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Marshall Law: Another Big Challenge
Published: 3/12/2009 11:47 AM
Last Modified: 3/12/2009 11:47 AM

Got any sympathy for Oklahoma State’s undersized post player, Marshall Moses?
In the last two games, the 6-foot-6 Moses got the pleasure of guarding national player of the year Blake Griffin and NBA player-in-waiting Craig Brackins, who both stand 6-foot-10.
Now, in a 6 p.m. Thursday Big 12 quarterfinal against Oklahoma, Moses will defend Griffin again.
“I know both of those guys and I talk to them,” Moses said. “They are cool. But, on the court, they come to battle. I just try to do my best.”
Griffin produced 59 points and 33 rebounds in two regular season games against OSU. Brackins totaled 50 points and 21 rebounds in two games against the Cowboys.
Moses said he knew he was going to have his hands full in a Big 12 Tournament opener with Brackins when the 6-foot-10 Iowa State sophomore tossed in a couple of early shots despite being guarded closely.
But Brackins was limited to only two second-half field goals.
Terrel Harris said Moses did a better job of defending and “we just weren’t letting him get easy baskets. (Moses) was reading the plays a little bit better. We definitely knew most of their plays. We just had to remember what they were running and beat them to the spots. We were always one step behind in the first half. The second half we just came out with a little more pep in our step.”
--If figures that if anyone was going to excel in a ‘Clone war (albeit a Cyclone war), it would be someone with a “Star Wars” name like Obi.
Muonelo, however, has never seen any of the “Star Wars” films.
So, go ahead and throw out the Star Wars reference?
“You can still say it,” Muonelo said. “That’s fine.”
Muonelo had a break-out game off the bench against Iowa State, scoring 18 points and grabbing nine rebounds.
Point guard Byron Eaton felt it was important that Muonelo get back in rhythm before a Bedlam three-match because Muonelo, an Edmond native, usually plays well against the Sooners. He owns the third-best Bedlam field goal percentage (.524) of any player in OSU history. But the junior guard played only 11 minutes and was 1-of-3 from the field against OU in a regular season finale.
“I don’t think he was into it as much as he would normally be,” Eaton said.
--Eaton is hoping to bust out of a shooting slump in Bedlam III. He did everything but shoot well down the season's stretch, drawing fouls, making free throws and leading OSU to a season-low five turnovers against Iowa State. But he is 12-of-43 from the field the last four games and 7-of-27 the last two games.
“I didn’t play good tonight,” Eaton said after a Big 12 Tournament opener. “I’m definitely due for a double-double game. Maybe I can have one (Thursday). Hopefully I can come out and get our team shots and have a double-double.”



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bleeding orange (4 years ago)
Moses has my sympathy! He is called for so many bogus calls especially when guarding Blake Griffin. Go back and look at the Bedlam III game again and see how many no calls Griffin gets! If anyone looks at Blake the wrong way, they call a foul. Four out of five of the calls on Moses in the last game were bogus calls!
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