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Oklahoma State Basketball

Oklahoma State Struggles Late and Falls 61-60 to Southern Illinois

November 10, 2022
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STILLWATER – Oklahoma State struggled to hit shots down the stretch as they lose to Southern Illinois, 61-60.

The Cowboys failed to hit a field goal in the final four minutes of the game, falling to 1-1 on the season.

SIU cut the Pokes’ lead to just one point, 59-58, following three quick buckets by Lance Jones, a 3-pointer and two jumpers, with just over two minutes left in the game.

Jones finished the game leading all scorers with 19 points.

Moussa Cisse was fouled twice in the final minute of the game, giving him a chance to extend the Pokes’ lead to at least a two-possession game. However, he made just one of four, which was immediately followed by a corner three by Marcus Domask to give SIU a one-point lead, 61-60. John-Michael Wright turned the ball over on the other end but was bailed out by a missed Salukis free throw on the other end, which was rebounded by Bryce Thompson. Thompson had a chance to win the game with four seconds left but missed a fadeaway midrange jumper.

Both Avery Anderson III and Bryce Thompson finished with 14 points on fairly similar shooting, Anderson III on 7-of-15 shooting and Thompson 6-of-14.

Cisse finished with a double-double, 11 points on 50% shooting from the field and 15 rebounds.

The Cowboys outrebounded SIU 43-31 and outscored them in a paint, 28-24. However, the Cowboys’ downfall came at the free throw line as they shot just 50%, going 8-of-16 and losing by one-point. They also finished shooting just 25% from behind the 3-point line.

It was a bit of a slow start for the Pokes as the Salukis jumped out to a 5-0 lead less than two minutes into the game, which included two-straight turnovers by the Pokes. Bryce Thompson hit the first bucket of the game for the Pokes, a jumper to cut the Salukis lead to 5-2, but SIU extended its lead to 13-4 lead less than seven minutes into the game.

In fact, the Cowboys wouldn’t take their first lead of the game until the 8:06 mark in the first half, a jumper by Moussa Cisse to give the Pokes a 16-15 lead.

Despite the slow start, the Cowboys had a solid first half percentage-wise shooting the ball. They went 50% from the field on 14-of-28 shooting, 44% from 3-point range on 4-of-9 shooting, going into the half with a 33-28 lead.

The Cowboys were hot out of the break with a quick bucket by Kalib Boone, followed by a steal and assists by Avery Anderson III leading to a Cisse fast break dunk.

The Pokes forced an inbounds turnover on the ensuing drive, leading to another dunk by Cisse.

The fast break was effective for the Pokes early in the second half as Anderson III recorded a steal just under 17 minutes left in the second half, capped by a layup by Thompson, giving the Pokes their largest lead of the game, 41-28.

The Salukis would finally hit their first bucket of the half at the 16:12 mark on a layup by Clarence Rupert, making it an 11-point game, 41-30.

Things started to slow down for the Pokes a bit following the first four minutes of the half. They’d turn the ball over six times over the next five minutes. That drought was ended when John-Michael Wright hit the front end of a one-and-one. He’d sink the second as well, giving the Pokes their first points in two minutes.

Wright would also hit the Pokes’ first field goal in more than three minutes, putting the Pokes back up 10, 47-37, followed by another quick floater by Anderson III a few seconds later, giving the Pokes a 12-point lead.

The Salukis went a quick run with less than 10 minutes left in the game, cutting the Pokes’ lead to just six. But two quick free throws and another dunk by Cisse put the Pokes back up 10, 55-45.

Next up for the Pokes is a trip to Michigan for a game against Oakland for a 2:30 p.m. CT tip on ESPN+.

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Oklahoma State Struggles Late and Falls 61-60 to Southern Illinois

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Si
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Another disappointment, can't shoot when it counts!
TUSKAPOKE
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Turnovers....terrible free throw shooting....erratic offense.....poor three point shooting.....lost shooters while on defense....What can possibly be wrong? Looks like a continuation of last season. Another long season. The past 17 years....yes, 17 years....have been very disappointing. Tired of "waiting until next year"......
POOBAPOKE
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What can possibly be wrong?

GIA is no longer a home court advantage.

GIA holds 13,611. SIU game attendance was 5,324. I was there. The students were not. People leave early. Winning cures everything, but 39% attendance. We've got to do better as fans. Get to GIA and bring your friends. Show you still care...


CaliforniaCowboy
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TUSKAPOKE said:

Turnovers....terrible free throw shooting....erratic offense.....poor three point shooting.....lost shooters while on defense....What can possibly be wrong? Looks like a continuation of last season. Another long season. The past 17 years....yes, 17 years....have been very disappointing. Tired of "waiting until next year"......
hey, you can't make posts like that, someone on here might thing that you're being pessimistic.

...and... gasp... ask you to leave
CaliforniaCowboy
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Oakland on Sunday... and they have a PG named Rocket!

they play Bowling Green tonight on ESPN+, and their only other game was against Defiant 92-27

We'd better find ourselves in a hurry, or this season might derail before it even gets started
TUSKAPOKE
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Goodbye!
Joe Khatib
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I have had a pretty good time over the last seventeen years! Have gone to pretty much every bowl game including a couple of Fiesta Bowls and watched us approach 10 wins every season, sometimes we got there sometimes not! Oh wait we are talking round ball, never mind, LOL!
CaliforniaCowboy
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well..... Oakland lost to BG last night, so we could win the game Sunday.

but... they did have a guy with 23 points, one with 8 assists, and another who scored 15 all on treys, which sounds like decent team basketball

something that we're still trying to develop
NJAggie
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Well I can't comment as I was busy during the game, saw the results and couldn't bear to watch then. But everything I've seen its the same issues we saw in the last two games except they didn't shoot as well, so they didn't get bailed out by that.

These guys need to be in the gym shooting 20 hours a day, and they've got to be more disciplined because they're just out there free lancing, there is no offense being run, and defense is just a bunch of individual effort.

I like Boynton, but he's got to step up the coaching. We need guys riding the pine for bad shots. We need 70% FT shooting. This is just basic stuff, and the fact its not happening is no longer OK.
CaliforniaCowboy
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NJAggie said:

Well I can't comment as I was busy during the game, saw the results and couldn't bear to watch then. But everything I've seen its the same issues we saw in the last two games except they didn't shoot as well, so they didn't get bailed out by that.

These guys need to be in the gym shooting 20 hours a day, and they've got to be more disciplined because they're just out there free lancing, there is no offense being run, and defense is just a bunch of individual effort.

I like Boynton, but he's got to step up the coaching. We need guys riding the pine for bad shots. We need 70% FT shooting. This is just basic stuff, and the fact its not happening is no longer OK.
yep.... I've been saying this since the last of Ford's kids left (Watters, etc.)
NJAggie
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One thing that always puzzled me was the way the three Ford kids forgot how to shoot their Sr year.
backphil
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Give coach Mike the credit due for having the boys ready to play on the road in Oakland after that SIU catastrophe.
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