National Basketball Association
Oklahoma State 71, Tulsa 59
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Where: Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Officials:
# Patrick Adams, # Ray Natili, # Jamie Luckie
Attendance:
5412
By The Sports Xchange
Kendall Smith scored 16 points and Jeffrey Carroll added 14, helping Oklahoma State outlast Tulsa 71-59 on Tuesday in Stillwater, Okla.
Junior Etou scored 18 points and Sterling Taplin added 14 for the Golden Hurricane, who shot 37.7 percent from the floor.
After Tulsa (7-5) got within four points inside of three minutes, the Cowboys hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 69-59 with 1:05 left.
The teams traded runs to start the second half.
Oklahoma State (9-2) started the second half with a 10-2 run, but Tulsa responded with a 13-4 run to retake the lead 43-42 on a Curran Scott 3-pointer with 13:13 to go.
Trailing by two with 11:30 left, the Cowboys outscored Tulsa 11-2 to take a 55-48 lead with 8:05 remaining.
Oklahoma State was coming off 71-70 win over No. 19 Florida State.
The loss snapped a three-game win streak for Tulsa (7-5).
The Golden Hurricane led for most of the first half, but the Cowboys closed with an 8-1 run to tie it at 28 at the break.
Etou hit a 3-pointer to put the Golden Hurricane on top 7-5 two minutes into the game.
Tulsa led 19-11 just over 10 minutes in despite a four-minute stretch without a field goal.
Both the Golden Hurricane (3-for-15) and the Cowboys (3-for-17) struggled from 3-point range in the first half. Tulsa committed just four fouls, and Oklahoma State was just 1-for-1 from the line in the opening 20 minutes.
Oklahoma State hosts Texas-Rio Grande Valley on Friday.
The Golden Hurricane are off for nine days before starting American Athletic Conference play against East Carolina.
Top Game Performances
Tulsa |
|
Oklahoma State |
Junior Etou 18 |
Scoring |
Kendall Smith 16 |
Sterling Taplin 3 |
Assists |
Tavarius Shine 3 |
Junior Etou 6 |
Rebounds |
Jeffrey Carroll 11 |
Junior Etou 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Kendall Smith 1 |
Geno Artison 1 |
Steals |
Jeffrey Carroll 2 |
N/A |
Blocks |
Mitchell Solomon 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Tulsa
|
59 |
37.7 |
8-28 |
11-14 |
8 |
25 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
Oklahoma State
|
71 |
45.5 |
10-34 |
1-1 |
14 |
33 |
4 |
5 |
9 |