Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Face Aggies in College Station
January 22, 2007 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State (16-2, 2-1) at Texas A&M (15-2, 3-0)
Saturday, January 20, 2007 • 7 p.m.
Reed Arena (12,500) • College Station, Texas
Radio — Cowboy Sports Network
Dave Hunziker & Tom Dirato
Flagship Station — KSPI (93.7 FM)
SIRIUS Satellite Radio — Ch. 110
internet — www.okstate.com
Television — ESPN Regional
Play-by-Play • Dave Armstrong
Analyst • Stacey King
Oklahoma City
KOCB-WB TV-34
Cox Communications Ch. 11
Tulsa
KJRH-NBC TV-2
Cox Communications Ch. 9
Stillwater
KOCB-WB TV-34
SuddenLink Ch. 11
Cowboys Face Aggies
• No. 12 Oklahoma State travels to College Station, Texas, this weekend to face the eighth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday at 7 p.m.
• OSU is 16-2 overall this season and 2-1 in league action after a thrilling 105-103 triple-overtime win over Texas on Tuesday night.
• The Aggies are 15-2 overall, 3-0 in Big 12 play and coming off an 87-69 win at Colorado last Saturday.
• The game will be televised by ESPN Regional with Dave Armstrong handling play-by-play and Stacey King providing expert analysis.
• Oklahoms State is 6-0 this season against teams from the state of Texas and has won its last nine against teams from the Lone Star State. The last time OSU lost to a Texas squad was last year’s loss at College Station.
Cowboys Against Ranked Opponents
• Oklahoma State is 12-11 against top-10 teams over the past six seasons and has won 11 of the last 20 vs. top-10 opponents. The Cowboys are 0-7 vs. top-10 teams on the road over the last six seasons.
• OSU is 21-20 vs. top-25 teams since the 2001-02 season. The Pokes are 1-10 vs. top-25 teams on the road in that same time span. The only win came at Texas on Jan. 24, 2004 (a 72-67 victory over the No. 16 Longhorns).
• The last time Oklahoma State defeated a top-10 team on the road was Jan. 2, 1958, when 14th-ranked Oklahoma A&M defeated No. 2-ranked Kansas 52-50 in overtime in Lawrence.
• That’s a span of 35 consecutive losses against top-10 teams on the road.
OSU wins 3OT Thriller
• In one of the most exciting college basketball games of the season, Oklahoma State pulled off an amazing 105-103 victory in triple overtime over the Texas Longhorns inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• Mario Boggan dueled freshman phenom Kevin Durant to a draw, garnering honors only because his team won.
• The Cowboy senior scored a career-high 37 points and grabbed a career-best 20 rebounds. Durant had 37 points and 12 rebounds.
• Despite fouling out at the 6:38 mark, Marcus Dove held Durant to just 16 points in the first 33-1/2 minutes.
• JamesOn Curry scored 28 points and grabbed nine rebounds while Terrel Harris scored 16 and Byron Eaton added 11 for the Cowboys.
• Eaton also had what will surely be an ESPY nominee with his three-pointer falling out of bounds as the shot clock expired.
More on the Instant Classic
• Tuesday night’s game was named an Instant Classic by ESPN and was replayed on ESPN Classic Thursday afternoon.
• The game featured 15 ties and 16 lead changes.
• OSU is now 35-3 all-time when scoring at least 100 points.
• The Cowboys and their opponent both scored 100 points for the first time since Nov. 26, 1993, when OSU defeated Providence 113-102 in a single-overtime matchup at the Mabee Center in Tulsa.
• The Texas game was just the fifth contest in OSU history when both teams scored 100 or more points. The Cowboys are now 2-3 in those types of games.
• Oklahoma State is now 2-17 when allowing 100 points or more.
Boggan Hits the Boards
• Mario Boggan became just the fifth player in school history grab 20 rebounds in a single game, joining Any Hopson, James King, Bryant Reeves and Ed Youman.
• Hopson is the only player to have done it more than once. He grabbed 20 or more rebounds in a single game 10 times, including a school-record 27 vs. Missouri on Jan. 30, 1973.
• Boggan became just the second Cowboy since the 1977-78 season to grab 20 rebounds in a single game. Bryant Reeves recorded 20 vs. Kansas on Feb. 6, 1995.
