Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host Coppin State
January 04, 2010 | Cowboy Basketball
Jan. 4, 2010
Game Info vs Coppin State
Date — Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010
Tipoff — 7 p.m.
Location — Stillwater, Okla.
Venue — Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
First Meeting with Coppin State
All-time Record vs. the MEAC — 1-0
Previous Meeting — Dec. 2, 1996
Result —def. North Carolina A&T, 81-67
Television — Cowboy Sports Network
Play-by-Play • Chad McKee
Analyst • Bryndon Manzer
Oklahoma City • Cox Channel 7
Tulsa • KMYT (Cox Channel 10)
Stillwater • FSOK (SuddenLink Ch. 37)
Rest of Oklahoma • Fox Sports OK
Nationally • ESPN Full Court (PPV Channel 2)
Radio — Cowboy Radio Network
Play-by-Play • Dave Hunziker
Analyst • John Holcomb
Flagship Station • KSPI 93.7 FM
Sirius Satellite Radio • Channel 126
www.okstate.com
Game Notes vs Coppin State in PDF Format 
About Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State is 11-2 this season and coming off a 63-59 loss vs Rhode Island in Connecticut on Saturday. James Anderson leads OSU and the Big 12 Conference in scoring at 21.2 points per game. Oklahoma State's three guards — sophomore Keiton Page and freshmen Ray Penn and Fred Gulley — have combined for 73 assists and just 38 turnovers, a 1.92 assist-to-turnover ratio among the primary ball handlers. Marshall Moses leads the Pokes and ranks third in the Big 12 with his 10.2 rebounds per contest. OSU is averaging just 11.4 turnovers per game, the lowest average in school history. Oklahoma State has held 12 opponents to 70 points or less and five to fewer than 60 points this season.
About Coppin State
Coppin State is 5-6 overall this season and currently on a three-game road losing streak after falling at Navy 78-75 on Dec. 30. The Eagles are led by sophomore guard Lenny Young who is averaging 12.6 points per game. Two other players — junior guards Vince Goldsberry and Kareem Brown — are both averaging better than 10 points per contest. As a team, CSU is shooting 34.7 percent from long range, but averaging just 13 attempts beyond the arc per game. The Eagles are also shooting 73.6 percent from the line, including 85 percent from Goldsberry.
Quick Notes
Tuesday's game will be just the second game ever for OSU against a team from the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference ... James Anderson extended his streak of consecutive double-digit scoring games to 27, the 9th-longest streak in school history ... Anderson needs 13 points to move past JamesOn Curry and into 14th place on the school career scoring list ... Keiton Page has 12 assists and just one turnover in the last five games ... he is currently averaging just 0.76 turnovers per 40 minutes this season, the lowest average in school history ... the Cowboys have won 27 of their last 30 games when shooting 50 percent from the floor ... OSU has made at least one three-point shot in 299 consecutive games, a school record ... senior guard Obi Muonelo is just nine rebounds shy of the 500 mark for his career ... junior guard James Anderson has started 52 consecutive games ... nine of Oklahoma State's 11 wins this season have been by double-digit margins.
Up Next
OSU will open up Big 12 Conference action this Saturday when the Cowboys host Texas Tech (12-2) at 7 p.m. inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. The game will be televised by the Cowboy Sports Network. Oklahoma State will travel to Norman to face the Oklahoma Sooners (8-5) on Monday night as part of ESPN's Big Monday package at 8 p.m.
