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It was the night of his eighth grade dance, and Phil Forte was eager to get to the school. He got his outfit ready: a pair of jeans, a polo with a white undershirt and a nice pair of shoes. His friends came over, and as the group prepared to file into his father’s car, Forte grabbed his most important accessory of the evening: a basketball. When they arrived at the school, Forte started to get out of the car before his father, Phil Forte II, stopped him. “Phillip, why don’t we leave the ball here?” he asked. “Why don’t you go into the dance, and if the gym is open, I think they’ll have balls in the gym.” So Forte left the ball in the car and went inside. He never had any interest in dancing. While most of his friends were worried about the girls, Forte was worrying about getting up his daily 600 3-pointers, a routine he started in eighth grade.

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Phil Forte, a fifth-year senior, spent his eighth grade dance shooting baskets in the other side of the school gym.

Not even 30 minutes later, Phil Forte II received a text from his son. “You were right. They have balls here.” Forte didn’t dance to any of the songs. With Usher and Ludacris serving as his background music, he shot all night long. In the beginning, some friends joined him for a couple of pickup games, but eventu-

blares over the speakers inside the practice court at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Forte is inside the gym, getting ready to, again, get some shots up. First, he starts with ball handling drills. He takes two basketballs and begins to dribble, changing it up every 30 seconds or so, effortlessly switching from between the legs to behind the back. Banners surround him on the walls, commemorating Oklahoma State’s various basketball achievements. Orange banners from the 2000 Elite Eight and 2005 Sweet Sixteen are among those hanging.

They seem so far out of Forte’s grasp. He hasn’t won an NCAA Tournament game in four years with the Cowboys. Still, he is lauded in Stillwater. Before the 2016-17 season, he is 56 3-pointers away from breaking the school record. Finally, he is done with dribbling. He starts close to the goal, gradually moving backward. He reaches the 3-point line and launches his first shot, which glides through the net. He starts to get hot. He makes six in a row. Then 12. When a rare miss occurs, he grimaces,

letting out a shriek that sounds almost painful. For the next hour, all he does is shoot, zig-zagging between each side of the 3-point arc. Sweat starts to glisten on his neck and his forehead. Finally, he is done. He walks over to a cooler for a drink of water. For Forte, workouts like this are routine, but the ones this offseason have a bit of added meaning. He hasn’t been on a court, in front of fans, for a real game in almost a year. He tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow in the third game of STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 3

ally they left to dance. When Forte’s parents came to pick him up, they noticed his sweat-drenched polo. “Did you dance a lot tonight?” they asked. “No,” he replied. “Just getting some shots up.” *** More than eight years later, Chance the Rapper’s “Coloring Book” album

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the season last year, his senior season, forcing him to miss the remainder of the year. Thanks to a medical redshirt, Forte will get one more chance to lead the Cowboys to the NCAA Tournament. One last shot at that elusive win. The work starts now. “That’s been the motivation this offseason,” he said. “I know this is my last go-around. I’m just going to try to leave it all out there. Try to push my teammates every day. I just want to be able to look back at the end of these five years and say I gave everything I had and there’s nothing I could have done to try to prepare myself any time I took the floor.” *** It happened so quickly. In a Nov. 19 game against Towson in Charleston, South Carolina, the first game for the Cowboys in the Charleston Classic, Forte went to double the post. He poked the ball away from the big man and dove after it. The big man dove, too, and landed on Forte’s elbow, and the ligament snapped. Forte tried to go back in, but the pain was too much. The diagnosis was 4-6 weeks. The Cowboys targeted the University of Missouri-Kansas City game on Dec. 29 as a return date, but that game came and went. Conference play started, and coach Travis Ford figured Forte would be back a few games into league play. The Cowboys played TCU. Then Baylor and FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016

