Men’s basketball: Texas A&M at Oklahoma State
* TV: ESPN (Cox 29)
* Radio: KXXY-FM 96.1
Quick Notes
* Oklahoma State is playing its second of four-consecutive games on ESPN. In fact, OSU is currently in the midst of five ESPN-televised games in six contests.
* Monday night will mark the eighth of 13 games this season televised by either ESPN, espn2 or ABC.
* OSU has won 18 of its last 22 games against Big 12 South Division foes inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
* OSU is 9-1 at home this season, allowing just 56.2 points per game. Opponents are shooting just 24.5 percent from beyond the three-point arc in those 10 games.
* The Cowboys have a +5.5 turnover margin in Gallagher-Iba Arena this season. The opponents are averaging 21 turnovers per game on Eddie Sutton Court.
* With 161 steals, junior guard Byron Eaton is just 10 away from becoming the all-time career steals leader in school history. Ivan McFarlin is the current record holder with 170 steals from 2001-05.
* Despite a 1-3 record in league play, the Cowboys still have a positive scoring margin against Big 12 games. OSU is averaging 68 points and allowing 67.5 per game.
Series History with the Aggies
* This will be the 39th meeting between these two schools on the hardwood alltime, and the 24th meeting since the Big 12 Conference was formed.
* OSU is 27-11 all-time vs. Texas A&M and 19-4 since the Big 12 formed, including last year’s meeting in the Big 12 Tournament.
* Three of the Aggies’ four wins since joining the Big 12 have come in the last four meetings. Prior to that, the Cowboys had won 12-consecutive games and 20 of 21 in the series.
* Five of A&M’s 11 victories were at the start of the series, from 1918 until 1924.
* Texas A&M won for the first time in Stillwater for the first time in more than 80 years last season, pinning a 66-46 loss on the Cowboys.
* Oklahoma State’s two losses last season were by an average of 19 points per game. The Cowboys defeated the Aggies in the Big 12 Tournament, 57-56.
* Junior guard Terrel Harris has scored 38 points on Texas A&M in five outings, including a 6-of-12 performance from beyond the three-point arc and connecting on 12-of-14 free throws.
* Marcus Dove, Byron Eaton and Harris have a combined 10 starts against A&M over the past two seasons.
* In 10 wins in Gallagher-Iba Arena since the Big 12 formed, OSU has outscored the Aggies by an average of 17.5 points per victory.
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Why can’t OSU close the games out. They have lost all their conference games by less then ten. Then losing this weekend at home to A&M they had that game won…. I just don’t understand.