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Cowboys Top Sooners 72-65 in Bedlam
January 09, 2012 | Cowboy Basketball
Jan. 9, 2012
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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Freshman Le'Bryan Nash tied his career high with 21 points, Keiton Page scored 18 and Oklahoma State beat Oklahoma 72-65 on Monday night in the Bedlam rivalry game.
The Cowboys (9-7, 2-1 Big 12) didn't trail after the first four minutes and hung on to pick up their fourth win in the last five games in the rivalry.
Carl Blair scored a season-high 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, and Romero Osby had a career-best 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Oklahoma (10-5, 0-3). The Sooners have lost their first three games in Big 12 play for the second-straight season and only the third time since the conference was created.
Oklahoma trimmed a 17-point lead to five in the final minute, but Oklahoma State made all eight of its free throws in the final 43 seconds to finish it off.
Following the game in the locker room, head coach Travis Ford presented the game ball to Shelley Budke, the wife of Kurt Budke. Coach Ford had worn an orange jacket similar to the one Budke had made famous when he wore it during the Cowgirls' win over No. 6 Oklahoma a few years ago.
