Monday, Feb. 20, 2023

Monday, February 20, 2023

Horned Frogs flip script, dominate OSU in paint

back to the basket, wove into position across the purple-and-black lane and put a nifty hook shot home for two points.

Oklahoma State would not score in the paint again for almost 23 minutes. Meanwhile, No. 22 TCU would live in it.

TCU beat OSU 100-75 on Saturday in Fort Worth.

FORT WORTH, Texas —

With 19:21 in the first half, senior OSU forward Kalib Boone put his

The game was a stark contrast to the Cowboys’ first matchup against TCU. Two weeks prior,

OSU defense folds against resurgent Frogs

point lead the entire second half, pushing it to as far as 27. Defense, the Cowboys’ calling card, didn’t pick up the phone Saturday. TCU shot 53.3% from 3-point range and 68.4% from the field.

OSU beat the Horned Frogs 79-73 in Stillwater. In that game, OSU poured in 42 points in the paint. On Saturday, OSU had 20.

After Boone’s nifty start, he rarely touched the ball while in a position to score. After scoring a career-high 27 last game against Kansas, Boone was held to three points on 1-for-2 shooting.

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Even though the result was a formality, TCU fans remained invested.

Hardly any of the 6,404 purple-clad fans left Schollmaier Arena early to get on with their Saturday afternoons. They wanted to see if TCU could reach triple digits.

TCU guard Damion Baugh circled the lane with only spare change on the game clock. He whipped a pass inside to an open Emanuel Miller who slammed home a dunk, scoring points 99 and 100.

TCU dominated OSU 100-75. It is the second time a Mike Boynton-coached team has given up triple digit points, the other coming in Bedlam the 201718 season. The Frogs maintained about a 20

Postgame, Boynton didn’t have really anything to say.

“Yeah, not a whole lot to give a statement about,” Boynton said. “The only statement that was made today was by TCU. Really good team, they punched us in the mouth from the start and we didn’t really respond. Ultimately, that’s on me as a coach. I’ve got to do a better job setting the tone and getting our guys ready.”

TCU (18-9 overall, 7-7 Big 12) entered the game on a four-game skid. Part of the reason for the slip was not having preseason Big 12 Player of the Year Mike Miles and forward Eddie Lampkin. Both returned from injury against the Cowboys. Miles was one of six Frogs who scored double-digit points.

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Global affair

Mohammed finally acted as if he was home. He was. Kinda. OSU’s International Student Organization hosted its annual International Bazaar, a threehour fun fest filled with dozens of global foods, strong flavor and music, on Saturday afternoon in the Wes Watkins Center.

Saani Mohammed stands below a connected banner of international flags in traditional Ghanaian attire and basks in the exposure for his country.

Finally, he feels seen, he said.

Not just a statistic or body walking across Oklahoma State University’s campus.

“This is big exposure for us,” Mohammed said. “Mostly Africa is not portrayed in the positive light. But we have our food here. Some of us have our national cultural dresses. People seem them and they’re like, ‘Who are these people?’ Then we talk about it. It

makes us feel included.”

More than 200 students and Stillwater residents bounced from 12 booths and sampled deserts and entrees from more than 12 countries or regions.

It’s times like Saturday that show food and community can bring folks together.

“The purpose of today is to show Stillwater community the diversity of international students that we have here on campus,” Salome Suarez, International Student Organization president said. “Each area club has prepared different dishes from their own country.

We want everybody to see how the dishes are from other parts of the world.”

Foods ranged from the Bangladeshi students’ tandoori chicken to the Latino American students’ cheese empanadas. Lots of desert, too.

Within hours, the exhibit hall transformed into a multicultural kitchen.

Tim Huff, ISO’s adviser, said the event began more than three decades ago. It’s one of ISO’s five annual events and the purpose remains.

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Saani Mohammed (middle) interacts with participants at the International Bazaar on Saturday afternoon. Mohammed, a Ghana native, said the event makes his country and culture feel seen.

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Cowgirls win in triple overtime to extend winning streak

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The Cowgirls played a sloppy game, but they found a way to win in the third overtime to extend their winning streak.

On Saturday, the OSU Cowgirls defeated Texas Tech in Lubbock, 92-80 in triple overtime, the first 3OT game for OSU since 1991. The Cowgirls are on a fivegame winning streak.

The first 50 minutes of the game looked sloppy.

Between the teams, there were 38 turnovers and 50 fouls. Oh, and the Cowgirls had a season-low 55 points at the end of regulation. OSU’s associate head coach Jhasmine Player said the Cowgirls never backed down.

“At the end of regulation, it was 55-55 and that’s a really low scoring game for us,” Player said. “I’m just really proud of the resilience of our kids. They never wavered.”

