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January 25, 2011 | Cowboy Basketball
Jan. 25, 2011
Game Notes vs Texas
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 • 6:35 pm
Stillwater, Okla. • Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
Television — ESPN
Satellite Radio — Sirius 122, XM 143
Game Notes vs Texas in PDF Format 
Oklahoma State (14-5, 2-3)
Probable Starters (based on last game)
Name Ht Wt Cl. PPG RPG
F 25 Darrell Williams 6-8 255 Jr. 6.5 7.1
F 33 Marshall Moses 6-7 255 Sr. 15.7 7.9
G 0 Jean-Paul Olukemi 6-5 215 So. 11.5 4.2
G 12 Keiton Page 5-9 165 Jr. 13.8 1.9*
G 22 Markel Brown 6-3 190 Fr. 5.2 1.6
Off the Bench
Name Ht Wt Cl. PPG RPG
F 1 Jarred Shaw 6-10 235 So. 0.6 0.9
G 5 Reger Dowell 6-1 180 So. 1.6 0.6
G 14 Ray Penn 5-9 165 So. 7.6 2.7*
G 15 Nick Sidorakis 6-4 195 Sr. 2.5 1.5
F 31 Matt Pilgrim 6-8 255 Sr. 5.2 4.9
F 32 Roger Franklin 6-5 215 So. 1.7 1.6
Texas (16-3, 4-0)
Probable Starters (based on last game)
Name Ht Wt Cl. PPG RPG
F 1 Gary Johnson 6-6 238 Sr. 11.8 6.9
F 3 Jordan Hamilton 6-7 220 So. 19.5 7.2
F 13 Tristan Thompson 6-8 225 Fr. 13.1 7.6
G 4 Dogus Balbay 6-1 175 Sr. 4.1 2.8
G 5 Cory Joseph 6-3 185 Fr. 11.2 4.2
* assists per game
Game Information
Oklahoma State hosts the Texas Longhorns on Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 6:30 pm inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. The game will be televised on ESPN, with Mark Jones handling the play-by-play duties, Fran Fraschilla and former Cowboy Doug Gottlieb providing expert analysis, and Holly Rowe serving as the sideline reporter. Wednesday's game will also take place one day before the 10th anniversary of the plane crash which took the lives of 10 members of the Oklahoma State Cowboy Basketball family.
About Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State is 14-5 overall this season and 2-3 in Big 12 Conference action. The Cowboys have a perfect 9-0 record at home this season, and have won 13 straight inside Gallagher-Iba Arena dating back to last season's 72-60 loss against the ninth-ranked Longhorns.
The Cowboys are led by senior forward Marshall Moses who is averaging 15.7 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Junior guard Keiton Page is chipping in 13.8 points per contest and plays more than 33 minutes per game. Newly appointed starter Jéan-Paul Olukemi is averaging 11.5 points per game while shooting 52.5 percent from the floor and 76 percent from the free-throw line.
As a team, OSU is shooting 45.3 percent from the floor but just 31.1 percent from beyond the three-point arc. The Cowboys are outrebounding their opponents by an average of 2.7 boards per contest and forcing 0.9 more turnovers per game out of their foes.
About Texas
Texas is 16-3 overall this season, 4-0 in Big 12 play and ranked in the top-10 nationally. The Longhorns are coming off a 74-63 win over Kansas on Saturday in Lawrence. UT is led by sophomore Jordan Hamilton who is averaging 19.5 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. He is joined in the frontcourt by freshman forward Tristan Thompson who is averaging 13.1 points and a team-high 7.6 rebounds per contest. Also averaging double figures for the 'Horns are senior forward Gary Johnson (11.8 ppg) and freshman guard Cory Joseph (11.2 ppg). Texas' other top scorer is sophomore guard J'Covan Brown who is averaging 9.8 points per game off the bench.
Up Next
The Cowboys travel to Lubbock, Texas, to face the Texas Tech Red Raiders (9-11, 1-4) on Jan. 29 at 3 pm in a game televised by the Big 12 Network. Oklahoma State will return to Stillwater for a pair of home games as OSU hosts Missouri (17-3, 3-2) on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 8 pm on ESPN2. The Pokes will then host Oklahoma (10-9, 2-3) on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 12:45 pm on the Big 12 Network.
