STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Freshman Phil Forte scored a career-high 26 points in his first game since switching jersey numbers, Markel Brown added 24 points and Oklahoma State rallied from 13 points down to rout West Virginia 80-66 on Saturday.
Forte, wearing No. 13, hit three 3-pointers as the Cowboys (13-5, 3-3 Big 12) wiped away their big deficit with a 19-3 burst to finish the first half, then connected on two more during an 11-4 run early in the second half that put OSU in command. Oklahoma State's lead stretched to 15 after an electrifying stretch that featured a three-point play off of a tip-in by Michael Cobbins, a steal and run-out slam by Marcus Smart and then Cobbins' two-handed dunk.
The Mountaineers (9-10, 2-4) never got closer than 11 over the final 10 minutes.
Eron Harris scored 17 points to lead West Virginia and Deniz Kilicli had 12 points before fouling out.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| West Virginia (9-10) | 27 | 39 | 66 |
| Oklahoma State (13-5) « | 30 | 50 | 80 |
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| West Virginia Mountaineers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Kilicli, F | 28 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| K. Noreen, F | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| E. Harris, G | 30 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| G. Browne, G | 23 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Hinds, G | 20 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Staten | 28 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Murray | 23 | 4-7 | 3-3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| T. Henderson | 19 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| K. Miles | 16 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Brown | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Dickerson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Gerun | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Romeo | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 24-56 | 11-13 | 28 | 13 | 22 | 66 | |
| 42.9% | 84.6% | ||||||
| Oklahoma State Cowboys | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Cobbins, F | 27 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| L. Nash, F | 25 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| P. Jurick, C | 29 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| M. Brown, G | 36 | 8-13 | 4-6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| M. Smart, G | 34 | 4-11 | 5-6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Forte | 30 | 7-12 | 6-6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| K. Gardner | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Murphy | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Sager | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Budke | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Cox | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Soucek | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Stuen | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-52 | 20-25 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 80 | |
| 48.1% | 80% | ||||||
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