Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host Panthers Tuesday Night
November 23, 2009 | Cowboy Basketball
Nov. 23, 2009
Game Info vs Prairie View A&M
Date -- Tuesday, November 24
Tipoff -- 7:05 p.m.
Location -- Stillwater, Okla.
Venue -- Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Series History with PVAMU -- OSU leads 2-0
Last Meeting -- Nov. 9, 2007
Outcome -- Oklahoma State won 104-48
Radio -- Cowboy Radio Network
Play-by-Play • Dave Hunziker
Analyst • John Holcomb
Flagship Station • KSPI (93.7 FM)
Game Notes vs. Prairie View A&M in PDF Format 
About Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State is coming off an 82-68 victory over North Texas on Saturday afternoon and enters the game with Prairie View A&M with a 3-0 record. The Cowboys are averaging 87 points per game with a +22.7 scoring margin. Oklahoma State ranks second in the Big 12 Conference in scoring behind Missouri's 91.5 points per contest. OSU is also outrebounding its opponents by nearly eight boards per contest. Oklahoma State has a +4.7 turnover margin and a 1.1 assist-to-turnover ratio. The Pokes are led by James Anderson who is averaging 25.7 points per game. Three other Cowboys are averaging double figures in scoring, with Obi Muonelo and Marshall Moses each averaging 13.7 points while Keiton Page is chipping in 11.7 per contest. Newcomers Ray Penn and Matt Pilgrim are each averaging better than seven points per game. Anderson (11 rebounds per game), Moses (11 rpg) and Muonelo (eight rpg) all rank in the top 10 in the Big 12 in rebounding.
About Prairie View A&M
Prairie View A&M is 2-1 this season with home wins over Schreiner (91-47) and Florida Gulf Coast (69-54) and a road loss at Cincinnati (69-62). The Panthers are led by senior forward Darnell Hugee who is averaging 15 points and 5.7 rebounds per contest. Sophomore guard Michael Griffin is also averaging double figures, chipping in 13.3 points per game. Senior guard Christopher Jones is averaging a team-high 8.3 assists per game. As a team, PVAMU is averaging 74 points per contest, but shooting just 41.5 percent from the floor. The Panther defense is allowing just 37.7 percent shooting, including 28.8 percent from beyond the three-point line.
Quick Notes
With the win over North Texas on Saturday, Oklahoma State has won its last 19 home games against non-conference opponents, the fourth-longest in school history ... With 25 points against UNT, James Anderson (1,153 career points) moved into 23rd place on the school career scoring chart, passing Chianti Roberts (1,129), Mario Boggan (1,135), Raymond Crenshaw (1,140) and Joe Atkinson (1,145) ... he now has 23 20-point games in his career, the ninth-most in school history ... OSU has three of the top-10 rebounders in the Big 12 Conference ... Anderson leads the league in scoring ... Obi Muonelo needs just 20 points to become the 34th 1,000-point scorer in school history ... Oklahoma State is 20-0 in the Ford era when shooting better than its opponent ... head coach Travis Ford has the second-highest winning percentage by a coach in OSU history. Only Eddie Sutton (70.9 percent) had a higher winning percentage that Coach Ford has (68.4 percent).
Up Next
Oklahoma State travels to Las Vegas, Nev., for two games in the HoopTV Las Vegas Invitational. The Cowboys will play Bradley (1-1) on Friday night at 5 pm PT (7 pm CT) at the Orleans Arena. On Saturday, OSU will play either Illinois (2-0) or Utah (1-1) at either 5 or 7:30 pm PT (7 or 9:30 pm CT).
