Cowboy Basketball Hosting Valentine's Day Showdown With K-State

Wednesday, February 14

Stillwater, Okla.

6 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

Kansas State

NCAA Basketball: Oklahoma State at West Virginia

Photo by: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports

Cowboy Basketball Hosting Valentine's Day Showdown With K-State

February 12, 2018 | Cowboy Basketball

Game Center
Opponent: vs. Kansas State (17-8, 6-6 Big 12)
Date / Tipoff: Feb. 14, 2018 / 6 p.m. Central
Site: Gallagher-Iba Arena (Capacity: 13,611)
Series: K-State leads 80-53 (OSU leads 33-25 in Stillwater)
Tickets: okstate.com/tickets or 877-ALL-4-OSU
TV: ESPNU (Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh)
Webcast: ESPN3.com or WatchESPN app
Radio: Cowboy Radio Network (Dave Hunziker, John Holcomb)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 132, XM 199 (OSU radio call)
Live Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
Oklahoma State Game Notes

The Basics
Another Saturday, another victory over a ranked opponent on the road. Oklahoma State (15-10, 5-7 Big 12) outscored No. 19 West Virginia, 18-9, over the game's final 3:19 to pull off the 88-85 upset of the Mountaineers in Morgantown. The Cowboys shot 53.6 percent from the floor in the second half, including Lindy Waters' go-ahead 3-pointer with 14 seconds remaining. The win came exactly one week after the Cowboys took down No. 7 Kansas in Lawrence. Now, the Cowboys will look to bring that momentum home to Gallagher-Iba Arena when they host Kansas State (17-8, 6-6 Big 12). OSU and K-State have split the season series in each of the last five seasons.

On the Air
The matchup between the Cowboys and Wildcats will air Wednesday on ESPNU at 6 p.m. Central. Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh will handle the on-air duties. ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN app will carry the webcast. As always, Dave Hunziker and John Holcomb will have the Cowboy Radio Network call.

Cowboys Building A Postseason Resume
• OSU has piled up four AP top-25 wins this season, three of which came away from home.
• The Cowboys are one of just five teams to take down two ranked opponents in true road games, joining Oklahoma, Kansas, Florida and Texas A&M.
• The official NCAA RPI report separates every team's games into four quadrants, and OSU has four wins against quadrant one, which is the toughest. Only 16 teams nationally have more wins against the first quadrant, which includes top-30 teams at home, top 50 at neutral sites and top 75 on the road.
• OSU has faced the nation's 28th toughest schedule according to KenPom, and has five wins over current KenPom top-50 squads. What's more, every opponent remaining on OSU's schedule is ranked in the top 100 and four are against top-50 teams.
• OSU does not have a bad loss on its resume. Seven of OSU's 10 losses have come to teams ranked 43 or better in the RPI, and its lowest ranked loss came to No. 64 Kansas State in Manhattan, Kansas.

Cowboy Quick Hitters
• Mitchell Solomon grabbed his 274th career offensive rebound on Saturday, which ranks him fourth in school history in the category. His 3.1 offensive boards per game rank third in the Big 12.
• Jeffrey Carroll joins K-State's Dean Wade and TCU's Vlad Brodziansky as the only Big 12 players averaging at least 16.0 points and 5.0 boards in league play.
• OSU ranks 35th nationally with a 76.1 percent clip from the free throw line. Every Cowboy with at least 30 attempts is shooting 74 percent or better from the stripe on the year.

Cam's The Man
The switch has come on for OSU sophomore Cameron McGriff, who has posted a career-high 20 points in two of his last three games. McGriff was a bucket shy of a double-double with eight points and 10 rebounds at Arkansas and followed it up with a stat-stuffing 11 points, six boards, and a career-high four blocks and four steals against TCU. At both Kansas and West Virginia, McGriff posted a career-high 20 points to go with nine rebounds. What's more, McGriff is OSU's most consistent free throw shooter at 85.9 percent from the line.

The Series With The Wildcats
This will be the 134th meeting between the Cowboys and the Wildcats. These two programs have split the regular season series in each of the last five seasons, and an OSU victory on Wednesday would extend that streak to six seasons. K-State leads the overall series, 80-53, but Oklahoma State has a 33-25 edge in Stillwater. K-State ended a four-game losing streak in GIA with their 96-88 victory in Stillwater last season.

Always A Ballgame When These Two Meet
Since 2013, Oklahoma State and Kansas State have faced off 13 times, and a grand total of 11 points scored has separated the two schools. In those 13 games OSU has scored 914 points and K-State has 925 points. The two teams have split the regular season series in each of the last five seasons.

Leading The Wildcats
Bruce Weber is in his sixth season as the head coach at Kansas State, and is a veteran of over 400 career wins and 11 NCAA Tournament appearances. Weber led the Wildcats to the 2012-13 Big 12 title and is nearing his 120th win as the head coach at K-State. Weber began his head coaching career at Southern Illinois before moving to Illinois, where he led the Illini to the 2005 NCAA Tournament championship game.

Exclusive Club
K-State forward Dean Wade and OSU wing Jeffrey Carroll have joined TCU forward Vlad Brodziansky in an exclusive club - Big 12 players averaging at least 16 points and five rebounds per game in league play. Wade is have a phenomenal junior season, and is pouring in a team-high 16.2 points per game overall and 19.0 points in Big 12 play, which ranks fourth in the conference.