Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Open Season with Southeastern Louisiana
November 13, 2014 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State vs Southeastern Louisiana
Friday, November 14, 2014 | 7 pm
Gallagher-Iba Arena | Stillwater, Okla.
Television - none
Radio - Cowboy radio network
Game notes vs Southeastern Louisiana in PDF format
Probable Starters
OSU Probable Starters Position Ht Wt Yr PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT%
2 Le'Bryan Nash wing 6-7 235 Sr 11.0 11.0 2.0 .500 .500 1.000
23 Leyton Hammonds wing 6-7 205 So 3.0 1.0 2.0 .250 .333 .000
14 Marek Souèek post 7-0 240 Sr 0.0 4.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000
12 Anthony Hickey, Jr. guard 5-11 185 Sr 11.0 3.0 1.0 .667 .667 1.000
13 Phil Forte, III guard 5-11 185 Jr 8.0 0.0 1.0 .300 .286 .000
OSU Off the Bench Position Ht Wt Yr PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT%
1 Tyree Griffin guard 5-10 165 Fr 6.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 1.000 .000
4 Joe Burton wing 6-6 215 Fr 9.0 0.0 0.0 .750 .667 .500
5 Tavarius Shine wing 6-5 195 Fr 6.0 2.0 1.0 1.000 1.000 .000
15 Christien Sager wing 6-4 205 Sr 0.0 4.0 2.0 .000 .000 .000
22 Jeff Newberry guard 6-2 190 Jr 8.0 1.0 2.0 .500 .000 1.000
30 Jeffrey Carroll wing 6-6 205 RS Fr 10.0 2.0 1.0 .444 .400 .000
32 Anthony Allen, Jr. post 7-0 240 Jr 0.0 4.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000
41 Mitchell Solomon post 6-9 235 Fr 2.0 2.0 0.0 .000 .000 1.000
SLU Probable Starters Position Ht Wt Yr PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT%
22 DeVonte Upson forward 6-9 220 Sr 15.0 8.0 1.0 .833 .000 1.000
33 Onochie Ochie forward 6-6 210 Sr 13.0 5.0 0.0 .667 1.000 .000
3 Joshua Filmore guard 6-0 175 So 20.0 3.0 4.0 .455 .375 .778
10 Zay Jackson guard 6-0 178 Jr 28.0 1.0 4.0 .733 .667 .571
15 Andrew Guillory guard 6-3 205 Jr 10.0 9.0 3.0 .750 1.000 .750
Game Information
Oklahoma State officially opens the 106th season of basketball this Friday night as the Cowboys entertain Southeastern Louisiana in a 7 pm tipoff. OSU is coming off a commanding 74-35 win over Missouri Western in an exhibition contest last Saturday. Tickets can be purchased on-line at
About Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State enters the 2014-15 season with just one official returning starter, but four players with extensive experience at the Division I level. While Le'Bryan Nash is the only player returning from last season with at least 15 starts (he started all 34), Michael Cobbins has 55 starts in his career as a Cowboy and Phil Forte has 12. Anthony Hickey, a transfer from LSU, has started 85 games in his three-year career.
OSU was 21-13 a year ago and is coming off back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. The Cowboys averaged 80.2 points per game as a team last year, the fifth-highest in school history and third among all Big 12 teams last season. OSU led the Big 12 in scoring average, outscoring its opponents by an average of 10.7 ppg. The Cowboys were second in three-point defense, allowing just 32.7 percent shooting from long range. Oklahoma State led the league in both steals (7.65 spg) and turnover margin (+3.76). Expect the Cowboys to play up-tempo offense and aggressive defense in 2014-15.
About southeastern louisiana
Southeastern Louisiana went 12-18 last season, including a 7-11 mark in Southland Conference play. The Lions return just two starters and two other lettermen from a season ago. They are predicted to finish seventh in the 13-team Southland according to the coaches preseason poll.
Returning for SLU are senior forward DeVonte Upson (8.3 ppg, 6.1 rpg in 2013-14) and sophomore guard Joshua Filmore (6.9 ppg, 2.9 apg), both starters a year ago. Also back are senior guard JaMichael Hawkins (12.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg) and senior forward Onochie Ochie (8.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg). The Lions also picked up Cedric Jenkins, a transfer from Southern Miss, who will be eligible immediately. He played in 35 games for the Golden Eagles in 2012-13 before redshirting last season due to injury.
The Lions are under the direction of first-year head coach Jay Ladner. He was 45-13 in two seasons at Jones County Community College, including an NJCAA Division I National Championship in 2013-14, before taking the job at SLU.
106th season of basketball
Oklahoma State enters the 106th season of Cowboy Basketball with an all-time record of 1,576-1,096, equalling a .590 winning percentage. The Pokes have made 26 NCAA Tournament appearances, including the past two seasons. OSU is in the seventh season under the direction of head coach Travis Ford, who is 125-77 at Oklahoma State.
cowboys in openers
Oklahoma State is 81-24 (77.1%) all-time in season openers, and have won 19 straight, dating back to the 1995-96 season. The Cowboys have won 24 of their last 25 season-opening games, good for 96 percent.
