Cunningham, Cowboys shock Sooners.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Freshman star Cade Cunningham scored 10 of his season-high 40 points in overtime and Oklahoma State defeated No. 7 Oklahoma 94-90 on Saturday.
Cunningham's previous scoring high was 29 points. In his first Bedlam rivalry game, he made 12 of 21 field goals and 13 of 14 free throws. He also finished with 11 rebounds three steals and two blocks.
Bryce Williams and Avery Anderson III each scored 15 points for Oklahoma State (166, 9-6 Big 12), which won its fourth straight.
De'Vion Harmon matched a career high with 23 points and Austin Reaves had 22 points, eight assists and six rebounds for Oklahoma (15-7, 8-7), which was coming off an upset loss at Kansas State.
The two teams will meet again on Monday at Oklahoma State.
It was an intense back-andforth game with plenty of hard, clean fouls.
Oklahoma, aided by an 11-0 run, led 38-31 at halftime.
Harmon had 14 points at the break for Oklahoma while Cunningham had 13 for the Cowboys.
A 3-pointer by Harmon pushed the edge to 10 at the start of the second half before Oklahoma State surged. Williams hit a 3-pointer to cut Oklahoma's lead to 51-50, and Cunningham's deep 3 put the Cowboys ahead.
With Oklahoma State up by two, Reaves drove and found Brady Manek for the tying layup with seven seconds to play. Cunningham lost control of the ball while looking to create space for a game-winning shot, forcing overtime.
BIG PICTURE
Oklahoma State: The Cowboys got a road win over a Top 10 team. The victory will vault the Cowboys into the Top 25 and likely improve their NCAA Tournament seed.
Oklahoma: The Sooners really need to win the rematch on Monday to avoid a tailspin. Even with the number of quality wins the Sooners have tallied, they can't afford too many losses this close to the NCAA Tournament selection process.
NO. 18 TEXAS TECH 68, NO. 14 TEXAS 59
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech coach Chris Beard liked the feeling he got about the last game before March for his No. 18 Red Raiders.
A lot of players contributing in different ways, solid defense and a 68-59 win over No. 14 Texas on Saturday to end a three-game losing streak.
“Two teams trying really hard, felt like a last day of Februarytype game from our perspective,” Beard said. “For the first time in a while, we felt like we played stretches of Texas Tech basketball. We get the five guys in double figures scoring, the balance offensively. We had another low turnover game today .... and then our defense showed up the second half when we needed it most.”
Mac McClung had 16 points to lead the Red Raiders (15-8, 7-7 Big 12), and was one of six different players who scored scored in a 19-6 run to open the second half after the game was tied at the half. That spurt came over a nearly nine-minute span when the Longhorns got all of their points on free throws while missing 11 shots in a row.
Texas Tech had its largest lead at 52-39 on a jumper by Marcus Santos-Silva with 11:29 left in the game. The Longhorns (14-7, 8-6) finally got that first field goal of the second half when Brock Cunningham made a 3-pointer.
“They played with a really good edge today, they played like a team that truly had the gift of desperation,” Longhorns coach Shaka Smart said. “And this time of year, that's a huge, huge advantage.”
Terrence Shannon Jr. had 11 points for the Red Raiders, while Santos-Silva, Kyler Edwards and Kevin McCullar each had 10. Santos-Silva had nine rebounds as Tech won for the first time since Feb. 6 at Kansas State, a three-week span when they also had some games postponed because of COVID-19 issues for the opposing teams.
“It was a must win, having our backs against the wall," Santos -Silva said. "And just it was just big because we were able to get back to having fun.”
Jericho Sims had 11 points to lead Texas, which played the first of four consecutive road games to end the regular season. That includes three makeup games next week. Matt Coleman III had 10 points.
McClung had only five points before halftime, when he made consecutive baskets after steals by McCullar as the Red Raiders scored eight points in just over a minute to take their first lead. McClung had a fastbreak layup and a 3-pointer that made it 25-24.
The Longhorns had their largest lead at 24-17 on a dunk by Andrew Jones with 6:09 left in the first half before Edwards hit a 3-pointer for Tech and McCullar had the consecutive steals.
Coleman's long 3 from the right wing in front of the Texas Tech bench at the end of the first half tied the game, but the Longhorns were undone by the struggles out of the break.