Oklahoma State Upsets No. 1 Kansas; Oklahoma oses at Home to Baylor in NCAA Hoops
No. 1 goes down: Anderson paces Oklahoma State's win over Kansas
Feb. 27, 2010
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STILLWATER, Okla. -- James Anderson scored 27 points, Keiton Page was perfect on four 3-point tries at crucial times and Oklahoma State denied a bid by No. 1 Kansas to go undefeated through Big 12 play with an 85-77 victory on Saturday. The Jayhawks (27-2, 13-1) had won their last 13 games since losing at Tennessee to close nonconference play and suffered their second loss of the season just hours after No. 2 Kentucky also lost to the Volunteers. The last time the top two teams lost on the same day was Jan. 21, 2006, when No. 1 Duke lost to Georgetown and No. 2 Florida lost to Tennessee. Both of those teams were 17-0 at the time.
Students stormed the court after Oklahoma State (20-8, 8-6) moved to 3-1 against top-ranked teams all-time at home and likely removed any doubt of whether it would make the NCAA tournament for a second straight season. Despite entering the game in seventh place in the Big 12, the Cowboys had an RPI of 33.
It was OSU's first win against a No. 1 team since beating Oklahoma on Feb. 4, 1989, and the landmark victory came in the same season the program got its first road win over a top 10 team in 52 years.
Sherron Collins had 22 points to lead Kansas, which allowed Oklahoma State to shoot 60 percent from the field and make 10 of 19 from 3-point range. Freshman Xavier Henry added 17 points and Cole Aldrich scored 11 but had little impact on the boards with only five rebounds.
The Cowboys used strong 3-point shooting to build a 19-point lead late in the first half and then held off a late charge by Kansas fueled by its full-court press. The Jayhawks closed within 80-74 on Henry's 3-pointer with 1:08 remaining but Anderson hit three of four free throws on the Cowboys' next two possessions and swatted Tyshawn Taylor's shot in between.
The only thing that stopped the celebration after that was a malfunction that stopped the clock as it ran down -- fittingly with all ones at 11.1.
Matt Pilgrim had 18 points after missing OSU's last game due to a suspension, Obi Muonelo scored 17 and Page was 4-for-4 from 3-point range on his way to 15 points. Oklahoma State was 32-for-53 from the field and became only the second of Kansas' past 103 opponents to shoot over 50 percent.
Page hit 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to keep the Jayhawks at bay after they had closed within 63-50 as Anderson rested on the bench midway through the second half. That proved to be a big enough margin for the Cowboys to protect despite difficulties against pressure down the stretch.
OSU beat Kansas for the fourth time in six games at Gallagher-Iba Arena, including its last visit in 2008. That proved to be the Jayhawks' last loss on their way to the national championship. Kansas hadn't trailed by more than 11 all season and led from start to finish in each of its previous two games.
The Cowboys capitalized on a brief, 42-second period when Kansas put both Collins and Aldrich on the bench to create an early spark. Anderson and Page hit back-to-back 3-pointers before Bill Self called timeout and put Collins back in, but OSU was already on its way to a 16-2 run. Pilgrim's jumper put Oklahoma State up 23-12, and the Cowboys wouldn't trail again.
Kansas scored the next five points before a lengthy replay determined Marcus Morris wasn't behind the arc for what had been ruled a 3-pointer, and Anderson and Page hit consecutive 3s again - with Aldrich and Collins on the bench again - to put the Cowboys up by 12.
Anderson curled into the lane for a layup and then hit a 3-pointer to make it 36-20, causing Self to call on seldom-used reserve Jeff Withey to find a spark. The Cowboys added to their lead, though, with Anderson making a baseline jumper and then setting up Marshall Moses for a left-handed dunk that made it 45-26 with 1:02 left before halftime.
Collins made a 3-pointer to get the Jayhawks within 16 at intermission but OSU restored its lead early in the second half.
