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Oklahoma State seeks better play from freshman Kamari Murphy, others with Bedlam next

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Oklahoma State's Kamari Murphy (21) defends on TCU's Garlon Green (33) during their NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Stillwater, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger) LOCAL TV OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT (The Associated Press)

Oklahoma State's Michael Cobbins (20) shoots over TCU's Garlon Green (33) during their NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Stillwater, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger) LOCAL TV OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT (The Associated Press)

Just in time for the Bedlam rivalry game, Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford is calling out freshman Kamari Murphy to get back on his game.

Murphy inherited the job as the Cowboys' starting power forward when Michael Cobbins broke his big toe at the start of the season, but his production has fallen off lately.

Ford's squad has scuffled after a hot start, dropping out of the Top 25 after back-to-back losses last week against ranked opponents. He wasn't much more pleased about a sloppy performance in a 63-45 victory against TCU on Wednesday night, with a season-worst 24 turnovers preventing the Cowboys (11-3, 1-1 Big 12) from doing more with a strong shooting performance.

Their next game is Saturday at Oklahoma (10-3, 1-0).