derwood, the coach OSU hired to replace Ford, and decided to stay. “I definitely want to finish what I started with the people here,” Forte said. “The students, the atmosphere, the campus. Everything about it I love.” *** When Forte arrived in Stillwater, he was intimidated. He grew up watching Byron Eaton play for the Cowboys and admiring the great teams from the Big 12, especially Kansas. Now he was playing where Eaton played and facing Kansas. He didn’t feel as if he belonged. The team went on a trip to Spain during the summer of his freshman year. After the trip, Forte called his dad to vent. “There’s no way I’m Devin l. Wilber/O’COLLY gonna play,” he said. “I After sitting out last season, Phil Forte is determined to make the most of second chance at a senior season. Having not won lucked out.” Forte struggled with his a game in the NCAA Tournament during the past four years, Forte hopes help the Cowboys end that stretch this season. lack of height and athWest Virginia. The first Forte had never been the coaches always tell me, firing, and they still comleticism since high school. Bedlam game of the year injured before, so sitting having the captain of the municate through text. It’s part of the reason he arrived, and Forte still on the bench was new to team tell me, ‘Hey, you It’s a relationship they developed such a strong didn’t suit up. After a few him. It allowed him to see should try this this time.’” will always have. work ethic. Forte is listed more missed games, Forte the game from a different Forte would have served “I love Phil Forte,” Ford at 5-foot-11 on OSU’s decided it wasn’t worth it perspective, and he said the Cowboys better as a said. “I truly love him. I website but is at least an to finish out the season. he learned a lot during the player, though, and the tell him that. We’ve devel- inch shorter. The Cowboys weren’t time off. He did his best to team felt his absence. OSU oped a very good relationHe was able to put away performing well anyway. help other players on the finished 12-20, and Ford ship as coach and player. his doubts in high school, They finished the season team adjust to his absence, was fired. Upon hearHe’s somebody I believed but his freshman year, they with only three confergiving advice where he ing the news, Ford called in from the first time I caught up with him. ence wins. Ford, the coach could. Forte. watched him play.” “I’m supposed to go whom Forte devoted his “He was kind of like It was an emotional After Ford left, Forte play against Kansas in past four years to, was like- an assistant-assistantphone call. Ford was the was faced with a decision. Allen Field House?” he asked himself. “You grow ly done after the season. assistant coach,” forward coach who gave Forte a Because he graduated, up watching those games. What hurt the most was Leyton Hammonds said. shot at his dream, a chance if he were to transfer, he I’m this 5-10 short kid that Forte could have done “He would see things to do something he never would be immediately can’t really jump. How am something to change that on the court, and when I thought he was capable of. eligible to play wherever I here?” if he were healthy. If he come out, he would tell Forte was close with Ford he went. Schools called, Forte continued to have could play, maybe the me, ‘Hey, you should try Stuen, a walk-on at OSU and the thought of leaving doubts throughout his Cowboys win a few more doing this.’ It was great and Ford’s nephew. Forte crossed his mind, but there freshman season. After games. Maybe they make to have another set of continued to come over to were never any serious one game when he was the tournament. Maybe eyes, especially one of my Ford’s house to spend time conversations about it. STORY CONTINUes on page 4 that saves Ford’s job. peers. Instead of having with the family after the Forte met with Brad UnOCOLLY.COM

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matched up with a 6-3 player, he felt especially low. Phil Forte II didn’t want to hear it. He grabbed his iPhone, measured it and made an analogy. “You know what five inches is?” he said. “It’s the size of that iPhone. That iPhone’s about five inches long. He’s an iPhone bigger than you. You know what? If that’s all it is, if because of his length that’s gonna create problems for you, I call bulls**t. “Let’s not think about it. Let’s go play. Guess what, Phil? Oh my God. You’re the shortest kid out there again. Wow, that’s different.” Since then, Forte has ignored his height. *** Forte credits his dad for instilling the value of hard work in him. A former football player for Kansas, Phil Forte II is a tough man. He often rebounded for Forte and put him through drills that molded him into the player he is today. Forte remembers days he couldn’t stand. His dad threw, and sometimes kicked, the ball and make Forte chase after it. “There were times I hated it,” Forte said. “He was really tough. You see a lot of kids when they’re in high school or middle school, their parents are like, ‘Good job. Good job.’ My dad was on me. It was almost never good enough. Now, looking back, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.” For one drill, Forte shot free throws but with a caveat. If he missed two in a row, his dad threw the FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Arena. Larry Reece is announcing the starting lineups for the Cowboys, and he calls Forte’s name last. There is no extra cheering, no spectacle to be made. Confetti made of newspapers rains from the student section, but that’s the norm at OSU. Everything seems to be the same, but there’s one big difference: Underwood. The first-year coach from Stephen F. Austin has lauded Forte, as most do. “I’m the most blessed coach on the planet,” Underwood said. “To walk into a program when you’re trying to establish a culture and have a young man who, in high school, learned how devin l. wilber/O’COLLY Phil Forte, right, and Jawun Evans both missed extended periods of time during last season. to work hard, learned a passion for the game, and Smart, who also went on to “Hey, you’re not gonna ball to the other end of to have him here, to teach believe this, but Phil didn’t our young players. the court and Forte chased star at OSU and plays for the Boston Celtics, comget up his shots yesterday it down, came back and “That young man will or today,” he said. started shooting again. The bined to win state chamlive way beyond what he pionships in their junior Henderson laughed. drill was meant to help does on the court because and senior seasons. Danny “Well, that’s understand- the culture he has set for him adapt to shooting free Henderson, who coached able,” he replied. “It was so our young guys and for throws under pressure. Forte in high school and emotional winning the state our program is everything One day, they went to was an addition to OSU’s championship.” an outside court to do the I stand for, and it’s evcoaching staff this offsea“Did you know that’s drill. It was 100 degrees. erything I want Cowboy son, said the 600 3-pointers the first day he has missed Forte had already missed basketball to be about, is since two Christmases a few times and had grown a day routine sticks out to hard work.” him the most. ago?” Phil Forte II asked. accustomed to running to Forte, too, has praised When Marcus won its Henderson had always the opposite end of the Underwood. His track first championship, it considered Forte’s workcourt to retrieve the ball. record in the NCAA Tourdefeated a previously unouts to be legendary, but He missed two in a row nament at a school like after that, he had a newand again sprinted after the defeated team and the No. Stephen F. Austin is one of found respect for him. ball, but when he got to the 1 team in the country. It the factors that persuaded won on the last possession “Do you really need other end of the court, he Forte to stay. of the game and emotions to know any more about didn’t see it. “That’s something that were high. The team stayed Phil Forte than that right He turned around and sticks out right away before saw his father, still holding the night in Austin, Texas, there?” he said. “People you get to know him,” and when it returned to wonder how that guy got to Forte said. “I think it was on to the ball. He chucked Flower Mound on Sunday, be where he is.” it the other way. At the just how big of a team guy the whole school was wait*** time, Forte wasn’t happy, he is and how big he is on ing in the gym to congratuIt’s Nov. 1, and, for a but they’re able to laugh family and culture. All that late them. moment, it’s as if Forte about it now. is what stuck out to me Monday, the first day of never missed a game. Forte played for Flower right when he got hired. spring break, Henderson The Cowboys are playMound Marcus High Those are things I’m about. got a call from Phil Forte ing Pittsburg State in School in Flower Mound, It was a no-brainer to stay Texas. He and Marcus II. exhibition at Gallagher-Iba here.” OCOLLY.COM

