STILLWATER — Isaac Likekele thinks of himself as part of a large Oklahoma State puzzle.
Each teammate accounts for pieces. Cam McGriff could be five pieces. Lindy Waters III could be six. Likekele could be four.
Take away pieces, the puzzle is incomplete.
For the past month, the Cowboys did not solve the broken puzzle.
Likekele was unavailable to play due to an illness he still declines to publicly identify. OSU struggled with three losses in four games.
“If I tell you to figure out a 100-piece puzzle and I take away four of the pieces, how are you going to figure out the 100-piece puzzle with 96?