About Oklahoma State Oklahoma State is coming off a 93-61 win over Southern Wednesday night in the second round of the Las Vegas Invitational. James Anderson scored 30 points, a personal all-time best inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. He also grabbed 10 rebounds for his second-straight double-double, along with Marshall Moses (14 points, 13 boards). OSU struggled shooting, connecting on just four of its first 25 shots from long range. The Pokes finished 8-of-32. The Cowboys committed just eight turnovers, four fewer than their season average last year. OSU is averaging 49 rebounds in two games so far this season, including 29 offensive boards. The Cowboys are shooting just 21.3 percent (10 of 47) from beyond the arc, and just 64.1 percent from the charity stripe.
About North Texas North Texas is 2-0 this season with an 80-62 win over Cameron and a 101-99 double-overtime victory at Texas-Arlington. The Mean Green are led by junior guard Josh White who is averaging 27 points, 5.5 rebounds and four assists per game while shooting 65.2 percent (7-of-10 from long range) from the floor and 81 percent from the line. George Odufuwa, a transfer from Arizona State, is averaging 14 points and 17.5 boards per contest. Five other players are averaging seven or more points per game.
Quick Notes With 30 points against Southern, James Anderson (1,128 career points) moved into 27th place on the school career scoring chart, past John Lucas (1,111) and Richard Dumas (1,112) ... he is now just 18 points away from moving into 23rd place ... he now has five 30-point games in his career, tied with Desmond Mason for the fifth-most in school history ... Oklahoma State is 13-1 all-time against North Texas, the lone loss coming in Denton on Nov. 14, 2007 (82-73 UNT win) ... Oklahoma State has won its last 18 home games against non-conference opponents. That streak ties for the the fourth-longest in school history (OSU also won 18 consecutive from Dec. 4, 1961 - Dec. 9, 1965) ... head coach Travis Ford has the second-highest winning percentage by a coach in OSU history. Only Eddie Sutton (70.9 percent) had a higher winning percentage that Coach Ford has (67.6 percent).
Up Next Oklahoma State hosts Prairie View A&M (1-1) on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. before traveling to Las Vegas, Nev., to complete play in the Las Vegas Invitational on Friday & Saturday, Nov. 27-28, at the Orleans Arena.
