Another Blown Opportunity

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What's going on with this Cowboys basketball team?  Without something "clicking" in the collective minds of the Pokes - and in the immediate future - this team could end up at the bottom of the Big 12.  As it stands now, OSU is 2-5 and that's with an amazing comeback win against Iowa State at home a week ago, or this team would be 1-6 and dead last in the conference.  It's not going to get any easier, as an angry Missouri Tigers team comes to GIA on Wednesday after being embarrassed by Texas this past Saturday night on ESPN.

Oklahoma State's inability to hit shots both inside and outside of the 3-point line continue to doom them.  This is now statistically one of the worst shooting teams in the nation, and they again shot under 34% in Lubbock.  On a good note, Keiton Page FINALLY got his shot to fall, and was an impressive 10-10 from the FT line (he's 25-for-25 in Big 12 play) and 4-8 from downtown to lead the Pokes with 26 points.  Marshall Moses had a respectable 13 points, but playing against an undersized Texas Tech team, should have had more.  JP Olukemi had 11 points, but fouled out of yet another game and at times looked so frustrated with himself that it's a wonder why Travis Ford left him in the game as long as he did.

The cream of the Big 12 conference (Texas) is quickly separating from the muck, and anything can happen over the remaining 9 games for the Cowboys. What's to lead me to believe it will happen, based on what I've seen the last few games? The Pokes can't shoot, they can't hold onto the ball, they can't win games they're suppose to win...

The best opportunity to right the ship has arrived.  Back-to-back home games against Missouri and Oklahoma give the Cowboys their best shot at getting some momentum and getting back into the race to join the upper-echelon teams in the conference.  While a win against Missouri doesn't seem likely, remember this: Road teams were a collective 1-5 this past weekend, with the only win going to Oklahoma in their games at Iowa State.  Road wins are extremely hard to come by in this league, and although Missouri is, in my opinion, the more talented team, I would not be entirely shocked to see a Cowboy win.