Fumble!!!!
Published: 11/10/2009 3:00 PM
Last Modified: 11/10/2009 3:01 PM
Point guard Byron Eaton was so turnover-prone during stretches of his Oklahoma State career that some fans couldn’t wait for him to leave.
Be careful what you wish for.
Eaton was a senior last season and, in OSU’s first exhibition game without him, the Cowboys committed 27 turnovers. A freshman guard -- and I won’t do him the disservice of naming him -- was responsible for nine turnovers in just 22 minutes of court time.
Fixing the turnover problem and healing injured players are coach Travis Ford’s priorities entering exhibition game No. 2 Tuesday night against Dillard University. Ford may have to be a miracle worker on both counts.
“Correcting turnovers it not an easy thing,” he said. “There’s not a drill you can do to correct turnovers.”
Ford said he has been spoiled throughout his coaching career.
“All my point guards, nobody could press them,” he said. “It doesn’t look like this is the type of group that is going to be able to (handle pressure) at this point.”
When the Cowboys are faced with pressure, they will try to break it by passing instead of relying on a point guard to get the ball up the court, according to Ford.
All of a sudden, the scariest game on the schedule could be a Jan. 30 trip to press-happy Missouri.
--Jimmie Tramel.
Written by
Jimmie Tramel
Sports Writer
