“I reminded them that we’ve done this before two other times,” Sutton said.

As they did in those two previous multiple-overtime games, the Cowboys emerged winners, beating Texas Tech 93-91 thanks in large part to Mario Boggan’s 35 points and 14 rebounds.

Oklahoma State rallied from 11 points down in regulation and trailed by seven with 1:30 left in the first overtime before having a chance to win in the final seconds of the period. Tech’s Martin Zeno blocked a layup attempt by Marcus Dove to force a second overtime.

The Cowboys scored the first six points of the second overtime to take an 89-83 lead, but Texas Tech rallied to tie it at 89 on a breakaway layup by Michael Prince with 33.9 seconds left.

Oklahoma State held for a final shot. David Monds missed a 15-footer, but Boggan rebounded and scored while being fouled with 4.1 seconds left. He made the free throw.

“When you’re in a position to block out, you’ve got to block out,” Texas Tech coach Bob Knight said.

Dove fouled Tech’s Jarrius Jackson near midcourt with 1.3 seconds left, and Jackson made both free throws. The Red Raiders fouled JamesOn Curry on the ensuing inbounds play, and he hit the first of two free throws. After he missed the second, Zeno’s desperation heave fell well short.

“It’s a game we had to have. We could not afford to lose a game on our home court,” Sutton said. “Our guys showed a lot of grit and a lot of courage.”

Coming off consecutive road losses to Colorado and Oklahoma, the Cowboys extended their winning streak at Gallagher-Iba Arena to 17 games. Oklahoma State is 4-0 in overtime games this season, having also beaten Missouri State in one overtime, Pittsburgh in two overtimes and Texas in three overtimes.

The Cowboys hadn’t gone 4-0 in overtime games since the 1964-65 season.

“Going into overtime gave us a surge of energy,” Boggan said. “The conditioning in practice and learning how to focus really was what won the game for us.”

Texas Tech has lost five straight since consecutive wins over ranked foes Kansas University and Texas A&M. The Red Raiders have lost seven of eight against Oklahoma State and 18 of the last 23 meetings.

Knight addressed reporters for a little more than three minutes after the loss.

“Anytime that you’re in overtime you can pick out 50 things during the course of the game that would have enabled you to win it,” Knight said.

No. 6 Texas A&M 66, Nebraska 55

Lincoln, Neb. – Josh Carter hit eight three-pointers and matched his career high with 26 points, leading Texas A&M.

Aggies star Acie Law, who averaged 19.9 points in his previous 10 games, was held to nine – ending a streak of 15 games in double figures. But he made one of the biggest shots of the game when he hit a three with 3:11 left to break the Cornhuskers’ spirit after they had pulled to 57-51.

Joseph Jones added 11 points and Dominique Kirk 10 for the Aggies, who remained alone in first place in the Big 12, one game ahead of Kansas University.

Texas 77, Iowa State 68

Austin, Texas – Once again, a Texas freshman scored more than 30 points. Only this time -surprise! – it wasn’t Kevin Durant.

With Durant struggling with a bad shooting game, point guard D.J. Augustin had 31 points, and Texas snapped a two-game losing skid in the Big 12.

Augustin was 9-of-13 shooting, hit all 10 of his free throws and had six assists and four steals as the Longhorns (17-7, 7-3) withstood a late rally to get the win.

“I thought it was the best performance from anybody on our team this year because of what he did on both ends,” said Texas coach Rick Barnes. “He really, by far and away, led today like he’s never led before.”

Oklahoma 68, Baylor 64

Waco, Texas – Winning his first Big 12 Conference road game brought a lot of satisfaction to Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel.

Nate Carter scored 22 points, and Longar Longar and Bobby Maze added 12 each.

“You have to be able to win games like this,” Capel said. “We had just played two emotional home games, and we were a little bit fatigued. When you come on the road, you don’t have that same crowd to give you energy.”

Baylor’s Aaron Bruce sprained his right ankle after missing a running jumper with just over 12 minutes left to play. Bruce retired to the dressing room and did not return to the game.