The shadows of Marcus Smart and Markel Brown. The shadows the national media has seemed unwilling to peek into. The shadows of the basketball court, waiting for the perfect opening to pop off one of his trademark 3-point shots, the same kind that leaves the fans in Gallagher-Iba Arena with their right arms cocked in the air, three fingers pointed skyward.
But now, those figures have moved on. The story has changed. The spotlight has turned to a 5-foot-11 guard from Flower Mound, Texas.
At 7 p.m. Friday, Forte will play in his 100th game as a Cowboy, the beginningof his final season at Oklahoma State.