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THE JOURNAL, Thursday, January 7, 2010 - B3
OSU opens Big 12 slate Sam day
Now we'll see how
much Oklahoma State has
improved during its non-
conference slate When the
Texas Tech Red Raiders
visit the friendly confines
of Gallagher-Iba Arena
Saturday.
The Cowboys closed out
the preliminaries Tuesday
night hosting Coppin State.
Results were not available
at presstime. Before that
game, however, OSU did
split a pair of contests
run, the Pokes trailed by a
single point at 39-38. Obi
Muonelo drained a three-
point goal to forge a 41-41
tie with 13:08 left in the
game. About three minutes
later, Muonelo gave the
Cowboys their first lead
with another trey.
The Cowboys put
together one of their best
halves of basketball this
season offensively. O-State
raced to a 40-16 halftime
lead and held the visiting
Tigers to frosty shooting
percentages in the first half.
Pacific was 5-of- 18 from the
Anderson then picked up the
slack with six straight points
to stop the visitors' rally and
put the Cowboys back up by
double-digits for good.
OSU would outscore the
Tigers 19-10 in the final 10
minutes of the half to cap-
ture to win.
Anderson would finish
the game with 25 points
with Muonelo adding 22.
Moses led the Pokes in
rebounding with 11 boards.
However as a team, Pacific
contest of the season.
O-State dropped a 63-59
verdict to the Rhode Island
Rams Saturday afternoon in
Uncasville, Conn.
It was a tale of two
halves for the Cowboys.
The Rams led by as many
as 12 points in the first half
with a 19-7 score with a
little less than nine min-
utes left until halftime• The
offense struggled scoring
only 26 points in the half.
And while only trailing by
nine, the defense allowed
17 second-chance points
along with 11 rebounds to
Rhode Island.
But things were differ-
ent in the second half. The
Pokes chipped away at the
deficit and thanks to a 12-2
five times alter that, Rhode
Island took the lead for good
with 1:11 left and held on
for the win.
Muonelo led the Pokes
in scoring with 17 points.
Marshall Moses followed
with 11 and James Ander-
son, who was averaging just
over 22 points per game for
OSU, struggled to tally 10.
Moses would complete
the double-double with 15
rebounds.
OSU hosted the Pacific
Tigers in the final game
of the 2009 portion of the
schedule. And thanks to a
huge first half, the Cow-
boys were able to hold off
a second half surge by the
visitors to claim the 66-50
win.
of-8 from behind the three-
point arc for 12.5 percent.
OSU's shooting would
have been good enough to
melt the lingering snow and
ice from the Christmas Eve
blizzard as the Pokes were
14-of-26 from the field for
53.8 percent including 5-of-
12 three-point shooting for a
respectable 41.7 percent.
Muonelo had the hot
hand for the Cowboys as
he outscored the Tigers as
a team with his ! 7 first half
points. That wouldn't be the
case in the second half, but
the Pokes did have rein-
forcements show up.
Pacific would go on a 24-
7 tear in the first 10 minutes
of the second half to close
the gap to seven at 47-40.
Anderson named to Top 30 list
STILLWATER -- James Anderson, a selection, Anderson was inexp!icably
guard on the Oklahoma State basketball
team, has been named a candidate on the
2009-10 John R. Wooden Award Midsea-
son Top-30 list, it was announced Monday
by the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Anderson, a 6-6 junior from Junction
City, Ark., is one of five players listed from
the Big 12 Conference. Joining Anderson
from the league are Kansas' Cole Aldrich,
Sherron Collins and Xavier Henry, along
with Damion James of Texas.
A preseaso' All-Big ;12 First :-Te'/ffl
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left off the preseason Wooden Award list.
He's one of 10 players added to the group
midway through the season.
Anderson leads the Big 12 Conference
and ranks 15th nationally in scoring, aver-
aging 21.2 points per game. He also ranks
15th in the league in rebounding at 5.9
boards per contest• He ranks among the
Big 12's top 10 in free-throw percentage
(fifth at 81.6 percent), three-point field
goals made (ninth at 1.9 threes per game),
and minutes played (fifth at 332!mpg).
32, which included a 23-15
advantage on the boards in
the second half.
OSU head coach Travis
Ford has had concerns
abouthis squad all season
up to this point. And they are
justified• The Cowboys has
failed to put together two
solid halves of basketball
and prevent opponents from
working their way back into
the game.
Outside of Kansas and
Texas, there are still other
quality teams in the Big 12
Conference so there won't
be too many "gimmes" left
on the schedule• Saturday's
game with Texas Tech might
give an indication how the
season might go.
And things won't get
much easier after this home
game. The Cowboys will
turn around and play a
Bedlam matchup at Okla-
homa on Monday. It will be
televised by ESPN as part
of the Big Monday lineup•
Tipoff is scheduled for 8
p.m. at the Lloyd Noble
Center•
The Cowboys will be at
Baylor on Jan. 16 before
another conference home
outing against Colorado on
Jan. 20•
Oklahoma State senior Obi Muonelo goes up for two of his
17 first half points against the University of Pacific last Tues-
day night in Gallagher-lba Arena. Muonelo single-handedly
outscored the Tigers in the first half as OSU built a 40-16
lead. Pacific rallied in the second half and the Cowboys held
on for a 66-50 win. OSU begins Big 12 Conference action
this Saturday hosting the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Tipoff is
scheduled for 7 p.m.
Journal photo by Rick Lomenick
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