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Bears win on Sooners' court for first time since '77
Feb. 27, 2010
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NORMAN, Okla. -- In his first game in his home state since high school, Baylor's Ekpe Udoh struggled against Oklahoma State and the Bears lost, leading him to say, "I blew it." As Baylor coach Scott Drew put it, Udoh was "in a little better mood" after his second collegiate game in Oklahoma. Udoh had 20 points with seven blocked shots as No. 24 Baylor beat Oklahoma 70-63, giving the Bears their first win over the Sooners in Norman since December 1977.
Baylor (22-6, 9-5 Big 12) has won five of its last six games and seven of nine after Saturday's win. With games remaining against Texas Tech and Texas, the Bears have equaled the program's record for most Big 12 wins in a season. A big reason for their success is the 6-foot-10 Udoh, who is from nearby Edmond. Udoh has 122 blocked shots this season, a new conference record. Kelvin Cato of Iowa State set the previous record of 118 during the 1996-97 season.
"My teammates do a good job of funneling the offense down toward me, so I can handle my business," Udoh said. "I've just got to keep it going, because I know somebody is going to come behind me and get [the record]."
Udoh also dominated offensively, finishing 9 of 14 from the field and providing an inside complement to the outside shooting of LaceDarius Dunn, who went 5 of 9 from 3-point range and scored 21 points.
"Any time you get a chance to play in front of so many family and friends in person, you really want to have a good performance," Baylor coach Scott Drew said of Udoh. "Last week, he did on the defensive end ... but I know he normally scores the ball better for us. Today, I just think he was a lot more relaxed down there. He didn't press as much."
Udoh said Saturday that he was too keyed up a week earlier, when he played in Stillwater against Oklahoma State and his best friend, Obi Muonelo. A more relaxed approach against the Sooners proved to be the tonic. "This week, I tried to stay positive and let the game come to me," Udoh said.
Until this season, Baylor hadn't beaten Oklahoma (13-15, 4-10) since the Big 12 came into existence with the 1996-97 season. But this win gave the Bears a season sweep of the slumping Sooners for the first time since the 1954-55 season. "It's one less question that everyone has to answer every year when we come up here," Drew said of ending Baylor's long losing streak in Norman.
Tiny Gallon had 23 points and 15 rebounds for Oklahoma, which has lost six straight games and nine of 11. The Sooners, with two regular-season games left, are in danger of posting their first losing season since 1980-81, Billy Tubbs' debut season as Oklahoma's coach.
Oklahoma's starting guards -- Tony Crocker, Tommy Mason-Griffin and Cade Davis -- combined to finish 7 of 36 from the field. The Sooners, who entered the game leading the Big 12 in made 3-pointers per game, went 2 of 18 from behind the arc. "It's amazing when you look at our percentage of shooting the basketball that we were actually in this game and had a chance to win late," Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel said. "It was just one of those afternoons when we couldn't hit shots."
Oklahoma played without leading scorer Willie Warren, who Capel said is out for the rest of the regular season -- and possibly beyond -- with a nagging ankle injury. Gallon's double-double was the seventh of his freshman season for the Sooners.
The Sooners led 56-55 with 4:59 left after a three-point play by Ryan Wright, whose dunk brought Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops, sitting courtside, to his feet. Wright tied the game at 57 with a free throw with 4:18 left, but Dunn's 3-pointer from the corner with four minutes left put the Bears ahead for good at 60-57, although they never pulled away.
Oklahoma pulled within 62-61 with 2:26 left, but didn't score for more than two minutes, partially because of two blocked shots by Udoh. Quincy Acy's free throws put Baylor up 66-61 with 36.8 seconds left. Davis' putback with 18.6 seconds left pulled the Sooners within 66-63. Tweety Carter made two free throws for Baylor with 12.8 seconds left, and after Mason-Griffin missed a 3-point shot for Oklahoma, Acy made two more free throws to seal the win. Carter scored 10 points for the Bears, and Acy had nine points and nine rebounds.
Wright added a career-high 14 points for Oklahoma, which used only seven players and lost despite outrebounding the Bears 38-30. Mason-Griffin had eight points and eight assists for the Sooners, who shot 34.3 percent from the field. "We're a team, we have to do the little things at a very, very high level," Capel said. "They're huge things for us. That's something we've been very inconsistent at."
