Feb. 3, 2007
Stillwater, Okla. - Recording their second win of the season over the defending National Champion Oklahoma State Cowboys (13-5, 1-2), second-ranked Missouri (9-1, 2-0) bested No. 4 OSU, 17-16, in front of 3,125 fans in Gallagher Iba Arena. The Tigers overcame a 10 point OSU lead to take the eventual win, splitting the dual with the Cowboys at five wins a piece. With the win, Missouri snapped OSU's 21 home match win streak and now stands at 32-3 in the all-time series.
Junior Josh Wagner (Milton, Wis.) came up with Missouri's first win of the night, dropping Dakotah Simpson, 15-4. Dominating his opponent, Wagner earned nine backpoints and tallied over four minutes of riding time. With the win, Wagner stands just one shy of his 60th career victory.
Continuing Missouri's winning ways, redshirt freshman Nicholas Marable (Colliersville, Tenn.) made his third start of the season in the Tiger lineup and won a 4-2 decision at 157 pounds over Newly McSpadden. Tied at two entering the third period, neither grappler was able to come up with a takedown forcing the match into sudden victory. With one minute on the clock, Marable managed to take down McSpadden in 46 seconds for the eventual win.
Defending National Champion senior Ben Askren (Hartland, Wis.) kept his perfect season in tact after winning a 9-6 decision over 16th-ranked Brandon Mason at 174 pounds. Askren collected three takedowns and a reversal and rode Mason for 1:13 for his nine points. Askren now stands at the top of Missouri's career wins list with 140 victories.
Fifth-ranked sophomore Raymond Jordan (New Bern, N.C.) helped bring the Tigers even with the Cowboys at 13 points after earning a 5-3 decision over Jack Jensen. Their second meeting of the season and Jordan's second win over the Cowboy, Jordan scored first with a takedown and followed with a reversal in the second period and 1:02 of riding time.
Junior redshirt freshman Maxwell Askren (Hartland, Wis.) came up with the Tigers' final win of the night, a 12-4 major decision over Jared Shelton at 197 pounds. Askren improved to 24-0 on the season and gave Missouri just enough points to take the lead and team win.
"Oklahoma State wrestled a really smart match tonight," Missouri Head Coach Brian Smith said. "It's not often that the Cowboys get beat at home and that was one of our goals this week. We wanted to come down to Oklahoma and beat both OSU and OU at home. I have to give credit to John Smith (Oklahoma State's head coach) and his program. They wrestled really well and gave us quite the challenge. We managed to hang on for a couple of key wins at 149 and 197 pounds and that proved the difference in the night."
The Tigers will take on 13th-ranked Oklahoma in Norman at 3 p.m. (CT) in their final road dual of the season.
Wt Wrestler vs. Wrestler: Result OSU MU 125 #15Tyler Shinn (OSU) decision John Olanowski (MU): 11-5 3 0 133 #5 Coleman Scott (OSU) decision #4 Tyler McCormick (MU): 1-0 6 0 141 #4 Nathan Morgan (OSU) major decision #18 Ashtin Primus (MU): 14-5 10 0 149 #9 Josh Wagner (MU) major decision Dakotah Simpson (OSU): 15-4 10 4 157 Nick Marable (MU) decision Newly McSpadden (OSU): 4-2 10 7 165 #1 John Hendricks (OSU) decision #7 Matt Pell (MU): 12-7 13 7 174 #1 Ben Askren (MU) decision #16 Brandon Mason (OSU): 9-6 13 10 184 #5 Raymond Jordan (MU) decision Jack Jensen (OSU): 5-3 13 13 197 #1 Maxwell Askren (MU) major decision Jared Shelton (OSU): 12-4 13 17 HWT #18 Jared Rosholt (OSU) decision Mark Ellis (MU): 3-1 16 17UPDATED SEASON AND CAREER RECORDS Wt. Name Season Career 125 John Olanowski 17-12 17-12 133 Tyler McCormick 11-6 62-29 141 Ashtin Primus 29-10 29-10 149 Josh Wagner 22-7 59-31 157 Nicholas Marable 27-5 27-5 165 Matt Pell 14-3 114-31 174 Ben Askren 29-0 140-8 184 Raymond Jordan 20-4 53-16 197 Maxwell Askren 24-0 24-0 HWT Mark Ellis 10-7 10-7