![]() Unlike in a traditional year, the Cowboys knew exactly when their 2021-22 season would end. Thanks to an upheld postseason ban, Oklahoma State is precluded from the NCAA Tournament, the NIT, even the Big 12 Championship. Saturday was their swan song, and the Cowboys hit every note in the way only this team could. Here’s a scroll through my timeline at some of the props given to the resilient Pokes after their season-ending win over Texas Tech.
I love inter-program Twitter beef.
Even more, I love actual inter-program beef.
OSU brass and staff chimed in to congratulate the Pokes.
Whether or not this is Isaac Likekele’s last dance, he will always hold a special place in Cowboy fans’ hearts.
The post Twitter Celebrates the Cowboys’ Season Finale Win over Texas Tech appeared first on Pistols Firing. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. ![]() Unlike in a traditional year, the Cowboys knew exactly when their 2021-22 season would end. Thanks to an upheld postseason ban, Oklahoma State is precluded from the NCAA Tournament, the NIT, even the Big 12 Championship. Saturday was their swan song, and the Cowboys hit every note in the way only this team could. Here’s a scroll through my timeline at some of the props given to the resilient Pokes after their season-ending win over Texas Tech.
I love inter-program Twitter beef.
Even more, I love actual inter-program beef.
OSU brass and staff chimed in to congratulate the Pokes.
Whether or not this is Isaac Likekele’s last dance, he will always hold a special place in Cowboy fans’ hearts.
The post Twitter Celebrates the Cowboys’ Season Finale Win over Texas Tech appeared first on Pistols Firing. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. ![]() Oklahoma State ended the 2021-22 season with a win, defeating Texas Tech 52-51 and moving to 15-15 on the year and 8-10 in conference play. And the Pokes did it in typical Cowboy fashion. There was stingy, hard-nosed defense, a hard-fought comeback and (of course) some late drama. After falling back by double digits with less than 10 minutes to go in their season, the Cowboys tightened the clamps down on defense and outscored the No. 12 team in the nation 13-2 over the final 9:36. The Cowboys and Red Raiders were supposed to bookend the Big 12 slate but the conference opener in Lubbock had to be rescheduled due to Covid. When the two teams met two weeks later, the Cowboys were almost run out of United Supermarkets Arena, losing 78-57. But this one was never more than a six-point game either way until the midway point of the second half. After dirtying it up in Ames and combining for 38 turnovers with Iowa State, the Cowboys started off in similar ugly fashion. The two teams committed 20 turnovers collectively in the first half on Saturday. Each team finished with 15 turnovers. The Cowboys were able to keep it within two possession until Bryson Williams and Kevin Obanor poured in back-to-back deep balls — capping a 7-0 run — to put the Red Raiders up by 10 midway through the second. They were the top two scorers in the game. Obanor scored 16 and grabbed 10 rebounds while Williams added 13 points before fouling out with 50 seconds to go. The Cowboys clamped down on D, holding Tech scoreless for over nine minutes, but were only able to tie it and not until the play that saw Tech’s leading scorer disqualified. OSU crawled back into it without even making a shot from the field. The Cowboys found themselves down eight with eight minutes left in their season. Avery Anderson splitting a pair of free throws made sure they were down seven with seven minutes to go. Moussa Cisse knocked down a pair of charity shots to make it 46-44 and then Bryce Thompson broke loose for a rim rocker to make it a 3-point game with just under six minutes left. OSU missed seven-straight shots themselves after pulling within three before Rondel Walker scooped up a rebound on a missed Bryce Williams 3 and laid it in. The foul he picked up, sent him to the line to tie it and sent Tech’s Bryson Williams to the bench with five fouls. Davion Warren’s tip-in put Tech up by two with 28 seconds to go and then Bryce Thompson made his first of five 3-point attempts with 19 seconds left to give the Pokes a 52-51 lead. Because these games cannot end without some drama, the officials had to go to the monitors with 2.5 seconds to go after Avery Anderson tipped the ball away from Adonis Arms. It was upheld as Tech ball and the clock adjusted. On the in-bound attempt, Cisse tipped it out of bounds, causing the monitors to be spun around again to fix the clock. Tech finally got to throw the ball in and Terrence Shannon Jr. got a face full of former Red Raider Tyreek Smith. Smith swatted at the ball (and caught a little arm), but they aren’t calling that with zeros on the clock. Cisse hauled in the miss and then launched it toward the rafters in celebration. The Cowboys won with stellar defense and by beating up the league’s top paint scoring team under the rim. OSU out-rebounded Tech 41-37 and outscored the Red Raiders in the paint 26-22. Rondel Walker was perfect from the field until the 11-minute mark in the second half. He made his first three shots, all from deep, and finished with a team-high 12 points, on just seven shots, and six rebounds. Bryce Thompson scored 11, including what was ultimately the game-winner. As usual, Moussa Cisse gobbled up plenty of rebounds and swatted away plenty of shots. He finished with four points, 10 boards and five blocked shots. On his Senior Day, Likekele made his second 3-pointer of the season to pull the Cowboys within 8-7 and stop an 8-0 run just over five minutes in and only scored again with his early second-half layup, but he added four rebounds and an assist in what may be his very last game at OSU. There has been no announcement as to whether he’ll take advantage of his additional Covid year. Thanks to a postseason ban slapped on the them by the NCAA following a years’ dated FBI investigation, the Cowboys are done for the 2021-22 season. The win not only sends the Cowboys off on a good note, pushes back to .500 at 15-15 and makes for just their second win streak since the start of Big 12 play. The post Instacap: OSU Finishes Season With a Win over No. 12 Texas Tech appeared first on Pistols Firing. