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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oklahoma State 71, Tulsa 59
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Where: Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Officials: # Patrick Adams, # Ray Natili, # Jamie Luckie
Attendance: 5412

Kendall Smith scored 16 points and Jeffrey Carroll added 14, helping Oklahoma State outlast Tulsa 71-59 on Tuesday in Stillwater, Okla.

Junior Etou scored 18 points and Sterling Taplin added 14 for the Golden Hurricane, who shot 37.7 percent from the floor.

After Tulsa (7-5) got within four points inside of three minutes, the Cowboys hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 69-59 with 1:05 left.

The teams traded runs to start the second half.

Oklahoma State (9-2) started the second half with a 10-2 run, but Tulsa responded with a 13-4 run to retake the lead 43-42 on a Curran Scott 3-pointer with 13:13 to go.

Trailing by two with 11:30 left, the Cowboys outscored Tulsa 11-2 to take a 55-48 lead with 8:05 remaining.

Oklahoma State was coming off 71-70 win over No. 19 Florida State.

The loss snapped a three-game win streak for Tulsa (7-5).

The Golden Hurricane led for most of the first half, but the Cowboys closed with an 8-1 run to tie it at 28 at the break.

Etou hit a 3-pointer to put the Golden Hurricane on top 7-5 two minutes into the game.

Tulsa led 19-11 just over 10 minutes in despite a four-minute stretch without a field goal.

Both the Golden Hurricane (3-for-15) and the Cowboys (3-for-17) struggled from 3-point range in the first half. Tulsa committed just four fouls, and Oklahoma State was just 1-for-1 from the line in the opening 20 minutes.

Oklahoma State hosts Texas-Rio Grande Valley on Friday.

The Golden Hurricane are off for nine days before starting American Athletic Conference play against East Carolina.
Top Game Performances
 
Tulsa   Oklahoma State
Junior Etou 18 Scoring Kendall Smith 16
Sterling Taplin 3 Assists Tavarius Shine 3
Junior Etou 6 Rebounds Jeffrey Carroll 11
Junior Etou 7 Free Throws Made Kendall Smith 1
Geno Artison 1 Steals Jeffrey Carroll 2
N/A Blocks Mitchell Solomon 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Tulsa 59 37.7 8-28 11-14 8 25 0 2 12
Oklahoma State 71 45.5 10-34 1-1 14 33 4 5 9