Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Beat Arkansas State, 78-62
July 24, 2003 | Cowboy Basketball
Robisch also had 11 rebounds as the Cowboys (9-0) ran their nonconference home winning streak to 78, longest in the nation, and avenged a 56-53 loss to Arkansas State last year.
The Indians (6-4) saw a four-game winning streak end. Chico Fletcher led the Indians with 15 points.
Leading scorer Antonio Harvey had three first-half fouls and fouled out midway through the second half with 10 points, 6.3 below his average. Micah Marsh had zero at halftime but finished with 11.
Joe Adkins scored 17, and Desmond Mason had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma State. Mason helped spark a late first-half run that gave the Cowboys control for good.
A shot by Chico Fletcher made the score 13-10 with about 8 1-2 minutes left in the half. Mason then scored twice in an 8-0 run that gave the Cowboys a 21-10 lead.
After two field goals by Arkansas State, Mason made two alley-oop dunks and hit another shot as the Cowboys closed the half with a 14-7 spurt. That made it 35-21 at halftime _ the Indians shot just 33 percent and committed 11 of their 16 turnovers in the opening 20 minutes.
Oklahoma State widened the margin to 19 early in the second half and to 21 later on. A 3-pointer by Marsh got the Indians within 67-57 with 2 1/2 minutes left, but they got no closer.
