Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Travel to Nashville to Face Tennessee
December 15, 2006 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State (11-0) vs. Tennessee (7-2)
Monday, December 18, 2006 • 6 p.m. (CST)
Gaylord Entertainment Center (18,500) • Nashville, Tenn.
Radio — Cowboy Sports Network
Dave Hunziker & Tom Dirato
Flagship Station — KSPI (93.7 FM)
SIRIUS Satellite Radio — Ch.147
internet — www.okstate.com
Television — espn2
Play-by-Play • Brad Nessler
Analyst • Jimmy Dykes
Stillwater
Suddenlink Cable Ch. 32
Oklahoma City
Cox Communications Ch. 28
Tulsa
Cox Communications Ch. 26
Cowboys face Tennessee
• After a week off for finals, Oklahoma State returns to the court for a semi-neutral game with the Tennessee Volunteers.
• The game will be played at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tenn., approximately three hours west of Knoxville.
• OSU is 11-0 this season and currently ranked No. 15 in the Associated Press poll and No. 17 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
• The Volunteers are 7-2 overall and receiving votes in both polls. They play Western Kentucky at home on Saturday afternoon.
• The game will be televised nationally by espn2 with Brad Nessler handling the play-by-play duties and Jimmy Dykes providing color commentary.
Game Rewind Highlights
• Mario Boggan scored a game-high 24 points and was named the Most Valuable Player of the San Diego SLAM as the Cowboys defeated Ball State 75-56 in San Diego State’s Cox Arena.
• JamesOn Curry added 13 points while David Monds and Terrel Harris both scored 10 points each.
• The Cowboys shot 50 percent from the field for the fourth-straight game while limiting the Cardinals to just 38 percent, including just 1-of-7 from beyond the arc.
• OSU committed just 13 turnovers in the game while forcing 17 by Ball State.
• The Cowboys shot 10-of-22 from beyond the three-point arc, good for 46 percent. They also outrebounded the Cardinals, 31-28.
Perfect Through 11
• Oklahoma State has started a season perfect through the first 11 games of the season for just the fifth time in school history.
• It is the first time in five years for OSU to win its first 11.
• It is the fourth time since Sean Sutton came to OSU in 1990 that the Cowboys have won their first 11 games.
• OSU was 20-0 to start the 1991-92 season. The Aggies of 1950-51 went 16-0 to start the year. The Cowboys were 13-0 to start the 2001-02 season and 11-0 to begin the 1997-98 year.
Cowboys Undefeated
• Oklahoma State is one of just eight teams remaining that are still undefeated as of Friday.
• Clemson and Pittsburgh are both 10-0. Pittsburgh plays at No. 7 Wisconsin on Saturday. Clemson doesn’t play until next Tuesday.
• Connecticut, Oregon and UCLA are 8-0.
• Southern Mississippi and Wichita State are both 7-0.
20-Point Productions
• Mario Boggan scored 24 points against Ball State in the Cowboys’ last outing, giving OSU its 13th 20-point performance of the season.
• OSU didn’t have a 20-point performer last season until the ninth game, when Curry scored 30 points against Mercer.
• Last year, the Cowboys didn’t have their second 20-point scorer until the 13th game.
• Boggan has eight 20-point games this season, while Curry has four. Terrel Harris had his first of the season with 20 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Balanced Attack
• Oklahoma State has had 46 double-figure performances in 11 games this season, an average of more than four per game.
• Mario Boggan and JamesOn Curry have both reached double figures in all 11 games.
• Freshman Obi Muonelo missed his first game of reaching double figures against Ball State. He sits at 10.
• OSU has had five double-figure scorers in five different games this season: Florida Atlantic, Sam Houston State, Missouri State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Pepperdine.
• Oklahoma State has had at least three double-figure scorers in all 11 games this season.
Series with the Volunteers
• Oklahoma State’s first-ever meeting with Tennessee on the hardwood came on Dec. 22 of last year.
• The Cowboys defeated the No. 23 ranked Volunteers 89-73 in the All-College Classic in Oklahoma City.
• OSU had four players score in double figures, led Byron Eaton and JamesOn Curry who each had 16 points.
• David Monds was named the MVP of the Pete Maravich game with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
• Mario Boggan added 14 points for Oklahoma State.
• The Cowboys shot 63 percent as a team while limiting Tennessee to just 42.6 percent shooting.
• OSU also outrebounded the Volunteers 38-25.
• Tennessee was led by Chris Lofton who scored 21 points.
Sutton’s Start Historic
• Coach Sean Sutton has won the first 11 games of his career, the most by a Cowboy head coach to start his Division I career in school history.
• In fact, Sean is the first OSU coach to win his first five games. Three other coaches won their first four, but he is the first to win five or more.
• Only 20 coaches have begun their Division I careers with 10 or more wins before their first loss.
• Sean’s streak of 11 wins to start his career currently ranks tied for 11th in NCAA Division I history.
• It is the fifth-longest streak in the last half-century behind Bill Hodges (33), Jamie Dixon (18), Bill Guthridge (17) and Todd Lickliter (13).
Oklahoma State Returns to Polls
• Oklahoma State is ranked 15th in the most recent Associated Press poll and 17th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
• The Cowboys moved up seven spots from 22nd last week to 15th this week.
• It is the second-largest leap for OSU in the Associated Press poll in school history.
• The Pokes moved from 24th on Jan. 14, 2003, to 13th on Jan. 21, 2003, a jump of 11 spots.
• It marks the first return of the Cowboys’ to the polls since the end of the 2004-05 season.
• During that string, OSU was ranked for 28 consecutive weeks in the AP poll, the second-longest streak in school history.
• Oklahoma State plays five games this season against teams curently ranked in one of the top-25 polls: No. 2/2 Pittsburgh (in the All-College Classic), No. 11/12 Kansas (in Lawrence), No. 13/13 Texas A&M (in Stillwater and in College Station), and No. 23/NR Syracuse (won 72-68 in the Jimmy V Classic).
• Four other opponents (Missouri, Missouri State, Texas, Tennessee) are receiving votes in one of the polls.
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