Wait, Who Are These Guys? An Oklahoma State Basketball Roster Refresher

In the midst of second straight disappointing football season, the Oklahoma State fanbase needed something to be excited about, and Steve Lutz and the Cowboy basketball team provided that juice Wednesday night.

Oklahoma State beat No. 20 Auburn 97-95 in an exhibition game in Birmingham.

The Cowboy roster features a dozen new players, so it’s understandable if you aren’t up to date on things yet. But if you’d like to be a little more informed on who is on the team, here’s some info about each of the 15 guys on the roster.

No. 0 Jaylen Curry

Height: 6-1
Weight: 175
Class: Junior
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Year at OSU: First
Former School: UMass

Curry was one of three 20-point scorers for the Cowboys on Wednesday night, as he dropped 23 points on 14 shots against the Tigers.

He’s a quick point guard who averaged 13.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.2 steals a game as a sophomore at UMass last season.

Despite transferring from UMass, Curry had some high-level offers coming out of high school to Alabama, Florida State, Memphis, Texas A&M and others.

Back in 2021, Curry won a gold medal at the FIBA Americas U16 Championship with USA Basketball. He averaged eight points, 5.7 assists and 3.8 steals in six games at that tournament.

Curry is one of four left-handed players on the roster.

No. 1 Kanye Clary

Height: 6-0
Weight: 190 
Class: Redshirt Junior
Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA
Year at OSU: First
Former School: Mississippi State

Another lefty point guard, Clary has had a bit of a stop-start path to his college career thus far. He missed Wednesday’s exhibition with an injury.

Clary’s college career started at Penn State. After playing in 32 games as a freshman, Clary broke out as a sophomore, averaging 16.7 points a game on 38% 3-point shooting.

He transferred to Mississippi State last season but played in just seven games before suffering a season-ending injury. In those seven games, he put up 6.3 points and 2.6 assists per.

No. 4 Christian Coleman

Height: 6-8
Weight: 210
Class: Fifth Year
Hometown: Winnsboro, LA
Year at OSU: First
Former School: UAB

Coleman also sat out Wednesday’s exhibition with an injury.

He’s had a super interesting path to Stillwater. Coleman grew seven inches after high school, delaying his college basketball journey. He was a 2018 high school graduate, but started college ball at the NAIA level at LSU-Alexandria in 2021. He then went to South Plains College (a JUCO) the next year before getting to UAB for two seasons.

In his final year with the Blazers, Coleman averaged 11.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists a game. He blocks a lot of shots despite playing power forward, stuffing 56 across his two seasons at UAB.

No. 5 Vyctorius “VJ” Miller

Height: 6-5
Weight: 190
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Year at OSU: First
Former School: LSU

Miller also sat out the exhibition with an injury.

He was the No. 60 player in the 2024 recruiting class and went to LSU over offers from OSU, USC, Texas Tech, Arizona and others.

Miller played in 25 games as a freshman at LSU, making five starts. He averaged 8.9 points a game while shooting 32% from 3. He scored at least 15 points in eight games including a 20-point outing against Mississippi Valley State last December.

Fun fact: Miller comes from a musical family. His father is Vyshonn Miller, aka rapper Silkk the Shocker. His uncle is Percy Miller, better known as Master P.

No. 7 Kirk Cole

Height: 6-1
Weight: 170
Class: Senior
Hometown: Yukon, OK
Year at OSU: Second
Former School: Troy

One of three returners on the roster, Cole played at Southwest Covenant School in Yukon before spending two seasons at Troy. He played in nine games with the Trojans.

Cole appeared in seven games for the Cowboys last season.

No. 8 Daniel Guetta

Height: 6-2
Weight: 180
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Kiryat Gat, Israel
Year at OSU: First

The newest player on the roster, Guetta was a little late getting stateside with some visa troubles.

He recently turned 22 years old and has previously played with Israel’s junior national team. He spent last season with Maccabi Rehovot, averaging 9.6 points and 4.7 assists a game while shooting 35% from 3.

In eight minutes Wednesday, Guetta had one point, three rebounds and two assists.

No. 9 Anthony Roy

Height: 6-5
Weight: 205
Class: Sixth Year
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Year at OSU: First
Former School: Green Bay

Another lefty, Roy is on school No. 6, but something that’s been consistent no matter where he’s been: he can fill it up. He dropped 28 on Auburn Wednesday night, including a barrage of deep 3s.

Playing under OSU alum Doug Gottlieb last season at Green Bay, Roy averaged 25.7 points a game through 11 contests before suffering a season-ending injury. He shot 43% from 3 in that time.

Remember a few years back when Langston to the NAIA national final? Yeah, that was in large part because of Roy. He was on that team that went 35-2 and averaged 18.4 points a game while shooting 42% from 3. He was an All-American and the Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

His college career started at San Francisco in 2020-21. He then hopped down to the junior college level, playing at Wenatchee Valley in Washington for the 2021-22 season. Roy then spent a year at New Mexico State in 2022-23, averaging 10.3 points and 40% 3-point shooting through 16 games. Then it went Langston to Green Bay to OSU.

No. 13 Mekhi Ragland

Height: 6-11
Weight: 330
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Lilburn, GA
Year at OSU: First

A big-bodied, but skilled young bruiser, Ragland played three minutes Wednesday night.

