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Cowgirl basketball looks to work as one cowboy basketball is out to prove doubters wrong cowboy wrestling seeks its 35th championship in its 100th year PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KURT STEISS/O’COLLY

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Numbers don’t lie in defining the Cowboy wrestling dynasty SPORTS I With 34 championships already, Oklahoma State seeks No. 35 in its 100th season.

D e k o ta Gregory S po rt s R e p o rt e r @ d e k o ta g r e g o r y

The wall tells the story.

Enter Gallagher-Iba Arena through the northwest entrance and find the beginning of a dynasty that surpasses any other featured in the National Wresting Hall of Fame just down the street. One hundred years worth of accomplishments by the Oklahoma State wrestling program are displayed overhead.

Take a right up the stairs and find the wrestling room where the tradition is made. Outside of the room, the wall displays how the blood, sweat and tears paid off.

Thirty-four national team championships. Forty-eight conference team titles in four conferences. One hundred and thirty-nine individual national

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champions. Four hundred and forty-four All-Americans. Each All-American and national champion get their own nameplate and the wall is about to run out of room.

The wall displays a dynasty defined.

“It’s cool to be a part of it,” OSU 165-pounder Alex Dieringer said. “There’s obviously a ton of guys on there. Just to be a little piece of that is pretty cool.”

Dieringer is the current face of OSU’s dominance, leading the No. 1 Cowboys. He seeks his third national title this season, his senior campaign. Dieringer reached the 100-win mark last year when he claimed his second title and finished the season with a perfect 33-0 record. He was the 24th Cowboy to reach the 100win mark. Dieringer has compiled a loaded resume, and as of right now, it doesn’t compare to some of his predecessors.

That’s why Dieringer chose OSU after graduating from Port Washington High School in Wisconsin. He wanted to be a part of a tradition and the decision paid off for Dieringer on his quest to becoming a three-time national champion.

“He meets (a two-time national champion) every other week that comes in here,” coach John Smith said. “A two-time national champion from the ‘60s or ‘50s.

That history and legacy gives us that small edge to be able to see that it’s very real. When you look at the last 20 years and the number of three-time national champions or four-time, a majority of them are from right here.”

Harold DeMarsh was the first Cowboy to claim a national title in 1928. Since then, it’s become a tradition.

o’colly File photo Oklahoma State coach John Smith enters his 25th season as the coach of Cowboy wrestling. An owner of two individual national titles as a wrestler, he has led OSU to five team titles as a coach.

Smith’s younger brother, Pat Smith, claimed four national titles from 1991-94. Pat wrestled under John and helped stake the Smith’s legacy in the most storied sports program of all time. John also wrestled for OSU and claimed two national titles before eventually beginning his coaching career at OSU. The Smith’s oldest brother, Lee Roy Smith, started the Smith era after choosing to wrestle at OSU and claiming a title in 1980.

“It’s a legacy sport,” John Smith said. “Especially being around Oklahoma, a lot of the wrestlers that compete, their fathers wrestled, their grandfathers wrestled. There’s a great history here.”

John and Lee Roy also competed in the Olympics after leaving OSU. John competed as both a wrestler and as a coach for the United States.

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Thirty-nine Cowboys have competed in the Olympics, compiling 16 Olympic medals. Eleven of those medals were gold won by John, Bobby Pearce, Jack Van Bebber, Frank Lewis, Shelby Wilson, Doug Blubaugh, Yojiro Uetake, Bruce Baumgartner, Kenny Monday and Kendall Cross.

“I’m just one of many,” John said.

The Smith family portrays the OSU wrestling program. Legacy.

Tradition. Dynasty. When a Smith steps on the mat they succeed. It’s nearly the same result when a Cowboy steps on a mat.

The 25-year era of John Smith at the helm sums up Cowboy wrestling. He’s claimed five national team titles as a coach, including a stretch of four straight from 2003 to 2006. It’s a tradition of excellence. Never settling for less.

“When you think 100 years, there’s a lot of good things that have happened,” Smith said.

“You don’t just win the number of national championships that we’ve won and lead all sports of NCAA championships. That goes back to not just coaches and wrestlers that are committed, but it goes back to the administrators and athletic directors that put you in a great position to be successful.”

One hundred years of a dynasty and the OSU wrestling program is still pursuing greatness. It’s still competing every year as one of the best in the country. It’s still churning out national champions and Olympic athletes.

