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Instacap: Oklahoma State Rolls in the First Round of Big 12 Wrestling

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The Cowboys dominated their way to a 17.5-point lead in the team race by winning nine of their 10 first session matches. Here’s a breakdown of the scoring for the Cowboys.

Big 12 team scores

125-Nick Piccinnini Oklahoma State DEC Drake Foster Wyoming 10-3
133-Kaid Brock Oklahoma State MAJ DEC Cam Sykora North Dakota State 15-2
141- Dean Heil Oklahoma State DEC Christian Monserrat WVU 5-0
149-Boo Lewallen Oklahoma State DEC Kyle Gilva NDSU 11-7
157-Chase Straw ISU DEC Tristan Moran Oklahoma State 10-3
165-Chandler Rogers Oklahoma State inj def over Alex Lopouchanski AFA
174-Jacobe Smith Oklahoma State WBF over Kimball Bastian UVU
184-Keegan Moore Oklahoma State DEC Chad Polson Wyoming 11-8
197-Preston Weigel Oklahoma State DEC Anthony Mclaughlin AFA 9-3
285-Derek White Oklahoma State TF Sam Eagan Wyoming 17-2

Session 2 starts at 5:00 and here are the matchups for the Cowboys.

125-Nick Piccininni Oklahoma State vs.Christian Moody Oklahoma
133-Kaid Brock Oklahoma State vs. Montorie Bridges Wyoming
141-Josh Alber Northern Iowa vs. Dean Heil Oklahoma State
149-Davion Jeffries Oklahoma vs. Boo Lewallen Oklahoma State
157-Tristan Moran Oklahoma State vs. Justin Thomas Oklahoma
165-Demetrius Romero Utah Valley vs. Chandler Rogers Oklahoma State
174-Taylor Lujan Northern Iowa vs. Jacobe Smith Oklahoma State
184-Drew Foster Northern Iowa vs.Keegan Moore Oklahoma State
197-Preston Weigel Oklahoma State vs. Jake Smith West Virginia
285-Derek White Oklahoma State vs. Dustin Dennison Utah Valley

 The Cowboys as a whole looked solid this session but showed some signs of rust at 174 and 197. They are simply way undersized at 157 with Jonce Blaylock out. John Smith said in the interviews afterwards that they felt Jonce would further his injury if he were to have wrestled here and ultimately that was the deciding factor on starting Moran.

Naturally as the tournament progresses the matchups get tougher, but this next round the individual matches are huge for each guy. On the championship side, win and you’re in the NCAA tournament.

The Cowboys are favored at 125, 141, 149, 165, 197, and 285 and technically I would say are favored at 133 though Brock did lose to Bridges early on in the season. At 174 and 184 they’ll need upsets to get in the final. Weigel at 197 has a very tough matchup and when you considered it’s just his second match back from injury he’ll need to wrestle well to win it.

As noted, the injuries at 74-97 make me a little nervous. Both guys looked a bit tentative with their wrestling early and needed to hit big moves late to win, but once they shook the rust off a little they looked solid. This by Jacobe Smith was insane, and he hit a similar one a few minutes later for the fall.

At 133 Brock struggled on bottom as he always has and he chose down and was ridden out. I get Smith doing that with him during the regular season, but I’m really hoping we don’t see it tonight or tomorrow against stiffer competition. I may lose my mind if he does it against Seth Gross in the final.

At 125, 141, 149, 165, and heavyweight, I like what I saw with the exception of giving up some late points at 149. These guys should all win comfortably tonight and move on to the final.

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