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. ![]() TULSA — The Cowboys had seven matches in the pigtail rounds of the opening day of the Big 12 tournament, and they left the first session in Tulsa with a lead in team race. Oklahoma State leads the team race with 57 points in the Big 12 Tournament’s first session. Northern Iowa isn’t far behind with 55 points. Iowa State has 54 points. Trevor Mastrogiovanni got the Cowboys started off with a comfortable 7-1 win over North Dakota State’s Lucas Rodriguez, but signaled some concerns for Oklahoma State fans as he was visibly limping off the mat at the end of the match. After giving up a third-period ride-out, Mastrogiovanni walked off clearly hobbled and in some pain. Daton Fix dominated with a tech fall over Northern Colorado’s Dyson Kunz. Then Carter Young took the first loss of the day for the Cowboys. Young, who came in as the No. 5 seed, was upset by Utah Valley’s Ty Smith 6-2. This set Young on the consolation side of the bracket and with a potential future matchup vs. No. 1 seed Ian Parker of Iowa State, who was also upset in the opening round. Kaden Gfeller continues to roll this season, picking up a fall and some much-needed bonus points for the Cowboys at 149. This was followed up by a major for Dustin Plott at 174.
At 197 Gavin Stika fell to OU All-American Jake Woodley 23-8. At heavyweight, Luke Surber avenged a regular-season loss, knocking off Tyrell Gordon with a 13-3 major decision. Quarterfinal rounds produce a lot of points in a tournament like this, and the Cowboys put together a solid round. After Mastrogiovanni’s first match, he looked a little hurt which was cause for concern for Oklahoma State fans, but it really didn’t show in the quarterfinal round. He beat the No. 5 seed, Missouri’s Noah Surtin, 4-2 to move to the semifinals. Fix got another quick tech fall over Job Greenwood, and Gfeller added some more bonus with a major decision at 149. At 157 OU’s Justin Thomas took out Wyatt Sheets in the Cowboys’ first quarterfinal loss. It was close late before a Thomas takedown closed things out to send Sheets to the consolation bracket. At 165, Travis Wittlake wrestled North Dakota State’s Luke Weber, who beat Wittlake last year here at the conference tournament. Wittlake and Weber tied up early, and Weber attempted a throw. He wasn’t able to put Wittlake on his back, but finished a takedown and rode him out for the period. Wittlake just wasn’t able to get much else going the rest of the match and fell 4-0 to Weber. Dustin Plott picked apart West Virginia’s Dennis Robin to a 12-3 major decision, and Dakota Geer made the semifinals after an 8-5 decision over West Virginia’s Anthony Carman. Luke Surber avenged another regular-season loss in the quarterfinals to Zach Elam. Surber got a quick takedown to go up early, but Elam put him on his back in the second period then rode out the period to put himself in control going into the third. A takedown and ride out for Surber sent the match into overtime where Surber picked up this takedown to knock off the second seed in the tournament.
The Cowboys sit in first place by a slim margin with Iowa State and Northern Iowa nipping at their heels. The semifinal round Saturday night will be pivotal for the Cowboys with five wrestlers having a shot to make the finals.
First-round results
Quarterfinal results
The post Cowboys Take Lead After First Session in Tight Team Race at the Big 12 Tournament appeared first on Pistols Firing. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. ![]() STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State basketball team plays its final game of the season Saturday when the Cowboys host Texas Tech at 2 p.m. in Gallagher-Iba Arena. OSU coach Mike Boynton met with the media Friday to preview the matchup and the abrupt end to the season. The post Video: Mike Boynton Previews Cowboys’ Season Finale appeared first on Pistols Firing. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. ![]() The Cowboys’ season will abruptly end Saturday, no matter the result. Oklahoma State hosts Texas Tech for the Cowboys’ season finale, a season in which the Pokes were banned from postseason play and will thus not go to Kansas City for the Big 12 Tournament or have a shot at the NCAA Tournament. Here is a preview of Saturday’s matchup. Viewing InfoTime: 2 p.m. Saturday Team Stats
Projected Starters
Series HistoryThe Cowboys got thumped in Lubbock earlier in the season, but the Red Raiders are 18-0 in United Supermarkets Arena. In Tech’s 78-57 victory, five Red Raiders scored in double figures with Oral Roberts transfer Kevin Obanor leading the way with 17. Bryce Thompson was the only Cowboy to crack double digits in points, scoring 14. These teams have been fairly evenly matched over recent years. The past 10 times they’ve played have been split five apiece. The Cowboys are 47-24 all-time against Tech and 25-5 against the Red Raiders in games played in Stillwater.
Big 12 Standings
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