Oklahoma State topples Kansas State 76-62 in Foul-Laden Game
by Joe Loyd on Jan 8, 2011 2:55 PM CST
in Big 12 Basketball - 2010-11 Season
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PrintToday in Stillwater the Oklahoma State Cowboys won the battle of attrition and defeated the #17 (for now) Kansas State Wildcats by a score of 76-62. In a game marred by an excessive amount of fouls the Cowboys rallied from an eight point deficit to blow past K-State for a big double digit win.
The story of the game though was the referees who were bound and determined to not let any flow or excitement enter into the contest. Worse than even simply calling a foul or two (or three) on almost every possession was their variation during the game on what was a foul or not a foul as Fran Franschilla discussed in the second half on the television broadcast.
In the first half the Oklahoma State home crowd was incensed at what they felt was some one-sided calls. In the second half after a clear push-off by Marshall Moses to get a lay-up, Jamar Samuels lost his cool and got a technical foul called on him. The ensuing free throws by Keiton Page pushed the lead to six for Cowboys and the Wildcats could never recover.
The final tally on fouls was 31 for K-State and 26 for Oklahoma State. In total, six players combined between both teams fouled out and three others finished with four fouls.
As for the secondary characters of this game, the players, Oklahoma State played good fundamental defense in the second half to get a huge win in the league opener. Kansas State was unable to get any offense from their big men throughout the game as Freddy Asprilla did not score and Wally Judge finished with just 4 points.
Kansas State rode some hot three point shooting and some unusual makes from the free throw line to put themselves in a position to possibly run away with the game at one point in the second half. Unfortunately for the Wildcats one of their frequent cold spells hit them on offense in combination with the Cowboys defense and the game got away from them quickly.
J.P Olukemi came up huge for the Cowboys as he finished with 22 points too lead all scorers in the ballgame. Three other Cowboys, Keiton Page, Ray Penn & Marshall Moses, also scored in double figures.
Jacob Pullen did his part as he scored 20 points for Kansas State and Rodney McGruder chipped in with 19 but no other Wildcat could crack double digits.
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I gave an F
yes both teams fouled alot but wow was that hard to watch. Need to find the names of those refs so all fans can be aware of any games they work with their teams involved
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Poorly called game both ways. OSU was more physical inside. There bigs tried to draw a foul everytime they went inside, our bigs tried to shoot quickly so shot would not be blocked. I quit watching after the 3rd time in second half we failed to block out on the defensive board and an OSU guy went between our guys. I hope our coaches can teach the troops that a major part of rebounding is using the “behind” to block out.
One time in Particular
when KSU was in a Zone, Pullen simply stood there on the backside and Pilgrim came in and grabbed the board. Granted they don’t play alot of zone but taught early on when the ball goes up look to box someone out. Rebounding is just one of many KSU problems at the moment. Lots of credit though to Ok. State for crashing hard and getting the 50/50 balls.
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Currently 4 votes for an A grade for the refs
apparently some fellow refs watched and loved the whistle blowing every couple seconds
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That game was awful to watch.
The refs just should not be blowing the whistles that much in the game. I understand that the refs wanted to make sure that the game didn’t get out of hand – but it absolutely did. A game where they call 57 fouls is out of hand by the refs.
Maybe I’m alone on this one, but if you want to make sure the game doesn’t get too physical call more intentional and flagrant fouls. Blowing the whistle early and often to start the 2nd half to regulate the game is a stupid idea. That game was damn near unwatchable.
One good thing to note is that K-State wasn’t dreadfully awful from the charity stripe!
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