Oklahoma State University Athletics
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January 25, 2012 | Cowboy Basketball
Jan. 25, 2012
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Oklahoma State 79, No. 2 Missouri 72
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012
• Oklahoma State defeated the No. 2 team in the country for the first time since 1995 when the Cowboys defeated No. 2 Kansas 79-69 inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
• Tonight marked the first time since 1957 that an unranked Cowboy squad defeated the No. 2 team in the country.
• Oklahoma State is now 5-6 all-time against No. 2 teams and 8-12 against teams ranked in the top-two nationally.
• Oklahoma State has defeated a ranked opponent at home in 14 consecutive seasons. Since 1989, the Cowboys have defeated at least one ranked opponent at home in 23 of 24 seasons. OSU is 40-18 against ranked foes at home during that span.
• OSU has won its last six games against a ranked Missouri team inside Gallagher-Iba Arena, dating back to 1992.
• The Cowboys held Missouri to just 21.1 percent shooting from beyond the three-point arc, 182 percentage points below its season average of 39.3 percent entering the game.
• Senior guard Keiton Page moved past Obi Muonelo and Bob Mattick and into 14th place on the all-time OSU career scoring list. With 12 points against the Tigers, he now has 1,385 points in his career.
• Page also moved into second place on the school career three-pointers made list. He was 2-of-7 tonight, giving him 246 in his career and moving him past Obi Muonelo, who had 245 in his career.
• Freshman guard/forward Le'Bryan Nash scored a career-best 27 points tonight against Missouri. His previous high was 21 points on four occasions. His four assists were also a career high.
• Redshirt freshman guard/forward Brian Williams also scored a career high with 22 points, six more than his previous high of 16 he scored at Texas. He was 10 of 12 from the charity stripe.
• Senior guard Keiton Page matched his season high with five assists, and also moved past Obi Muonelo and into 19th place on the OSU career assists list. He now has 232 in his career.
• Redshirt freshman forward Michael Cobbins matched his career high with 10 rebounds. He also recorded a career-best four steals and had three blocks.