Against Pittsburg State, they are in a game environment together for the first time. It is Forte’s first time to play in front of a home crowd in nearly a year. As if scripted out of a movie, Forte, already behind the 3-point line, takes a pass from Mitchell Solomon. Without hesitation, he nails his first shot of the night. Forte finished with 11 points and three 3s, a productive first night back. His teammates said it was nice to get him back on the court. “There’s not a lot of things I like in this world,” Hammonds said. “I love my mom’s cookin’. I love God. I love my teammates, and I love Phil Forte makin’ a 3-pointer.” The exhibition was only a preview of what to expect this season. After not touching a basketball until the end of last season, Forte has increased his already intense work ethic. He is ready for Nov. 11, when OSU faces Campbell in its season opener, and all the games that follow. OSU basketball will get what it was missing last year. “I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited,” Forte said. “Just to put on a uniform and get back out on the court. I’ve never looked forward to a season so much as this one.” Chandler Vessels is a sports media senior from Moore. He can be reached at sports.ed@ocolly.com. Follow chandler: @chandlervessels

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Phil Forte said he thought it was cool Ludacris was coming to Stillwater. Ludacris, who became famous in the early 2000s as a hip-hop artist, performed in Stillwater on Oct. 8 for the Rawhide Festival. Forte grew up when Ludacris’ hits “Stand Up” and “Act a Fool” were popular, but some of the freshmen on the Oklahoma State basketball team didn’t have the same luxury. “Just songs, like how Ludacris was coming here a couple weeks ago or whatever, and they’re kinda like, ‘Who is this?’ and I’m like, ‘What? You don’t know who Ludacris is?’” Forte said. “They were in like elementary school when that happened. Just little stuff like that is kinda funny.” Forte, a fifth-year senior and the oldest member of the Cowboy basketball team, was born April 27, 1993. Thomas Dziagwa, a freshman and the youngest player on the team, was born 1,736 days after Forte on Jan. 27, 1998. Although the difference between Forte and Dziagwa is the team’s most extreme, there is an age gap throughout the OSU basketball team. The 15-man roster includes five upperclassmen and six true freshmen. OSU’s 2015-16 roster was more evenly distributed with a graduate student, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016

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Seniors Leyton Hammonds, left, and Phil Forte, center, have mixed well with Oklahoma State newcomers, such as Thomas Dziagwa. Forte, a fifth-year senior, is the older player on the team, 1,736 days older than Dziagwa, the Cowboys’ youngest player.

two redshirt seniors, three seniors, two juniors, a redshirt sophomore, four sophomores and three freshmen. Ludacris songs and age aren’t the only things that separate the team’s younger and older players. Leyton Hammonds, a senior, also has reminders of his growing age. “I’ll bring up an athlete,” Hammonds said. “I’ll be like, ‘Man, Tracy McGrady was so good,’ and they’ll be like, ‘Well, I

never really watched Tracy McGrady growing up,’ and I’m like, ‘I can’t be that old already.’” Although the freshmen might not relate with Hammonds’ idolization of the two-time NBA scoring champion, there are some technological advances the freshmen understand, which Hammonds isn’t so familiar with. Apple released iOS 10 on Sept. 10. The new software for iPhones allows people to play 8-ball in the

phone’s messaging system. Hammonds said the younger guys are more tech savvy than he is, and he was a bit befuddled when he saw them playing pool with one another on their phones. “It might just be me being old, but these guys were like playing pool on their iPhones,” Hammonds said. “They were playing against each other, and I was like, ‘What are y’all doing?’ and they were like, ‘It’s like an app you can

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have for your messages. It’s been out for a while.’ I was like, ‘I’m sorry, I had no idea.’” Lindy Waters, a freshman from Norman, said Hammonds is “not very good at that game.” With all of the difference, the players share a commonality, apart from Tyler Underwood. Brad Underwood is their new coach. Underwood, who is in his first year at OSU, said Forte has brought him

encouraging word of the team coming together. “I think the one thing that gives me tremendous hope and excitement is when a young man like Phil Forte, who’s been around, says how excited he is because he likes everybody and how close this group is,” Underwood said. “That’s the job of meshing and having a great locker room.” Underwood’s style of high-pressure defense is different from what the Cowboy veterans are used to, and Hammonds and Forte said during the first few practices, the team didn’t work on offense. With a new coach and a new system, all of the team has to learn new things. “We’re learning at the same rate they are,” Forte said. “It’s a whole new system for everybody. I think that’s kinda bringing everyone together. I’m learning just as (freshmen) Cam (McGriff) and Brandon (Averette) are. It’s a new system for everyone, so everyone’s helping each other. I think it has kinda helped us come together as a team.” With the new plays, players said sometimes the freshmen are helping the veterans. Waters said communication between the veterans and young players is a two-way street during practice. “We can all learn something from each other, and STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 6

