West Virginia Postgame Notes

The Cowboys held the Mountaineers under 40 percent shooting, which is the 12th time this year OSU kept an opponent at 40 percent or less.
Joe Burton scored a career-high 16 points, which topped his previous high of 15 against George Mason earlier this season.
Tavarius Shine posted 12 first-half points for his fifth double-digit scoring performance of the season. Shine has now scored at least nine points in each of OSU's last five games.
Shine also posted a pair of blocks and a pair of steals - both tied for his career high.
Tonight marked the second career start for sophomore guard Tavarius Shine (54th career appearance).
OSU shot 55 percent (11-of-20) from the floor in the first half, which is the team's best shooting first half in Big 12 play this year. Only OSU's 64.3 percent (18-of-28) shooting first half against Long Beach State at the Charleston Classic was better this season.
The Cowboys have now lost four straight games overall, and four of their last five at Gallagher-Iba Arena. OSU is now 8-7 at home this year.
West Virginia has now won the last four meetings in the series, and lead the overall series 5-4.
OSU is now 1-7 this season against teams ranked in the AP top 25.
With its three conference wins, Oklahoma State can mathematically climb no higher than the No. 8 seed for the Big 12 Tournament, which begins March 9 in Kansas City. If the tournament started today, OSU would be the No. 9 seed and would face No. 8 Kansas State on Wednesday, March 9 at 6 p.m. on ESPNU.
Jeff Newberry is the only player to start every game for OSU this season.
OSU has made at least one three-pointer in 512 consecutive games dating back to Jan. 13, 2001.

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Joe Burton

Jeff Newberry

Tavarius Shine

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