Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host UTSA Before League Play
January 02, 2011 | Cowboy Basketball
Jan. 2, 2011
Game Notes vs UTSA
Monday, January 3, 2011 • 7 pm
Stillwater, Okla. • Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Television — Cowboy Sports Network
Satellite Radio — none
Game Notes vs UTSA in PDF Format 
Oklahoma State (11-2)
Probable Starters (based on last game)
Name Ht Wt Cl. PPG RPG
F 31 Matt Pilgrim 6-8 255 Sr. 4.5 5.4
F 33 Marshall Moses 6-7 255 Sr. 17.3 8.3
G 12 Keiton Page 5-9 165 Jr. 14.8 2.2*
G 14 Ray Penn 5-9 165 So. 8.8 3.0*
G 15 Nick Sidorakis 6-4 195 Sr. 3.2 1.6
Off the Bench
Name Ht Wt Cl. PPG RPG
F 0 Jean-Paul Olukemi 6-5 215 So. 9.7 3.6
F 1 Jarred Shaw 6-10 235 So. 0.8 1.3
G 5 Reger Dowell 6-1 180 So. 0.7 0.5
G 22 Markel Brown 6-3 190 Fr. 3.3 1.4
F 25 Darrell Williams 6-8 255 Jr. 6.7 8.2
F 32 Roger Franklin 6-5 215 So. 1.0 1.0
UTSA (6-5)
Probable Starters (based on last game)
Name Ht Wt Cl. PPG RPG
F 1 Stephen Franklin 6-6 205 Jr. 9.0 3.5
F 12 Jeromie Hill 6-8 230 Fr. 13.9 6.6
C 14 Alex Vouyoukas 6-9 235 Jr. 2.5 3.0
G 4 Sei Paye 6-3 170 Jr. 5.6 2.1
G 21 Devin Gibson 6-0 190 Sr. 15.6 6.0
* assists per game
Game Information
Oklahoma State returns home for its final non-conference game of the regular season on Monday night as the Cowboys host the UTSA Roadrunners at 7 pm inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. The game will be televised by the Cowboy Sports Network, with Chad McKee handling the play-by-play duties and Bryndon Manzer providing color commentary. OSU is 7-0 all-time against UTSA.
About Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State is 11-2 this season after a 73-52 loss at Gonzaga to end the 2010 calendar year last Friday night. The 11 wins in the first 13 games matches last year's start to the season and is the best since 2006-07 when the Cowboys began 15-1.
The Pokes have a +8.1 scoring margin this season and are outrebounding their opponents by an average of 5.4 boards per game. Offensively, the Cowboys are shooting 45.4 percent from the floor, including 33.3 percent from three-point range. OSU's defense is allowing the opponents to shoot just 39.6 percent from the floor, including just 31.7 percent from beyond the three-point arc.
OSU's inside-outside duo of senior forward Marshall Moses (17.3 ppg) and junior guard Keiton Page (14.8 ppg) are averaging a combined 32.1 points per contest. Three Cowboys are shooting better than 50 percent from the floor (Moses at 56.8%, Jéan-Paul Olukemi at 55.6% and Matt Pilgrim at 51.9%) and OSU's top-four scorers are all shooting better than 70 percent from the free-throw line. Nine different Cowboys have six or more steals this season.
About UTSA
The UTSA Roadrunners are 6-5 overall this season and currently on a three-game losing streak following Thursday's 70-59 loss at Bowling Green. The head coach at UTSA is former Cowboy Brooks Thompson, in his fifth season at the helm of the Roadrunners. UTSA is 4-1 at home and has two road wins at Pepperdine (86-81) and Houston (68-63). The Roadrunners are led by senior guard Devin Gibson who is averaging 15.6 points, six rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. A pair of underclassmen — sophomore Melvin Johnson and freshman Jeromie Hill — are both averaging better than 13 points per contest. Hill also leads the team with his 6.6 rebounds per game. As a team, UTSA is shooting 43 percent from the floor, including 34.2 percent from long range, and nearly 71 percent from the charity stripe.
Up Next
Oklahoma State opens up the Big 12 Conference portion of its schedule this Saturday, Jan. 8, as the Cowboys host Kansas State (11-3) at noon in a game televised by ESPN2. Its back on the road for OSU after Saturday, traveling to College Station for a game with Texas A&M on Wed., Jan 12 at 7 pm and to Boulder for a contest vs. Colorado on Sat., Jan. 15, at 12:30 pm. Both games will be televised on the Big 12 Network.
