Oklahoma State basketball: Le'Bryan Nash has flipped the effort switch in Puerto Rico
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OKLAHOMA STATE VS. NO. 6 NORTH CAROLINA ST.
* When: 5:30 p.m. Sunday
* Where: Coliseo Ruben Rodriquez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
* Radio: KXXY-FM 96.1
* TV: ESPNU (Cox 253)
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
* Steve French, the normal play-by-play man for the Akron Zips, will fill in for Dave Hunziker, who returned to Stillwater for OSU's football game against Texas Tech.
* Some have pegged N.C. State – above North Carolina and Duke – as the ACC favorite.
* The game features a major clash of freshmen guards, with OSU's Marcus Smart likely matched with Rodney Purvis.
PROJECTED STARTERS
Oklahoma State (3-0)
Pos. — Player — Ht. — Cl. — Pts. — Reb.
F — Le'Bryan Nash — 6-7 — So. — 17.7 — 6.3
F — Kamari Murphy — 6-8 — Fr. — 4.0 — 6.3
C — Philip Jurick — 6-11 — Sr. — 2.7 — 4.3
G — Markel Brown — 6-3 — Jr. — 14.7 — 4.7
G — Marcus Smart — 6-4 — Fr. — 13.0 — 8.3
N.C. State (3-0)
Pos. — Player — Ht. — Cl. — Pts. — Reb.
F — Richard Howell — 6-8 — Sr. — 14.7 — 8.0
F — Scott Wood — 6-6 — Sr. — 11.0 — 3.3
C — C.J. Leslie — 6-9 — Jr. — 12.7 — 6.7
G — Rodney Purvis — 6-2 — Fr. — 12.0 — 2.3
G — Lorenzo Brown — 6-5 — Jr. — 11.0 — 7.0*
* assists
His 37 points in the tournament have come on just 17 shots from the floor, with his aggressiveness leading to 25 trips to the foul line.
In Friday's 62-45 rout of Tennessee, Nash went 11-of-13 from the foul line. The makes and attempts were single-game career highs.
“I like how he's getting his points,” Ford said. “He's not getting his points going one-on-one a lot. Now, we are getting him off the dribble with some mismatches a bit, but he's getting them down in the post, second-shot fouls, playing very unselfish.
“We hope that he continues with that mentality, that attitude. If he does, it makes our team better.”
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