Cowboys Face North Texas in Denton

Road Opener at North Texas
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 • 7 p.m.
The Super Pit • Denton, Texas

vs. North Texas
Series History • OSU leads, 12-0
in Denton • OSU leads, 4-0
Last Meeting • Nov. 24, 2001
Outcome • OSU won, 77-58

Cowboy Radio Network
Play-by-Play • Dave Hunziker
Analyst • John Holcomb
Flagship Station — KSPI (93.7 FM)
internet — www.okstate.com
XM Satellite Radio — N/A

Cowboy Sports Network
Play-by-Play • Chad McKee
Analyst • Bryndon Manzer
Tulsa — My Network Channel 41
Okla. City — Fox Sports Southwest
Stillwater — Fox Sports Southwest
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Oklahoma State Cowboys
Projected Starters

		Name	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	PPG	RPG
F	5	Marcus Dove	6-9	215	Sr.	4.0	5.0
C	21	Ibrahima Thomas	6-11	238	Fr.	11.0	4.0
G	1	Terrel Harris	6-5	195	Jr.	0.0	3.0
G	2	Obi Muonelo	6-5	225	So.	16.0	6.0
G	23	James Anderson	6-6	195	Fr.	29.0	5.0 ^

Off the Bench

		Name	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	PPG	RPG
G	00	Byron Eaton	5-11	213	Jr.	12.0	4.0 ^
F	4	Anthony Brown	6-6	225	Jr.	8.0	6.0
F	10	Tyler Hatch	6-6	215	Sr.	DNP
C	13	Martavius Adams	6-8	255	Fr.	11.0	1.0
G	15	Nick Sidorakis	6-4	175	Fr.	4.0	2.0 ^
G	32	Brad Garrett	6-5	188	So.	DNP
F	33	Marshall Moses	6-6	230	Fr.	9.0	4.0

North Texas
Projected Starters

		Name	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	PPG	RPG
F	32	Quincy Williams	6-8	215	Sr.	6.0	3.0
C	2	Keith Wooden	6-9	245	Sr.	5.0	4.0
G	1	Ben Bell	6-3	170	Sr.	10.0	6.0
G	10	Josh White	5-10	167	Fr.	14.0	1.0
G	14	Tristan Thompson	6-5	185	Fr.	16.0	5.0

^ denotes assists

Quick Notes
• Oklahoma State is looking to end a current 12-game losing streak in true road games, dating back to Feb. 11, 2006. It is the fifth-longest losing streak in school history for true away games. OSU’s last road win was on Feb. 4, 2006, at Kansas State.
• The Cowboys have won 13 of their last 18 true road openers, including two at North Texas (Nov. 28, 1989 and Nov. 28, 2000).
• OSU has won 14 of its last 18 openers away from Gallagher-Iba Arena, including the last 10. The Pokes’ last loss in their first game of a season away from Stillwater was on Nov. 22, 1996, when the Cowboys lost at Tulsa.
• James Anderson’s 29 points against Prairie View A&M last Friday night were the most by a Cowboy in his collegiate debut in school history.
• That total tied for the most by an OSU freshman in a single game, matching Byron Houston’s 29 vs. Kansas State on Jan. 25, 1989.
• It also tied for the fourth-most points in a season opener in school history, matching Bryant Reeves’ 29 against Midwestern State on Dec. 1, 1992.

Game Notes
• Oklahoma State is 12-0 all-time against North Texas, including a 4-0 mark in Denton.
• The Cowboys are 6-0 against the Eagles in Stillwater, and 2-0 on neutral courts — both in Oklahoma City.
• The very first game in the series, played on Dec. 29, 1937, was in Oklahoma City as part of the All-College Tournament.
• The game played on Dec. 28, 1980, in OKC was also part of the All-College Tournament.
• Oklahoma State’s average margin of victory in the last five meetings has been 32.2 points.
• OSU is 37-8 (82.2 winning percentage) against the Sun Belt Conference, of which North Texas is a member.
• The Cowboys are 9-2 against Arkansas State, 8-3 vs. New Orleans, 4-0 against Arkansas-Little Rock, 2-0 vs. Denver, 1-0 against Florida International, 1-1 vs. Florida Atlantic, and 0-1 against South Alabama and Louisiana-Lafayette. OSU has not played Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee State or Western Kentucky.
• Oklahoma State’s last loss to a Sun Belt Conference member was on Dec. 1, 1998, when Florida Atlantic handed the Cowboys an 83-81 loss inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Freshman Phenom
• Freshman guard James Anderson is just one game into his collegiate career, but he has quickly shown that he could potentially be one of the best players to ever come through Stillwater.
• In his first official game in an OSU uniform, Anderson scored a game-high 29 points, tying the school record for most points by a freshman. Byron Houston had 29 against Kansas State on Jan. 25, 1989.
• Anderson’s 29 points were also the fourth-most by any Cowboy in a season opener, regardless of class.
• A good all-around player, Anderson also had five assists, four rebounds, three steals and just one turnover in 30 minutes.

Entire Freshman Class Impressive
• Not only James Anderson did well in his collegiate debut. The entire freshman class was impressive in the season opener.
• Forward/center Ibrahima Thomas also started for the Cowboys and scored 11 points on 5-of-5 shooting from the floor. He also had four rebounds.
• Forward/center Martavius Adams recorded 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the floor in 12 minutes.
• Guard/forward Marshall Moses scored nine points and grabbed four rebounds in 12 minutes.
• Guard Nick Sidorakis scored four points and dished out two assists in 14 minutes.
• As a group, those five freshman scored a combined 64 points in their first game together.
• In comparison, the freshman class of 1988, which included Darwyn Alexander, Shawn Davis, Billy Dreher, Byron Houston, Cedric Mackyeon and Corey Williams, had a single-game high of 50 points against Boise State in the first round of the 1989 NIT. Williams scored 23, Houston 15 and Alexander finished with 12 in that game against the Broncos.

Eaton Moving up Steals Chart
• Byron Eaton has recorded 128 steals in his two-year career at OSU.
• He is just the 22nd Cowboy to reach 100 thefts in a career.
• Eaton is currently in 17th place on the school career steals list.
• He needs three steals to move past Melvin Sanders for 16th place.
• The all-time career record at Oklahoma State is 170 steals set by Ivan McFarlin from 2001-05.

Dove Swatting Shots
• Senior Marcus Dove has 65 career blocked shots, tied for the 10th-most in school history.
• Marcus is tied with Richard Dumas for 10th place.
• He became just the 12th player in school history to record 50 or more blocked shots in a career.
• Dove has blocked four shots on two occasions, most recently vs. Northwestern State on Nov. 15, 2006.

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