Guard Naomie Alnatas arguably kept OSU from getting down too far in the game in regulation, there were times when Texas Tech would go on scoring spurts and Alnatas continued to show up and score. In the second quarter, Alnatas went on her own run, scoring nine-straight points, trading scores with the Red Raiders.

She finished with 28 points. Even though most of the game didn’t look great, none of it mattered as much as the final five minutes where OSU finally pulled away and put together a complete stretch to win, without two starters.

Guard Terryn Milton and forward Taylen Collins fouled out prior to the third overtime, which allowed guard Anna Gret Asi, who had five points in the third overtime, and forward Lior Garzon, who made three crucial free throws in the final two minutes, to play at the end and deliver a complete team performance in the end.

The defense, which stifled Texas Tech most of the game, did its part, allowing four points, but it was the offense that surprisingly erupted for 16 points and it happened almost exactly like other down-the-stretch runs have happened in other close wins for OSU – collectively.

The Cowgirls had five scorers in the final period.

“The defense stepped up in a way that you wouldn’t have imagined from both teams, but our bench has reps,” Player said. “They’ve been great for us all year and they were ready to play today. There were times where we had players in foul trouble and I’m looking at [Kassidy De Lapp], I’m looking at Anna Gret, I’m looking at Lior and telling them to be ready and they were.”

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Naomie Alnatas scored 28 points in OSU’s triple-overtime win versus Texas Tech.

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“He was never really able to get great post position to do what he’s been doing really well,” OSU coach Mike Boynton said. “Credit to TCU.”

Boynton said he is surprised his team did not respond to TCU’s physicality better considering the bruising

play style common among Big 12 teams.

Some of TCU’s points in the paint came out of OSU’s desperation. The Cowboys were down 20 at halftime and when TCU (18-9, 7-7 Big 12) started the second half quickly, OSU coach Mike Boynton made a switch. He applied a full-court press on defense for much of the second half. It created some turnovers, but the Horned Frogs broke it enough to get some easy layups.

“Some of (TCU’s points in the

paint) came there (off the press),” Boynton said. “But some of the other ones just came from poor ball handling. Turnovers that led to breakouts. There’s a reason they are the No. 1 fastbreak team in the country.”

The Horned Frogs made 22 layups. Every time their opponents got in transition, the Cowboys (16-11, 7-7 Big 12) did not have an opportunity to set up their half court defense that Moussa Cisse, a 7-foot-1 center proficient at shot blocking, anchors.

OSU senior point guard JohnMichael Wright said getting back to running good offense and avoiding turnovers starts with determination. “We just have to get back to our grit and toughness in practice and in games,” Wright said. “We have to come out with a lot more fire and expectation that the other team is going to knock out heads off. I don’t think we did that today.”

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After scoring a career-high 27 last game against Kansas, OSU forward Kalib Boone was held to three points on 1-for-2 shooting.

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“Obviously, a lot of motivation for (TCU),” Boynton said. “They played like a team with that had a tremendous amount of purpose. And it did help having the preseason player of the year back, I think it did help lift those other guys. They just flat out beat us, there’s no excuses. They were better in every facet of the game.”

Boynton said sometimes the final score skews how both teams actually played, but today the lopsided scoreboard accurately conveyed each team’s performance.

Boynton is 0-6 as a head coach at TCU. His frustrations Saturday boiled over midway through the second half, when OSU guard Quion Williams attacked the rim but discovered Miles in the air to deny him. Boynton had words for the official near OSU’s bench and was issued a technical foul.

OSU (16-11, 7-7), faces a quick turnaround with a game in West Virginia on Monday. Cowboy guard John-Michael Wright said regaining the team’s defensive identity is paramount.

“Defense is what we do,” Wright said. “That’s our bread and butter, so we know if we want to win and go far to where we want to go, that’s the thing that’s gonna take us there. We’ll pinpoint that. We’ll get that taken care of. We understand that’s what we need to fix. We’re gonna get it done.”

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John-Michael Wright posted 19 points in OSU’s upset win at No. 11 Iowa State on Saturday.

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More than 200 people tried foods from different countries during Saturday’s International Bazaar.

OSU’s International Student Organization hosted the event.

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Student Arts Alliance hosts thrift store fashion show

that,” Teeman said.

Fashion isn’t always about making new clothes.

For eight student designers, fashion is about old clothes. On Thursday, the Student Arts Alliance welcomed students and parents to view a fashion show featuring looks of clothes from local thrift stores.

Fashion isn’t exclusively for fashion majors, either. Sarah Teeman, a sophomore majoring in microbiology, designed four looks for the show.

