Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Face La Salle in All-College
December 20, 2009 | Cowboy Basketball
Dec. 20, 2009
Game Info vs La Salle
74th Annual Sonic All-College Classic
Date — Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
Tipoff — approximately 7:30 p.m.
Location — Oklahoma City, Okla.
Venue — Ford Center (18,204)
Series History with La Salle — OSU leads, 1-0
Last Meeting — Dec. 18, 1939
Result — Oklahoma State won, 33-16
Record vs. the Atlantic 10 — 48-29
Television — ESPN2 HD
Play-by-Play • Ron Franklin
Analyst • Fran Fraschilla
ESPN360.com
ESPN FullCourt
ESPN Mobile TV
Radio — Cowboy Radio Network
Play-by-Play • Dave Hunziker
Analyst • John Holcomb
Flagship Station • KSPI 93.7 FM
Sirius Channel 127
OSU Game Notes vs La Salle in PDF Format 
About Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State is 9-1 this season and coming off a 71-70 win over Stanford in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series in California on Wednesday night. James Anderson leads OSU and the Big 12 Conference in scoring at 21.2 points per game, while Marshall Moses leads the Cowboys and is second in the league in rebounding with 9.8 boards per contest. Oklahoma State has six players averaging 7.8 or more points per game. As a team, the Cowboys are shooting 46.2 from the floor while limiting their opponents to just 39.2 percent. OSU is averaging just under 12 turnovers per game, the lowest average in school history. Oklahoma State is 9-1 for the eighth time in the last 13 seasons. It's the best start to a season since 2006-07 when the Cowboys started 15-1. Oklahoma State has held nine opponents to 70 points or less this season.
About La Salle
La Salle is 7-3 this season with losses at South Carolina, at Villanova and vs Kansas. The Explorers are coming off an 83-70 win over Bucknell at home on Saturday, and are led by senior guard Rodney Green who is averaging 18.5 points 3.6 assists per game. Senior forward Kimmani Barrett is averaging 13.7 points a game while freshman center Aaric Murray is averaging 10.8 points per contest. As a team, La Salle is shooting 42.9percent from three-point range, and is also out-rebounding its opponents by 8.4 boards per contest. However, the Explorers are turnover prone, averaging more than 16 per game and a minus-4.7 turnover margin.
Up Next
OSU will return to the court on Tues., Jan. 29, when the Cowboys host Pacific. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised by the Cowboy Sports Network.
Quick Notes
With 20 points at Stanford, Obi Muonelo moved past Royce Jeffries and into 30th place on the career scoring list with 1,045 points ... James Anderson extended his streak of consecutive double-digit scoring games to 24 ... With 28 points at Stanford, Anderson moved past Victor Williams and into 17th place on the OSU career scoring list with 1,288 ... head coach Travis Ford has the highest winning percentage by a coach in OSU history at 71.1 percent. Only Eddie Sutton (70.9 percent) also had a better than 70 winning percentage at OSU ... Oklahoma State is 25-0 in the Ford era when shooting better than its opponent and 21-1 when making more free throws than the opposition ... OSU has won 27 of its last 30 games when shooting 50 percent or better from the floor.
All-Time vs the Atlantic 10
Oklahoma State is 48-29 (62.3 percent) all-time against the Atlantic 10, with most of those games against St. Louis when both teams were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. All of OSU's home games against the A-10 were against St. Louis. All other games were played either on the road or on neutral courts.
The Cowboys are 3-3 vs. the Atlantic 10 Conference in the postseason, including a win over Saint Joseph's in the 2004 NCAA Tournament which sent OSU to the Final Four. The Cowobys have also defeated George Washington and UMass in the NCAA Tournament. Two of the Cowboys' three losses to Temple have come in the postseason, as have both losses to Duquesne.
Oklahoma State is 1-0 against Rhode Island, and will play the Rams again in just 12 days at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The Cowboys have never played Richmond, St. Bonaventure or Xavier.
Oklahoma State 33, La Salle 16
In the only previous meeting between these two schools on Dec. 18, 1939, Oklahoma (A&M) State defeated the Explorers 33-16. It was the second of a five-game swing for the Aggies along the east coast. Lonny Eggleston scored a game-high nine points while Gene Smelser added eight. A&M held La Salle to just two field goals in the second half, and was never in danger. It was the Explorers' first loss of the season after winning their first six. Jesse 'Cab' Renick — a future All-American —and Herman 'Bud' Millikan — future head coach at Maryland — both played in the game for the Aggies.
OSU at the All-College
Oklahoma State is no stranger to the All-College, even before the reformatting of the tournament into a classic. OSU played in the All-College Tournament for 20 consecutive years from 1936-55, including the first season when it was called the Charity Cage Tournament. The Cowboys compiled a 55-12 record during that span, including 11 tournament titles.
Oklahoma State took a 25-year hiatus before returning to the tournament in 1980, once again winning the team championship in both '80 and 1982. OSU also went 1-1 in 1982, '85, '86 and '88.
The event was reformatted in 2001 and played as a classic with Oklahoma State and Oklahoma both playing foes in a doubleheader. The Cowboys are 6-2 in the eight All-College Classics, including an 86-82 victory over Rhode Island last season, another Atlantic 10 foe.