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we never overlook that,” Waters said. “We trust in each other, and we want the best for each other. I haven’t really paid attention to (the age gap) much. Especially in practice, even the seniors listening to the freshman about what they have to say. It just grows trust and respect.” With Underwood’s highenergy defense, the Cowboys will need depth when players begin to tire. The team has only six members who have played significant minutes in their college careers. It also has only two true big men.

Mitchell Solomon, a junior, will likely start OSU’s season at center, but Lucas N’Guessan, a freshman from De Lier, Netherlands, is the only center listed on the roster. N’Guessan is listed at 7-feet and weighs 215 pounds. “I try to help, especially Lucas, as much as I can during practice whether that’s just tips of what the Big 12 is like or whether that’s technique tips,” Solomon said. “I’m trying to help him because obviously I’m not going to be able to play the whole game; someone’s going to have to come in for me. I’m excited to see

how Lucas progresses. “I try and give him a shove or whatever every once in awhile. That’s how the Big 12 is played, so you gotta be ready.” Solomon, listed at 6-9, 245 pounds, said he has hung around N’Guessan off the court, and it is nice to have another tall guy on the team. “I always like hanging around the bigger guys,” Solomon said. “It makes each other feel normal at least for a little bit.” Forte compared the freshman class to a group of sponges, as the freshmen are absorbing the informa-

tion the older players are telling them. Tavarius Shine, a junior, said he doesn’t have any notable stories with the younger guys, but he enjoys their mellow attitude off the court. “We’ve been kinda laidback this year,” Shine said. “I really like the younger guys because they listen. They’re just like us. They listen; they respect us. They haven’t been disrespectful or things like that. So, I get along with people like that.” Underwood said he doesn’t see his team in groups of young and old

players because of the team’s cohesion on and off the court. “Our freshmen hang out with the seniors, the juniors; it’s great,” Underwood said. “I don’t look at it that way. I see a collective group, and I see a group that has a lot of fun, and they push each other. “They know when we step across the line that we’re here to compete, but yet we have a lot of fun together when we walk back off that line.” On the court, the team might have some work to do, as Underwood has called his team an “unfin-

ished product” multiple times, but off the court, the Cowboys might be reaching midseason form. “We’ve got a great, great group of guys,” Hammonds said. “I felt like we all came together really, really fast. I didn’t think we were going to get this close this fast. It’s been nothing but great.” Marshall Scott is a sports media junior from Madill. He can be reached at marshgs@okstate.edu. Follow marshall: @Marshall_Once

O’Colly editorial board men’s basketball Big 12 predictions 1. Kansas 2 . I owa Stat e 3. We st V irginia 4. T ex as 5 . Ok lahoma Stat e

6. Baylor 7. O k l a h o ma

8 . Te xas Tec h 9 . K ansas Stat e 10 . TC U Voted on by Nathan Ruiz, Marshall Scott, Brady Moore, Sam Grubenhoff, Chandler Vessels, Jordan Bishop and Dekota Gregory. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016

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Reserves for 2016 Cowboy Basketball No. 23 leyton hammonds f o r wa r d

10.6 PPG

No. 13 Phil Forte Guard 13.3 PPG

No. 41 mitchell solomon f o r wa r d 3.7 PPG

N o . 1 Jaw u n E va n s Guard 12.9 PPG

N o . 5 Tava r i u s Shine

f o r wa r d 6 .1 P P G

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No. 24 Karli Wheeler Guard 4.2 ppg

No. 5 Diana Omozee f o r wa r d

N o . 4 5 k a t e ly n loecker

f o r wa r d 2.9 PPG

1.2 PPG

No. 3 Mandy Coleman f o r wa r d 7.1 P P G

No. 0 Brandon Averette-G No. 4 Thomas Dziagwa-G No. 12 Cameron McGriff-F No. 14 Lucas Nâ€™Guessan-C No. 21 Lindy Waters- G No. 24 Davon Dillard-G/F No. 30 Jeffrey Carroll-G/F No. 32 Tyler Underwood-G No. 33 Trey Reeves-F No. 34 Will Lienhard-F

No. 2 Madison Mercado-G No. 10 Shakila Small-G No. 11 Areanna Combs-G No. 13 Jentry Holt-F No. 15 Rodrea Echols- G No. 20 LaTashia Jones-F No. 22 Alexis Bryant-F No. 30 Rachel Campbell-G No. 32 Mariah Fredman-G

N o . 5 4 K ay l e e Jensen f o r wa r d 14.6 PPG

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OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY WINS RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC GROWTH AWARD