“I think it’s cool to promote sustainability and creativity, no matter your major, no matter how you express

Designers were given a budget of $100 for their show. Teeman said the affordability of the thrift stores in Stillwater kept the budget from limiting her creativity.

Teeman recruited four of her friends to model her looks, as did most of the other designers. After one of Teeman’s models suffered a family emergency, Teeman walked as a model in her own show. Two of the show’s models were selected through a model call that the Students Arts Alliance hosted.

Teeman said her vision for the show is hard to put into words, but she drew inspiration from sequins and the color green. She allowed her models to

keep the clothes they wore in the show and designed the looks with her friends’ personal styles in mind.

“I wanted them to feel confident in these clothes, and give them a new outfit,” Teeman said. “I kind of styled it to be formal themed, something to wear on a date or wherever.”

About 90 people attended the show, which overlapped with Bedlam wrestling. Kayla Loper, the associate director of campus life, said the Student Arts Alliance recognizes wrestling may not be for everyone.

“I think the Student Arts Alliance does a really good job of finding ways to provide alternative entertainment on campus and kind of create that community for students who like this type of

thing,” Loper said. This was the Student Arts Alliance’s first thrift store fashion show. Students interested in designing for the show applied through an online form that asked a few basic questions about the student’s style and examples of their past work. The show was advertised solely through social media, and Student Arts Alliance recommends students who are interested in designing for next year’s show follow Student Arts Alliance on social media.

For students interested in thrifting for themselves, Teeman said Karman Korner Resale Shop is the best local thrift store.

Courtesy of Student Arts Alliance’s Instagram

About 90 people attended Student Arts Alliance’s Thrift Shop Fashion Show on Thursday night in the Student Union Theatre.

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“It gives all these students a home,” Huff said. “They feel like they belong when they’re here. You can see them just relax and get into it. It’s very important to see the true nature and culture of these kids because they settle in here.”

Many of the foods appeared similar. Lots of chicken and different meats. But cultural differences appeared in the bite and the food’s preparation.

The Nepalese Student Organization sold about 750 momos, steamed dumplings filled with chicken and vegetables.

Niranjan Pokhrel, a horticulture master’s student from Nepal said the group started making the food at 6 p.m. Friday night. The job wasn’t finished until 3:30 a.m.

It’s no easy task.

“It takes a lot of effort to make that,” he said. “It’s also a skill thing. Not everyone can make it. We had some people’s friends and seniors were really good at making it.”

In Persian culture, Yaser Shamsi, Iran native and doctorate student in OSU’s English department, said men perform tasks of manual labor as moving large pots. Many women cook as do men. Men also perform tasks of manual labor such as moving large pots.

“We have some good cooks here who are men here,” he said. “Like my dad. Some of the boys also participated.”

It’s the process that makes everything unique.

“Even looking at the way people celebrate things and the way people cook (are different),” Shamsi said. “You can cook the same ingredient when you just buy it from a shop like Walmart. But when it goes home and it goes through the process that happens in the kitchen, it is the culture, the background and the people that makes the final dish that you see here.”

His wife made some of the Persian foods, such as Ash e Reshte. Another couple made falafel.

“Having a community of Iranian people just makes me feel as if it’s not that far away from family,” Shamsi said. “OSU is really international friendly. This is one of the events that I really appreciate.”

OSU boasted 1,519 international students in fall 2022, according to OSU international student statistics provided to The O’Colly. Mayank Talreja, a master’s student from India, represents OSU’s largest international community. The country’s 418 students make it OSU’s biggest international population.

The Indian Student Association also won the event’s best desert content with its kalakand, an Indian milk cake.

“That is what encourages us and gives me a motivation to do something for students,” Talreja said. “We help students transition their life from India to a new country here. It’s been great

that a lot of friends are here from our country.”

ISO will also host its Culture Night on April 8 in the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts, another opportunity for OSU’s international students.

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OSU’s International Student Organization hosted its annual International Bazaar on Saturday afternoon. More than 200 people showed and ate foods from many countries.

Former U.S. President Carter enters hospice care

Ernie Suggs and Greg Bluestein, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter, the Georgia native who is the longest living president in U.S. history, has decided against any further medical treatment and has entered home hospice care, the Carter Center said Saturday.

“After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention,” the Atlantabased center said.

“He has the full support of his family and his medical team. The Carter family asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers.”

The Carter Center didn’t elaborate on the former president’s condition, but the 98-year-old has endured a host of illnesses as he’s outlived two presidents who succeeded him along with his own vice president.

