Oklahoma State University Athletics
Next Day Minute: Evans Rewrote Bedlam History Books
January 14, 2016 | Cowboy Basketball
STILLWATER - If you attended, watched or listened to Bedlam last night, you experienced a historic performance from Oklahoma State's Jawun Evans during his first appearance in the in-state rivalry.
Evans started about as well as anyone could hope for, scoring nine of the team's first 12 points and eventually led the Cowboys with 19 points at halftime.
Evans finished with a career-high 42 points, and rewrote multiple record books in the close 74-72 loss to Oklahoma on Wednesday.
"You could kind of fell in the middle of the first half that he was kind of in the zone and playing well," Coach Travis Ford said. "Then he obviously continued into the second half and made a lot of big plays for us. What makes him a good player is he can score, he can pass, he rebounds, he does a little bit of everything. He has a good feel and understanding of what needs to be done."
After the game, Evans found himself in the Bedlam, Oklahoma State, Big 12 and NCAA record books for his scoring.
Bedlam records:
By the end of the night, he was also trending nationally on Twitter, and was being discussed on most every major sports radio and television show across the country come this morning. Â
"(Trending on Twitter) was really cool," he said. "My phone was freezing. I was getting so many text messages, and Instagram and Twitter notifications, there was a lot going on. I couldn't sleep because my phone kept vibrating."
Although he said he knew he had a good performance, Evans said it still hasn't fully hit him just how well of a game he had.
"Not really," he said. "I was just playing basketball and trying to help my team. That's all."
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Evans started about as well as anyone could hope for, scoring nine of the team's first 12 points and eventually led the Cowboys with 19 points at halftime.
Evans finished with a career-high 42 points, and rewrote multiple record books in the close 74-72 loss to Oklahoma on Wednesday.
"You could kind of fell in the middle of the first half that he was kind of in the zone and playing well," Coach Travis Ford said. "Then he obviously continued into the second half and made a lot of big plays for us. What makes him a good player is he can score, he can pass, he rebounds, he does a little bit of everything. He has a good feel and understanding of what needs to be done."
After the game, Evans found himself in the Bedlam, Oklahoma State, Big 12 and NCAA record books for his scoring.
Bedlam records:
- Most points ever by a freshman in Oklahoma State history, with the previous being 29 by Cezar Guerrero, James Anderson and Byron Houston.
- Most ever by an OSU player against Oklahoma, with the previous record being 37 by Anderson in 2009 and Leroy Combs in 1981).
- Tied for third best scoring performance by an OSU player ever.
- Most points by an OSU player since Randy Rutherford tallied 45 at Kansas in 1995.
- His 18 field goals ranks second in OSU history, only behind Bob Kurland's 25 field goals against St. Louis in 1946.
- The 42 points are most ever by a Big 12 freshman, only behind K-State's Michael Beasley in 2007-2008.
- His 18 field goals are the most by any player in the nation this season for Division I basketball.
- Was the second-most points by any Big 12 basketball player this season and ties for nine-best in league history.
- Was the sixth most by any player in the nation this year, and the third most by a freshman this season.
By the end of the night, he was also trending nationally on Twitter, and was being discussed on most every major sports radio and television show across the country come this morning. Â
"(Trending on Twitter) was really cool," he said. "My phone was freezing. I was getting so many text messages, and Instagram and Twitter notifications, there was a lot going on. I couldn't sleep because my phone kept vibrating."
Although he said he knew he had a good performance, Evans said it still hasn't fully hit him just how well of a game he had.
"Not really," he said. "I was just playing basketball and trying to help my team. That's all."
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