Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Face Panthers in All-College Classic
December 20, 2006 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State (11-1) vs. Pittsburgh (10-1)
Thursday, December 21, 2006 • 6 p.m. (CST)
Ford Center (18,500) • Oklahoma City, Okla.
Television — espn2
Play-by-Play • Ron Franklin
Analyst • Fran Fraschilla
Stillwater
Suddenlink Cable Ch. 32
Oklahoma City
Cox Communications Ch. 28
Tulsa
Cox Communications Ch. 26
Radio — Cowboy Sports Network
Dave Hunziker & Tom Dirato
Flagship Station — KSPI (93.7 FM)
SIRIUS Satellite Radio — Ch.107
internet — www.okstate.com
Cowboys face No. 7 Pittsburgh
• Coming off their first loss of the season, the Cowboys will face Pittsburgh Thursday night in the All-College Classic.
• OSU is 11-1 after a 79-77 setback by Tennessee in Nashville on Monday night.
• The Panthers are 10-1 and coming off their first loss of the season as well, an 89-75 loss at then No. 7-ranked Wisconsin.
• This will be the seventh meeting between these two schools on the hardwood with each team victorious in three of the previous six contests.
• The game will be televised nationally by espn2 with Ron Franklin handling the play-by-play duties and Fran Fraschilla providing color commentary.
Game Rewind Highlights
• Oklahoma State had four different players reach double figures, including a game-high 20 points by Mario Boggan, but the Cowboys could not overcome 23 turnovers in a 79-77 loss at Tennessee Monday night.
• The Vols’ Dane Bradshaw tipped in a missed shot by Ramar Smith with 1.9 seconds remaining.
• Inbounding the ball from underneath the UT basket, the Cowboys had an opportunity as Boggan just missed a three-point attempt from just outside the arc at the buzzer.
• OSU shot 54.5 percent while limiting the Vols’ to just under 42 percent shooting, including just 4-of-23 (17.4 percent) from beyond the three-point line.
• Tennessee scored 31 points off OSU turnovers and also had 26 second-chance points on 21 offensive rebounds.
• Cowboy Kenny Cooper had his best game of the season with 11 points and five rebounds in 18 minutes of play.
Streak Ended
• Oklahoma State started the season perfect through the first 11 games before falling to Tennessee Monday night.
• It marked just the fifth time in school history and the first time in five years that OSU had won its first 11 games of a season.
• It marked the fourth time since Sean Sutton came to OSU in 1990 that the Cowboys had 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 Among Nation’s Best
• With Oklahoma State’s loss on Monday night, there are only five unbeaten teams remaining.
• The Cowboys are one of 23 one-loss teams in the country.
• OSU is one of six 11-win teams nationally. Others are Clemson (11-0), Michigan (11-1), Wisconsin (11-1), Butler (11-1) and Air Force (11-1).
• Oklahoma State’s 91.7 winning percentage is the sixth-best mark in the country.
20-Point Productions
• Mario Boggan scored 20 points against Tennessee, giving OSU its 14th 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 nine 20-point games this season, while JamesOn 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 50 double-figure performances in 12 games this season, an average of more than four per game.
• Mario Boggan and JamesOn Curry have both reached double figures in all 12 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 12 games this season.
All-Time Series with the Panthers
• The all-time series between Oklahoma State and Pittsburgh on the basketball court is tied at 3-3.
• Thursday’s game in the Ford Center will mark the fifth-consecutive neutral site game in the series.
• OSU won the first meeting in Stillwater on Feb. 8, 1950, defeating the Panthers 43-34.
• Pitt rattled off three-straight wins within 13 months, including twice in the same season in 1988-89.
• The 11th-ranked Cowboys defeated the No. 24 Panthers 74-63 in the semifinals of the 1991 preseason NIT en route to a tournament championship.
• Oklahoma State won the most recent meeting in the Sweet 16 of the 2004 NCAA Tournament, a 63-51 win which preceded one of the biggest games in school history.
• The 12-point win was the largest margin of victory for the Cowboys in the series.
• OSU defeated Saint Joseph’s the next round and advanced to the Final Four.
• In the game with Pitt, Tony Allen was the only Cowboy in double figures with 23 points.
• The Cowboy defense was outstanding, limiting the Panthers to just 36 percent shooting, including just 3-of-17 from beyond the three-point arc.
• No current Cowboy played in the last meeting against Pittsburgh.
• Senior guard Antonio Graves is the only Panther that played in that game. He played just four minutes.
