OSU basketball recruiting?

[andyokstate]

Besides Keiton Page (congrats to Pawnee!) and Dee Proby, do we have any other signed recruits for next season?

[pistolpete2002]

Don't we just have 2 scholly's for next year and one of them is filled with Page??

[JimBob]

The Page kid will take our "trey jacking" to the next level, be it up on down.

[andyokstate]

Has there been any word if Garrett will get a medical redshirt? He only played in two games before his shoulder injury.

Good point about the threes, JimBob. 40% of our shots come from behind the arc. Ouch! We have exactly one player - Moses - whose FG percentage is above .500. Only one of our players - Hatch - has a 3PT percentage above .400 (Eaton is at .395 and Anderson is at .378). Only two of our players haven't attempted a three (Adams and Warner). Here are our season shooting stats as of yesterday.

Total FG: 697-1617 .431
3PT: 222-639 .347
FT: 453-628 .721

Rest of the stats can be found HERE (http://www.okstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=200&KEY=&SPID=145&SPSID=1467)

[CoachOSU]

Is Page not pretty accurate though with his shooting?? .. Two years ago when he was a sophmore I listened to him on the radio and he was just swishing three's like nothing.... high percentage shooter... has things changed since I left OK??

[JimBob]

Is Page not pretty accurate though with his shooting?? .. Two years ago when he was a sophmore I listened to him on the radio and he was just swishing three's like nothing.... high percentage shooter... has things changed since I left OK??

He scored 54 Sat. in their win over Ok. Christian in the state finals. Made 20-28 shots, including 9-11 3pts; scored 8 points in the first 30 sec. of the game.

[CaliforniaCowboy]

Page is accurate from EVERYWHERE, including the FT line...

He shot about 65% from the field (not counting treys).... I wish our inside guys could hit with that average.

Is this thread just guessing that he shoots a lot of treys, or does somebody have an actual breakdown of his twos versus his treys....

[snuffy]

Am I the only one concerned that this kid might be getting to much hype? I know he is good, but there will have to be some adjustment to D-1 ball. I am a little afraid that Page is being built up so much that if he can't walk on water next year that people throw him in front of the bus.

I want him to do good and be given a chance to grow into a cowboy and become a part of the great cowboy legacy and am wondering if he will be given enough time to do it. :pete:

[Tiny]

He is doing good to be 5'9". He will struggle to get off the type of shots he did Saturday against more athletic taller guards. He will give the Pokes a great spot up shooter. If they have a penetrating point guard his JR and SR year he will be a huge threat.

[osupride97]

Just ask Bobby Reid how it works out for being crowned the second coming.



Too much pressure on a kid. Just let the kid actually make it to campus first.

[frankeaton]

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Out with a bang

• Page’s 54 helps Pawnee claim Class 2A gold ball

Ryan Steele - NewsPress

OKLAHOMA CITY — In the first 43 seconds Saturday, Keiton Page scored eight points to put Pawnee ahead, 8-0.

Game. Set. Match.

Page finished with 54 points and the top-ranked Black Bears capped off one of their most successful seasons in school history as they defeated No. 12 Oklahoma Christian School, 95-79, in the championship game of the Class 2A State Tournament at State Fair Arena.

Page, who also posted 14 assists and went 9-of-11 from three-point range, finished as Oklahoma’s single-season leader in total points. He recorded 1,287 this season, surpassing the record of 1,280 by Grandfield’s Kenneth Johnson in 1979.

“That’s just icing on the cake,” Page said. “There’s nothing we wanted more than the gold ball. It’s a great feeling to go out on top. These have been the (most fun) four years of my life and I wouldn’t have wanted to do it any other way.”

Pawnee also has a pair of single-season state records in football — Gerald Jones rushed for 3,779 yards and 54 touchdowns in 2004.

Page set the state’s single-season scoring average record at 44.4, beating the mark of 44 per outing by Barnsdall’s Jordan Barnhorst in ’94.

In addition, the Oklahoma State signee broke the career state-tournament scoring record with 369 points. The previous best was 318 set by Kevin Rehl when he competed at Snyder and Velma-Alma from 1980-83.

“That’s just awesome,” said Pawnee coach David Page. “We talked all year long though about how we can’t win a state championship with one guy — it takes a team. We’ve been lucky and privileged to get where we are.”

Senior Blaine Wensler went 7-of-8 from the field and added 14 points, and senior Chace Green contributed 13 points and four rebounds. Saturday’s victory provided a sense of redemption for Pawnee, which dropped an 81-50 decision to the Saints in last year’s final.

After OCS knocked off second-ranked Apache in Friday’s semifinal, its fans began chanting, “We want Pawnee.”

“Really, it was us wanting them so we could some revenge from last year,” Green said. “We were pretty fired up.”

It definitely showed. Page’s first-minute outburst helped the Black Bears take a 28-16 lead after eight minutes.

“That really set the pace for us,” said senior Alex Hansen. “With a player like Keiton on your team, it’s hard to lose.”

Wensler added, “After that, the butterflies went away and I felt like things were going to go our way and they did. I’m so thankful right now — this is such a blessing.”

OCS was determined to keep the contest interesting. The Saints closed the second quarter on a 19-4 run and trailed, 38-35, at halftime. The Black Bears recorded nine unanswered points to start the third and OCS didn’t get closer than 10 the rest of the way.

PHS finished with a 27-2 record and went undefeated in 2A — its losses came against 3A No. 10 Heritage Hall and 6A No. 3 Jenks. The Black Bears, who beat a pair of eventual state champions in 3A Verdigris and B Stringtown, won their second gold ball in four years and third overall, Their first state title came in 1941.

“We won a state championship as freshmen (in 2005), and winning it during our senior year was a perfect way to go out,” Hansen said.

George Overbey drained six three-pointers and scored a team-high 33 points for OCS, which was looking to become the first squad in Oklahoma to win five consecutive state titles. The Saints, who finished 17-11, also got 15 points from Adam Coury.

Saturday marked the end of Keiton Page’s run at Pawnee. In the last four years, he led the Black Bears to four straight state-tourney appearances, two gold balls and a state runner-up trophy. Next season, he’ll be 32 miles southwest competing for Sean Sutton’s O-State squad.

“I’m excited to get (to Stillwater),” Keiton said. “I’ll start working out with them as soon as I can once their season is over.”

Coach Page added, “He’ll probably take two weeks off and start lifting to get ready for Oklahoma State. He wants to get a little bit bigger and hopefully a little stronger. I honestly think he’ll be able to go in help a little bit.”

In addition to Keiton, the Black Bears bid farewell to their other four senior starters — Green, Hansen, Wensler and Kyle LeGrand.