Cowboy wrestling is a dynasty defined, the greatest in all of sports. sports@ocolly.com

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OSU wrestling decade by decade Current OSU starters 1910s Wrestled one dual in inaugural season in 1915 Ended the decade with a 2-2-1 record One Southwest Conference championship in 1917

1930s Eight national titles: 1930, ’31, ’33, ’34, ’35, ’37, ’38, ’39 Sixteen individual national champions Fifty-one All-Americans Eleven Olympians

1950s Five national titles: 1954, ’55, ’56, ’58, ’59 Eleven individual national champions One Big Eight Conference championship Forty-eight All-Americans Four Olympians

1970s One national title in 1971 Eight individual national champions Six conference championships Forty-nine Six Olympians

1990s Two national titles in 1990 and ’94 Seven individual national champions Six conference championships Forty-nine All-Americans Seven Olympians

2010s Three individual national champions Five conference championships and two regular season conference championships Twenty-six All-Americans Two Olympians

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1920s

Began the decade with a 50-0 blowout over Oklahoma Guy Lookabaugh became the first Olympian in school history in 1924 Two national titles in 1928 and 1929 Seven individual national champions Nine conference championships Twelve All-Americans Six Olympians

1940s Six national titles: 1940, ’41, ’42, ’46, ’48, ’49 Eleven individual national champions Forty-one All-Americans Five Olympians

1960s Five national titles: 1961, ’62, ’64, ’66, ‘68 Twelve individual national champions Eight conference championships Fifty-seven All-Americans Nine Olympians

133: Gary Wayne Harding Class: Sophomore Hometown: Collinsville 2014-15 record: 29-13

141: Dean Heil Class: Redshirt sophomore Hometown: Brunswick, Ohio 2014-15 record: 27-10

149: Anthony Collica Class: Junior Hometown: Solon, Ohio 2014-15 record: 26-11

165: Alex Dieringer Class: Redshirt senior Hometown: Port Washington, Wisconsin Record: 33-0

174: Kyle Crutchmer Class: Redshirt junior Hometown: Tulsa 2014-15 record: 22-8

285: Austin Marsden Class: Redshirt senior Hometown: Crystal Lake, Illinois 2014-15 record: 27-4

1980s One national title in 1989 Eight individual national champions Five conference championships Sixty-one All-Americans Five Olympians

125: Eddie Klimara Class: Senior Hometown: Joliet, Illinois 2014-15 record: 24-7

Dualing it out

Some of the Cowboys’ starters aren’t set yet. Who’s up for each spot?

157: Chance Marsteller (R-Fr., Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania) or Ryan Blees (R-Fr., Bismarck, ND)

2000s Four straight national titles: 2003, ’04, ’05, ’06 Eight individual national champions Six conference championships Fifty All-Americans Six Olympians

184: Nolan Boyd (R-Jr., Edmond, 26-9) or Jordan Rogers (R-Jr., Spokane, Washington, 15-9)

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Dieringer nonchalantly seeking his place in history

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Alex Dieringer is bored.

He has two national championships at two weight classes.

He has three All-American honors. He has three Big 12 titles.

He has 100 career victories.

More impressively, Dieringer has one year left to wrestle at Oklahoma State.

Dieringer claimed his second national title at 165 pounds last year at St. Louis with a 14-7 victory over Indiana’s Taylor Walsh. A record-breaking crowd witnessed Dieringer accomplish a monumental victory on wrestling’s biggest stage.

The win not only gave Dieringer back-to-back national championships, but also ended a perfect 33-0 season and notched his 100th career win. As the crowd cheered, Dieringer flexed, but showed no emotion on his face.

His junior campaign had ended as expected — undefeated with a second national title.

As a senior, Dieringer is no longer competing against wrestlers in his weight class.

He is looking to challenge past wrestlers from one of the most storied programs in all of sports.

“This year, the weight’s not quite as stacked,” Dieringer said. “It’s kind of opened up more, a lot of seniors left. If I just keep doing what I did last FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015

year, then hopefully I can dominate more to seal my spot as one of the greats here.”

Dieringer’s second national title seemed easy. He tallied 28 wins with bonus points, including 11 falls, 13 major decisions and four technical falls.