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BY KATIE ROSEBROOK

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Oklahoma State University won the Responsible Economic Growth award at this year’s Henry Bellmon Sustainability Awards gala in Tulsa for its clear, long-term strategy dedicated to maximizing profitability and sustainable growth in an increasingly complex and competitive market. OSU’s Energy Management Program has been measuring and tracking energy use with a customized program ECAP, which allows them to manage and monitor individual meters at every OSU campus. This program also tracks reductions in utility costs, usage and carbon emissions. Tammy Johnson, energy manager with the OSU Energy Management Program, said the University’s energy management efforts are successful because of everyday actions across the OSU-System. “On a daily basis, people throughout OSU take small steps to save energy, and these actions add up to a big impact on how much energy the University consumes,” Johnson said. “This award underscores the impact individual actions have on responsible use of resources.” Johnson said this award also recognizes the university’s commitment to reducing energy consumption at all of its campuses. “OSU leadership stresses the importance of energy conservation as part of the university’s mission,” Johnson said. “The president and vice presidents lead not just with words, but by actions and setting an example of solid participation.” For more information about the Energy Management Program, visit energy.okstate.edu.

GOING GREEN ENERGY SAVINGS (JULY 2015-JUNE 2016)

$ 3,961,367 at OSU-Stillwater System-Wide:

$ 4,987,462

ENERGY SAVINGS (JULY 2007-JUNE 2016)

$ 30,701,276 System-Wide:

at OSU-Stillwater

$ 38,583,563

For FY2016 Stillwater increased its monthly savings goal from $276K per month to $300K per month More than 400 switch plates have been installed across campus as a reminder to turn off lights when leaving a room. This is just one way the OSU energy management program works to emphasize the important role behavior and each student, employee and visitor plays in the university’s energy conservation program. An additional 300 to 400 of these switch plates are expected to be added in 2017.

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NEW CONSTRUCTION : CENTRAL POWER PLANT

OSU is making good progress on its new Central Plant, a 73,000-square foot facility being built along Washington Street just north of the current Power Plant on Hall of Fame Avenue. The new plant will improve efficiency and help the university reduce its environmental footprint. The facility, which will include a classroom to integrate learning with operations, is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.

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100, is well below average. She hails from the small town of Genoa, Nebraska. aylee Jensen The town’s lone famous sprints up and athlete was Bud Tinning, a down the pracformer big league pitcher in tice court, physithe 1930s whose career was cally exhausted but fighting so short, he almost reminds through it with a smile. A you of Moonlight Graham. year ago, she didn’t know So how is it that Jensen, whether she could make it who arrived in Stillwater in through 10-plus down-and2014 as a 6-foot-4 stocky backs, let alone 35 minutes freshman who loved the a game. “Vampire Diaries” and havThis year, Jensen is in ing fun, evolved into posthe best shape of her life, sibly the best post player in which is bad news for the arguably the most lauded rest of the Big 12. A junior center, Jensen is women’s basketball conferOklahoma State’s returning ence in the Unites States? Even Littell doesn’t leading scorer from a squad know. that made it to the NCAA “She was one that was Tournament for the fourth underrecruited and not season in a row. Although recruited by a lot of people program legend Brittney coming in,” Littell said. Martin, the team’s first Big “But she’s been a sponge 12 Player of the Year, carand really done a good job ried the Cowgirls for most of learning our system. of the year, Jensen was She’s a really, really smart a major factor in making kid. She’s a pleaser, and people believe in a team when you’ve got someone that was picked eighth in like that, you’re going to the preseason rankings. get better.” A year later, and Martin Her freshman year, comis gone. The Cowgirls are ing off the bench for senior picked to finish next to starter LaShawn Jones, last in the Big 12, despite Jensen earned playing time returning Jensen and felin all 32 games despite the low starting junior Mandy fact she was still struggling Coleman. The reason? with getting in shape. Teams know about Jensen In her sophomore year, this year, coach Jim Littell Jensen was the team’s said. most-improved player. She Like Rice without Monwent from averaging 4.6 tana or Malone without points per game to 14.6 Stockton, few expect and was a double-double Jensen to succeed without machine, using her size Martin. That’s OK; she’s to be a vacuum on the been underrated before. boards. Martin and Littell Jensen’s recruit rating on ESPN has no stars or earned all the headlines, scouting reports. Only a and deservedly so, but number: 40, which, out of without Jensen, Martin BY jo rdan b is h op

