WVU Postgame Notes

The Cowboys extended their winning streak to five games, which is the team's longest after the turn of the New Year since a seven-game streak in Big 12 play in 2012-13. The last time OSU won five straight games overall was to open the 2014-15 season.
The victory halts West Virginia's five-game winning streak over Oklahoma State. The Cowboys had lost in their last two trips to Morgantown. The Mountaineers still hold a 6-5 edge in the overall series.
The Cowboys have now won three straight Big 12 road games for the first time since the 2012-13 squad won five straight away from GIA.
OSU's five true road wins are tied with Kansas for the most by any Big 12 team this season.
The victory snaps OSU's 12-game losing streak to ranked opponents (AP or Coaches). OSU's last ranked win came on Jan. 19, 2016 in an 86-67 victory over No. 3 Kansas in GIA. OSU's last road win over a ranked team was on Feb. 9, 2015 when the Cowboys took down No. 16 Baylor, 74-65.
Jeffrey Carroll needed just 3:31 to reach double-figures in scoring, and tallied 13 of OSU's first 15 points in the game. The redshirt junior finished with 20 points, which is his 38th career double-digit performance and his 11th 20-point outing of the season (and career).
Jawun Evans scored 18 points to give the sophomore his 26th career double-digit scoring performance.
The Cowboys hit their first five 3-point attempts, and eight of their first nine shots from the floor overall.
OSU hit 6-of-8 from beyond the arc in the first half, which is the team's third highest total on the season. OSU connected on nine first-half 3-pointers against K-State and seven at Texas Tech.
The Cowboys shot 63.6 percent in the first half, which is the team's third-best first-half performance of the year.
Phil Forte hit one 3-pointer to increase his lead in the Oklahoma State record book. The redshirt senior now has 304 career 3-pointers, which ranks sixth in Big 12 history.
With his 13 point performance, Phil Forte increased his career total to 1,626 points - 10th in OSU history.
Forte passed Keiton Page for ninth in OSU history in career points in Big 12 Conference games. Forte now has 830 points, which passed Page's mark of 817.
The win moves Brad Underwood's career record to 104-22. His career win percentage is now .825, which is tops among all active coaches.
Today is the 4th time that 3 top-10 teams from the same league lost on the same day. (1st time ever in Big 12)
Oklahoma State shot 62.5% from the floor today in its upset of West Virginia. It is the second highest field goal percentage for the Cowboys in a game in the last 10 seasons (63.3% on 11/21/10 vs Nicholls State)
Oklahoma State shot 62.5% from the field in its win over West Virginia. It's the 2nd-highest FG pct by an opponent WVU has allowed in the Bob Huggins era (since 2007-08 season)
It was the 3rd time this season Oklahoma State shot better than 60% from 3-pt range as a team - They are 3-0 in those games

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The Cowboys will return home to face No. 2/3 Baylor on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Tipoff in GIA is slated for 6 p.m. on ESPNU.

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Jeffrey Carroll

Jawun Evans

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