But after each of his five victories without bonus points, Dieringer walked away disappointed. He’s not only become accustomed to winning, but winning in a commanding fashion. That preeminence could make him the second Cowboy to win the Hodge Trophy, the Heisman of collegiate wrestling.

“I’m trying to dominate,” Dieringer said. “That’s how I think everyone should look at it.

Not just winning by one or two points, going out there and putting it on people. I think having that mentality is the reason why I do it.”

Dieringer is in search of a challenge. He’s never lost a conference bout in his career and hasn’t lost a match since Jan. 10, 2014, to then-No. 1 Derek St. John of Iowa. Dieringer has won 50 straight matches and if he continues the trend this season, he will end his career with the second most wins ever by a Cowboy.

Nobody outside of GallagherIba Arena is able to compete with Dieringer. He even has trouble finding a competitor inside the OSU wrestling room to practice with.

“You’re always having to get him partners because everyone’s running from him,” OSU coach John Smith said. “... Sometimes it’s not so much getting the guy; it’s getting the guy that can give him a little bit of a push and a little bit of a workout. You kind of gotta handpick some of those guys and separate them through

o’colly File photo Alex Dieringer won his second national championship last season, earning his 100th win in the process.

He’s trying to win his third for the No. 1 Cowboys, looking to dominate on the way.

the week so they don’t just get beat up on a daily basis.”

OSU 175-pounder Kyle Crutchmer is one teammate always willing to take on the challenge Dieringer offers.

Crutchmer also wrestled Dieringer last season and ended the year as an All-American after finishing in fifth place at the NCAA Tournament. Crutchmer credits wrestling with Dieringer as big asset in finishing with All-American honors.

“When I wrestle him, I try to beat him,” Crutchmer said. “I do whatever I can to make him better and he does whatever he can to make me better. It’s good to have someone like that in the OCOLLY.COM

room that it’s gonna be hard to beat him every day.

“He’s continuing to get better.”

An improved Alex Dieringer is bad news for the 165-pound weight class. Fortunately for the NCAA, Dieringer will be moving on to the next level when the season concludes in March at Madison Square Garden.

After compiling possibly one of the best resumes in OSU history, Dieringer will look to make a name for himself around the world.

Near the entrance of the OSU wrestling room is a wall lined with national champions and All-Americans. Dieringer

already has his name there.

He wants his picture near the entrance of Gallagher-Iba Arena with Cowboy wrestlers who have represented the United States and OSU in the Olympics.

“I think about that every time I walk by it,” Dieringer said.

“I’m excited for my journey for international wrestling to come, and hopefully, I can be put up there soon.”

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Forte set for spotlight in senior season N at h a n Ruiz Spo rt s E di to r @ N at h a n S R u i z

Phil Forte has lived in the shadows.

The shadows of Marcus Smart and Markel Brown. The shadows the national media has seemed unwilling to peek into. The shadows of the basketball court, waiting for the perfect opening to pop off one of his trademark 3-point shots, the same kind that leaves the fans in Gallagher-Iba Arena with their right arms cocked in the air, three fingers pointed skyward.

But now, those figures have moved on. The story has changed.

The spotlight has turned to a 5-foot-11 guard from Flower Mound, Texas.

At 7 p.m. Friday, Forte will play in his 100th game as a Cowboy, the beginning of his final season at Oklahoma State. It will be fans’ final chance to experience the mixture of elation, excitement and satisfaction when a shot leaves his hands.

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kurt steiss/o’colly Guard Phil Forte will be the unquestioned leader of the Cowboys this season. He needs 63 3-pointers to set the Oklahoma State career record.

themselves worthy of a spot higher than seventh in the Big 12, where the league’s coaches picked them in their preseason poll.

“You just use it as motivation,” Forte said. “It really doesn’t mean anything. It’s just something you keep in the back of your head every day when we go to practice. … We just have to go there, try to get better each and every day. This team has a lot of guys that have had a chip on their shoulder, for the most part, growing up, so everyone’s kind of used to that. Everyone kind of knows what that position feels like.

“Everybody has something to prove going into the season.”

The same goes for Forte — and always has.

He has built himself into a basketball player, a player worth the attention of his opponents. A herculean work ethic has placed Forte on the precipice of being an OSU great.

“I really can’t explain it — I think it’s kind of just the way God made me,” Forte said. “I’ve always known if I wanted to play at the level I wanted to play at, I had to outwork everybody because I’m not the tallest, not the fastest, not the strongest. I just have to try to outwork everyone.”