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Jaden Hobbs because of a left knee injury. “There’s a lot of talent and lot of potential on this team,” Jensen said. “It makes me feel really good, and it makes me confident in my game. It lets me know that I can just go out and play my type of game and it will work for the best. … I feel like we will have a lot of bench production this year and it will be a vast improvement over last year.” If the team’s potential holds up through the tough Big 12 season, then Jensen will be poised for her best season yet. A junior who is devin l. wilber/O’COLLY already regarded as one of Kaylee Jensen shoots over an Iowa State player in a game last season. Jensen, a junior center, the leaders of the team has is expected to be the primary scorer for Oklahoma State after Brittney Martin graduated. come a long way from that small Nebraska town. might have crumbled under er with a little more than a without having to carry minute left before her spirit herself. the enormous weight of Although opponents will was spent. “Kaylee has worked very double-team her in the the program and Littell Jensen said this year, it’s hard in the offseason on would have to be looking post, Jensen said it won’t going to be different. Every her game and her shape,” at rebuilding instead of stop her. Like her new game won’t feel like climb- senior guard Diana Omozee braided hairstyle, she’s reloading. ing Mount Everest to her. said. “She’s really worked Jensen, though, still changed. Jensen is ready to hard in the offseason this struggled at times with the After an intense summer fill the spot Texas’ Imani year, and she understands pace of the games. Against of workouts to trim down, Boyette left behind as the we’re going to really need Oklahoma in Norman, one Jensen said she thinks she best center in the league. her. I think she is prepared of her biggest games of the can handle a large portion “She’s in the best shape for it and is ready to go.” year and one of the top-five of minutes. of her life, and she’s play“My main focus this Although Martin had to wins in program hising as hard as she’s ever past summer was to get my carry most of the players’ tory Jensen was sapped of played,” Omozee said. hopes out of necessity, energy. The Cowgirls were conditioning up, which I on the verge of beating the did, and now I just need to Jensen doesn’t feel as if she “There’s no limit to what she can do.” make sure I can maintain will have to do the same. Sooners in their house for it,” Jensen said. Martin had to make up for the first time in 18 years, Jordan Bishop is a Her teammates have the shallow bench of last and Jensen, knees bruised sports media senior from year’s team. from the punishment tolled noticed the difference, Elmore City. He can be Jensen said she thinkis out from the Sooners’ Kay- as well. Although Jensen reached at design.ed@ this season, the newcomlon Williams, could barely won’t be referred to as ocolly.com. svelte, she doesn’t need to ers will contribute, and the make it up and down the be. But for the first time in bench production will be hardwood. Follow Jordan: However, she had enough her college career, she will much improved, even with @jordanbishop35 energy left to hit a 3-point- be able to carry the team the loss of freshman guard OCOLLY.COM

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‘Next player up’ mentality for Cowgirl point guards Southeastern Oklahoma State on Sunday. OSU has not specified Hobbs’ injury. The Cowgirls need some“It hurts us because she’s a one to step up. really special player,” Littell Not only for the advancesaid. “She’s one that I felt ment of reigning Big 12 could get 10 on every night. Player of the Year Brittney We’ve got to make some Martin, but also the graduadjustments. Injuries are part ation of starting point guard of the game, and it’s kind of Roddricka Patton. the next-man-up mentality. Patton led Oklahoma State Somebody has got to step up.” in assists a season ago, but Wheeler saw about 14 she graduated, and now the minutes per game last season. Cowgirls are left with the task She and Patton averaged of finding a new sheriff. about the same in points per Coming into the season, game, but Patton averaged coach Jim Littell had to more rebounds and assists. choose between sophomore Wheeler’s role will expand, Karli Wheeler and freshman though, and her production Jaden Hobbs for the starting point guard position. Littell’s figures to rise. “I know that with Rodd options were narrowed to graduating, I have to step in, one when Hobbs suffered a and when I am on the court I season-ending injury in the Cowgirls’ exhibition against have to step up and help my BY m att Mccl a in sp o rt s r eporter

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team out as much as I can,” Wheeler said. “Last year, when I came in, I was here and there. This year, I have to give more defensively.” Hobbs was going to play immediately, Littell said. She has an extremely high basketball IQ and can knock down open shots, Littell said. With Hobbs’ injury, the

Cowgirls have to scramble to find a different solution off the bench at the point. A few players could step up. Littell mentioned Rodrea Echols and Mandy Coleman as players to come in the game at point guard. Echols is a true freshman from Memphis. She came in ranked No. 80 in ESPN‘s

HoopGurlz Top 100 rankings. She was the 18th-best guard in the 2016 class. Echols averaged a doubledouble in her senior season, and she earned All-State honors in Tennessee. “(Echols) has been working very hard because the biggest thing for her was getting in shape,” senior forward Katelyn Loecker said. “It’s so different from high school to here, but she’s come a long way. She has great strength to her.” Coleman is a 6-foot-3 post player but spent some time playing point guard at McNair High School. She was second in assists last season for OSU. She also was the third-highest scorer with 7.1 points per game. “Mandy Coleman’s an X-

factor,” Littell said. “I think she had a nice sophomore year, but she’s gotta elevate her game a little bit more.” The Cowgirls have to replace not only Patton the player, but also Patton the leader. The point guard is gone, and the new point guard isn’t one player. The Cowgirls have to fill that role collectively. “It’s just called graduation,” Littell said. “You’ve gotta replace those kids, and sometimes it’s tough.” Matt McClain is a sports media sophomore from Kentwood, Michigan. He can be reached at matthew.mcclain@okstate.edu. F o l l o w m at t : @ m at t d m c c l a i n

