Oklahoma State University Athletics
Post-Game Notes vs. North Texas
December 03, 2014 | Cowboy Basketball
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Post-Game Notes
Oklahoma State vs. North Texas
December 3, 2014 | Gallagher-Iba Arena | 6,086 att.
Final Score: Oklahoma State 87, North Texas 61
► Oklahoma State faced North Texas without the services of leading scorer and leading rebounder Le'Bryan Nash (disciplinary reasons), Leyton Hammonds (injury) and Marek Soucek (injury).
► Oklahoma State ended the first half on a 20-5 run and turned a 23-20 deficit with 8:59 remaining into a 42-30 halftime advantage. The lead swelled to as many as 30 points in the second half.
► Oklahoma State guard Phil Forte scored 20 points before halftime and finished with a career-high 32 points in the contest. His 20-point first half marked the first time since March 1 of last year that a Cowboy scored 20 points in a half, as Marcus Smart went for 20 in the second half against Kansas. It marked the first time that an OSU player scored 20 points before halftime since Smart scored 24 before intermission against Purdue on Nov. 28 of last year.
► Forte's 32 points were the most for a Cowboy since Marcus Smart scored 39 points against Memphis on Nov. 19 of last season.
► Forte's scoring output eclipsed his previous career high of 26 points scored against West Virginia last season.
► With Nash and Hammonds both out, true freshman Mitchell Solomon made the second start of his young career. Rounding out the OSU starting lineup for Oklahoma State were guards Anthony Hickey and Phil Forte and forwards Jeffrey Carroll and Michael Cobbins. At times, 6-foot-4 inch guard Christien Sager was playing the power forward position to account for both Nash and Hammonds being out.
► North Texas entered the game by limiting its opponents to 36.3 percent shooting from the field. The Cowboys converted on 52.9 percent of their shots from the field and 58.3 percent of their field goal attempts in the second half.
► The Cowboys dominated on the glass, grabbing 45 rebounds to North Texas's 23. Interestingly, North Texas entered the game with a better rebounding margin (6.7) than OSU (5.7).
OKLAHOMA STATE'S WIN...
► Improved the Cowboys to 7-0 for the second straight season and for just the fifth time since the turn of the century (2001-02, 2004-05 and 2006-07 were the other occurrences) All but one of those previous 7-0 starts led to NCAA Tournament appearances.
► Gave the Cowboys 7-0 starts in consecutive seasons for the first time since the 1936-37 and 1937-38 campaigns.
► Was its eighth straight in Gallagher-Iba Arena.
► Was its 12th straight win in a non-conference home game, dating back to 2012.
► Improved the Cowboys to 47-2 in non-conference home games under Travis Ford.
► Improved the Cowboys to 191-4 in non-conference home games, dating back to 1987. During that span, the Pokes won 80 straight over non-conference opponents in Gallagher-Iba Arena from 1987-98, which is the fifth-longest streak in NCAA history.
► Improved the Cowboys to 404-49 all-time in non-conference games played in Gallagher-Iba Arena.
► Improved the Cowboys to 15-1 all-time against North Texas.
► Improved the Cowboys to 9-0 over North Texas in games played in Gallagher-Iba Arena.
► Improved the Cowboys to 48-8 against teams currently playing in Conference USA.
► Improved the Cowboys to 8-0 against Conference USA opponents during Travis Ford's tenure as OSU head coach.
INCLUDING THE NORTH TEXAS GAME...
► Oklahoma State has now won seven straight games.
► Oklahoma State has now won eight straight home games.
► Oklahoma State has now won nine straight games over teams currently playing in Conference USA, dating back to a loss at North Texas in 2007.
► Oklahoma State has now made at least one three-pointer in 459 consecutive games, dating back to Jan. 13, 2001.
► Phil Forte has now scored in double figures in 12 straight games and 16 of his last 17, dating back to last season.
► Phil Forte has now made at least one three-pointer in 12 straight games and 19 of his last 20 games, dating back to last season.