And he has. He needs 63 more 3-pointers to become OSU’s alltime leader. He likely will end his career as one of the top 10 Cowboy scorers ever.

Yet, those numbers mean next to nothing to Forte.

“I don’t really have that much of anything to be proud about,” Forte said. “I’m just trying to come in and teach these guys any way that I can.”

A nonexistent ego, but a fountain of effort.

“You have the ultimate in work ethic — the ultimate,” OSU coach Travis Ford said. “The highest level you can get. There’s no higher. You OCOLLY.COM

can’t go any higher in work ethic, desire.”

During the summer, Forte spends three to four hours a day in the gym, firing up shot after shot after shot.

To him, it’s an escape, a place he feels comfortable and at home.

And his teammates take notice.

“He leads by example,” junior wing Leyton Hammonds said.

“Everybody knows Phil’s a gym rat. That kind of inspires everybody else because they’re like ‘Phil’s in the gym. Why am I not in the gym?’”

Forte is the center of attention on this OSU team. The face, the voice, the leader. But he can’t do it alone.

He’ll need help.

Jawun Evans figures to continue a trend of stud Cowboy point guards. Hammonds and Mitchell Solomon are budding with confidence. Jeff Newberry is looking to build on a solid first season in Stillwater.

“I couldn’t ask for better teammates,” Forte said. “They really help me, push me each and every day. They’re just a joy to be around.

When you go take the practice court with guys that you like hanging out with off the court, that goes a long way. I don’t know how many games we’re going to win or what that means, but every day I show up to the gym, it’s fun. It’s fun being around the guys. I want to them to succeed more than me.”

Ford said he’s unsure if the Cowboys’ strong chemistry will continue into the season once minutes are divvied up, but Forte won’t have to worry about that. It’s practically guaranteed he’ll be on the court for as close to 40 minutes as his body allows.

But he’ll have to find a way to make his signature shot.

Through the Cowboys’ first 24 games of the 2014-15 season, OSU had a 17-7 record, with Forte averaging 17.5 points per game, shooting 41.7 percent from beyond the arc.

But he shot only 25 percent on 3-point attempts in OSU’s final eight games, with his points-pergame average dropping by more than 10 points to 7.4. The Cowboys went 1-7 in those games, crawling into the NCAA Tournament before their third first-round exit in a row.

But this season’s Cowboys are built in Forte’s image, armed with a top-tier work ethic. That could be what pushes it beyond what recent OSU team have accomplished.

“The attitude, the mentality of the team right now is right,” Forte said. “We know what we’re picked.

We know what people think. …

We can use that as motivation, sure. But we’re just trying to get better every day. That’s our main focus.”

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the undersized guard’s ability to create space and shots to make himself better.

Next to OSU, Forte’s greatest commitment is to improvement.

This year, despite already being held in high regard by his teammates, he wants to develop as a leader.

His fellow Cowboys know what he brings in that depart-

ment.

“He’s a great encourager,” Hammonds said. “When guys are messing up in practice or guys get down, he’s the first one to come talk to you and be like ‘Hey, you’re OK.’ I feel like he’s skilled at lifting up others when they’re down.”

But Ford said he wants to see Forte be a more aggressive leader.

“He doesn’t have to question

does he have the respect,” Ford said. “That’s like the easiest thing in the world, the respect he has from his teammates. He does everything right. On the court, off the court. He can be that guy. He can be that guy, and I’m anxious to see if he does it ‘cause we’re gonna need that. There’s a lot of guys who are gonna need to be told exactly, ‘Hey, you need to be doing this.’”

Ford is one of Forte’s biggest role models, someone who gave him a chance, who proved that all of the hard work was worth it.

Forte was often viewed as a residual effect of the Cowboys’ recruitment of Smart, but he’s proven to be much more.

This year isn’t only Forte’s final chance to win a Big 12 title, make a national championship run or even just get to the

second round. It’s also his last opportunity to reward the program that’s given him more than he could’ve expected.

“I’m definitely glad I came here,” Forte said. “They gave me a chance to play that a lot of schools didn’t.

“I’m just trying to return the favor and give them everything I have.” sports@ocolly.com

Jawun Evans: quiet but confident

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Jawun Evans is big time.

