Cunningham shines, Oklahoma St beats No. 18 Texas Tech in OT
AP
Feb 23, 2021
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Cade Cunningham scored 20 points and Oklahoma State Cowboys got past Texas Tech Red Raiders in overtime for the second time this season, beating the 18th-ranked Red Raiders 74-69 on Monday night.
Cunningham, the Big 12's leading scorer and one of the nation's top freshmen, put on a show in front of about a dozen NBA scouts and executives, including Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti. He made 8 of 13 shots and had five rebounds.
Kalib Boone scored 18 points and Avery Anderson III added 16 for the Cowboys (15-6, 8-6 Big 12), who rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit with Cunningham on the bench due to foul trouble. Oklahoma State also beat Texas Tech in overtime on Jan. 2.
''This is Big 12 basketball in February,'' Texas Tech coach Chris Beard said. ''Oklahoma State - they played well tonight. We've had two overtime battles with those guys. They just haven't gone our way.''
Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 18 points and Mac McClung added 17 for Texas Tech (14-8, 6-7), which lost its third consecutive game.
Oklahoma State made 15 of 24 free throws in regulation but drained 7 of 8 in the extra period to claim its third straight win.
The discrepancy in free-throw attempts clearly bothered Beard, although he did not directly criticize the officials.
''Two hard-playing teams,'' he said. ''One team gets 32 free throws. The other team gets 12. One team fouls 24 times according to the stat sheet. The other team fouls 13.''
Tech led 37-36 at halftime. The Red Raiders scored the first six points of the second half, and Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton called a timeout.
Cunningham committed his fourth foul three minutes into the second half. Shortly after Cunningham sat, McClung hit a tough turnaround jumper to put Tech up 45-36. The Cowboys missed their first nine shots of the second half and didn't score for more than 6 1/2 minutes.
Oklahoma State rallied without Cunningham. Keylan Boone made a 3-pointer to finally get the Cowboys on the board in the second half. Anderson's layup on a baseline cut tied the game at 47, and Oklahoma State finally took the lead on a pair of free throws by Kalib Boone.
''I think what it says is we have a really good team,'' Boynton said. ''Maybe those other guys aren't as high in terms of their ceiling. I don't think you'll see them next year in an NBA uniform. They are some really gritty, really good college basketball players on our roster.''
Anderson said Boynton gave the team confidence that it could rally.
''Stick to what we do and keep getting stops and shots are going to fall,'' he said. ''And that's what happened. We just kept getting stops on the defensive end.''
BIG PICTURE
Texas Tech: The Red Raiders' three-game skid will likely hurt their NCAA Tournament seeding.
Oklahoma State: The Cowboys were gritty, especially with Cunningham on the bench. They have stacked up some big wins.
QUOTABLE
Beard on a technical drawn by Clarence Nadolny: ''We can't have player technical fouls in a one-possession Big 12 road game in February. We can't have key players trying to have conversations with college officials. That doesn't work that way.''
STAT LINES
McClung, the Big 12's No. 4 scorer who came in averaging 16.9 points per game, made 7 of 16 field goals, but just 1 of 5 3-pointers.
BIG MOMENT
Keylan Boone entered the game having made 7 of 13 free throws on the season, but he made two critical ones with 14 seconds remaining in overtime.
UP NEXT
Texas Tech will host No. 14 Texas on Saturday.
Oklahoma State will visit No. 7 Oklahoma on Saturday.
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1st Half
TXTCH
Red Raiders
37
OKST
Cowboys
36
Time
Team
Play
Score
20:00
Marcus Santos-Silva vs. Kalib Boone (Avery Anderson III gains possession)
19:51
Bryce Williams turnover (bad pass)
19:41
+2
Marcus Santos-Silva makes two point jump shot (Kevin McCullar assists)
2-0
19:23
+2
Kalib Boone makes two point layup (Cade Cunningham assists)
2-2
18:59
+2
Kevin McCullar makes two point layup
4-2
18:43
Bryce Williams misses two point jump shot
18:41
Marcus Santos-Silva defensive rebound
18:26
Mac McClung turnover (Rondel Walker steals)
18:04
Avery Anderson III misses two point jump shot
18:02
Rondel Walker offensive rebound
18:02
Kevin McCullar personal foul
18:02
Rondel Walker misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:02
Rondel Walker misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:02
Kyler Edwards defensive rebound
17:43
Marcus Santos-Silva turnover (bad pass)
17:31
+2
Kalib Boone makes two point dunk (Bryce Williams assists)
4-4
17:18
Kevin McCullar misses two point jump shot
17:16
Cade Cunningham defensive rebound
16:59
+2
Rondel Walker makes two point layup (Kalib Boone assists)
4-6
16:39
Terrence Shannon Jr. turnover
16:29
Avery Anderson III misses three point jump shot
16:27
Tyreek Smith defensive rebound
16:18
Terrence Shannon Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:16
Cade Cunningham defensive rebound
15:59
Bryce Williams misses three point jump shot
15:57
Tyreek Smith defensive rebound
15:41
+2
Micah Peavy makes two point jump shot
6-6
15:17
Rondel Walker turnover (Terrence Shannon Jr. steals)
15:03
Rondel Walker shooting foul (Terrence Shannon Jr. draws the foul)
15:03
TV timeout
15:03
+1
Terrence Shannon Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2
7-6
15:03
Terrence Shannon Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:03
Cade Cunningham defensive rebound
14:56
Bryce Williams misses two point dunk
14:54
Kevin McCullar defensive rebound
14:35
+2
Micah Peavy makes two point jump shot
9-6
14:24
Micah Peavy personal foul
14:26
+2
Cade Cunningham makes two point jump shot
9-8
14:26
Clarence Nadolny shooting foul (Cade Cunningham draws the foul)
14:24
+1
Cade Cunningham makes regular free throw 1 of 1
9-9
14:07
Avery Anderson III shooting foul (Mac McClung draws the foul)
14:07
+1
Mac McClung makes regular free throw 1 of 2
10-9
14:07
+1
Mac McClung makes regular free throw 2 of 2
11-9
13:55
Avery Anderson III turnover (Kyler Edwards steals)
13:48
+2
Mac McClung makes two point layup (Kyler Edwards assists)
13-9
13:27
+3
Cade Cunningham makes three point jump shot
13-12
13:06
+2
Kevin McCullar makes two point layup (Kyler Edwards assists)
15-12
12:55
Cade Cunningham misses three point jump shot
12:53
Marcus Santos-Silva defensive rebound
12:45
Kevin McCullar misses two point jump shot
12:43
Isaac Likekele defensive rebound
12:38
Kyler Edwards shooting foul (Isaac Likekele draws the foul)
12:30
Isaac Likekele misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:30
Isaac Likekele misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:30
Kyler Edwards defensive rebound
12:09
+2
Marcus Santos-Silva makes two point jump shot
17-12
11:52
+2
Kalib Boone makes two point layup
17-14
11:32
Micah Peavy misses two point jump shot
11:30
Micah Peavy offensive rebound
11:22
Micah Peavy misses two point layup
11:20
Terrence Shannon Jr. offensive rebound
11:13
Terrence Shannon Jr. misses two point layup
11:11
Cade Cunningham defensive rebound
11:04
Marcus Santos-Silva blocks Kalib Boone's two point layup
11:02
Kalib Boone offensive rebound
10:49
+2
Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe makes two point layup (Rondel Walker assists)
17-16
10:35
Kyler Edwards misses two point layup
10:33
Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe defensive rebound
10:27
Mac McClung shooting foul (Kalib Boone draws the foul)