Oklahoma State at Marquette men's basketball: Tip time, starting lineups, three things to know
Oklahoma State at Marquette
When: 6 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee
TV: FS1 (Cox 67/HD 728, Dish 150, DirecTV 219, U-verse 652/HD 1652)
Radio: KXXY-FM 96.1
Three things to know
• OSU star Cade Cunningham leads the Big 12 in scoring (20.5 points per game) and is 10th in assists (3.5). He’s been remarkably efficient, shooting 50% overall. He’s also shooting 42.9% from 3-point range, making 3 of 7.
• The Cowboys have held opponents to just 18.2% shooting from 3-point range, which ranks 16th nationally entering Monday. OSU has a defensive adjusted efficiency of 90.4 on KenPom.com, an analytic website, which is ranked No. 33 overall on the website. Marquette ranks third nationally in field-goal percentage defense (26.8) and eighth in blocks (7.0).
• OSU is 4-1 against Marquette, with the last matchup coming in the 2007 Maui Invitational semifinals that Marquette won 91-61. This Marquette team is 2-0 and features 6-foot-11 freshman Dawson Garcia, who is the Big East Newcomer of the Week after averaging 17.5 points in two games.
PROJECTED STARTERS
Oklahoma State (2-0)
Pos. — Player — Ht. — Cl. — Pts. — Reb.
G — Cade Cunningham — 6-8 — Fr. — 20.5 — 7.0
G — Ferron Flavors Jr. — 6-3 — Gr. — 9.5 — 2
G — Isaac Likekele — 6-5 — Jr. — 8.5 — 9.5
G/F — Keylan Boone — 6-8 — So. — 7.0 — 8.0
F — Kalib Boone — 6-9 — So. — 5.0 — 5.0
Marquette (2-0)
Pos. — Player — Ht. — Cl. — Pts. — Reb.
G — Symir Torrence — 6-3 — So. — 6.0 — 4.5*
G — Koby McEwan — 6-4 — R-Sr. — 13.0 — 4.0
F — Jamal Cain — 6-7 — Sr. — 11.0 — 6.5
F — Theo John — 6-9 — Sr. — 11.0 — 10.5
F — Dawson Garcia — 6-11 — Fr. — 17.5 — 6.0
* — assists
Jacob Unruh, Staff writer
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Jacob Unruh is a graduate of Northeastern State University. He was born in Cherokee and raised near Vera where he attended Caney Valley High School.During his tenure at NSU, Unruh wrote for The Northeastern (NSU's student newspaper), the... Read more ›