Jawun Evans is the real deal.

Jawun Evans defies logic on the basketball court.

From the time he was in eighth grade, that has been the narrative. In a world where precocious athletes are defined by numbers, assigned star-values like hotels, Evans has always been at the top.

It’s a lot of pressure for a teenager to handle. That’s why so many kids who are anointed at an early age fail to reach their projected ceilings. But Evans has made it.

He is a McDonald’s AllAmerican. This summer, he played in the FIBA U19 World Championship in Crete, Greece, for Team USA. It enabled him with the chance to experience a different style of basketball and a different culture.

“I tried it, but it wasn’t right for me,” Evans said. “I had goat meat or something like that. It didn’t taste like how I thought it was going to taste.”

All these accolades might seem like an ego-booster. For some high schoolers, it is. But not Evans.

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He leans against a counter inside the media workroom of GallagherIba Arena. He meekly fields questions from reporters. His answers are brief, but it’s not out of arrogance. Someone tries to joke with him, and he laughs nervously. This is not his element.

“Jawun’s the type of person, he’ll give you the last of whatever he has if he’s able to give it to you,” said Laconya Davis, Evans’ mom. “He’s just been an all-around kid. He doesn’t let things like that get to his head. Not to say he’s not excited about it.

He’s very excited with everything that’s happened to him. He’s blessed for it.

But he’s just not the type of person that’s going to let that affect him or make him think he’s better than anybody else.”

Evans will get the chance to become a college star this season.

A point guard, he will be asked to direct the Oklahoma State offense.

He’ll also likely be one of the main scoring options. Finding the balance between the two won’t be easy. But this is a chal-

lenge he won’t shy away from.

“I feel great coming into the season my freshman year,” Evans said. “I just feel like we’re going to do great things this year.” *** Evans has always had a natural talent when it came to basketball. When he stepped on campus at OSU, it was one of the first things the coaches noticed.

“The game comes pretty easy for Jawun Evans,” coach Travis Ford said.

“He’s a special player as far as understanding and having a feel for the game. That doesn’t matter if you’re a freshman, sophomore, senior — he’s got a feel.”

Evans started playing basketball about the time he was 3. By 6, he was playing in a church league. Even then, he was better than the competition. His teams never lost.

“We had to change church leagues and play in a different league because we kept beating all the teams,” Davis said.

It didn’t matter. Evans still dominated. His talent was so overwhelming that AAU coaches approached

his mom trying to get him to play for their team. All this before he had even finished first grade.

But if you ask anyone from Greenville, South Carolina, where Evans lived until two years ago when his family moved to Dallas, Evans might not even be the best player in his own family.

One of the many ways Evans’ love for the game grew was through a rivalry with his older brother, Brandon Davis. Although Davis is seven years Evans’ senior, the two began playing one-on-one games in the family’s driveway as soon as Evans was old enough to play basketball.

Brandon was a good basketball player in his own right but did never make it past the high school level. But even as Evans ascended the lists to become one of the best players in the country, Davis still won.

Part of it had to do with style. Brandon is the complete opposite of Evans. He trash talks. Evans is quiet. He is a 3-point shooter. Evans can hit the 3, but it’s not a staple of his game.

Brandon’s 3s have given

him the crown so far, but it hasn’t been all bad for Evans. The rivalry has helped him gain a competitive spirit. Despite having never beaten his brother, Evans is confident that the day isn’t too far off.

“The next time I go home, I think I’ll be ready for it,” he said. *** Hobbled by an ankle injury, Evans didn’t play in the Cowboys’ exhibition game last Friday, a 94-66 drubbing on East Central.

His absence only heightened the hype surrounding his debut. Fans are eager to see whether Evans can be a cornerstone for the Cowboys to build their program around in the future.

Ask anyone inside the OSU program, and they’ll

could hope for.

“Jawun is a true point guard,” Ford said. “He makes other people around him better. He’s gonna go through your typical freshman learning curve, learning to play hard all the time on both ends of the court, not just when you have the ball in your hands.

“With the ball in his hands, he’s a special talent.”

The Cowboys’ season rests largely in the hands of a player who has yet to play a game for them.

But Evans is used to the pressure. At 7 p.m. Friday when the Cowboys take on UT Martin, he will enter his element once more.

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tell you what scouts have been saying about Evans for years: He is an incredible basketball player.

