Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022
Transfer Wright provides new solution to one problem Ben Hutchens Assistant Sports Editor
The Cowboys solved an old problem with a new solution. In the first half of OSU’s 77-66 season-opening win against the University of Texas-Arlington, OSU’s 3-point shooting wasn’t effective. Like, at all. OSU started 0-11 from
distance when senior guard John-Michael Wright splashed a triple with 3:56 left in the first half. The shot started a run of 11 consecutive points for Wright that stretched from the end of the first half to the beginning of the second. He finished with 14 points on eight shots. See Solution on 3
Courtesy of Tulsa World Governor Kevin Stitt won re-election on Tuesday night. At the time of publication, Stitt gathered 56% of the vote with 94% of the votes reported.
Stitt wins re-election as Oklahoma governor on Tuesday to cast their ballots for the governor, Senate, House and other Oklahoma’s down-ballot seats. governor won’t As of Thurschange. day at 9 p.m, acResults of the cording to ABC and future-shaping elec- NBC, Gov. Kevin tion started to roll Stitt won re-elecin Tuesday evening. tion with 56% of Oklahoma voters the vote when 95% headed to the polls of the votes were
Luisa Clausen Staff Reporter
Abby Cage John-Michael Wright scored 14 points, shooting 3-5 from 3 in his first game as a Cowboy.
reported. Throughout Stitt’s campaign, Republicans had said they expected the race to be tight but for the incumbent to hold on and win and beat Democratic opponent Joy Hofmeister. See Stitt on 5
3 takeaways: Cowgirls win season opener Here are three takeaways from the game: OSU dominated the paint on offense Jax Thompson A mix of good looks and strong Staff Reporter finishes allowed OSU to dominate Jacie Hoyt is the lane on offense. now 1-0 as the head OSU players coach of OSU. were cutting and On Monday, fighting for good OSU won its first position every time game of the seadown the floor, and son 95-63 over the it paid off. University of Texas OSU outRio Grande Valley scored the Vaqueros Vaqueros. 42-24 in the paint, It was a game nearly doubling that was closer them up. They also than it looked, with had 19 layups to a few key factors the Vaqueros 10, allowing OSU to getting good looks pull away down the near the goal. stretch. See Takeaways on 4
Abby Cage Villanova transfer Lior Garzon led the Cowgirls in scoring with 19 points in their season opening win over UT Rio Grande Valley.