Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host Top-Ranked Jayhawks
February 26, 2010 | Cowboy Basketball
Feb. 26, 2010
Game Info vs Kansas
Date — Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010
Tipoff — 3:05 p.m.
Location — Stillwater, Okla.
Venue — Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Series History with KU — KU leads, 102-52
Last Meeting — Feb. 7, 2009 in Lawrence
Result — Kansas won 78-67
Last Meeting in Stillwater — Feb. 23, 2008
Result — Oklahoma State won 61-60
Television — CBS Sports
Play-by-Play • Dick Enberg
Analyst • Bob Wenzel
Oklahoma City • KWTV Channel 9
Stillwater • KWTV Channel 9
Tulsa • KOTV Channel 6
Radio — Cowboy Radio Network
Play-by-Play • Dave Hunziker
Analyst • John Holcomb
XM Satellite Radio • Channel 241
Sirius Satellite Radio • Channel 125
Game Notes vs. Kansas in PDF Format 
About Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State is 19-8 overall this season and 7-6 in Big 12 action following Wednesday's 69-59 loss at 21st-ranked Texas. The Cowboys are in seventh place in the Big 12 Conference and just one game out of fourth place. OSU has three victories over top-25 opponents this season. James Anderson lead the Big 12 in scoring at 22.5 points per game. Three Cowboys rank in the top 20 in the league in rebounding — Marshall Moses (5th at 8.8), Matt Pilgrim (9th at 6.8) and James Anderson (14th at 6.1). In league-games only, OSU leads in three-pointers made per game (9.0) and ranks third in the league in free-throw percentage (73.7%). OSU ranks No. 33 in the RPI ratings.
About Kansas
Kansas is 27-1 overall and a perfect 13-0 in league play following an 81-68 win over Oklahoma. The Jayhawks are the top-ranked team in the country in both national polls. With three games remaining in the regular season, KU has already clinched at least a tie for the Big 12 title. Kansas is led by senior guard Sherron Collins who is averaging 15.1 points and 4.4 assists per game. Junior center Cole Aldrich is averaging a double-double with 11.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per contest. Oklahoma native Xavier Henry ranks 2nd on the team at 13.9 ppg. Kansas is also ranked No. 1 in the RPI ratings.
Individual Notes
James Anderson is averaging 27.2 points in six Big 12 home games ... Anderson ranks 5th in school history with 1,683 points; he needs just 20 points to move past Desmond Mason and into 4th place ... with four treys at Texas, Obi Muonelo moved past Adrian Peterson and into second place on the all-time list for three-pointers made ... Marshall Moses has 244 career rebounds against Big 12 foes, ranking 6th on the OSU list ... Matt Pilgrim is averaging 11.5 points and 9.7 rebounds over his last six games while shooting 82.4% (28 of 34) from the floor ... Keiton Page is averaging 17.2 points and 3.6 assists in the last five outings ... Page has connected on 20 consecutive free throws and 36 of his last 37 (97.3%).
Team Notes
Oklahoma State is playing the top-ranked team in the country for the 9th time in school history, but just the 4th time inside Gallagher-Iba Arena ... The Cowboys are 2-1 all-time against the top-ranked team at home ... OSU is shooting 46.6% from long range in six conference home games, making 62-of-133 ... the Cowboys have won 30 of their last 33 games (90.9%) when shooting 50% from the floor ... Oklahoma State is 34-1 in the Ford era when shooting better than their opponent ... OSU is 3-3 against top-25 foes this season.
OSU vs. Kansas Notes
• Oklahoma State has won three of the last five games against Kansas inside Gallagher-Iba Arena, including a 61-60 victory in the last meeting in 2008, the year KU won the national title.
• Obi Muonelo scored 19 points for Oklahoma State while Marshall Moses added 18 points and eight rebounds, but the Cowboys fell to Kansas 78-67 last season in Lawrence.
• Oklahoma State has played Kansas three times as the No. 1 team in the country and is 0-3 in those three matchups. OSU has never hosted a top-ranked KU team in Gallagher-Iba Arena.
Last Time vs. Kansas in Stillwater
Despite a 13-12 record overall and a 4-7 mark in league play, Oklahoma State gave the fourth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks everything they could handle, sparking the Cowboys to a 61-60 win on Feb. 23, 2008. It would be KU's last loss of their national championship season.
Byron Eaton scored 26 points, including 16-of-18 at the free-throw line, while Obi Muonelo added 12 for OSU. The Cowobys made 8-of-17 shots from long range while limiting the Jayhawks to just 2-of-11 shooting from beyond the arc.
Despite being outrebounded by Kansas 34-21, OSU forced 21 turnovers by the 'Hawks.
Darnell Jackson had 16 points and 10 rebounds for KU, but Brandon Rush, the Jayhawks' leading scorer, was just 5-of-16 from the floor and finished with 12 points.
Against No. 1
Oklahoma State is 2-6 all-time against the top-ranked team in the country, including a 2-1 mark inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. The last victory OSU had over a No. 1 team was on Feb. 4, 1989, when the Cowboys upset top-ranked Oklahoma 77-73 in Stillwater.
Twice Oklahoma State lost to the No. 1 team in the country at the Final Four. The then-Aggies lost to Kentucky on March 26, 1949, in the championship game of the NCAA Tournament. On April 1, 1995, OSU lost to UCLA in the Final Four.
Three of the last four times Oklahoma State has played the No. 1 team in the country, the game was against Kansas.
Scoring Machines
Combined with the Cowgirls' Andrea Riley (25.5 points per game), the duo has a chance to become just the third pair of players from the same school to lead the Big 12 in scoring in league history. Cory Carr and Alicia Thompson of Texas Tech both led the league in scoring in 1996-97 and again in 1997-98. Both averaged better than 23 points per game in each of those two seasons.
No duo in the country is averaging more than Anderson and Riley's 48 points per game. Corin Adams (19.1 ppg) and Reggie Holmes (21.9 ppg) from Morgan State are second at 41 points per game. Stanford's Landry Fields (22.2 ppg) and Nnemkadi Ogwumike (18.6 ppg) are third. The fourth-best scorind duo in the country is Evan Turner (19.5 ppg) and Jantel Lavender (20.7 ppg) from Ohio State.
Anderson Named to Midseason Lists
James Anderson was named to the midseason John R. Wooden Award Top 30 list, announced the first week of January. The Cowboy junior was inexplicably left off the preseason list, but rightly added after the holiday break. Anderson is one of five players from the Big 12 Conference mentioned on the list, which also includes Texas' Damion James and the Kansas trio of Cole Aldrich, Sherron Collins and Xavier Henry. This marks the 10th time in the last 12 seasons that an OSU has been mentioned on the Wooden Award list, given annually to the nation's top player. Anderson joins Bryant Reeves (1995), Adrian Peterson (1999), Desmond Mason (2000), Maurice Baker (2002), John Lucas (2004, 2005), Joey Graham (2005), JamesOn Curry (2006, 2007) and Mario Boggan (2007) as Cowboys named to the Wooden Award list.
Anderson was also named a Naismith Trophy Midseason candidate on Wednesday. He is one of five players from the Big 12, joining Texas' Damion James, Kansas State's Jacob Pullen, and Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins of Kansas.
Up Next
Oklahoma State will head to College Station, Texs, next week to take on the Texas A&M Aggies (19-8, 8-5) on Wednesday, March 3, at 8 p.m. inside Reed Arena. That game will be televised by ESPN2. The Cowboys close out the regular season on Saturday, March 6, when OSU hosts the Nebraska Huskers (13-15, 1-12) in a 12:45 p.m. game that will be televised by the Big 12 Network.