In 2015, Carter survived a melanoma diagnosis that later spread to his brain. The discovery followed the removal of a lesion on his liver that took about 10% of the organ. He also suffered several falls in 2019, including one requiring 14 stitches, and other health scares that have required hospitalization.

He and his wife Rosalynn have scaled back their public schedules in recent years, and they spent much of the coronavirus pandemic at their home in the southwest Georgia town of Plains, where they both grew up. The town, with a population of about 800 people, is roughly 130 miles south of Atlanta.

He didn’t attend President Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021, though Biden visited Plains a few months later to rekindle their long friendship. Biden was a first-term U.S. senator from Delaware in 1976 when he became one of the first elected officials outside Georgia to pick Carter in the White House race.

The 98-year-old became the

longest-living American president in March 2019, when he surpassed former President George H.W. Bush, who died the previous November. He served as the 39th U.S. president from 1977 to 1981, and he and his wife have been married for 76 years.

Over the weekend, several of Carter’s family members traveled to Plains to visit with the former president.

“I saw both of my grandparents yesterday,” said Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson. “They are at peace and — as always — their home is full of love. Thank you all for your kind words.”

The former Georgia stunned the political world in 1976 by winning the Democratic nomination against a host of better-known contenders, and then ousted incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford on a platform of reforming government and fostering more transparency after Richard Nixon’s resignation.

He negotiated the Camp David Accords that brought peace between Israel and Egypt, and signed measures that partially deregulated the airline and trucking industry. His administration also established the federal departments of Education and Energy, and he appointed what was then a record number of women and people of color to judicial posts.

But he governed during a tumultuous four years rocked by Cold War standoffs with the Soviet Union and its allies, gas supply crunches and doubledigit inflation. His handling of the 444day hostage crisis in Iran, and the eight Americans who died in the failed rescue in April 1980, helped doom his reelection chances.

Following his bitter 1980 defeat at the hands of Ronald Reagan — or his “involuntary retirement,” as he calls it, becoming the first full one-term president since Herbert Hoover to lose reelection — Carter turned himself into something else.

In 1982, he started the Carter Center in Atlanta to advance human rights and promote democracy. The center mediates conflicts, promotes civil rights, combats diseases and monitors electoral processes in support of free

and fair elections.

Until he receded from the spotlight in recent years, Carter traveled the world to meet with global leaders, monitor elections and worked with the Carter Center to eradicate diseases. His work during post-presidential life was recognized in 2002, when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

In a 2019 interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Carter offered his advice for longevity.

“The first thing is to marry the right woman if you are a man. Marry the right man if you are a woman. Find

something very challenging or interesting to do,” Carter said.

“We have had the Carter Center, with a very bold and aggressive and challenging program to keep us occupied. So having a very formidable and challenging and exciting task to perform is one of the best ways to live a longer life.”

Courtesy of Tribune News Service

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 98, entered hospice care on Saturday.

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Daily Horoscope

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Linda Black Horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (02/20/23). This year offers bounty and abundance. Realize dreams by acting on carefully laid plans. Epiphanies illuminate the spring for a shift in summer research or travels. Windfall fruit fills family baskets this autumn, before winter creative plans shift direction. Conserve, enjoy and share the goodness.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — Your luck in love improves immensely, with Venus in your sign. Nurture matters of the heart. Beautify your surroundings and your personal style.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Discover hidden beauty from the past. Fantasies abound over a month, with Venus in Aries. Finish old jobs. Savor peaceful rituals and private organization.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — You’re especially popular. Get out in public over the next month, with Venus in Aries. Social activities benefit your career. Group collaborations thrive.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Assume authority this month, with Venus in Aries. It’s easier to advance your agenda. Take on greater leadership. Career advancement is distinctly possible.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Explore and discover new beauty this month, with Venus in Aries. Make travel plans and venture forth. Investigate a matter of personal passion.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Growing assets, income and wealth is possible this month, with Venus in Aries. Divert funds to savings. Budget expenses carefully. Invest in beauty.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Collaboration and partnership flower over the next month, with Venus in Aries. Listen to your intuition. Things could get deliciously spicy. Pull together.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Find your rhythm and get moving this month, with Venus in Aries. Your work and health grow stronger with steady practice. You’re energized.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Savor a magnetic mutual attraction. You’re especially lucky in love this month, with Venus in Aries. Artistic efforts work in your favor.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Beautify your spaces over the next month, with Venus in Aries. Make improvements. Share domestic bliss with family. Enjoy the comforts of home.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Create works of beauty over the next month, with Venus in Aries. Write, publish and broadcast your messages, with love. Express from your heart.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Pamper yourself with small luxuries. This month can be lucrative, with Venus in Aries. Put love into your work and demand for it grows.

Solution

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