Feb. 27, 2010
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STILLWATER, Okla. -- James Anderson scored 27 points, Keiton Page was perfect on four 3-point tries at crucial times and Oklahoma State denied a bid by No. 1 Kansas to go undefeated through Big 12 play with an 85-77 victory on Saturday. The Jayhawks (27-2, 13-1) had won their last 13 games since losing at Tennessee to close nonconference play and suffered their second loss of the season just hours after No. 2 Kentucky also lost to the Volunteers. The last time the top two teams lost on the same day was Jan. 21, 2006, when No. 1 Duke lost to Georgetown and No. 2 Florida lost to Tennessee. Both of those teams were 17-0 at the time.
Students stormed the court after Oklahoma State (20-8, 8-6) moved to 3-1 against top-ranked teams all-time at home and likely removed any doubt of whether it would make the NCAA tournament for a second straight season. Despite entering the game in seventh place in the Big 12, the Cowboys had an RPI of 33.
It was OSU's first win against a No. 1 team since beating Oklahoma on Feb. 4, 1989, and the landmark victory came in the same season the program got its first road win over a top 10 team in 52 years.
Sherron Collins had 22 points to lead Kansas, which allowed Oklahoma State to shoot 60 percent from the field and make 10 of 19 from 3-point range. Freshman Xavier Henry added 17 points and Cole Aldrich scored 11 but had little impact on the boards with only five rebounds.
The Cowboys used strong 3-point shooting to build a 19-point lead late in the first half and then held off a late charge by Kansas fueled by its full-court press. The Jayhawks closed within 80-74 on Henry's 3-pointer with 1:08 remaining but Anderson hit three of four free throws on the Cowboys' next two possessions and swatted Tyshawn Taylor's shot in between.
The only thing that stopped the celebration after that was a malfunction that stopped the clock as it ran down -- fittingly with all ones at 11.1.
Matt Pilgrim had 18 points after missing OSU's last game due to a suspension, Obi Muonelo scored 17 and Page was 4-for-4 from 3-point range on his way to 15 points. Oklahoma State was 32-for-53 from the field and became only the second of Kansas' past 103 opponents to shoot over 50 percent.
Page hit 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to keep the Jayhawks at bay after they had closed within 63-50 as Anderson rested on the bench midway through the second half. That proved to be a big enough margin for the Cowboys to protect despite difficulties against pressure down the stretch.
OSU beat Kansas for the fourth time in six games at Gallagher-Iba Arena, including its last visit in 2008. That proved to be the Jayhawks' last loss on their way to the national championship. Kansas hadn't trailed by more than 11 all season and led from start to finish in each of its previous two games.
The Cowboys capitalized on a brief, 42-second period when Kansas put both Collins and Aldrich on the bench to create an early spark. Anderson and Page hit back-to-back 3-pointers before Bill Self called timeout and put Collins back in, but OSU was already on its way to a 16-2 run. Pilgrim's jumper put Oklahoma State up 23-12, and the Cowboys wouldn't trail again.
Kansas scored the next five points before a lengthy replay determined Marcus Morris wasn't behind the arc for what had been ruled a 3-pointer, and Anderson and Page hit consecutive 3s again - with Aldrich and Collins on the bench again - to put the Cowboys up by 12.
Anderson curled into the lane for a layup and then hit a 3-pointer to make it 36-20, causing Self to call on seldom-used reserve Jeff Withey to find a spark. The Cowboys added to their lead, though, with Anderson making a baseline jumper and then setting up Marshall Moses for a left-handed dunk that made it 45-26 with 1:02 left before halftime.
Collins made a 3-pointer to get the Jayhawks within 16 at intermission but OSU restored its lead early in the second half.
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Bears win on Sooners' court for first time since '77
Feb. 27, 2010
CBSSports.com wire reports
NORMAN, Okla. -- In his first game in his home state since high school, Baylor's Ekpe Udoh struggled against Oklahoma State and the Bears lost, leading him to say, "I blew it." As Baylor coach Scott Drew put it, Udoh was "in a little better mood" after his second collegiate game in Oklahoma. Udoh had 20 points with seven blocked shots as No. 24 Baylor beat Oklahoma 70-63, giving the Bears their first win over the Sooners in Norman since December 1977.
