Cowboys Set To Face Oakland

Friday, November 12

Stillwater, OK

7 P.M. CT

Oklahoma State University

Oakland

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November 11, 2021 | Cowboy Basketball

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STILLWATER ---- Oklahoma State men's basketball is set to continue the 2021-22 regular season on Friday night against Oakland in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Tip is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN+ with Mike Wolfe and Bryndon Manzer on the call. The contest will also be aired across the waves on the Cowboy Radio Network with Dave Hunziker and John Holcomb on the call.

The Cowboys

The 2021-22 Cowboys will attack the season with a 17-man roster, including five newcomers and four returning starters from last year's squad.
Speaking of new - Oklahoma State welcomes three new assistant coaches (Terrence Rencher, Larry Blunt and David Cason) and a new strength coach (Mark Mitchell).
The Cowboys return four starters from last season's squad that returned OSU to the postseason and have added four key transfers with ambitions of pushing past the NCAA Round of 32. Setting its sights on a deep run in March, Oklahoma State returns 73 percent of its points from a year ago, 94 percent of its offensive rebounds and 74 percent of its assists.
Oklahoma State is set to compete in 17 games against 2021 NCAA Tournament foes.

What A Season Opener - By The Numbers

Oklahoma State defeated UT-Arlington in its season opener on Tuesday night, 88-45. It was the fewest points allowed in an opener since its 71-39 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Nov. 11, 2011. It was the second-fewest points allowed in an opener since 1960-61.
A big part of the defensive success? OSU recorded 15 steals, the most since 2017 and tied for the 10th most ever in program history for a single game. The Cowboys forced 22 turnovers and capitalized with 34 points off of them.
In contrast to the 45 points allowed, OSU had four players (Moussa Cisse, Avery Anderson III, Bryce Thompson and MA-Moncrieffe) in double figures for a combined 57 points.
You want to win? You must play good defense and rebound. OSU recorded 20 points on second chances and turned its defense into 28 fast-break points.

The New Sheriffs In Town

2021 American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and former five-star big man Moussa Cisse certainly stands out in this year's group of newcomers. Listed at 6-10 and a springy 225 pounds, Cisse started every game for Memphis as a freshman in 2020-21 and helped lead the Tigers to the NIT Title.
Joining Cisse is 2020 McDonald's All-American and former Kansas standout Bryce Thompson. A unanimous five-star talent, he finished his time at Tulsa's Booker T. Washington High School as the nation's No. 19 recruit according to Rivals. He comes to Stillwater as the seventh-highest rated Cowboy signee in the recruiting rankings era (since 2003).
Former Texas Tech Red Raider and four-star recruit Tyreek Smith will be complementing the duo. The 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Conference selection was the 2018 TAAPS 5A Player of the Year for Trinity Christian High School in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, where he averaged 17.9 points, 12.3 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game as a senior.
Rounding out the highly-anticipated class is Woody Newton. A former Rivals four-star recruit out of District Heights, Maryland, Newton is coming off a freshman campaign at Syracuse in which he posted a 46.4 shooting percentage, 38.9 percent clip from 3-point and averages of 3.5 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.

A Season For The Books

Armed with hoops sensation and Consensus First Team All-American Cade Cunningham, the new era of Oklahoma State basketball announced its presence on the national stage.
The Cowboys took down a school record nine ranked squads, advanced to the Big 12 Championship title game for the first time since 2005 and earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
OSU logged its first victory in the Big Dance since 2009 and saw a slew of postseason awards arrive in Stillwater.
The Cowboys also showed that they're set up for the future with the emergence of Avery Anderson III and the explosive play of two-time All-Big 12 selection Isaac Likekele, as well as Kalib Boone, Rondel Walker and Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe.
OSU ended the year ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press top-25, which is the team's highest spot in the final rankings since 2005.

A Season For The Books

Avery Anderson III has reached double-figures in scoring in eight of his last nine games, including the last five.
Something to keep an eye on going forward... Moussa Cisse is 1-for-1 on double-doubles in his career as a Cowboy. He had four last year as a freshman at Memphis.
The Cowboys have started the season 2-0 all but once since the 2008-09 season. 2018-19 is the lone year during the stretch in which they haven't done so.
OSU has made at least one three-pointer in 675 consecutive games dating back to Jan. 13, 2001, which is the 24th longest current streak in college basketball.