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OSU basketball roster gains population
Published: 11/4/2009 8:44 PM
Last Modified: 11/4/2009 8:44 PM

Oklahoma State's basketball roster grew by two spots.
Coach Travis Ford staged a walk-on tryout for the second consecutive season and this year's survivors were added to the team roster Wednesday by basketball publicist Michael Noteware.
One of the newcomers played on a national championship team, albeit at a lower level. Former Broken Arrow High School player Steven Cantrell, a 6-foot-6 forward, played one year at Oklahoma City University when the Stars were 31-7 national champs in 2008. Cantrell averaged 1.6 points and 1.4 rebounds in 20 games, starting five times. He was a student at OSU last season, but did not play basketball.
The other walk-on survivor is Lee Ledford, a 6-0 guard from Perkins who did not participate in athletics during his first two years at OSU. He averaged 15 points and seven rebounds as a high school senior.
Cantrell and Ledford will serve as practice bodies who perhaps will make a game appearance or two if scores are lopsided. The big reward could come at season's end.
Four students survived a walk-on tryout last season and got to travel with the Cowboys to first- and second-round NCAA Tournament games in Dayton, Ohio. One of them, Garrett Thomas, is back for a second go-round.




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