Nick Sidorakis News

Cowboy guard Nick Sidorakis is expected to return for the first time this season in his hometown of Tulsa against the Golden Hurricane.

Oklahoma State is 6-0 and has beaten everyone by double-digit margins. The Cowboys are on the verge of a top 25 ranking.

OSU coach Travis Ford said people were calling him and congratulating him for a 6-0 start and for winning the Las Vegas Invitational.

Tulsa expects buzzer-to-buzzer intensity against unbeaten Oklahoma State on Wednesday night.

Oklahoma State guard Nick Sidorakis, who sustained a patellar tendon injury in preseason, hopes to play for the first time this season when the unbeaten Cowboys play a Wednesday road game at Tulsa.

With seven newcomers and several openings for playing time, Cowboys basketball coach Travis Ford approaches his team's two exhibition games like a chemistry exam.

Ray Penn , a freshman from Houston, Texas, scored 37 points in his opening game of the Reebok Summer Championship.

World Sports Writer A look at five of the top players in the Tulsa area heading into the 2009-10 boys basketball season: Cameron Downing Memorial Center Cameron Downing has high expectations for his senior season as he looks for a second state title.

Wounded list: OSU basketball coach Travis Ford said injuries have depleted his team's depth.

STILLWATER a ' Reserves Nick Sidorakis and Teeng Akol have been sidelined with injuries as Oklahoma State prepares for its first exhibition game.

Tennessee's Bobby Maze, center, passes away from Oklahoma State's Keiton Page and Nick Sidorakis in the first half of a first-round NCAA men's college basketball tournament game in Dayton, Ohio.