Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host Longhorns on Big Monday
January 31, 2008 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State (10-7, 1-2)
vs Texas (14-3, 1-1)
Monday, Jan. 21 • 8 p.m.
Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, Okla.
Series History • Texas leads, 36-34
Last Meeting • March 10, 2007
Outcome • Texas won, 69-64
Last Meeting in Stillwater • Jan. 16, 2007
Outcome • OSU won 105-103 in 3 OT
Television — ESPN
Play-by-Play • Ron Franklin
Analyst • Fran Fraschilla
Sideline Reporter • Holly Rowe
Stillwater
SuddenLink Cable Ch. 31
Oklahoma City
Cox Communications Ch. 29
Tulsa
Cox Communications Ch. 25
Radio — Cowboy Radio Network
Play-by-Play • Dave Hunziker
Analyst • John Holcomb
Sideline Reporter • Bryndon Manzer
Flagship Station — KSPI (93.7 FM)
XM satellite radio — Ch. 241/242
Quick Notes
• Oklahoma State will play the next four and five of the next six games on ESPN. The Cowboys will be shown on Big Monday in back-to-back weeks, traveling to Norman to play Oklahoma next Monday.
• Oklahoma State is 19-15 all-time on ESPN’s Big Monday, including a 12-3 mark inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• Monday night will mark the seventh of 13 games this season televised by either ESPN, espn2 or ABC.
• OSU has won 18 of its last 21 games against Big 12 South Division foes inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• OSU is 9-0 at home this season, allowing just 55.4 points per game. Opponents are shooting just 23.3 percent from beyond the three-point arc.
• The Cowboys have a +6.33 turnover margin in Gallagher-Iba Arena. The opponents are averaging more than 22 turnovers per game on Eddie Sutton Court.
• With 160 steals, junior guard Byron Eaton is just 11 away from becoming the all-time career steals leader in school history. Ivan McFarlin is the current record holder with 170 steals from 2001-05.
Series History the ‘Horns
• This will be the 71st meeting between these two schools on the hardwood all-time, and the 27th meeting since the Big 12 Conference was formed.
• OSU is 34-36 all-time vs. Texas and 10-15 since the Big 12 formed, including five meetings in the Big 12 Tournament.
• The Longhorns have won the last two meetings and five of the last seven contests. The Cowboys are 7-6 in the last 13 meetings.
• The longest winning streak in the series for OSU was seven victories from 1993 until 1995. The longest losing streak for the Cowboys in the series was 11 from 1966 until 1970.
• Five games in the series have gone into overtime, including last year’s triple-overtime thriller in Stillwater. OSU is 2-3 in those overtime games.
• Cowboy senior Marcus Dove has played the Longhorns five times for a total of 134 minutes in his career, and he has yet to turn the ball over vs. Texas. He also matched his career high with 12 rebounds against Texas in the Big 12 Championship last season.
• Overshawdowed in last year’s game in Stillwater was junior Terrel Harris, who scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the contest.
• Junior Byron Eaton has started all five games against Texas in the last two seasons. He has 18 assists in those five games as well as nine steals.
From Long Range
• Of OSU’s 961 shot attempts this season, 366 have been from beyond the three-point arc, or 38.1 percent.
• The highest percentage for a single season is 33.5 percent in 1998-99, when 643 of the Pokes’ 1,920 shots were from long range.
• The Cowboys attempted 34 three-point shots against North Texas, the most in school history.
• The previous record was 31 attempts from long range against Gonzaga in the All-College Classic in Oklahoma City on Dec. 28, 2004.
• As a team, Oklahoma State has attempted 30 or more shots from beyond the arc on four occasions all-time, including twice this season (34 at North Texas, 32 vs. East Tennessee State).
• On the flip side, OSU limited Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to just 1-of-18 shots from three-point range, establishing a Gallagher-Iba Arena record with at least 10 attempts. The previous low was 1-of-17 by Baylor on Jan. 20, 1999.
• The Pokes held Northwestern State to 1-of-16 makes from long range and limited Texas Tech to just 1-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc.
Pick Pockets
• Oklahoma State had 18 steals during the Prairie View A&M game, the second most in school history. The Pokes had 12 at halftime, establishing a school record for steals in a single period.
• The Cowboys are currently averaging 9.88 steals per contest. The school record is nine thefts per game, set during the 1988-89 season.
Eaton Moving up Steals Chart
• Byron Eaton has recorded 160 steals in his three-year career at OSU.
• With three at Iowa State, he moved past Desmond Mason (158 steals), Victor Williams (158) and Byron Houston (159) and into fourth place on the all-time career steals list.
• He needs eight steals to move into third place and 11 to become the all-time steals leader in school history.
• He is just the fifth Cowboy in school history to have at least 10 games with four or more steals.
• Eaton is only the seventh Cowboy to have recorded at least 250 assists and 150 steals in a career.
Dove Swatting Shots
• Senior Marcus Dove has 82 career blocked shots and is in ninth place on the school career list.
• He has blocked four shots on two occasions, including this year vs. NSU.
• Dove is just the fifth Cowboy in school history to record at least 100 steals and 75 blocked shots in a career. He has 116 and 82, respectively.
• As one of the top defensive players in school history, Dove is just 13 defensive rebounds away from becoming the seventh player in school history to record 100 steals, 50 blocks and 250 defensive rebounds.
