Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Travel to Tulsa
December 01, 2009 | Cowboy Basketball
Dec. 1, 2009
Game Info at Tulsa
Date -- Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009
Tipoff -- 7:05 p.m.
Location -- Tulsa, Okla.
Venue -- Reynolds Center (8,355)
Series History with Tulsa -- OSU leads 69-36
Last Meeting -- Nov. 20, 2008 (OSU won 91-73)
Last Meeting in Tulsa -- Nov. 22, 1996 (TU won 72-54 in the Preseason NIT)
Radio -- Cowboy Radio Network
Play-by-Play • Dave Hunziker
Analyst • John Holcomb
Flagship Station • KSPI (93.7 FM)
Game Notes vs. Tulsa in PDF Format 
About Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State is 6-0 this season and won the tournament title at the HoopTV Las Vegas Invitational last Saturday with a 77-55 win over Utah in the championship game. The Cowboys have won all six games by double digits and have a +20.5 scoring margin. As a team, OSU is averaging 81 points and 40.3 rebounds per game. The Pokes are also averaging just 11.33 turnovers per contest, nearly a full turnover lower than last year's school record of 12.31 turnovers per game. James Anderson leads the Cowboys with 22.8 points per game. Obi Muonelo and Keiton Page are both chipping in 11.8 points per contest, while Marshall Moses is averaging 10.7 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. Newcomers Ray Penn and Matt Pilgrim are each averaging better than eight points per game.
About Tulsa
Tulsa is 5-1 this season and coming off an 83-75 loss at Missouri State on Saturday, the Golden Hurricane's first road game of the season. TU is 5-0 at home and led by senior Jerome Jordan who is averaging 16 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. As a team, Tulsa is allowing just 58.5 points per game, having held three opponents under 50 points. The Hurricane is also outrebounding its opponent by an average of 13.2 boards per contest. Tulsa's starting lineup averages six feet, seven inches tall compared to OSU's smaller starting five of six feet, 2-1/2 inches.
Quick Notes
Oklahoma State will play its second former rival from the Missouri Valley Conference after defeating Bradley last Friday ... OSU and TU were both members of the MVC from 1935-43 and 1946-57 ... Cowboy senior Nick Sidorakis and Tulsa freshman Bryson Pope both played at Jenks High School, the only two players on either roster from the Tulsa metro ... Oklahoma State has not played at Tulsa since Nov. 22, 1996, when the TU defeated OSU 72-54 in the second round of the Preseason NIT ... 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 (70.7) ... Oklahoma State is 23-0 in the Ford era when shooting better than its opponent.
Up Next
Oklahoma State will host former Cowboy Brooks Thompson and his UTSA Roadrunners (5-1) on Sat., Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. The game will be televised by the Cowboy Sports Network. OSU will take a week off for finals before hosting Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-4) on Sun., Dec. 13 at 3 p.m.
