Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host Aggies in Conference Opener
January 09, 2009 | Cowboy Basketball
Texas A&M Game Info
Date — Saturday, January 10
Tipoff — 8:05 p.m.
Location — Stillwater, Okla.
Venue — Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Television — ESPNU
Series History — OSU leads, 28-12
Last Meeting — Feb. 16, 2008
Outcome — OSU won 59-54
in Stillwater — OSU leads, 12-4
Last Meeting in Stillwater — Jan. 26, 2008
Outcome — A&M won 59-56
Television — ESPNU
Play-by-Play • Brad Sham
Analyst • Stephen Howard
Stillwater — SuddenLink Channel 135
Oklahoma City — Cox Channel 253
Tulsa — Cox Channel 253
direcTV — Channel 614
Radio — Cowboy Radio Network
Play-by-Play • Dave Hunziker
Analyst • John Holcomb
Reporter • Bryndon Manzer
Flagship Station • KSPI (93.7 FM)
XM Satellite Radio • Ch 231
About Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State is 11-3 and coming off a 27-point victory over Savannah State on Tuesday night. The Cowboys are No. 32 in the RPI rankings with the 50th-toughest schedule nationally. The Pokes are led by James Anderson’s 18.4 points per game. He leads five players averaging in double figures. Obi Muonelo is scoring 15.4 points per game as well as grabbing a team-high 9.6 rebounds per contest. Terrel Harris is adding 14.7 points per game and shooting a Big 12 leading 49 percent from beyond the three-point arc. Byron Eaton is averaging 12.9 points and a team-high 6.1 assists per game. Freshman Keiton Page is averaging 10.6 points per game off the bench and is shooting 86.2 percent from the charity stripe. Oklahoma State leads the Big 12 in scoring offense at 85.9 points per game. The Cowboys are also first in both three-point percentage (42.4 percent) and three-pointers made per game (10.7).
About Texas A&M
Texas A&M is 14-1 entering Big 12 play this weekend and coming off a 76-62 win over North Dakota on Monday night. The Aggies are led by senior guard/forward Josh Carter who is averaging 13.9 points per game. Junior guard Donald Sloan is chipping in 11.5 points and 3.6 assists per contest, while junior forward Bryan Davis is averaging 10.7 points per game. As a team, Texas A&M outscoring its opponents by nearly 10 points per game and outrebounding its foes by 5.7 boards per contest. The Aggies have defeated Arizona, Alabama and LSU, and their only loss was to Tulsa in the South Padre Invitatonal.
Quick Notes
Oklahoma State is on a six-game winning streak while Texas A&M visits Stillwater on a 10-game winning string ... the Cowboys are 8-0 at home this season while the Aggies are 2-0 on the road ... entering Big 12 play, senior guard Byron Eaton needs just eight steals to become the school leader for career steals in Big 12 Conference games. He also needs just 27 free throws to be the all-time leader in that category ... senior guard Terrel Harris enters league play shooting 83.6 percent in Big 12 games only from the free-throw line in his career, ranking third in school history ... Harris and A&M’s Josh Carter played high school basketball together as juniors at Lake Highlands.
Up Next
Oklahoma State will have a week off before traveling to Waco, Texas, to face the Baylor Bears (12-2) on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 12:45 p.m. That game will be televised on the Big 12 Network (formerly ESPN Plus).
