Sixth man needed for OSU men's basketball team

It is the biggest win this season for Oklahoma State's men's basketball team.
Nobody, and I mean nobody outside the OSU men's basketball team, believed Oklahoma State had a chance of beating No. 2 ranked Missouri on Wednesday night at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
But Oklahoma State's senior point guard Keiton Page kept telling the Cowboys' younger players about the Pokes upset of Kansas a few years back.
Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford kept the Pokes offense under control. He slowed the tempo and his players looked and worked for open shots on set plays. The deliberate offense frustrated the Tigers and threw them off their game.
The Pokes took it to the Tigers, winning 79-72 and evening their overall record at 10-10.
Freshman Le'Bryan Nash scored 27 and redshirt freshman Brian Williams chipped in 22. Both are career numbers for Nash and Williams.
The only fly in this ointment is fans. Gallagher-Iba Arena wasn't packed and it should have been just to see the No. 2 team in the nation. The official attendance was 9,476 and it may have crept up to close to that by halftime. I estimate that only 6,000 fans were at the game for the opening tipoff at 6:30 p.m.
Either number is much too small.
Gallagher-Iba Arena seats 13,611. If you accept OSU's attendance figure, there were 4,135 unfilled seats. That is empty. It is fortunate the fans that were there were vocal.
The win over Missouri was a huge victory for Oklahoma State's men's basketball team. It's a young team averaging just a little over 19-years old. The Pokes will be inconsistent at times, but the players practice hard, play hard and are getting better.
They need OSU fans to support them and become their sixth man.