BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AP) - Marcus Smart and Le'Bryan Nash scored 17 points each as Oklahoma State beat Tennessee 62-45 on Friday to move into the championship game at the Puerto Rico Tipoff.
Smart, who also had nine rebounds, scored on a pair of layups and a 3-pointer during an 11-4 Cowboy run in the second half that put the game out of reach at 54-35 with under eight minutes to play. Markel Brown had 13 points for Oklahoma State (3-0).
Trae Golden finished with 11 points for Tennessee (2-1).
The matchups for Sunday's final and third-place games were to be determined later Friday by the outcome of No. 6 North Carolina State's game against UMass.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Oklahoma State (3-0) « | 30 | 32 | 62 |
| Tennessee (2-1) | 19 | 26 | 45 |
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| Oklahoma State Cowboys | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Nash, F | 35 | 3-7 | 11-13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| K. Murphy, F | 19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| P. Jurick, C | 19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| M. Brown, G | 37 | 3-9 | 6-8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| M. Smart, G | 37 | 5-12 | 6-8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Forte | 23 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| K. Gardner | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Soucek | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| A. Budke | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Cox | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Sager | 1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Stuen | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-43 | 23-31 | 40 | 7 | 21 | 62 | |
| 41.9% | 74.2% | ||||||
| Tennessee Volunteers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Stokes, F | 28 | 2-8 | 3-6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| K. Hall, F | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| T. Golden, G | 30 | 4-12 | 1-2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| J. Richardson, G | 30 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| S. McBee, G | 25 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. McRae | 24 | 1-8 | 5-6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| D. Edwards | 17 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Q. Chievous | 14 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Y. Makanjuola | 10 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Moore | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Lopez | 1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 13-50 | 14-22 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 45 | |
| 26% | 63.6% | ||||||
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