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will be an intense affair as the Cowgirls won two of the three meetings Play4Kay shootout, Maui Invitational, last season. OU, which 7:30 p.m., Dec. 19-21, Nov. 21-23, Lahaina, won its first-round game Las Vegas Hawaii in the NCAA tournaThe Cowgirls will par- ment, is ranked No. 16 Oklahoma State will ticipate in the Play4Kay in the preseason AP travel to paradise to Poll. tournament, which compete in the 33rd commemorates the life Maui Invitational Big 12 Championship, Tournament. The Cow- Kansas, 5 p.m., March of Kay Yow, a former 4, Stillwater coach of North Carolina March 3-6, Oklahoma boys will open with City State who died from No. 18 Connecticut, The Cowboys have cancer in 2009. OSU but the strong field beaten Kansas in Chesapeake Energy will play three games in also includes No. 5 each of the past three Arena in Oklahoma this tournament, starting Oregon, No. 6 North meetings in Stillwater. City will host the Big off with Santa Clara. Carolina and No. 9 They will look to make 12 Championship for Wisconsin. it four when the Jaythe second consecuOklahoma, 2 p.m., Jan. hawks, winners of the 22, Norman/noon, Feb. tive season. OSU lost Oklahoma, 7 p.m., past 12 Big 12 regular 4, Stillwater to Oklahoma in the first Feb. 18, Stillwater season titles, come to round last season. town. As always, Bedlam In the second BedFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016

lam game of the season, the Sooners will travel to Gallagher-Iba Arena. OSU fell 74-72 last season, but the Sooners lost reigning Player of the Year Buddy Hield to graduation.

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against the Sooners. Last season, the Cowboys outscored OU 63-14 in two meetings. Missouri, 7 p.m., Jan. 27, Columbia, Missouri

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mat.com. “I’m really comfortable 125: Oklahoma State with him learning as he goes wrestling fans will see a new along,” Smith said. “I just face right away at 125 pounds. want him to stay focused on All-American Eddie Klimara the daily habits that it takes held down the spot for the past to reach some of those high four years, but with Klimara goals.” gone, redshirt freshman Nick 165: With the loss of threePiccininni will most likely time national champion Alex take over. Dieringer, the Cowboys flex During his redshirt year, their depth at 165 pounds. Piccininni posted a 16-4 reBig 12 runner-up Chandler cord and two tournament titles Rogers will take control at while participating in five 165 pounds. Rogers saw most open tournaments. He also of his time in the lineup at 174 spent part of the offseason pounds last year after Kyle working out with Olympic Crutchmer suffered a seasonbronze medalist Coleman ending foot injury. During Scott while Scott prepared in Crutchmer’s absence, Rogers Stillwater to qualify for the earned a spot in the Big 12 Devin l. Wilber/O’COLLY Rio 2016 Olympics. finals as a redshirt freshman Piccininni starts the season Oklahoma State 141-pounder Dean Heil returns for his and posted a 28-9 record. junior season claimed a national title last year in New York at No. 13, according to With the Crutchmer’s retheopenmat.com rankings. turn, Rogers can now wrestle 133: Kaid Brock’s time in Junior Gary Wayne Hardplace to earn All-American in his original weight class at the starting lineup last year ing started at the weight class honors. 165 pounds and will start the was cut short because of a most of the past two years but His ability to put opponents season ranked No. 6. knee injury, but he quickly is expected to redshirt. on their backs is what helped “He got to go down a turned heads across the 141: The face of Cowboy Collica make a late run. He weight this year and wrestle at country. He pinned defendwrestling is at 141 pounds. tallied 19 bonus-point wins, his normal weight,” Crutching national champion Cody Dean Heil claimed his first which included 10 pins. mer said. “You are all gonna Brewer of Oklahoma in his national title last year as a Jonce Blaylock and Davey see some fun things from that OSU dual debut. sophomore in New York City. Dolan will back Collica up. kid.” Brock’s season ended after He tallied a 32-1 record and Smith said both could see Smith said the Cowboys are his knee was injured during picked up his second Big 12 time on the mat at 149 or 157 thin at the weight, but Rogers the Southern Scuffle against title before he made the trip to pounds in a certain situation. and Hestin Lamons will make then-No. 1 Nahshon Garrett Madison Square Garden. 157: OSU has good genes a strong one and two this of Cornell. As expected, theopenmat. at 157 pounds. Joe Smith, season. Lamons will bump Despite only two matches com has Heil at No. 1 in its Smith’s son, started last year up a weight from 157 pounds, as a starter, Brock enters the preseason rankings. as a freshman and earned where he pinned Stanford’s season as the ninth-best wres“I’m the guy and everyAll-American honors after Nainoa Calvo in his starting tler at 133 pounds. one’s out to beat me,” Heil a seventh-place finish at the lineup debut at Gallagher-Iba “For him, it’s just a matsaid. “I just gotta stay level NCAA Tournament. Arena. ter of being competitive,” headed, not get too high, not Joe Smith’s redshirt was 174: No one is hungrier OSU coach John Smith said. get too low.” pulled in mid-January, and he than Crutchmer on the OSU “You’re not going to run 149: Anthony Collica made won his first five matches in roster. through people at that weight a late statement last season. the starting lineup. His junior season was cut class, not as a freshman. We After an inconsistent start, After a 34-5 record as a true short because of a right foot need to go real slow with him Collica entered the NCAA freshman, Joe Smith starts his injury that required surgery, and recognize he is young and Tournament as the No. 11 sophomore campaign ranked and he missed a chance at his needs to develop.” seed but finished in fourth fourth, according to theopen- second Big 12 title and All-

