National Basketball Association
Baylor 70, Oklahoma St. 64
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, February 17, 2014
Where: Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas
Officials:
# Doug Sirmons, # Tom Eades, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance:
6517
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Oklahoma State 70, Baylor 64 (OT): Cory Jefferson scored a season-high 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the host Bears sent the Cowboys to their seventh consecutive loss.
Isaiah Austin, who came down with a 101-degree fever over the weekend, posted 12 points, 12 boards and five blocks for Baylor (17-9, 5-8 Big 12). The Bears, who defeated Oklahoma State at home for the eighth straight time, collected 22 offensive rebounds and enjoyed a 51-36 rebounding advantage.
Markel Brown scored 26 points for the second straight game for Oklahoma State (16-10, 4-9), which played its third game without suspended guard Marcus Smart and is in the midst of its longest losing streak since 1972-73. Phil Forte III added 20 points for the Cowboys.
Oklahoma State took a 10-point lead early less than a minute into the second half, but Baylor spent the next 14 minutes chipping away until Austin’s dunk put the Bears ahead 52-50 with 4:54 remaining. Each team traded baskets over the next three possessions until Jefferson put Baylor back in front when he threw down a two-handed jam following a missed free throw from Austin.
Jefferson made it 58-55 with 1:18 to go and Baylor forced Brown and Forte into long 3-point misses, but Gary Franklin’s inbound pass with 3.5 seconds left wound up in the hands of the Cowboys’ Leyton Hammonds, who knocked down a 3-pointer as time expired in regulation. Jefferson hit a 3-pointer to begin the extra period as the Bears built a six-point lead and Kenny Chery sealed it on a layup with 43 seconds remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Baylor’s 22 offensive rebounds were two short of its season while its 51 total rebounds marked the second game in a row in which the Bears had at least 50. … Brown became the 12th player in school history to score 1,500 points. … Smart, who completed his suspension for shoving a Texas Tech fan Feb. 8, is eligible to return Saturday when the Cowboys host Texas Tech.
Top Game Performances
Oklahoma St. |
|
Baylor |
Markel Brown 26 |
Scoring |
Cory Jefferson 25 |
Markel Brown 6 |
Assists |
Kenny Chery 4 |
Kamari Murphy 9 |
Rebounds |
Cory Jefferson 13 |
Phil Forte 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Cory Jefferson 8 |
Phil Forte 2 |
Steals |
Brady Heslip 2 |
Markel Brown 1 |
Blocks |
Isaiah Austin 5 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Oklahoma St.
|
64 |
37.3 |
7-21 |
13-19 |
15 |
32 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
Baylor
|
70 |
37.7 |
8-21 |
16-28 |
14 |
44 |
8 |
4 |
14 |