Cunningham paves way for Cowboys

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NO. 17 OKLAHOMA STATE 79,

NO. 16 OKLAHOMA 75

STILLWATER, Okla. — Cade Cunningham scored 13 of his 15 points in the final 10 minutes to help No. 17 Oklahoma State defeat No. 16 Oklahoma 79-75 on Monday night, completing a sweep of two games in three days against the rival Sooners.

Cunningham, a freshman who leads the Big 12 in scoring, had 40 points in Saturday’s 94-90 overtime victory. This time, the 6-foot-8 guard was a decoy much of the night but finished strong in his final home game. He was introduced with the seniors and is projected by many to be the top pick in this year’s NBA Draft.

Kalib Boone had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Bryce Williams scored 14 for the Cowboys (17-6, 10-6 Big 12), who won their fifth consecutive game overall and earned their third consecutive victory over a ranked opponent.

Brady Manek had 20 points and Austin Reaves (Center Ridge) added 19 for Oklahoma (14-8, 9-7), which lost its third straight after climbing to No. 7 in the AP Top 25.

Manek hit 3 three-pointers to help Oklahoma take a 23-16 lead. Oklahoma State rallied, and Rondel Walker’s three finally put Oklahoma State ahead 32-30.

Oklahoma led 36-35 at halftime behind Manek’s 16 points. Cunningham had two points, no field goals and just two shot attempts in the first half.

Reaves got hot in the second half. He threw down a nasty two-handed dunk in traffic to put the Sooners up 61-57.

Cunningham’s first field goal was a layup with just over seven minutes remaining. He made another layup 30 seconds later, then the Cowboys worked the ball around to Williams, whose three-pointer put them up 66-64.

Oklahoma State led by five in the final minute before Reaves scored on an offensive rebound and was fouled. His free throw with 7 seconds left cut Oklahoma State’s lead to 77-75.

Cunningham was fouled with 6.3 seconds to play, and he made both to put the game out of reach.

NO. 21 VIRGINIA 62, MIAMI 51

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Sam Hauser scored 18 points and No. 21 Virginia ended a three-game skid by handing Miami its sixth loss in a row.

Trey Murphy III added 12 points for the Cavaliers (16-6, 12-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who took command with a 14-2 run to end the first half. Miami closed within six points several times after halftime, but each time Virginia kept the Hurricanes from getting closer.

Kameron McGusty scored 14 points and Elijah Olaniyi had 12 for the Hurricanes (7-16, 3-15), who were trying to make Jim Larranaga the 16th coach to win 100 ACC games in his career. Miami scored 18 points in the paint in the first half but only eight after halftime.

TOP 25 WOMEN NO. 1 UCONN 63, MARQUETTE 53

STORRS, Conn. — Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead UConn past Marquette in the regular-season finale for both teams.

Aaliyah Edwards added 16 points and eight rebounds for UConn (21-1, 18-0 Big East), which ended the regular season without a conference loss for the eighth consecutive year.

Christyn Williams (Central Arkansas Christian) had six points for the Huskies.

Camryn Taylor scored 19 points to lead Marquette (17-5, 14-4), which lost for the first time in six games and will be the No. 2 seed in this weekend’s Big East Tournament.

NO. 6 BAYLOR 64, TEXAS 57

AUSTIN, Texas — NaLyssa Smith scored 23 points and No. 6 Baylor used a dominant third quarter to build a lead, then had to fight off a late Texas rally to earn a victory that locked up sole possession of the Big 12 title for the Lady Bears.

Baylor had already clinched a least a share of the program’s 12th league championship and 11th in a row, and the victory locked out any chance West Virginia had of staking a claim to the crown.

Smith scored eight in the third quarter when Baylor broke open what had a been a close but sloppy game in a rematch of a 25-point Lady Bears win earlier this season.

Baylor (20-2, 15-1) has won 10 in a row over Texas and 25 of the last 26 meetings.

Joanne Allen-Taylor scored 15 points to lead Texas (16-8, 10-7).

BUTLER 86, NO. 25 DEPAUL 81

CHICAGO — Upe Atosu scored 22 points and Butler had its best offense game of the season to shock DePaul to wrap up the regular season.

It was Butler’s first-ever win over DePaul in 21 meetings.

Okako Adika added 17 points for Butler (3-16, 3-15).

Deja Church and Lexi Held scored 20 points each and Church grabbed 12 rebounds for DePaul (14-7, 11-5), which lost for the third time in four games.