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American finish. Crutchmer was ranked in the top five before he suffered the injury and compiled a 15-4 record. “I’m excited,” Crutchmer said. “(Rehab) was a long road, a lot of ups and downs every day. Being able to come back and have one more year to be able to do this and wrestle for this university is a blessing.” Crutchmer sits at No. 8 in theopenmats.com’s preseason rankings. 184: The Cowboys have four returning All-Americans from last year in their lineup, and senior Nolan Boyd is one of them at 184 pounds. Boyd entered the NCAA Tournament as the eight seed but came out No. 4. He also earned his second Big 12 title during his junior season and posted a 33-8 record. With that resume, Boyd will have the Cowboys’ second-highest preseason ranking at No. 3. “(Becoming an All-American) helps me because I know that I’m capable of it,” Boyd said. “I’ve seen guys move backward from there, and I’ve seen guys move forward from there. I know what each of those groups of guys did, so hopefully I can put all that together and move forward.” A group of seniors will make up 184 pounds in Boyd, Luke Bean and Landry Chappell. Sophomore Andrew Marsden will also be at the weight, but Smith hopes to redshirt him. 194: This was the Cowboys’ biggest weak spot last season. Preston Weigel’s early struggles were a big reason for that. If Weigel wrestles like he

did at the end of last season, 197 pounds won’t be a worry for OSU. He upset his way through his bracket last year in Kansas City to earn his first Big 12 title as a redshirt freshman. Weigel’s finish was strong enough to put him at No. 7 in theopenmat.com’s preseason rankings. Nebraska transfer Derek White will back Weigel up and could possibly challenge for the starting spot. 285: The Cowboys never had a consistent starter at 197 pounds last year; 285 pounds could take that role this season. OSU is depleted at the weight after four-year starter Austin Marsden graduated. Senior Austin Schafer will most likely be the new lead man after spending most of his career at 197 pounds. Schafer was in and out of the starting lineup last year and posted a 12-6 record. “I think anytime you get to eat and not worry about what you’re eating, you’re a lot happier,” Smith said. “For that reason, I think there’s a lot of pressure off him.” In a thin weight class, Smith said redshirt sophomore Tanner Allen is OSU’s only option as Schafer’s backup. Smith also said he believes Allen can be in the starting lineup if he has to be. Dekota Gregory is a sports media junior from Locust Grove. He can be reached at ozone@ocolly. com. F o l l o w d e k o ta : @ d e k o ta g r e g o r y

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Top-ranked OSU wrestlers set to begin season “As a team, you’re tired of wrestling each other every For nearly every collegiate day, and we just want to wreswrestling team in the country, tle someone else and wrestle some different competition,” a second-place finish in senior Kyle Crutchmer said. the NCAA Championships “We want to put on a singlet would be phenomenal. But and go up against somebody Oklahoma State expects a little more in its 101st season. from a different school. It’s the first dual of the season, so After finishing second we’ll see if we can’t put on a in Madison Square Garden show.” last year, the Cowboys will The opener won’t be nearly attempt to take the next step as energetic — or far away — toward national title No. 35 as last year’s, but beginning in John Smith’s 26th season the campaign with a win isn’t as coach. only important; it’s expected. The Cowboys began last The Cowboys enter the season in resounding fashion, traveling to Kinnick Stadium season as the No. 1 team in the country, despite the to face Iowa on a football departure of Alex Dieringer, field in front of more than a Hodge Trophy winner and 42,000 fans. three-time NCAA champion. Sunday will mark OSU’s OSU will look to replace first dual of the season: a two other starters from clash with Bucknell in Miami, Oklahoma, a neutral site. last season’s lineup, EdBY lu ke gar z a

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die Klimara and two-time All-American heavyweight Austin Marsden. “I think you have a lot of anxiety, and you’re always concerned about your performance in your first outing,” Smith said. “You’ll see a lot of things that you will scratch your head at and say, ‘You know what, we haven’t even worked on that.’ I don’t know

what those are, but we will see.” On the positive side, the Cowboys return twice as many All-Americans as they lost. Nolan Boyd, Anthony Collica, Joe Smith and Dean Heil, a returning NCAA champion at 141 pounds, will suit up for OSU this year. Crutchmer, whose season was cut short because of a

right foot injury, has a good chance to warrant All-American status for the second time at the 174-pound weight class. Kaid Brock, a redshirt freshman who suffered a season-ending knee injury last year, could make a splash at 133 pounds. Brock went 2-0 in duals last season. He pinned defending national

champion Cody Brewer of Oklahoma in his dual debut and earned Big 12 Wrestler of the Week honors Dec. 14. Six of OSU’s 14 duals are against preseason top 25 teams, four of which are ranked in the top 10. Smith said he doesn’t know his lineup for Sunday’s dual yet, but competition within the team Friday will decide the undetermined roles. “We’re excited,” Crutchmer said. “We’ve been training all summer and fall for this.” Luke Garza is a sports media junior from Gig Harbor, Washington. He can be reached at luke. garza@okstate.edu. Follow Luke: @Lukeagarza

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