• It is just the third time in school history that a player has scored at least 30 points and grabbed at least 20 rebounds. Reeves scored 33 in his game against Kansas, and James King was the first Cowboy in school history to record 20 rebounds in a game when he also scored 31 against LSU on Dec. 23, 1963.
• Boggan became just the eighth member of the Big 12’s “20-20 Club” and is the first player in league history to record 30 points and 20 rebounds in the same game.
• Texas’ Brad Buckman was the closest to come to the feat, recording 27 points and 21 rebounds at Colorado on Feb. 8, 2005.
Boggan’s Career High
• Mario Boggan scored a career-high 37 points against Texas, tying for the eighth most in school history. He tied Leroy Combs, who scored 37 against Oklahoma on Feb. 24, 1981.
• Boggan’s 37 points were the most since Randy Rutherford scored 45 vs. Kansas on March 5, 1995.
• Boggan also became just the 10th Cowboy in school history to record three or more 30-point games. Teammate JamesOn Curry was the ninth.
• It was the 84th 30-point game in school history.
OSU in OT Games
• Tuesday’s game was the 103rd overtime contest in school history. OSU is 59-44 in extra-period games.
• Oklahoma State is now 31-11 in overtime games at home and 11-6 in multiple overtime games.
• It was the first triple-overtime game for an OSU squad since Feb. 5, 1983, when it took the Cowboys four overtime periods to defeat Colorado 96-91 in Boulder.
• It marked Oklahoma State’s third overtime game of the season, tying for the fourth-most in a single-season in school history.
• OSU has now played six overtime periods this season. That total ranks as the third-most in school history.
• The Cowboys are 3-0 in their overtime games this season. OSU has finished a season undefeated in OT games just twice in school history. In 1964-65, OSU was 4-0 in overtime contests. In 1982-83, the Pokes finished 3-0.
OSU Among Nation’s Best
• As of Thursday, Oklahoma State is one of just 13 teams with 16 or more wins.
• The Cowboys are also one of just 13 teams with two or fewer losses.
• Four teams nationally remain with just one blemish on their record this season.
• Oklahoma State’s 16-2 mark, an 88.9 winning percentage, is tied for the eighth-best mark in the country.
• Texas A&M is 13th at 15-2.
Cowboys in the NCAA Statistics
• OSU ranks ninth in field-goal shooting at 50.2 percent.
• The Cowboys are 12th in scoring offense, averaging 83.2 points per game.
• The Pokes are 18th in free-throw shooting at 75 percent.
• OSU is 27th in scoring margin, averaging 13.9 more points per game than its opponent.
• Individually, Mario Boggan is 15th nationally in scoring at 21.1 points per game while JamesOn Curry is 52nd, averaging 18.5 points per contest.
• Boggan is 30th in field-goal shooting at 59.7 percent. He is the only player in the top-30 that has more than 200 attempts.
• Terrel Harris ranks 54th nationally in free-throw shooting at 85.7 percent.
• Curry is 62nd in three-point shooting at 42.1 percent and 92nd in three-pointers made per game at 2.6 treys per game.
• Harris is 97th in steals , averaging 1.9 thefts per game.
• Curry is 95th in assists, dishing out 4.6 assists per contest.
Oklahoma State in the Polls
• Oklahoma State is ranked 12th in the most recent Associated Press poll and 14th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
• This season, the Cowboys returned to the top 10 for the first time since the final poll of the 2004-05 season when OSU was ranked sixth in the final AP poll and eighth in the final Coaches poll.
• Oklahoma State plays seven games this season against teams currently ranked in at least one of the top-25 polls: No. 5/5 Kansas (lost in Lawrence), No. 6/6 Pittsburgh (won 95-89 in double overtime in the All-College Classic in Oklahoma City), No. 8/8 Texas A&M (Saturday in College Station; Feb. 21 in Stillwater), No. 21/23 Texas (won in Stillwater and Feb. 12 in Austin), and No. 22/24 Tennessee (lost 79-77 in Nashville).
• Two other opponents (Missouri State and Syracuse) are receiving votes in both polls.
OSU in the RPI
• As of Thursday, Oklahoma State ranked No. 8 in the ratings percentage index according to rpiratings.com.
• Other Big 12 schools in the top 30 included No. 16 Kansas and No. 26 Texas A&M.
• The Cowboys are 5-2 vs. the top 100, including wins over No. 3 Pittsburgh and No. 14 Missouri State.
