Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Face Huskers in Regular-Season Finale
March 07, 2007 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State (20-10, 6-9) at Nebraska (16-13, 5-10)
Monday, March 5, 2007 • 7:05 p.m.
Devaney Sports Center (13,595) • Lincoln, Neb.
Cowboy Sports Network
Dave Hunziker & Tom Dirato
Flagship Station — KSPI (93.7 FM)
SIRIUS Satellite Radio — Ch. 147
internet — www.okstate.com
Quick Notes
• Oklahoma State is playing Nebraska in the first of consecutive games against the Huskers. The last time OSU played a team in back-to-back games was in 1991-92, when the Cowboys played at Kansas State in the regular-season finale and also played the Wildcats in the first round of the Big Eight Tournament. OSU won both games.
• Monday’s game will mark the 31st contest of the regular season for OSU, establishing a school record. The Cowboys have played 30 regular-season games on three occasions: 1991-92, 2001-02 and 2005-06.
• Oklahoma State is guaranteed a losing conference record for the second-consecutive season and just the third time in the 11-year history of the Big 12 Conference. OSU will have a non-winning league record for just the third time in the last 17 seasons.
• OSU has yet to win a road game this season. The Cowboys are 0-7 on the road, one of just eight teams nationally that has failed to win a road contest. They are also the only team in NCAA Division I that has a winning record that has not yet won a road game.
Last Time Out
• JamesOn Curry scored a career-high 40 points while Kenny Cooper set a personal best with 16, but it was not enough as the Cowboys lost to Baylor in Waco, 86-82.
• Curry was 12-of-18 from the floor, including 7-of-10 from three-point range, and was also 9-of-9 from the free-throw line.
• Cooper was 7-of-8 from the floor and 2-of-3 from the charity stripe.
• Marcus Dove grabbed 10 rebounds for the Cowboys.
• Obi Muonelo made his first appearance since breaking his leg on Dec. 16. He had missed eight games.
• Mario Boggan sat out a one-game suspension and did not suit up against the Bears.
• Baylor shot 60 percent from the floor, including 12-of-18 (66.7 percent) from beyond the three-point arc.
• The Bears led by as many as 18 points in the second half, but OSU cut the lead to three with four minutes remaining.
More on the 40
• Curry became just the third player in school history to record 40 or more points in a road game. Randy Rutherford scored 45 at Kansas on March 5, 1995, and Ed Odom scored 41 at Texas-Pan American on Dec. 22, 1979.
• Curry is just the fifth player in school history to score 40 points in a game and the first junior to achieve that feat.
• It was just the second 40-point game by a Cowboy in the last 27 years.
School Record for 35-Point Games
• This season, the Mario Boggan and JamesOn Curry have combined to record five games of 35 points or more, the most in school history.
• The most 35-point games before this season occurred in 1990-91, when Byron Houston recorded four by himself.
Boggan, Curry Named All-District
• Oklahoma State senior Mario Boggan was named to the All-District 12 first team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
• Others named to the first team are: Nate Funk of Creighton, Iowa’s Adam Holuska, and Julian Wright and Brandon Rush of Kansas.
• Junior JamesOn Curry was named to the All-District 12 second team by the NABC.
• Joining Curry on the second team were Blake Ahearn of Missouri State, Oral Roberts’ Caleb Green, Cartier Martin of Kansas State and Nebraska’s Aleks Maric.
• District 12 includes schools from the states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri.
• The 150 players selected from 15 districts are now eligible for the NABC Division I All-America teams to be announced at the conclusion of the regular season.
OSU in the RPI
• As of Sunday, Oklahoma State ranks No. 51 in the Ratings Percentage Index according to rpiratings.com.
• OSU is 7-7 vs. teams ranked in the top 100, including wins over No. 6 Pittsburgh, No. 31 Texas, No. 38 Missouri State, No. 44 Texas Tech, No. 50 Syracuse, No. 60 Kansas State and No. 87 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
• Four of OSU’s 10 losses this season have come to teams ranked in the top 20 in the RPI (No. 7 Tennessee, No. 15 Kansas, and No. 16 Texas A&M twice).
Big 12 Seedings
• Despite the one remaining game Monday night, the seeds for the 2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship have already been established.
• Kansas is the regular-season champion and will serve as the league’s top seed. Texas A&M, Texas and Kansas State will all receive byes in the first round.
• Thursday’s matchups feature No. 8 Iowa State vs. No. 9 Oklahoma at 11:30 a.m. and No. 5 Texas Tech vs. No. 12 Colorado to close out the first session.
• Oklahoma State will be the No. 7 seed and open the evening session with No. 10 Nebraska at 6 p.m.
• The final game of the day will feature No. 6 Missouri and No. 11 Baylor.
• Should OSU win its first-round matchup, the Cowboys will play No. 2 seed Texas A&M on Friday at 6 p.m.
• Oklahoma State will be the No. 7 seed for the second-straight year. The Cowboys were the No. 7 seed last season and played No. 10 Iowa State in the first round, garnering a 79-70 victory.
• This will mark the fifth time in the 11 years of the Big 12 Championship that OSU will play a first-round game.
Against the Huskers
• Oklahoma State has lost two straight to Nebraska, including a 74-67 loss in the last meeting in the Devaney Sports Center.
• The Cowboys have won five of the last eight meetings between these two schools, including a 77-70 win in Lincoln in 2003 and a 60-48 victory in Lincoln in 1999.
• Oklahoma State has won 20 of the last 30 meetings against the Huskers dating back to the 1987-88 season.
• JamesOn Curry is a perfect 8-of-8 from the free-throw line against Nebraska.
• David Monds is perfect on five attempts from the floor vs. the Huskers.
• Mario Boggan recorded his second-career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds in the last meeting with NU.
