Freshman point guard Jamal Bieniemy hit a season-high 17 points as Oklahoma overcame a 19-point deficit early to beat Oklahoma State 70-61 January 24 in Stillwater. That was only the second start for Bieniemy. Brady Manek added 15 points and Jamuni McNeace contributed 13 points for Oklahoma, who shot 64 percent from the field in…
A second half comeback fell short No. 17 Houston beat Tulsa 77-65 in Tulsa Sunday afternoon. DaQuan Jeffries led the Golden Hurricane (12-9, 2-6) with 17 points and five assists, while Jeriah Horne came off the bench to score 15 points. Martins Igbanu and Sterling Taplin finished with 11 and 10 points, respectively. TU had…
Jarron Cumberland led all scorers with 23 points as Cincinnati defeated visiting Tulsa on January 24, 88-64, in Cincinnati. Sterling Taplin led five players in double-figures with a dozen points for the Golden Hurricane. DaQuan Jeffries had 11 points, while Martins Igbanu, Curran Scott and Darien Jackson each finished with 10 points. Taplin logged a…
North Dakota State had a late 15-5 run to top Oral Roberts 67-57 Saturday night at the Mabee Center. ORU lost for just the second time this season when giving up fewer than 70 points, having also fallen 69-59 against Tulsa. Kevin Obanor had 21 points and eight rebounds, while Sam Kearns returned from injury…
It will be youth versus experience when the Los Angeles Rams face the New England Patriots Sunday in Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. Sean McVay, coach of the Rams, just turned 33. Patriots’ coach Bill Belichick is 66. America only had 48 states when Belichick was born in 1952 and the NFL had only 12…
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy got an annual raise and a contract rollover for 2019. Gundy’s five-year contract was extended through the 2023 season. His annual $125,000 raise makes his salary for 2019 $5.125 million. That’s one of the top 10 coaching salaries in the nation. “I’m more energized and excited about Cowboy football than…
Oklahoma State fourth-team quarterback Keondre Wudtee has entered his name into the NCAA’s transfer portal. Wudtee, a Bossier City, Louisiana, native, has been at OSU for three years and will be a junior in eligibility. Players who submit their names to the new NCAA transfer portal don’t have to transfer but it allows them to…
Two sets of Cowboys, one from down the Cimarron Turnpike in Stillwater, and the other from Laramie, Wyoming, along with conference foes UCF, Houston, Memphis and Navy will visit H.A. Chapman Stadium in the fall to face The University of Tulsa on the gridiron. Tulsa’s attractive home schedule will begin on the third week of…
Chris Chambliss played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (1971-1988) with three different teams, but it is his walk-off home run in game five of the 1976 American League Championship Series for which he’s remembered. I had the opportunity to interview Chambliss recently, as he was in town to be the keynote speaker at the…
Up until this week, only 29 former Harlem Globetrotters, from the team’s 93-year history, have been given the “Legends” award. The Globetrotters have announced they will add three more to that list during their 2019 Fan Powered North American Tour. The Globetrotters will bring their 2019 tour to the BOK Center in Tulsa, February 7…