He actually missed his senior season of high school ball at Sunrise Christian (Kansas) with an injury. Last summer playing on the Adidas 3SSB circuit, he averaged 11.1 points and 5.1 rebounds through 15 games while shooting 60% from the field, 44% from 3 and 75% from the stripe.

He’s a big body who can pass and shoot, and with the right development, he could really turn into something special.

No. 19 Andrija “Mili” Vukovic

Height: 6-11
Weight: 270
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Cukarica, Belgrade, Serbia
Year at OSU: Second

Vukovic is in his second season with the Cowboys, but this one is off to a much more normal start. He was late getting over from Serbia last year, and while trying to play catchup he suffered a back injury that put him further behind.

He played 22 minutes Wednesday, pulling down three rebounds.

Vukovic played on youth teams sponsored by big Serbian club Red Star. He was on the U19 squad alongside Thunder first round pick Nikola Topic.

Vukovic played in 22 games for KK Vrsac during the 2023-24 season, where he averaged 6.1 points and 2.5 rebounds a game while shooting 66% from the field.

No. 21 Isaiah Coleman

Height: 6-5
Weight: 200
Class: Junior
Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA
Year at OSU: First
Former School: Seton Hall

Coleman dropped 18 points on the Cowboys last year, but Wednesday night, he dropped 28 points for the Cowboys.

He went 9-for-15 from the field against Auburn and got to the free-throw line a dozen times.

Coleman led Seton Hall in points (15.6), rebounds (5.3) and steals (1.5) last season. He was a Big East All-Freshman selection in 2023-24, a season in which the Pirates won the NIT.

He eclipsed 20 points in 11 games last season, including a season-high 27 against Marquette. He also had a dozen games with multiple steals, including two four-steal performances (one against OSU).

No. Parsa Fallah

Height: 6-10
Weight: 250
Class: Redshirt Senior
Hometown: Amol, Iran
Year at OSU: First
Former School: Oregon State

Fallah spent last season at Oregon State after starting his career at Southern Utah.

He got the start at center Wednesday night and scored four points and brought down five rebounds before fouling out after 16 minutes on the floor (one of four Cowboys to foul out).

Fallah averaged 12.8 points and four rebounds a game last season with the Beavers, shooting 60% from the field.

Lutz described Fallah as having “elite footwork.” He’s scored at least 20 points in 11 games throughout his career, including a 29-point performance against Idaho State while he was at Southern Utah.

He also has some international experience, as he was the team captain of Iran’s 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup squad. He averaged 14.9 points and 8.3 rebounds a game in that tournament.

No. 23 Benjamin Ahmed

Height: 6-10
Weight: 275
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Kogi State, Nigeria
Year at OSU: First

Another player who missed Wednesday’s game and another lefty, Ahmed was a four-star prospect who was at one point committed to Miami. He also had offers to Rutgers, Cal, Iowa, Georgia Tech and others.

He was the dominant force on a dominant high school team. Putnam Science Academy (Connecticut) won a pair of prep national championships in Ahmed’s time with the program, and Ahmed left Putnam as the program’s all-time leader in scoring and rebounding. He averaged 12.3 points and 8.2 rebounds a game as a senior and was the MVP of the National Prep Championship after putting up 20 points in the title game.

He has a 7-foot-3 wingspan and is an absolute problem for teams on the glass.

Lutz said a few weeks back that Ahmed recently had surgery to put a plate in his foot, so it could be a bit before we see him.

No. 24 Ryan Crotty

Height: 6-6
Weight: 215
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Holly Springs, NC
Year at OSU: First

The first high school commitment of the Lutz era, Crotty earned a start Wednesday night against Auburn. He finished with four points and three rebounds. He was also voted as the team’s hardest worker of the summer.

Crotty is a 3-point specialist. He set a Virginia state record by hitting 142 3-pointers in his junior season. He averaged 17.7 points as a high school senior and hit 115 3s on a 43% clip.

He was a four-star prospect out of Miller School (Virginia). He also had offers to Clemson, Miami. Virginia Tech and others.

No. 25 Robert Jennings II

Height: 6-7
Weight: 230
Class: Senior
Hometown: DeSoto, Texas
Year at OSU: Second
Former School: Texas Tech

The most familiar of faces on this squad, Jennings started 35 games for the Cowboys last season after transferring from Texas Tech. He averaged 5.4 points and 3.4 rebounds a game.

He started and was one of the foul-outs on Wednesday night in Birmingham, finishing with two points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals in just 16 minutes on the floor.

No. 72 Lefteris Mantzoukas

Height: 6-9
Weight: 230
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Iannina, Greece
Year at OSU: First

Another 22-year-old freshman, Mantzoukas probably has the most high-level experience of anyone on the team.

He’s played parts of eight seasons on teams in the Greek Basketball League, including four with 2024 EuroLeague champ Panathinaikos Athens. He also has international appearances on Greece’s junior and senior national teams.

He’s a stretch big who is a career 40% 3-point shooter. Mantzoukas showed a little bit of that Wednesday night when he went 1-for-3 from deep. He finished the exhibition with seven points and four rebounds, fouling out after 24 minutes on the floor.

Mantzoukas has been playing high-level ball for some time. He was 14 when he first played in a GBL game, making him the youngest player to ever start a game in the league. He was named the league’s Young Player of the Year and Most Improved Player in 2023.