Leyton Hammonds remembers his first time playing with Evans. The two were on the same team in a pick-up game, and immediately formed a connection.

“He threw me a pass and to this day I still don’t understand how he got it to me,” Hammonds said.

“He just sees the floor so differently. He’s got a great feel for the game.”

That’s not to say he’ll will be without a learning curve. There’s certain aspects of the game that take time to adjust to.

It’s rare for a freshman to come in college-ready.

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FOLDS OF HONOR HELPS OSU STUDENT

By Katie Rosebrook

2011 is a year Teague Crotty will never forget.

Crotty’s father was in the Army National Guard, which meant the freshman mechanical engineering student at Oklahoma State University moved around his whole life.

Originally from Norman, he has lived in Washington D.C., San Antonio and now Stillwater, a place he calls his “second home.” His family was living in San Antonio when his father’s leukemia came back.

He said the last few years have been interesting. Being the only boy, he had to assume the role of the man of the house.

“With my dad being sick, I already had to grow more independent and put childish things aside,” Crotty said.

“When he actually passed away I had to grow up really quick.”

“It’s definitely made me a stronger man,” he said.

Crotty was just entering high school when his father died.

His father was still on active duty when he died after contracting pneumonia.

“The questions hadn’t really come up a whole lot about how we were going to pay for college,” Crotty said. “One of my sisters used the FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015

G.I. Bill and the other used a softball scholarship.”

That’s when Folds of Honor stepped in — awarding Crotty a $5,000 per school year scholarship.

Folds of Honor provides scholarships to the spouse or dependents of service members who have been killed or disabled, lost a limb, died while service-connected disability was in existence, currently classified as a Prisoner of War or Missing in Action, captured by hostile force, forcibly detained in the line of duty by a foreign government or power, or received a Purple Heart.

“Teague’s story of courage and bravery will shed light on the mission of Folds of Honor and the hundreds of military families who need our support,” said Major Dan Rooney, CEO and founder of the Folds of Honor Foundation. “We are honored to support Teague and help him achieve his dream of an education at Oklahoma State University.”

Crotty said his experience with the organization has been great so far. Thanks to his Folds of Honor scholarship and Department of Veterans Affairs benefits, he was able to get instate status and no longer has to worry about the cost of tuition.

“It’s allowed me to be able to focus

more on my studies,” Crotty said.

Stephanie Crotty, Teague’s mother, said that she’s grateful for the generosity Folds of Honor has shown their family.

“For Teague, receiving the Folds of Honor scholarship provides him with the opportunity to pursue his dream of attaining a college education,” she said.

Crotty will formally receive his scholarship during halftime of the Bedlam football game Nov. 28 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater.

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Men’s basketball starting Five N o. 23 L e yton Ham m on ds Forward

H e i gh t: 6 -7 We i gh t: 2 1 5 C l ass: Ju n i o r H o m e town : N o rth R i c h l a n d H i l ls, Te x as PPG : 2 .3 3 PT% : .3 3 3 M I N : 9.9

N o. 13 Ph i l Fort e Guard H ei g h t: 5 -11 W ei g h t: 185 Cl ass: Seni or H om etow n: Flow er M ou nd, Texas PPG : 15.0 3 PT% : .3 80 M I N: 3 3 .7

N o. 1 Jawun E va ns P o i nt guard H ei g h t: 6-0 W ei g h t: 17 5 Cl ass: Fr esh man H om etow n: Da llas

N o. 41 M i tche l l S olom on Forward

H e i gh t: 6 -9 We i gh t: 24 0 C l ass: S o ph o m o r e H o m e town : B i x by PPG : 1 .2 R PG: 2 .7 M I N : 1 0.9

N o. 2 2 J ef f N ew b erry Guard

H ei g h t: 6-2 W ei g h t: 185 Cl ass: Seni or H om etow n: Atl a nta PPG : 6.7 3 PT% : .3 54 M I N: 2 1.0

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woMen’s basketball starting Five N o. 2 2 B ri t t n ey M a rt i n G ua rd

H ei g h t: 6-0 Cl ass: Seni or H om etow n: Syr acu se, U ta h PPG : 13 .4 A PG : 2 .6 R PG : 8.8 M I N: 3 5.0

