Daily Bullets (Nov. 5): Pokes Win Season Opener

Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news.

Scores

Men’s Basketball: Pokes 95, ORU 71
Women’s Basketball (Monday): Cowgirls 109, New Orleans 48

OSU Bullets

•  The Pokes ran ORU out of the gym in the opener last night – the offense shined, scoring more than 90 points, a feat that only happened once last season (PFB + OKState.com)

• Look out – the fans from section 231 made their way into Gallagher-Iba Arena (X)

• The Pokes re-landed a commitment for the 2026 football class – this nugget at the end of the piece noted where a few of the other commits have landed:

Many of OSU’s former commits have also announced new commitments, like Jenks running back KD Jones pledging to Kansas, Owasso defensive lineman Tajh Overton to Missouri and Texas QB prospect Kase Evans to Iowa State. [PFB]

• Fun quote from OSU hooper Lefteris Mantzoukas about the ship Steve Lutz is running:

“When I first got here, our first practice was the hardest practice I’ve ever been a part of,” Mantzoukas said. [PFB]

• This tweet had some fun replies:

what goes on here? pic.twitter.com/gYuxFkoXaI

— New town every hour (@TownsUsa) November 4, 2025

Non-OSU Bullets

• Here’s what “6-7” means • The beauty of the madness behind sports (looking at World Series game 7)