Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys host Bears on Eddie Sutton Court
January 21, 2005 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State (13-2, 3-1)
vs. Baylor (9-5, 1-2 Big 12)
Saturday, January 22, 2005 • 12:47 p.m.
Gallagher-Iba Arena/Eddie Sutton Court [13,611]
Stillwater, Okla.
Cowboys host Bears
Oklahoma State will host the Baylor Bears on Saturday, Jan. 22, inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. Tipoff is set for 12:47 p.m., and the game will be televised by ESPN Regional. It will be the first game played on the newly named Eddie Sutton Court, an honor bestowed upon Coach Sutton following last Saturday’s win over Iowa State. The Cowboys are 13-2 overall and 3-1 in Big 12 Conference action after a 75-61 loss at Texas last Monday night. Baylor is 9-5 overall, 1-2 in league play after a 67-59 victory over Colorado in Waco Wednesday night. OSU owns the all-time series with Baylor, 41-12, including a 17-2 mark in Stillwater.
Last game
Oklahoma State was held to just 38.1 percent shooting, its lowest production of the season, and Texas went on a 15-0 run late in the first half as the Longhorns handed the Cowboys their first league loss of the season, 75-61, in Austin. Ivan McFarlin scored 19 points and grabbed nine boards, but he was the only post player remaining for the final eight minutes. Both Joey Graham and Terrence Crawford fouled out midway through the second period, leaving the Pokes with a small lineup. OSU led, 24-23, with 6:36 remaining in the first half before the ‘Horns rolled off 15 straight points to take a 38-24 lead one minute before halftime. The Cowboys held Texas scoreless for the first six minutes of the second half, cutting the lead to two at 39-37. However, UT scored eight straight and OSU never got closer than five the rest of the way. Daniel Gibson, the Longhorns’ freshman point guard, scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. The Pokes made just nine trips to the free-throw line, compared to 28 by UT. OSU committed nearly twice as many fouls, 29-15.
Sutton ranks seventh all-time
With last Saturday’s win over Iowa State, Coach Eddie Sutton surpassed his mentor, Henry Iba, for seventh place on the all-time career victories list. Sutton played for Mr. Iba from 1956-59, and was an assistant for the Iron Duke one season. Coach Sutton is 768-294 in his 35 year career at the Division I level. Mr. Iba was 767-338 in his 41 year career as a Division I coach at Northwest Missouri State, Colorado and what was then Oklahoma A&M. His career spanned six decades, from 1929-70.
Eddie Sutton Court
Oklahoma State officials announced immediately following the Iowa State game that the floor inside Gallagher-Iba Arena would from now on be known as Eddie Sutton Court. The floor, made of white maple, is the court that was originally installed in the arena in 1938. The arena was named Gallagher Hall after famed OSU wrestling coach Ed Gallagher. The Board of Regents renamed the arena in 1987 to include that of Mr. Iba. The entire facility is known as the OSU Athletics Center, while the basketball arena is known as Gallagher-Iba Arena. The court is called Eddie Sutton Court.
OSU-Baylor on television
OSU’s game against Baylor will be televised by ESPN Regional. Dave Armstrong will handle the play-by-play duties, while Matt Doherty will provide expert analysis. The game can be seen in Oklahoma City on KOCB and in Tulsa on KJRH. It will also be broadcast in Dallas-Ft. Worth (KFWD), Houston (KNWS), Denver (KWHD) and New York (YES network). It will mark OSU’s second appearance of the season on ESPN Regional, and the 12th Cowboy game televised this season. The second game of the doubleheader will be Nebraska vs. Missouri.
Series vs. the Bears
Oklahoma State leads the all-time series with Baylor, 41-12, including a 17-2 mark in Stillwater. OSU has won the last two meetings, and 13 of the last 14. The Bears defeated the Cowboys, 74-72, on Feb. 15, 2003, inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. BU’s only other win in Stillwater was Jan. 5, 1972. Oklahoma State is 15-3 vs. Baylor since the Big 12 formed in 1997, and 16-3 in the Eddie Sutton era. Of the Bears’ three wins over OSU in Big 12 play, all three have been by fewer than three points. Meanwhile, the Cowboys’ 15 victories have been by an average of more than 15-1/2 points per win.
Miscellaneous Notes
All 13 of OSU’s wins this season have come by double figures. The lowest margin of victory for OSU is 10, in each of the last three wins ... The Pokes are averaging 6.5 three-pointers per game, the most by an OSU squad since 1998-99, when that squad averaged 6.8 treys per contest. In fact, the Cowboys’ current average ranks as the third best in school history (the 1994 squad averaged 7.6 threes per game) ... This year’s Cowboys have 16 20-point games between them through 15 contests. Last year’s squad had only four at this point in the year ... Oklahoma State is averaging 11,679 fans per game through eight games this season. This is an actual turnstile count, as most Cowboy games are sold out.
Down the road
It’s Bedlam Basketball on Big Monday next up for OSU as the Cowboys travel to Norman, Okla., to face the Oklahoma Sooners (14-2, 3-0). Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. Monday night. OSU will then have six days off before traveling to Boulder, Colo., to take on the Colorado Buffaloes (8-7, 0-4) on Sunday, Jan. 30. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. CT, and will be televised by ESPN Regional.