No. 4 5 Kate ly n Lo ec ke r Fo rwa r d Height: 6- 0 Clas s : J unior

Hometown: McPhers on, Kansas PPG: 1.4 RPG: 1.5 MIN: 12.3

N o. 23 Rodd ri c k a Patton Guard

H e i gh t: 5 - 4 C l ass: S e n i o r H o m e town : Pal esti ne, Te x as PPG : 1 .8 A PG: 2 .9 M I N : 1 6.3

N o. 3 M a n dy C ol em a n Forwa rd

H ei g h t: 6-3 Cl ass: Soph om or e H om etow n: Stock ton, Ca l i for ni a PPG : 2 .5 R PG : 2 .6 M I N: 10.0

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No. 54 Kay l e e J e ns e n C e nte r Height: 6- 4

Clas s : S ophomore Hometown: Genoa, Nebras ka PPG: 4.6 RPG: 4.1 MIN: 12.1

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cowgirl Basketball senior guard martin the face of unified team

Jordan Bishop S p o rt s R e p o rt e r @Jordanbishop35

Brittney Martin has seen it all.

Wins and losses. A trip to Sweet 16 and a first-round defeat. Teammates going pro and teammates transferring.

Martin has been on the Oklahoma State women’s basketball team through the good and the bad. She’s always been a solid contributor; she was a thirdteam Freshman All-American.

As a sophomore, she was named honorable mention All-Big 12.

It all came together her junior year, when she was honorable mention All-American, unanimous first team all-conference and team leader in points, rebounds and steals.

But one label she hadn’t attained until this season: mentor.

Always the promising young star, Martin has had to worry about only her play and left the mentoring duties to players such as Tiffany Bias or her old roommate, Liz Donohoe. As the Cowgirls’ lone four-year senior, all eyes now look to her for answers.

“This is kind of Brittney Martin’s team,” OSU coach Jim Littell said.

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Devin Wilber/o’colly Oklahoma State women’s basketball guard Brittney Martin, often one of the Cowgirls’ leaders on the court, will be asked to be a mentor off of it this season, her senior year.

Atkins, Roshunda Johnson and Lakota Beatty transferred in the offseason, the Cowgirls lacked an identity. They recruited players, brought in a junior college transfer and moved underclassmen into starting roles, but they had to have a face. Again, all eyes looked to Martin.

She is all over the team’s posters and on the cover of its media guide. Yet, Martin doesn’t embrace it. She came from Syracuse, Utah, in the fall of 2012 not for publicity, but to win games.

“I just want to win games, and I tell everyone that; I just want to play,” Martin said. “I came here to play.

“I didn’t come here to be the star.”

Regardless of whether she likes it, the team needs her as its identity. With all of the young players and the some of the inexperienced players thrust into

starting roles, Littell said they need someone like Martin to turn to.

“I think that puts a little more pressure on her,” Littell said.

“She’s been in the system for four years. It’s important for her to introduce the way we want to play and what’s the ‘Cowgirl Way.’” In the midst of a four-game losing streak last season, Littell called for a leader to step up on his team. Martin said the feeling was the players didn’t like one another. The Cowgirls eventually won seven of their last 11 games, including a five-game win streak to make their third straight NCAA Tournament.

OSU may have pulled together to save the season, but the team still wasn’t on the same page as a whole.

After the defections, Littell said he thinks the team is more unified. He said he believes evOCOLLY.COM

eryone is on board and wants to be there. Junior forward Katelyn Loecker, who played a little of everything in 21 games this past season, mirrored his thoughts.

“It was hard in the spring to hear that some people were leaving and stuff, but you have to accept it,” Loecker said. “You have to realize there are some people here who want to work hard and play, we have great new people, our freshmen and JUCO transfer. I think our team is closer, one of the closest teams I’ve been on personally. I think everything happens for a reason.”

With all the new players, Martin has received more requests for advice. Martin said she likes being the person people come to with questions. She said that’s the best way she can use her experience to the team’s advantage. One freshman, forward LaTashia Jones, said she comes

to Martin for guidance all of the time.

“I ask her about plays, little side stuff like defense like, ‘Should that be mine, or should that be hers?’” Jones said. “Stuff like that.”

Martin knows about the trials of navigating the Big 12 and fighting fatigue during practice and throughout the season.

“I’ve played in more games and longer amounts than anyone on the team,” Martin said. “It’s kind of like I’m the one who knows what it’s like to play these teams over and over.

