Career Days Lead To Win Over Towson

Thursday, November 19

Charleston, SC

1 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

3-0

Towson

1-2

Oklahoma State

Towson

November 19, 2015 | Cowboy Basketball

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Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Chris Olivier had a career-high 18 points, Jeffrey Carroll scored all 17 of his points in the second half and Oklahoma State pulled away from Towson for a 69-52 victory at the Charleston Classic on Thursday.

Olivier, an Eastern Illinois transfer, surpassed the career best of 14 he set in the Cowboys opening win over Tennessee-Martin last Friday night. This time, Olivier's play shut down the Tigers (1-2) and helped Oklahoma State start 3-0 for a seventh straight season.

Olivier had 10 straight points in a 21-9 opening-half run as the Cowboys turned a close game into a runaway. Oklahoma State continued pushing after halftime, stretching the lead to 18 points.

The Cowboys will play George Mason on Friday for a spot in Sunday's championship game. The Patriots upended Mississippi in the eight-team tournament's opening game.

Arnaud William Adala Moto had 14 points to lead Towson.

Oklahoma State starter Jeff Newberry had nine points and left the game with six minutes to go after hitting the court hard when he was fouled. Newberry, a 6-foot-2 senior, had his right arm tested by trainers on the bench before sitting next to Oklahoma State's coaches. He appeared to be all right.

Carroll hit seven of his nine shots, three of them coming from behind the arc.

Towson survived the Cowboys' quick 10-2 start and took a 12-11 lead on Adala Moto's basket with 9:10 left in the opening half. But Joe Burton answered back with a basket as Oklahoma State began a 21-9 run the rest of the period.

Forte had 5 points in the run before Burton ended the half with a 3-point play.

Towson made just two of its final 13 shots in the period to fall behind.

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Individual Career Highs

• Anthony Allen blocked a career-high six shots, which is tied for the 11th most ever by a Cowboy. The last player to have more than six blocks in a game was Andre Williams, who had seven against Kansas State on Jan. 5, 2003.

• Jeffrey Carroll notched 17 points in the win over Towson, which tops his previous high of 15 against Northwestern Oklahoma in 2014.

• Tyree Griffin posted 7 rebounds to top his previous career high of five set against UT Martin in the season opener.

• Joe Burton has posted back-to-back career high scoring games. He had 6 points against UAPB and 9 versus Towson.

Individual Quick Hitters

• Chris Olivier tallied 13 first-half points, and finished with a season-high 18. The senior entered the game 11-of-16 (.688) shooting on the year, and was 6-of-11 against the Tigers.

• Olivier has scored at least 13 points in all three games this season.

• Jawun Evans earned the first start of his young career.

• Phil Forte suffered an arm injury in the first half, but did return in the second half.

Team Notes

• OSU is off to a 3-0 start for the seventh straight season.

• OSU committed just a single turnover in the first half, and ended the day with just 7 turnovers. That's twice this year OSU has had less than 10 turnovers.

• OSU is 59-3 in its last 60 games when holding its opponents under 60 points.

• OSU has led at the half of all three games this season and has won all three.

• The Cowboys held the Tigers scoreless for the first 5:35 of the game and comitted just one turnover in the first half.

• OSU has made a 3-pointer in 487 consecutive games dating back to Jan. 13, 2001.

• Travis Ford is now 146-91 at Oklahoma State, and 336-237 overall as a head coach (19th season).

• Today marked the program's first meeting with Towson, but the Cowboys are 5-1 all-time against current members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).

• As a program, OSU is now 1,597-1,110 all-time (107th season).

Next Up

• The Cowboys will play George Mason in the semifinals of the Charleston Classic on Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern. As always, the Cowboy Radio Network will have the call.