Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Face Huskers in Lincoln
January 23, 2009 | Cowboy Basketball
Nebraska Game Info
Date — Saturday, January 24
Tipoff —3:01 p.m.
Location — Lincoln, Neb.
Venue — Devaney Sports Center (13,595)
Television — Big 12 Network
Series History — NU leads, 62-51
Last Meeting — March 1, 2008
Outcome — OSU won, 77-63
in Lincoln — NU leads, 35-13
Last Meeting in Lincoln — March 5, 2007
Outcome — NU won, 85-73
Television — Big 12 Network
Play-by-Play • Brad Sham
Analyst • Paul Splittorff
Stillwater — KOCB (Suddenlink Ch 11)
Oklahoma City — KOCB TV-34
Tulsa — KJRH TV-2
direcTV — Channel 681
Radio — Cowboy Radio Network
Play-by-Play • Dave Hunziker
Analyst • John Holcomb
Flagship Station • KSPI (93.7 FM)
XM Satellite Radio • Ch 231
About Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State is 12-5 this season, including a 1-2 mark in Big 12 play after falling to Missouri at home on Wednesday. The Cowboys are currently ranked 31st in the ratings percentage index according to CollegeRPI.com, including the seventh-toughest strength of schedule. James Anderson leads all scorers with his 17.9 points per game average and is shooting 50.8 percent from the floor. Obi Muonelo is chipping in 15.9 points per game and grabbing a team-leading 9.8 boards per contest. Terrel Harris is averaging 14.7 points and shooting 45.6 percent from long range. Byron Eaton is averaging 13.7 points and 5.8 assists per game. Freshman Keiton Page is averaging 10.2 points per game off the bench. As a team, Oklahoma State leads the Big 12 with 86 points per game as well as 10.6 treys per game and a 42 percent shooting average from beyond the arc.
About Nebraska
Nebraska is 12-5 overall this season and 2-2 in Big 12 Conference action following a 72-61 loss at Oklahoma on Wednesday night. NU is No. 70 in the CollegeRPI.com ratings. The Huskers are led by a pair of senior guards Steve Harley is averaging 12.2 points per game while Ade Dagunduro is chipping in 10.6 points per contest. Those two have started every game for NU. As a team, the Huskers’ defense leads the Big 12, allowing just 56.8 points per contest. The Nebraska offense, however, ranks among the bottom of the league at 66.6 percent. NU is second in the league in steals (9.1 spg) and averages the fewest turnovers in the Big 12 at just 11.6 per game.
Quick Notes
Byron Eaton needs one assist to become the first player in school history to record 100 assists in each of his four seasons ... OSU’s team rankings nationally: second in three-point field-goal percentage, third three-pointers made per game and fourth in scoring offense ... through 17 games, the Cowboys have scored 90 or more points on seven occasions, tying for the second most in school history (2006-07); OSU reached 90 or more points eight times in 1988-89 and 1989-90 ... Chris Croft, the director of operations at Nebraska, was an administrative assistant at Oklahoma State from 1996-98.
Up Next
The Cowboys host the Oklahoma Sooners (18-1, 4-0) in Bedlam action on Monday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. in an ESPN televised game. OSU will travel to College Station, Texas, next weekend to take on the Texas A&M Aggies (15-4, 1-3) on Saturday, Jan. 31, at 1 p.m. in a game televised by ESPN.