They’re just fresh and coming in from high school to come in and play.”

Being thrust into the leadership role has helped Martin’s play. Throughout her first three seasons, she could have a bad practice and come out playing great in the game, Littell said.

Practice was important, but she could have a bad one every now and then. This season, she is having to be a better example.

“I’m trying to teach them that because I didn’t learn it until my last couple of years here,” Martin said. “I’m still trying to get it, but I just want them to get it earlier so they have a better chance to be all they can be.”

In a season where the Cowgirls are picked eighth in the Big 12 preseason polls, a season where everyone other than Martin and point guard Roddricka Patton have combined for only four starts, the Cowgirls need Martin to be the mentor.

“It’s kind of weird to think about that I’m the only four-year senior,” Martin said. “So I guess I have to do things right; that’s really what it is. I have to do things right in practice, in the classroom, because I know what it takes.” sports@ocolly.com

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This year’s matchup with Iowa State is far different from 2011

Chandler Vessels S p o rt s Rep o rt e r @ChandlerVessels

When the Oklahoma State Cowboys take the field in Ames, Iowa, this Saturday, the season will be on the line.

The Cowboys are 9-0 and ranked eighth in the College Football Playoff rankings. With the respect the Big 12 is getting from the committee, it’s unlikely a one-loss team makes

the playoffs. The Cowboys need to win out.

In many ways, this matchup is similar to a matchup the Cowboys had with the Cyclones in 2011.

OSU entered that matchup 10-0 and No. 2 in the nation. The Cowboys ended up dropping the game, along with their national championship hopes. They ended up playing Stanford in the Fiesta Bowl.

But the circumstances surrounding that game were far different.

The day before, four people were killed after a plane carrying members of the Oklahoma State women’s basketball coaches Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna crashed.

After hearing about the

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tragedy, without having time to process it, the Cowboys were forced to play a football game more UP NEXT vs.

No. 5 Oklahoma State (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) at Iowa State (3-6, 2-4) When: 2:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa Broadcast: ESPN, Cowboy Radio Network

than 500 miles from Stillwater. It was easy to tell, football wasn’t all that was on their minds.

“There’s similarities, but you can’t compare it,” backup quarterback J.W.

Walsh said. “The day in 2011, there was a lot of things that happened on that day that weighed on our football team. I don’t want to compare the two at all because that day, all the things that happened, it was a tremendous weight that was put on that football team that year.”

This season, the biggest thing weighing on the minds of OSU football players is trying to win this game. Trying to remain undefeated.

“This year, we’re just trying to be 10-0 like they were,” safety Tre Flowers said. “We’re really trying to be better than (the 2011 team). If that’s what you want to say.”

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But this season brought yet another tragedy for Stillwater. A day that was supposed to be full of laughter and fun was instead filled with screaming, tears and lost lives.

The homecoming parade crash left four people dead, including a 2-yearold boy.

On that day, things were a little murky. How could this happen again? But this time, the Cowboys were at home. They knew what was at stake. Sports are often seen as a form of escapism, and nowhere was that more true than Oct. 24 in Boone Pickens Stadium. For three hours, people cheered instead of cried. They smiled. But then the game was over

and the lights went out.

This year’s Cowboys have had time to process the events of that day.

They realize they’re now in a special position to help speed up the healing process.

“Everybody’s still hurting, these families are still hurting,” Walsh said. “So we’re doing everything we can to try our best to heal and help. Right now, I think our football team, if we can continue to win and continue to put some smiles on people’s faces, those smiles will spread.

Right now, the football team, we feel like we have a little bit of an obligation to the town to try to help.” sports@ocolly.com

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Find balance and harmony. Make your life more comfortable. Travel for pleasure. You’re gaining maturity as well as knowledge. Smart investments now can increase your security. Follow your passion with discipline. Your wit and effort makes the difference.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Communications channels are wide open. Accept more responsibilities. Writing, recording and publishing thrive. Keep others on track. Create (and appreciate) works of beauty. Participate in a bigger conversation. Trust old love. Listen to what your grandmother says.

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An older person comes up with the answer. Collaborate for a cause that’s close to your heart. Feminine details make the difference.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Talk about what you love to grow it. Put together a good team. Read voraciously, and share your discoveries generously. Provide substance, not just symbolism. Listen to a female’s advice. Clean up and lend a helping hand.

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