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Cowboys fall to Huskers, skid at four
February 01, 2006 | Cowboy Basketball
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Jamel White put back a missed 3-pointer by Wes Wilkinson with 1.1 seconds left to lift Nebraska to a 59-57 win against Oklahoma State on Tuesday night.
The Cornhuskers (14-6, 4-3 Big 12) scored the final six points to rally from a 57-53 deficit in the final 1:41. Wilkinson, who led Nebraska with 19 points, hit two free throws and Jason Dourisseau tied the game on a dunk with 58 seconds left.
After committing the turnover that set up Dourisseau's dunk, JamesOn Curry missed a 3-pointer that would have put Oklahoma State (12-9, 2-5) back in the lead with 35 seconds left.
Aleks Maric had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Nebraska, and White scored 10.
Curry finished with 22 points, including six 3-pointers, and Mario Boggan had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Oklahoma State before fouling out with 1:20 left. The Cowboys have lost four games in a row.
Neither team led by more than four points in the second half until Oklahoma State pulled ahead 55-49 after back-to-back baskets by Boggan and a 3-pointer by Curry.
The Cowboys scored seven straight points to take a 23-16 lead on Torre Johnson's dunk with 8:39 to play in the first half, but Nebraska rallied back with a 15-3 capped by consecutive 3-pointers by Charles Richardson Jr. and White for a 31-26 lead.
Nebraska led 31-30 at halftime.
