STILLWATER, OKLA. ? Oklahoma State hadn’t played at home in so long, the Cowboys appeared almost lost during the opening minutes of Saturday night’s game against Texas-San Antonio.
“It felt weird,” center Kenny Cooper said of the Cowboys’ first home game in four weeks.
But, eventually, order was restored for the 13th-ranked Cowboys, who overcame a sluggish start to rout outmanned UTSA, 84-47, behind 24 points from JamesOn Curry and 13 points and 11 rebounds from Mario Boggan.
“I was pleased with how well we played the last 28 minutes,” Oklahoma State coach Sean Sutton said. “The first 12 minutes, we struggled with their defense. I thought they did a good job of taking us out of some things we were trying to run. Finally we settled down and started playing well.”
The Cowboys (13-1) shot 55.2 percent from the field while recording their 13th win, matching the school record for victories before January, set during 2001-02.
Oklahoma State hadn’t appeared at Gallagher-Iba Arena since a Dec. 2 win over Pepperdine.
Missouri 87, Southern 58
Columbia, Mo. – Matt Lawrence scored 24 points and the Tigers’ defense earned a season-high 20 steals.
Lawrence was 6-for-8 from three-point range, helping Missouri (10-2) recover from a sloppy first half after a layoff of nearly two weeks.
Keon Lawrence tied a career high with 17 points and Stefhon Hannah added 13 for the Tigers.
Deforrest Riley-Smith led Southern (1-11) with 17 points and was the only player in double figures for the Jaguars.
Both teams struggled early, with Missouri playing its first game since a Dec. 19 loss to Illinois in St. Louis.
Nebraska 82, Miami 67
Sunrise, Fla. – Marcus Perry scored a career-high 25 points, and the Cornhuskers ran off 13 consecutive points in the second half to beat the Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl Classic.
Nebraska (9-3) hit 15 three-pointers in 33 attempts, both season highs. Perry was 7-of-12 on threes, including hitting two during the 13-0 run that gave the Huskers a 69-54 lead with five minutes left.
Brian Asbury tied a career high with 19 points and Jimmy Graham added a career-high 13 for Miami (7-7), which lost its third straight despite shooting 51 percent from the field.
The Hurricanes played without leading scorer Jack McClinton, who is expected to miss at least two games with a left knee injury. The Cornhuskers were without Ryan Anderson, their second-leading scorer, who strained his lower left leg in practice Thursday.
Baylor 59, Delaware State 56
Waco, Texas – Aaron Bruce scored 18 points as the Bears pulled out the victory.
Kevin Rogers added 10 points Baylor (9-3).
Trailing 57-56 with 22 seconds left to play, Delaware State’s Aaron Fleetwood, who had made only three of his 10 free throws this season, missed an opportunity to tie the game when his free throw bounced off the rim.
Baylor brought the ball upcourt and worked 16 seconds off the clock before Jahsha Bluntt fouled Bruce, who made two free throws with 6.1 seconds remaining.
Bluntt, who made five of 13 three-pointers, fired a three-point attempt in the closing seconds but it missed as time expired. Bluntt and Roy Bright led all scorers with 20 points each for Delaware State (3-9).