BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AP) - Phil Forte hit all his free throws after getting fouled while attempting a 3-pointer with 52 seconds left in overtime and Oklahoma State beat Akron 69-65 in the opening round of the Puerto Rico Tipoff on Thursday.
Forte, who was fouled by Chauncey Gilliam, drained three free throws to put the Cowboys up 67-65. Marcus Smart made two more free throws to complete the scoring.
Smart finished with 16 points, Le'Bryan Nash had 18 and Markel Brown 17 for Oklahoma State (2-0).
Brian Walsh had 14 points for Akron (1-2), which failed to convert on the final possession of regulation with the score tied at 61.
| Scoreboard | ||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| Akron (1-2) | 32 | 29 | 4 | 65 |
| Oklahoma State (2-0) « | 33 | 28 | 8 | 69 |
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| Akron Zips | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Kretzer, F | 40 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Z. Marshall, C | 25 | 2-5 | 8-11 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| B. Walsh, G | 38 | 5-14 | 1-2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| A. Abreu, G | 36 | 4-15 | 3-4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| D. Ibitayo, G | 20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Gilliam | 23 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| R. McAdams | 18 | 1-10 | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| P. Forsythe | 16 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| C. Betancourt | 9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-70 | 15-23 | 45 | 10 | 22 | 65 | |
| 30% | 65.2% | ||||||
| Oklahoma State Cowboys | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Murphy, F | 27 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| M. Brown, G | 40 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| L. Nash, G | 40 | 5-9 | 8-12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| M. Smart, G | 32 | 4-12 | 8-8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| J. Olukemi, G | 17 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Forte | 30 | 2-6 | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| P. Jurick | 20 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| M. Soucek | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Gardner | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-56 | 23-28 | 43 | 8 | 20 | 69 | |
| 37.5% | 82.1% | ||||||
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