Cowboy Wrestling Looks to Extend Big 12 Streak in Tulsa

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STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State wrestling team takes aim for the program's sixth-straight Big 12 title and 52nd overall conference title this weekend as it travels to Tulsa to compete at the Big 12 Championships. Action is set for Saturday and Sunday at the BOK Center.

Tournament Schedule
The Big 12 Championship is divided into four sessions over two days of competition. Saturday's action will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday competition will begin at 8 a.m. A look at the full schedule:

Saturday March 3
Session I -11:00 a.m.
Preliminary & Quarterfinal Matches
Session II - 5:00 p.m.
Semifinal & Consolation Quarterfinal Matches

Sunday March 4
Session III – 12 p.m.
Consolation Semifinals, 3rd & 5th Place Matches
Session IV - 6:00 p.m.
Championship Matches

Watch the Cowboys
Fans can watch the first three sessions of action at the Big 12 Championship live on FloWrestling. Fox Sports Oklahoma will carry the championship matches beginning on Sunday at 6 p.m.

Live Stats and Play-by-Play
Fans can follow the action online through live results and play-by-play on www.arena.flowrestling.org. Simply go to the site and the link to live results and play-by-play will be prominently displayed.

Returning Big 12 Champs
Head coach John Smith returns three reigning Big 12 Champions in this year's lineup in Nick Piccininni (125), Dean Heil (141) and Preston Weigel (197). With championships each of the last three years, Heil will look to make history by becoming the ninth Cowboy wrestler to earn four career conference titles. Weigel is hunting his third career Big 12 Championship.

Cowboys at the Conference Meet
When Oklahoma State takes the mat for the Big 12 Championships, it will be hunting its 16th Big 12 tournament title in 21 attempts since the league held its first championship in 1997.

The Cowboys have won 51 team conference titles all-time (including the 2012 and 2013 regular season titles), claiming six Southwest Conference championships from 1917-25, four Missouri Valley Conference championships from 1925-28, 24 Big Eight Conference championships from 1958-96 and 16 Big 12 Conference championships from 1997-present.

Cowboy wrestlers have combined to win 277 conference individual titles through the years - one in the Southwest Conference, 23 in the Missouri Valley Conference, 151 in the Big Eight Conference and 99 in the Big 12.

John Smith at the Conference Meet
Coach John Smith has led the Cowboys to 19 conference championships and has coached 110 individual conference champs since taking over the program in 1991-92.

Under Smith, Oklahoma State has finished either first or second at the conference meet 21 times in 24 eligible years (Smith inherited an OSU program that was on probation at the time of his hiring and was not eligible to compete for the conference crown his first two seasons.)

He is a 13-time selection as Big 12 Coach of the Year to go with his two Big Eight Coach of the Year accolades.

Last Time Out
The fifth-ranked Oklahoma State wrestling team wrapped up its dual schedule Sunday afternoon with a 41-0 shutout of Fresno State at the Save Mart Center. It marks the team's most lopsided win since its 41-0 sweep of Stanford in Gallagher-Iba Arena on Feb. 14, 2016.

The Cowboys (13-2, 8-0 Big 12) piled up seven bonus point wins in nine contested matches on Sunday, including a trio of falls from Kaid Brock, Dean Heil and Chandler Rogers, as well as a tech fall from Nick Piccininni and three major decisions.

No. 5 Oklahoma State 41, Fresno State 0
Feb. 18, 2018 | Save Mart Center | Fresno, Calif.
125: No. 7 Nick Piccininni (OSU) TF Sean Williams (FS) 19-2, 7:00
133: No. 3 Kaid Brock (OSU) fall Trevor Williams (FS) 1:41
141: No. 6 Dean Heil (OSU) fall Chris DeLoza (FS) 4:34
149: No. 14 Boo Lewallen (OSU) dec. Khristian Olivas (FS) 9-4
157: Tristan Moran (OSU) dec. Greg Gaxiola (FS) 6-2
165: Double forfeit
174: No. 10 Chandler Rogers (OSU) fall Dominic Kincaid (FS) 2:20
184: Keegan Moore (OSU) MD Richie Brandt (FS) 14-5
197: Andrew Marsden (OSU) MD Josh Hokit (FS) 12-2
HWT: No. 11 Derek White (OSU) MD AJ Nevills (FS) 10-2

OSU Statistical Leaders
Overall Wins: 23, Boo Lewallen and Kaid Brock
Dual Wins: 14, Kaid Brock and Derek White
Ranked Wins: 5, Preston Weigel
Bonus Point Wins: 14, Derek White
Wins by Fall: 11, Ethan Andersen
Wins by Technical Fall: 8, Boo Lewallen
Wins by Major Decision: 11, Derek White
Dual Takedowns: 55, Derek White
Dual Nearfalls: 20, Nick Piccininni
* Does not include redshirt athletes

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