#15 Oklahoma State (16-5) at Wichita State (10-8)

Wed., March 22 • 6 p.m.
Eck Stadium (8,153) • Wichita, Kan.

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About Oklahoma State

     • OSU is 16-5 and plays a midweek contest Wednesday at Wichita State before returning to Big 12 Conference action this weekend in Stillwater. The Cowboys are 1-2 in the league and will host Baylor in a three-game series starting Friday at O'Brate Stadium.
     • The Cowboys are coming off a 42-22 season in 2022 in which they made their ninth consecutive NCAA Regional appearance. OSU finished tied for second in the Big 12 standings with a 15-9 conference mark, one game out of first place.
     • OSU was the No. 7 national seed in last year's NCAA Championship, the program's highest ever tourney seeding, and was an NCAA Regional host for the fourth time under Josh Holliday; the Pokes advanced to the NCAA Regional finals for the sixth time under Holliday.
     • Led by Nolan McLean and Roc Riggio, OSU returns six position starters and 13 letterwinners from '22.
   • The 2023 season is OSU's 11th under head coach Josh Holliday, who is 378-204-2 at his alma mater. The Cowboys have earned an NCAA Region berth each year under his watch.

About Wichita State

     • Wichita State is 10-8 and travels to Tulsa for a Tuesday game against Oral Roberts before hosting the Cowboys on Wednesday.
     • Loren Hibbs is serving as WSU's interim head coach this season. Hibbs won over 800 games in 27 seasons as the head coach at Charlotte prior to returning to his alma mater in 2019.
     • OSU is 64-35 all time against WSU, including a 13-3 mark under Josh Holliday. Last season, the Cowboys went 3-0 in midweek games against the Shockers, including a pair of wins in Wichita.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

     OSU was ranked as high as No. 8 in the preseason national polls, getting that ranking from USA TODAY Sports. This week, the Cowboys are ranked No. 15 by USA TODAY Sports, 16th by the NCBWA, 18th by Perfect Game, 19th by Collegiate Baseball and 20th by D1Baseball and Baseball America.
     OSU has been nationally ranked for 43 consecutive weeks dating back to the 2021 preseason polls. The Cowboys reached No. 2 twice in 2022, marking their highest-ever ranking under Josh Holliday.
     From March 4, 2013 to April 3, 2017, a streak of 77 consecutive weeks, OSU was ranked in at least one national poll. During that time, the Cowboys spent 18 weeks in the Top 10, climbing as high as No. 3. They have finished in the top 10 in the final polls twice under Josh Holliday — 10th in 2014 and fourth in 2016.

RPI Talk

Oklahoma State entered the week No. 12 in the official NCAA RPI; Wichita State is 140th.

We Went Streaking

     OSU's recent 12-game winning streak (Feb. 26-March 14) is the longest by a Big 12 team this season and is tied for the second longest of the Josh Holliday head coaching era.
     The Pokes' longest win streak under Holliday is 14, which came in 2020-21 (last five games of COVID shortened '20 season and first nine of '21), and OSU also turned in a 12-game winning streak in 2014.
     The program record for longest winning streak is 30 games, set by the 1986 Cowboys.

Sparkling Statistics

     • Nolan McLean is in a four-way tie for the NCAA lead with six saves.
     • McLean, along with Roc Riggio, also ranks 18th nationally by having drawn 20 walks.
     • OSU sports a .311 team batting average, which ranks second in the Big 12. Nolan Schubart is hitting a team-high .412, ranking fifth in the league, and is one of seven Cowboys with a batting average over .300.
     • Cowboy reliever Isaac Stebens is fifth in the Big 12 with a 2.28 ERA.
     • Juaron Watts-Brown leads the Big 12 with 42 strikeouts; OSU's pitching staff ranks second in the league with 215 strikeouts.
     • OSU's 51 doubles ranks eighth in the NCAA this season, six behind the leaders, and David Mendham ranks 22nd nationally with nine doubles, four behind the leaders.

Double Your Pleasure

Roc Riggio did something that hadn't been done in over three decades in the second game of a doubleheader against Utah Tech.
Riggio tied a program record with four doubles, a feat last achieved by a Cowboy when Lou Lucca did it in 1991.

Bakers On The Mound

     OSU had two pitchers record 13 strikeout performances during the series against Utah Tech. The baker's dozen punchouts are the most in a game by a Big 12 pitcher this season.
     In the series opener, Juaron Watts-Brown reached the mark in 6 2/3 innings. The 13 strikeouts were the second most in a game in Watts-Brown's career behind only the 16 he recorded while at Long Beach State last season in a game against UC Riverside that also saw him throw a no-hitter.
     In game three of the weekend, Brian Hendry racked up his 13 Ks in six innings en route to his first win as a Cowboy. The total marked a career high for the St. John's transfer, whose previous best was 10 in 2021.

Cowboy Baseball Travels To Wichita For Midweek Contest

#15 Oklahoma State (16-5) at Wichita State (10-8)

Wed., March 22 • 6 p.m.
Eck Stadium (8,153) • Wichita, Kan.

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Players Mentioned

Brian Hendry

Nolan McLean

David Mendham

Roc Riggio

Nolan Schubart

Isaac Stebens

Juaron Watts-Brown

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Cowboy Baseball Travels To Wichita For Midweek Contest

#15 Oklahoma State (16-5) at Wichita State (10-8)

Wed., March 22 • 6 p.m. Eck Stadium (8,153) • Wichita, Kan.

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Brian Hendry

Nolan McLean

David Mendham

Roc Riggio

Nolan Schubart

Isaac Stebens

Juaron Watts-Brown

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Wed., March 22 • 6 p.m.
Eck Stadium (8,153) • Wichita, Kan.