 rebounding players in the country that are 6-2 or shorter:
Name, Team height RPG 1. Ryan Sidney, Boston College 6-2 7.4 2. Maurice Baker, Oklahoma State 6-1 7.0 3. T.R. Reed, Birmingham Southern 6-0 6.7 4. Tyrone Tiggs, Oral Roberts 6-1 6.1 5. Marlon Parmer, New Mexico 6-2 5.9 6. Brennon Clemmons, Nebraska 6-2 5.8 7. Chester Mason, Miami (Ohio) 6-2 5.8 8. Domonic Jones, Virginia Commonwealth 6-1 5.5 9. T.J. Ford, Texas 5-11 5.2 10. Derek Robinson, Western Kentucky 6-1 5.2
Jönzén, Sanders Consistently in the Starting Lineup Senior Fredrik Jönzén and junior Melvin Sanders have started 51 and 45 consecutive games for OSU, respectively, ranking eighth and 11th on the Cowboy consecutive starts list. Jönzén needs six more to move past Brett Robisch (56) for seventh, while Sanders needs three more to surpass Matt Clark (47) for 10th on the list.
Gadson Coming On Strong Junior college transfer Cheyne Gadson was hampered by knee surgery in the preseason, but the point guard is getting stronger every game. His playing time is up to nearly 19 minutes per game. He is averaging 5.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. He also has 38 assists, an average of 2.5 per game. He started the New Orleans game and vs. Texas at guard, and will see more action with Maurice Baker injured.
Victor Williams Showing Leadership Qualities With fellow starting guard Maurice Baker hampered by injury, 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 11 double-figure scoring games this season. Vic is second on the team in scoring with a 13.4 ppg average, and is also second on the team in free-throw percentage (.833) and three-point percentage (.397). He has 56 assists, leading the team, and 30 turnovers, a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio.
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. In his first season with the Cowboys (he was a partial qualifier last season), he has nine double-figure scoring games with a season-high of 19 points. 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 currently has four-straight double-figure rebounding games. In the first exhibition game of the season, I-Mac had 20 rebounds, including 10 on each end of the court. He is second on the team in steals with 24 and is also second on the team with his 15 blocked shots. He is fifth in the Big 12 Conference in field-goal shooting, connecting on 57.3 percent of his shots.
OSU in the Big 12 Statistics Oklahoma State leads the Big 12 Conference in every defensive statistical category. The Cowboys are first in scoring defense (59.9 ppg), field-goal percentage defense (37.1 percent) and three-point field-goal defense (26.0 percent). OSU is second in the Big 12 in scoring margin, outscoring its opponents by an average of 18.1 points per contest, trailing Oklahoma which has a 21.4 scoring margin average. Oklahoma State (42.4 rpg) is third in rebounding offense, fourth in rebounding defense (33.3), and third in rebounding margin (+9.1). The Cowboys are fifth in steals, averaging 8.13 thefts per contest.
Jönzén Moving Up Scoring Chart With 12 points vs. Ball State, senior center Fredrik Jönzén became just the 23rd player in school history to record 1,000 points in their career. He now has 1,022 points, surpassing K.C. Kincaide, who had 1,021 in his career. Fred is just 11 points from surpassing Royce Jeffries for 21st place on the career scoring chart. He needs 91 points to move past Richard Dumas, who had 1,112 from 1988-90.
Jönzén Surpasses 600 Career Rebounds Senior center Fredrik Jönzén moved into ninth-place on the career rebounding chart with his seven vs. Northwestern State. He now has 643 in his four years at OSU. He is just the 10th player in school history to record 600 boards in a career. With his 1,022 points, he is the eighth player in school history to record 1,000 points and 600 rebounds in a career.
OSU Post Players Host Block Party Through the first 15 games, OSU has blocked 59 shots, and average of nearly four swats a game. Andre Williams leads the team with 18, followed by Ivan McFarlin with 15 and Antoine Broxsie with 13 blocked shots. Fredrik Jönzén has seven, while Maurice Baker has three. Melvin Sanders has two and Jack Marlow has one. Williams had four vs. Cincinnati, three vs. Northwestern State and three more vs. Texas, while Broxsie had three vs. TCU, New Orleans and Northwestern State. McFarlin had three vs. North Texas and Ball State.
Andre Williams Fifth on All-Time Blocked Shots Chart Oklahoma State junior Andre Williams recorded four blocks in the first game of the seeason vs. Cincinnati, and 18 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, and also owns the all-time career blocked-shots record with 223. Andre has had five multiple-block games this season, including three vs. Northwestern State and Texas.
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 263 at Oklahoma State. Connecticut's Jim Calhoun had 349 wins entering the season at UConn, and had 248 victories at Northeastern. Lou Henson of New Mexico State had 423 wins at Illinois and has 232 prior to this season at NMSU.
