Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host Cyclones on Saturday Night
January 26, 2007 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State (17-3, 3-2) vs. Iowa State (11-8, 2-3)
Saturday, January 27, 2007 • 7:05 p.m.
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) • Stillwater, Okla.
Radio — Cowboy Sports Network
Dave Hunziker & Tom Dirato
Flagship Station — KSPI (93.7 FM)
SIRIUS Satellite Radio — Ch. 144
internet — www.okstate.com
Television — ESPN Regional
Play-by-Play • Bob Carpenter
Analyst • Reid Gettys
Stillwater
KOCB-WB TV-34
SuddenLink Ch. 11
Oklahoma City
KOCB-WB TV-34
Cox Communications Ch. 11
Tulsa
KJRH-NBC TV-2
Cox Communications Ch. 9
Quick Notes
• Oklahoma State has matched its season win total from a year ago with 17. Last year, the Cowboys finished 17-16.
• Oklahoma State is currently riding a 15-game homecourt winning streak, which ties for the 15th-longest string in the country.
• OSU has now won at least 17 games for the 19th-consecutive season and is guaranteed a winning record for the 19th-straight year.
• The Cowboys have a 243-30 record (89.0 winning percentage) inside Gallagher-Iba Arena over the past 19 seasons and have won at least 11 games each year at home over that span.
• The Cowboys have lost their last three home games against teams from the Big 12’s North Division.
Remembering the 10
• Saturday will mark the sixth anniversary of the plane crash that killed 10 members of the Cowboy Basketball travel party.
• The Memorial in the Southwest Lobby of the OSU Athletics Center will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday. It will be open all day Friday. On Saturday, doors to the memorial will open at 10 a.m. and remain open through the OSU-Baylor women’s game before being closed. Gallagher-Iba Arena will be cleared after the women’s game and reopen at 5:30 p.m. with a ticket to the men’s game required for entry at that time.
• At 6:37 p.m. CT, the OSU library carillon will toll 10 times in memory of the victims.
• As he has done on each anniversary, OSU Vice President for Administration and Finance Dr. David Bosserman will lay a wreath at the crash site memorial in Colorado.
• This weekend will also officially launch efforts for the inaugural “Remember The 10 Run” that will be held in Stillwater on April 21. Proceeds from the event will be donated to OSU Counseling Services.
OSU Victorious in Bedlam
• Byron Eaton led the surge with 17 points as the Cowboys defeated Oklahoma 66-61 on Monday night inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• David Monds was a major factor as well, scoring 11 points and grabbing 11 rebounds for his second double-double of the season.
• Tyler Hatch stepped up as well, grabbing a rebound and connecting on both free throws in the waning moments to seal the victory.
• Oklahoma State went to the free-throw line 38 times and made 27 compared to a 13-of-14 night from the charity stripe by the Sooners.
• The Cowboy defense limited OU to just 38 percent shooting from the floor, including just 6-of-24 from beyond the three-point arc.
• Mario Boggan added 13 points for OSU while JamesOn Curry added 12.
OSU Among Nation’s Best
• As of Wednesday, Oklahoma State is one of just 20 teams with 17 or more wins.
• There are just 18 teams nationally that have three or fewer losses at this point in the season.
• Three of those teams are in the Big 12 Conference — Oklahoma State (17-3), Kansas (17-3) and Texas A&M (16-3).
• Two teams nationally remain with just one blemish on their record this season — Wisconsin (20-1) and UCLA (18-1).
• Oklahoma State’s 17-3 mark, an 85 winning percentage, is tied for the 11th-best mark in the country.
OSU in the RPI
• As of Thursday, Oklahoma State ranked No. 12 in the ratings percentage index according to rpiratings.com.
• The Cowboys have a national schedule-strength ranking of No. 35.
• That is second in the Big 12 only to Texas Tech. The Red Raiders have a No. 9 schedule-strength ranking.
• OSU is 8-3 vs. teams ranked in the top 100, including wins over No. 5 Pittsburgh, No. 41 Missouri State, No. 44 Syracuse and No. 52 Texas.
• All three OSU losses this season have come to teams ranked in the top 25 in the RPI (No. 13 Kansas , No. 19 Tennessee and No. 25 Texas A&M).
Oklahoma State in the Polls
• Oklahoma State is ranked 13th in the most recent Associated Press poll and 16th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
• The Cowboys returned to the top 10 this season for the first time since the final poll of the 2004-05 season when OSU was ranked sixth in the AP poll and eighth in the Coaches poll.
• Oklahoma State plays 10 games this season against teams currently receiving votes in at least one of the top-25 polls: No. 6/6 Texas A&M (lost in College Station; Feb. 21 in Stillwater), No. 8/8 Kansas (lost in Lawrence), and No. 9/9 Pittsburgh (won 95-89 in double overtime in the All-College Classic in Oklahoma City).
• The Cowboys defeated Texas in Stillwater and Syacuse in New York City. Both are receiving votes one of the polls. OSU lost to Tennessee which is also receiving votes and plays Texas Tech twice this season.
Big 12 Leading Scorers
• Mario Boggan and JamesOn Curry listed among the top-four scorers in the Big 12 Conference this season. Boggan ranks second while Curry is fourth.
• Here is a look at the league’s top scorers:
| Player | School | Points | PPG |
| Kevin Durant | Texas | 454 | 23.9 |
| Mario Boggan | Oklahoma State | 420 | 21.0 |
| Jarrius Jackson | Texas Tech | 402 | 20.1 |
| JamesOn Curry | Oklahoma State | 375 | 18.8 |
| Aleks Maric | Nebraska | 306 | 18.0 |
Against the Cyclones
• Oklahoma State has won 18 of the last 23 meetings on the hardwood with Iowa State dating back to the 1992-93 season.
• The Cowboys were victorious in the last meeting, a 79-70 win over the Cyclones in the first round of the Big 12 Championships last year in Dallas.
• OSU also won the last meeting in Stillwater, an 83-73 win on Jan. 15, 2005.
• OSU’s JamesOn Curry and ISU’s Rahshon Clark are the only two players on the current rosters that played in that game.
• Curry had three points and two rebounds off the bench for the Cowboys while Clark scored 12 points, grabbed four rebounds and had five steals as a starter.
• OSU has won 13 consecutive games against Iowa State in Stillwater.
• The last time the Cyclones won in Gallagher-Iba Arena was on March 2, 1988, when ISU won 97-88. It was also the most points scored by ISU in the series.
• In two games last season, Mario Boggan averaged 20 points and eight rebounds while shooting 82.4 percent from the floor and going perfect at the line in 12 attempts.
