Sam Kearns capped a career night with a pull-up jumper with 20 seconds left to give Oral Roberts a two-point lead, but Matt Holba answered with a game-winning 3-pointer with less than five seconds left to push Purdue Fort Wayne to an 82-81 win over the Golden Eagles Saturday night.
Thomas Dziagwa of Oklahoma State hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 points as the undermanned Cowboys slipped past South Carolina 74-70 Saturday in Stillwater. “It was big, but coach has been preaching for the past two weeks that we were right there,” Dziagwa said. “We were knocking on the door. We broke the door down…
Christian James poured in 21 points as Oklahoma (15-5, 3-4 in the Big 12) breezed past Vanderbilt 86-55 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge Saturday. The Sooners made a 19-0 run in the first half to put the game out of reach early. “We didn’t come out with the start that we wanted to at Oklahoma…
Freshman point guard Jamal Bieniemy hit a season-high 17 points as Oklahoma overcame a 19-point deficit early to beat Oklahoma State 70-61 January 24 in Stillwater. That was only the second start for Bieniemy. Brady Manek added 15 points and Jamuni McNeace contributed 13 points for Oklahoma, who shot 64 percent from the field in…
A second half comeback fell short No. 17 Houston beat Tulsa 77-65 in Tulsa Sunday afternoon. DaQuan Jeffries led the Golden Hurricane (12-9, 2-6) with 17 points and five assists, while Jeriah Horne came off the bench to score 15 points. Martins Igbanu and Sterling Taplin finished with 11 and 10 points, respectively. TU had…
Jarron Cumberland led all scorers with 23 points as Cincinnati defeated visiting Tulsa on January 24, 88-64, in Cincinnati. Sterling Taplin led five players in double-figures with a dozen points for the Golden Hurricane. DaQuan Jeffries had 11 points, while Martins Igbanu, Curran Scott and Darien Jackson each finished with 10 points. Taplin logged a…
North Dakota State had a late 15-5 run to top Oral Roberts 67-57 Saturday night at the Mabee Center. ORU lost for just the second time this season when giving up fewer than 70 points, having also fallen 69-59 against Tulsa. Kevin Obanor had 21 points and eight rebounds, while Sam Kearns returned from injury…
It will be youth versus experience when the Los Angeles Rams face the New England Patriots Sunday in Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. Sean McVay, coach of the Rams, just turned 33. Patriots’ coach Bill Belichick is 66. America only had 48 states when Belichick was born in 1952 and the NFL had only 12…
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy got an annual raise and a contract rollover for 2019. Gundy’s five-year contract was extended through the 2023 season. His annual $125,000 raise makes his salary for 2019 $5.125 million. That’s one of the top 10 coaching salaries in the nation. “I’m more energized and excited about Cowboy football than…
Oklahoma State fourth-team quarterback Keondre Wudtee has entered his name into the NCAA’s transfer portal. Wudtee, a Bossier City, Louisiana, native, has been at OSU for three years and will be a junior in eligibility. Players who submit their names to the new NCAA transfer portal don’t have to transfer but it allows them to…