Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Down Colorado in Overtime
July 18, 2003 | Cowboy Basketball
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Brett Robisch scored 24 points and Adrian Peterson 22 as Oklahoma State beat Colorado 86-74 in overtime Tuesday night.
Colorado's Marlon Hughes scored 24 points, including seven in the final four minutes of regulation, as the Buffaloes erased a 14-point deficit. Hughes' short jumper with 12.6 seconds left forged a 69-69 tie.
But Desmond Mason made a 3-point play on Oklahoma State's first possession of overtime and Colorado never got closer than three again. The Buffaloes made just 2 of their 13 shots in overtime, including a meaningless 3-pointer in the final seconds.
Colorado has lost 17 straight games in Gallagher-Iba Arena, dating back to 1980.
Oklahoma State (15-4, 5-4 Big 12) also got 11 points each from Mason and Chad Alexander. Robisch had 11 rebounds, and Peterson and Mason nine each.
Colorado (10-9, 4-5) also got 15 points and nine rebounds from Ronnie DeGray and 12 points from Kenny Price.
The Cowboys kept Colorado in the game with shoddy foul shooting. Oklahoma State was 18 of 31 from the line, but only after it made its final five.
Oklahoma State made eight of 16 3-pointers, and consecutive treys by Alexander and Peterson gave the Cowboys their biggest lead at 52-36 with 11:20 left in the game. They led 65-51 after Alexander's 3-pointer at 4:31, but Colorado heated up.
Two 3-pointers by Dwight Jones made it 65-57, then Hughes took over. In the final 30 seconds, he penetrated inside and fed Jamahl Mosley for a layup to get the Buffaloes within 69-67, then after Doug Gottlieb missed two foul shots, Hughes hit a baseline jumper for the tie.
Oklahoma State failed to get off a shot in the final 12 seconds of regulation but dominated overtime. Peterson scored six points in the extra session.
Robisch scored 14 points in the first half and made 7 of 11 shots. He and Brian Montonati combined for 19 of Oklahoma State's first 21 points.