OSU is 93-12 (88.6%) all-time in home openers, and have won 38 straight season home openers inside Gallagher-Iba Arena dating back to the 1975-76 season. In fact, the Cowboys are 55-1 (98.2%) in home openers since the 1958-59 season. Since the opening of Gallagher-Iba Arena in 1938, OSU is 73-3 (96.1%) in home openers.
vs non-conference foes in gia
Oklahoma State went 7-0 last season in non-conference home games. The Cowboys are 187-4 (97.9%) in home games vs non-league foes since 1987. During that span, OSU won 80-straight contests from 1987-98, which ranks as the fifth-longest streak in NCAA Division I history. All-time, Oklahoma State is 400-49 (89.1%) in non-conference games inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
history with the lions
Oklahoma State is 3-0 all-time vs Southeastern Louisiana, the last meeting coming in March of 2005, when a sixth-ranked Cowboy squad defeated the Lions in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship en route to a Sweet 16 appearance. The first matchup came in the 1983 Orange Bowl Classic. Friday's game will mark the second-ever game between these two teams in Stillwater. Here is a look at the three previous contests:
Date Location W/L Score
12-21-1983 Miami, Fla. W 61-54
01-23-1991 Stillwater, Okla. W 88-46
03-18-2005 Oklahoma City, Okla. W 63-50
vs the Southland conference
Oklahoma State is 55-9 (85.9%) all-time against the 13 current members of the Southland Conference. That includes a 10-1 mark vs Houston Baptist, a 9-0 record vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and a 9-1 mark against Northwestern State. Here is a look at OSU's records vs all the Southland Conference schools, as well as the last meeting with those teams:
Opponent Record Last Meeting
Abilene Christian 3-1 12-02-69 (W 61-51)
Central Arkansas 2-0 12-16-12 (W 91-63)
Houston Baptist 10-1 11-13-10 (W 86-73)
Incarnate Word ---
Lamar 6-1 12-22-00 (W 86-45)
McNeese State ---
New Orleans 8-3 11-29-01 (W 95-47)
Nicholls State 1-0 11-21-10 (W 76-56)
Northwestern State 9-1 01-03-09 (W 122-73)
Sam Houston State 2-0 11-19-06 (W 86-67)
Southeastern La. 3-0 03-18-05 (W 63-50)
Stephen F. Austin 2-2 12-22-87 (L 49-55)
TAMU-Corpus Christi 9-0 11-11-11 (W 71-39)
Totals 55-9 Central Arkansas
The non-conference schedule
Oklahoma State officially begin the season this Friday, Nov. 14, when OSU hosts Southeastern Louisiana, the first of four games at home to open the season.
The Cowboys will host Milwaukee as part of the MGM Grand Main Event before traveling to Las Vegas, Nev., to play Oregon State (Nov. 24) and either Auburn or Tulsa (Nov. 26) the week of Thanksgiving.
It's back home for a matchup with North Texas the following Wednesday (Dec. 3), followed by a trip to Columbia, S.C., for the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Dec. 6. OSU comes home for a week of finals before setting out for Tennessee and a game vs Memphis in the FedEx Forum on Dec. 13.
A pair of games, including the first visit by a traditional ACC school in school history, will wrap up the home portion of the non-conference schedule. Middle Tennessee State will come to Gallagher-Iba Arena on Dec. 16, followed by Big Ten newcomer Maryland on Dec. 21. The Terrapins were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference for more than 60 years. It will mark the first time OSU has hosted a Big Ten school other than Nebraska since 1995 when Michigan State visited Stillwater.
The Cowboys will finish the non-league slate with a game vs former Big 12 school Missouri in Kansas City on Dec. 30. The game will be played at the Sprint Center, home of the Big 12 Championship.
records vs non-conference foes
A look at OSU's all-time record against this year's non-conference opponents:
Opponent Record Last Meeting (score)
SE Louisiana 3-0 03-18-05 (W 63-50)
Prairie View A&M 3-0 11-24-09 (W 80-58)
Northwestern OSU 3-1 12-21-04 (W 92-35)
Milwaukee 0-0 first meeting
Oregon State 1-5 12-11-71 (L 56-70)
Auburn 1-2 11-24-06 (W 66-65)
Tulsa 70-37 11-30-11 (W 59-56)
North Texas 14-1 11-21-09 (W 82-68)
South Carolina 1-1 12-06-13 (W 79-52)
Memphis 4-1 12-01-13 (L 68-73)
Middle Tenn. State 0-0 first meeting
Maryland 0-1 12-16-66 (L 49-50)
Missouri 41-77 03-08-12 (L 70-88)
