Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys face Wildcats in Manhattan
February 03, 2006 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State (12-9, 2-5)
at Kansas State (12-6, 3-4)
Saturday, February 5, 2006 • 3:01 p.m.
Bramlage Coliseum [13,500] • Manhattan, Kan.
Television — ESPN Regional
Play-by-Play • Dave Armstrong
Analyst • Paul Splittorff
Stillwater
KOCB-WB TV-34
Cox Communications Ch. 11
Oklahoma City
KOCB-WB TV-34
Cox Communications Ch. 11
Tulsa
KJRH-NBC TV-2
Cox Communications Ch. 9
Radio — Cowboy Sports Network
Dave Hunziker & Tom Dirato
Flagship Station - KSPI 93.7 FM (Stillwater)
SIRIUS Satellite Radio — Channel 117
internet - www.okstate.com
Cowboys Face Wildcats
Oklahoma State travels to Manhattan, Kan., this weekend to face the Kansas State Wildcats. The Cowboys are 12-9 overall this season and 2-5 in Big 12 Conference action following a 59-57 loss to Nebraska Tuesday night in Stillwater. The Wildcats are 12-6 overall this season and 3-4 in league play following a 72-70 loss in overtime at Baylor Wednesday night. OSU is looking to break a four-game losing streak.
On Television
Saturday’s game will be broadcast live as part of the Big 12 Conference’s television package with ESPN Regional. Dave Armstrong will handle the play-by-play duties while Paul Splittorff will provide expert analysis. It is the fifth of seven ESPN Regional games for the Cowboys this season. The game will be aired on KOCB TV-34 in Oklahoma City and Stillwater. In Tulsa, the game will be on NBC affiliate KJRH Channel 2. The game will also be televised nationally as part of the ESPN FullCourt package.
Sutton’s 1,102nd Game
Saturday’s game at Kansas State will be Coach Eddie Sutton’s 1,102nd career game coached. That will tie him with Norm Stewart for the seventh-most games coached in Division I history. Sutton began his career in 1969 at Creighton with an 84-64 win over Wisconsin-Oshkosh and currently ranks eighth in most games coached all-time in NCAA history. The game against Oklahoma on Wednesday, Feb. 8, will be Coach Sutton’s 1,103rd career game. That will tie him with Henry Iba for the sixth-most games coached in NCAA Division I history.
About the Wildcats
Kansas State is 12-6 overall this season and 3-4 in league action. The Wildcats are 2-1 at home in Big 12 play and 11-1 overall. They defeated Texas A&M and Missouri but fell to Nebraska. K-State is led by junior wing Cartier Martin who is averaging 19.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Clent Stewart, a Broken Arrow, Okla., native, leads the Wildcats with 62 assists. As a team, KSU is shooting 45.9 percent from the floor, including 38.8 percent from long range. In conference play, Kansas State’s even on scoring average. Head Coach Jim Wooldridge is in his sixth season at KSU and has a 80-83 record at the school. His career record is 309-230 in his 19th season overall.
Series History with K-State
Kansas State leads the all-time series with Oklahoma State, 68-43, including a 32-13 mark in Manhattan. The Cowboys have won the last three meetings, including a 57-56 thriller two years ago in Bramlage Coliseum. Since the Big 12 formed, OSU is 8-1 against the Wildcats. That lone win came in Manhattan on Feb. 2, 2002, when K-State defeated Oklahoma State 70-61. Since Coach Eddie Sutton’s return to Stillwater, OSU is 19-5 vs. the ‘Cats. Coach is 19-12 all-time vs. Kansas State, including an 0-2 mark while at Creighton and a 1-5 record while at Arkansas.
Cowboys on a Four-Game Skid
Oklahoma State has lost its last four games, including two in overtime and three of the four by a combined six points. The last time OSU lost four-consecutive games was during the 1991-92 season. The Cowboys lost three of those four on the road — at Colorado, Iowa State and Missouri — sandwiched around a home loss to Oklahoma. That year, OSU finished with a 28-8 record and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
Miscellaneous Notes
• Four of Oklahoma State’s nine losses have come by two points, including two in overtime.
• Coach Eddie Sutton has used six different starting lineups this season. The most frequent lineup has been F Mario Boggan, C Kenny Cooper, G Byron Eaton, G Terrel Harris and G JamesOn Curry. That lineup has been used eight times.
• OSU’s 2-5 start to conference play is the worst at Oklahoma State since the last year of the Big Eight (1995-96), when the Cowboys began the league season at 1-6 through seven games. That year, OSU went on to win six of its final seven games and finish with a .500 conference record at 7-7.
• The two most glaring causes of OSU’s slide since conference play are turnovers (-3.57 turnover margin) and personal fouls (16 more fouls than the opponents). Those personal fouls have led to 21 more trips to the free-throw line for the Cowboys’ opposition. The perimeter defense is also lacking, allowing its first seven league opponents to shoot 39.5 percent from beyond the three-point arc.
In the NCAA Statistics
In the NCAA statistics released on Tuesday, Oklahoma State ranked fourth nationally in field goal percentage and was one of just eight schools shooting better than 50 percent. Mario Boggan ranked 12th in field-goal percentage for an individul at 61.4 percent, while Torre Johnson ranked 29th in the same category at 58.9 percent.
Cowboys in the Big 12 Statistics
Oklahoma State leads the Big 12 Conference in field goal shooting, connecting on 50 percent of its shots from the floor. The Cowboys are the only team in the league shooting 50 percent. OSU is second in the league in free throw percentage at 72.8 percent. OSU is second in rebounding defense, allowing just 29.3 rebounds per game. Individually, Mario Boggan is third in the league in field-goal percentage and fifth in free-throw percentage at 60.4 and 78.3 percent, respectively. Torre Johnson is fourth in field-goal percentage at 57.9 percent.
Up Next
Oklahoma State hosts the Oklahoma Sooners (14-4 overall, 5-2 Big 12) on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. in Gallagher-Iba Arena. That game will be televised by ESPN Regional. The Cowboys will then travel to College Station, Texas, to take on the Texas A&M Aggies (13-6, 3-5) on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 2:30 p.m. inside Reed Arena. The game will be televised by ABC.
