Unsung Hero: K-State and Texas Tech

After a tough start to the week dropping a home game to K State, the Cowboys bounced back with a victory over Texas Tech on the road. Oklahoma State earned their first conference win and Brad Underwood's 100th career win as a head coach. Jeffrey Carroll shined once again this week, scoring a career high 24 again against K State, and topping that with 25 against the Red Raiders. Phil Forte is now 4 three pointers away from the school record after going 4-4 from distance on Saturday.

However, a bench player this week made a great impact once again. Being an unsung hero is not always about stuffing the stat sheet with a ton of points or rebounds. It could just be the presence they have when they come on the court. For that reason, Davon Dillard is my unsung hero this week.

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Davon did not score much this week, but he's provided a spark off of the bench for Brad Underwood in a newly expanded role. He had 4 points and 4 rebounds against K State and 4 points and one rebound against Texas Tech. Even in the loss against the Wildcats on Wednesday, Dillard left an impact on Gallagher-Iba Arena with a monster dunk in the second half.

It's nice to see Dillard finally playing significant minutes for Brad Underwood. I hope to see him break out in the scoring column here very soon!