Baylor (22-6, 9-5 Big 12) has won five of its last six games and seven of nine after Saturday's win. With games remaining against Texas Tech and Texas, the Bears have equaled the program's record for most Big 12 wins in a season. A big reason for their success is the 6-foot-10 Udoh, who is from nearby Edmond. Udoh has 122 blocked shots this season, a new conference record. Kelvin Cato of Iowa State set the previous record of 118 during the 1996-97 season.
"My teammates do a good job of funneling the offense down toward me, so I can handle my business," Udoh said. "I've just got to keep it going, because I know somebody is going to come behind me and get [the record]."
Udoh also dominated offensively, finishing 9 of 14 from the field and providing an inside complement to the outside shooting of LaceDarius Dunn, who went 5 of 9 from 3-point range and scored 21 points.
"Any time you get a chance to play in front of so many family and friends in person, you really want to have a good performance," Baylor coach Scott Drew said of Udoh. "Last week, he did on the defensive end ... but I know he normally scores the ball better for us. Today, I just think he was a lot more relaxed down there. He didn't press as much."
Udoh said Saturday that he was too keyed up a week earlier, when he played in Stillwater against Oklahoma State and his best friend, Obi Muonelo. A more relaxed approach against the Sooners proved to be the tonic. "This week, I tried to stay positive and let the game come to me," Udoh said.
Until this season, Baylor hadn't beaten Oklahoma (13-15, 4-10) since the Big 12 came into existence with the 1996-97 season. But this win gave the Bears a season sweep of the slumping Sooners for the first time since the 1954-55 season. "It's one less question that everyone has to answer every year when we come up here," Drew said of ending Baylor's long losing streak in Norman.
Tiny Gallon had 23 points and 15 rebounds for Oklahoma, which has lost six straight games and nine of 11. The Sooners, with two regular-season games left, are in danger of posting their first losing season since 1980-81, Billy Tubbs' debut season as Oklahoma's coach.
Oklahoma's starting guards -- Tony Crocker, Tommy Mason-Griffin and Cade Davis -- combined to finish 7 of 36 from the field. The Sooners, who entered the game leading the Big 12 in made 3-pointers per game, went 2 of 18 from behind the arc. "It's amazing when you look at our percentage of shooting the basketball that we were actually in this game and had a chance to win late," Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel said. "It was just one of those afternoons when we couldn't hit shots."
Oklahoma played without leading scorer Willie Warren, who Capel said is out for the rest of the regular season -- and possibly beyond -- with a nagging ankle injury. Gallon's double-double was the seventh of his freshman season for the Sooners.
The Sooners led 56-55 with 4:59 left after a three-point play by Ryan Wright, whose dunk brought Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops, sitting courtside, to his feet. Wright tied the game at 57 with a free throw with 4:18 left, but Dunn's 3-pointer from the corner with four minutes left put the Bears ahead for good at 60-57, although they never pulled away.
Oklahoma pulled within 62-61 with 2:26 left, but didn't score for more than two minutes, partially because of two blocked shots by Udoh. Quincy Acy's free throws put Baylor up 66-61 with 36.8 seconds left. Davis' putback with 18.6 seconds left pulled the Sooners within 66-63. Tweety Carter made two free throws for Baylor with 12.8 seconds left, and after Mason-Griffin missed a 3-point shot for Oklahoma, Acy made two more free throws to seal the win. Carter scored 10 points for the Bears, and Acy had nine points and nine rebounds.
Wright added a career-high 14 points for Oklahoma, which used only seven players and lost despite outrebounding the Bears 38-30. Mason-Griffin had eight points and eight assists for the Sooners, who shot 34.3 percent from the field. "We're a team, we have to do the little things at a very, very high level," Capel said. "They're huge things for us. That's something we've been very inconsistent at."