Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host Sooners in Bedlam Matchup
January 26, 2007 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State (16-3, 2-2) vs. Oklahoma (11-6, 3-2)
Monday, January 22, 2007 • 8:05 p.m.
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) • Stillwater, Okla.
Televised Nationally on ESPN HD
Play-by-Play • Ron Franklin
Analyst • Fran Fraschilla
Analyst • Bill Raftery
Reporter • Holly Rowe
Stillwater
Suddenlink Cable Ch. 31
Oklahoma City
Cox Communications Ch. 29
Tulsa
Cox Communications Ch. 25
Radio — Cowboy Sports Network
Dave Hunziker & Tom Dirato
Flagship Station — KSPI (93.7 FM)
SIRIUS Satellite Radio — Ch. 152
internet — www.okstate.com
Cowboys Host Sooners
• Oklahoma State hosts the Oklahoma Sooners in the first round of the annual Bedlam series on Monday night inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• The Cowboys are 16-3 overall and 2-2 in Big 12 Conference action after falling at Texas A&M 67-49 on Saturday night.
• Oklahoma is 11-6 overall and 3-2 in league play following a 91-51 win over Baylor Saturday in Norman.
• Tipoff is set for 8:05 p.m., with a possible slide to 8:10 for television.
• Ron Franklin will handle the play-by-play duties for ESPN on its Big Monday telecast while Fran Fraschilla and Bill Raftery will provide expert analysis. Holly Rowe will serve as sideline reporter.
• The game will be shown in ESPN HD where available.
Cowboys Fall at College Station
• JamesOn Curry scored a game-high 20 points, more than 40 percent of the Cowboys’ total as OSU fell to No. 8-ranked Texas A&M 67-49 in College Station on Saturday night.
• The Pokes shot just 33.3 percent from the floor and took just 12 attempts inside the paint against the Aggies.
• 16 of OSU’s’ 36 attempts were from beyond the three-point line while eight more were from just inside the arc.
• Oklahoma State also committed 21 turnovers resulting in 24 A&M points.
• The Aggies outrebounded the Cowboys 29-23 and shot nearly 90 percent from the free-throw line, connecting on 24-of-27 shots from the charity stripe.
• The Cowboys scored just 12 points in the paint, just one-third of their season average.
Leftovers from the Texas Game on espn2
• 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.
OSU Among Nation’s Best
• As of Sunday, Oklahoma State is one of just 22 teams with 16 or more wins.
• Three teams nationally remain with just one blemish on their record this season.
• Oklahoma State’s 16-3 mark, an 84.2 winning percentage, is tied for the 12th-best mark in the country.
• Texas A&M is 11th at 16-2 while Kansas is tied with the Cowboys for 12th place.
OSU in the RPI
• As of Sunday, Oklahoma State ranked No. 9 in the ratings percentage index according to rpiratings.com.
• Other Big 12 schools in the top 30 included No. 20 Kansas and No. 23 Texas A&M.
• The Cowboys are 6-3 vs. the top 100, including wins over No. 3 Pittsburgh, No. 27 Missouri State and No. 57 Texas.
Boggan Nominated for CLASS Award
• Senior Mario Boggan is one of 30 seniors nominated for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award.
• An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the award was launched during the 2001-02 season to honor the attributes of college basketball seniors who remain committed to their university.
• Finalists, which will be announced in February, will be selected based on personal qualities that define a complete student-athlete: classroom, character, community and court.
Against the Sooners
• The 108 points Oklahoma State scored against Oklahoma on March 1, 1989, is an OSU record for points in a conference game.
• The fewest points OSU has scored in a game in the modern era also occurred against OU when the Pokes were limited to 36 points on Dec. 27, 1965.
• The most three-point field goals made in a half by an OSU squad came at the expense of OU on Feb. 7, 1994, when the Pokes hit eight treys.
• OSU established a school record for blocked shots against Oklahoma with 16 on Feb. 4, 1989.
• JamesOn Curry is averaging 13.5 points per game vs. the Sooners and is 21-of-43 (48.8 percent) from the floor vs. OU. He is 8-of-14 from beyond the arc vs. the Sooners.
• Mario Boggan is averaging 19.5 points against OU, including a game-high 21 points in the last meeting.
• Byron Eaton recorded seven steals against OU in Norman last year, a school record for a freshman.
• Bryant Reeves was perfect from the field on 11 attempts against Oklahoma on Jan. 8, 1994.
