GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Oklahoma State 74, Texas Tech 69
(AP Photo/Brody Schmidt)
By CLIFF BRUNT
AP Sports Writer
STILLWATER, Okla. - Cade Cunningham scored 20 points and Oklahoma State got past Texas Tech in overtime for the second time this season, beating the 18th-ranked Red Raiders 74-69.
Cunningham, the Big 12's leading scorer and one of the nation's top freshmen, put on a show in front of about a dozen NBA scouts and executives, including Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti. He made 8 of 13 shots and had five rebounds.
Kalib Boone scored 18 points and Avery Anderson III added 16 for the Cowboys (15-6, 8-6 Big 12), who rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit with Cunningham on the bench due to foul trouble. Oklahoma State also beat Texas Tech in overtime on Jan. 2 and is 3-0 in OT games this season.
Oklahoma State made 15 of 24 free throws in regulation but drained 7 of 8 in the extra period to claim its third straight win.
Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 18 points and Mac McClung added 17 for Texas Tech (14-8, 6-7), which lost its third consecutive game.
Tech led 37-36 at halftime. The Red Raiders scored the first six points of the second half, and Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton called a timeout.
Cunningham committed his fourth foul three minutes into the second half. Shortly after Cunningham sat, McClung hit a tough turnaround jumper to put Tech up 45-36. The Cowboys missed their first nine shots of the second half and didn't score for more than 6 1/2 minutes.
Oklahoma State rallied without Cunningham. Keylan Boone made a 3-pointer to finally get the Cowboys on the board in the second half. Anderson's layup on a baseline cut tied the game at 47, and Oklahoma State finally took the lead on a pair of free throws by Kalib Boone.
Oklahoma State could have won in the closing seconds of regulation, but Rondel Walker missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
February 22, 2021
| Texas Tech | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Santos-Silva | F | 32 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| M. McClung | G | 39 | 7-16 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| K. Edwards | G | 37 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| K. McCullar | G | 37 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| M. Peavy | G | 16 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| T. Shannon Jr. | 38 | 6-16 | 5-8 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |
| C. Nadolny | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| T. Smith | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Benson | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 225 | 28-66 (.424) |
8-12 (.667) |
5-15 (.333) |
10-32 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 69 | |
| Oklahoma State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Boone | F | 33 | 6-10 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| A. Anderson III | G | 39 | 5-12 | 6-6 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| C. Cunningham | G | 38 | 8-13 | 3-4 | 1-4 | 0-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| B. Williams | G | 25 | 0-8 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Walker | G | 15 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| I. Likekele | 33 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| M. Moncrieffe | 19 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| K. Boone | 13 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| F. Flavors Jr. | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| B. Kouma | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 225 | 25-54 (.463) |
22-32 (.688) |
2-12 (.167) |
10-38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 74 | |
Officials: Doug Sirmons, Ron Groover, Bert Smith