Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host Bulldogs Prior to Big 12 Conference Play
January 02, 2007 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State (13-1) vs. Southwestern State (10-0)
Tuesday, January 2, 2007 • 7 p.m. (CST)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) • Stillwater, Okla.
Radio — Cowboy Sports Network
Dave Hunziker & Tom Dirato
Flagship Station — KSPI (93.7 FM)
internet — www.okstate.com
Cowboys host Bulldogs
• Oklahoma State plays its final non-conference game of the regular season on Tuesday night as the Cowboys host Southwestern Oklahoma State.
• OSU is 13-1 this season and coming off an 84-47 win over Texas-San Antonio on Saturday night.
• The Bulldogs are 10-0 this season and defeated Southwestern Christian 138-67 on Dec. 20.
• SWOSU is an NCAA Division II school located in Weatherford, Okla.
• The Bulldogs lead the all-time series with Oklahoma State 6-4, although the two teams have not met on the hardwood in nearly 70 years.
• The last meeting between these two schools came in December of 1938, when then Oklahoma A&M College defeated Southwestern State 38-17 in the All-College Classic in Oklahoma City.
Game Rewind Highlights
• JamesOn Curry scored 24 points and surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career as the Cowboys defeated UT-San Antonio 84-47 Saturday night inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• Mario Boggan added a double-double for OSU with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
• Sophomores Terrel Harris and Kenny Cooper each added 15 points for the Cowboys.
• Cooper’s 15 points marked a career high as did his eight rebounds.
• Oklahoma State shot 55 percent from the floor while limiting the Roadrunners to under 39 percent.
• The Cowboys also outrebounded UTSA by 18, 39-21.
• OSU forced 21 turnovers and converted those miscues into 30 points.
• The Roadrunners set several season lows by a Cowboy opponent this season: points (47), rebounds (21), assists (six), and three-point field-goal percentage (1-of-10 — 10 percent).
• Oklahoma State is now 136-2 in non-conference home games over the last 20 seasons.
Oklahoma State Among Nation’s Best
• Oklahoma State is one of 11 teams with 13 or more victories so far this season nationally.
• Others are: Clemson (14-0), Wisconsin (14-1), UCLA and Oregon (13-0), Air Force and Butler (13-1), Marquette, Maryland, Michigan State and UNLV (13-2).
• Oklahoma State’s 92.9 winning percentage is the fifth-best mark in the country.
• When combined with the Cowgirl Basketball program, Oklahoma State as a whole is sporting a 24-2 record.
• That ranks as the fourth-best combined record in the country.
20-Point Productions
• JamesOn Curry scored a game-high 24 points against UT-San Antonio, giving OSU its 17th 20-point performance this 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 had 14 20-point outings all season long.
• Mario Boggan has 10 20-point games this season, while Curry now has six. Terrel Harris had his first of the season with 20 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Balanced Attack
• Oklahoma State has had 59 double-figure performances in 14 games this season.
• Mario Boggan and JamesOn Curry have both reached double figures in all 14 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 six different games this season: Florida Atlantic, Sam Houston State, Missouri State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Pepperdine and Pittsburgh.
• Oklahoma State has had at least three double-figure scorers in all 14 games this season.
All-Time Series with the Bulldogs
• Oklahoma State is 4-6 all-time against Southwestern Oklahoma State, although the last game in the series was nearly 70 years ago in December of 1938.
• In that game, the Oklahoma A&M Aggies led 10-9 after the first 10 minutes, but took a 27-12 lead into the lockerroom and limited the Bulldogs to just five points after intermission.
• Jesse “Cab” Renick led all scorers with 10 points while Southwestern Teachers was led by Losey Witherspoon with nine.
• Ten different Aggies scored in the game.
