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Published: December 30, 2008
Cowboys turn up defense in victory
BY ANDREA COHEN
STILLWATER — Early in the Travis Ford era at Oklahoma State , longtime fans who loved the gritty defense of Cowboy basketball teams past thought they were going to have to begrudgingly accept these two equations:

Old Cowboys = Defense.

New Cowboys = Offense.

But when OSU beat Arkansas State 76-53 Monday night at Gallagher-Iba Arena , Ford’s team showed that not only can it guard, it can do...

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