Evans Near Double-Double Leads Cowboys In Upset Win Over Kansas

Tuesday, January 19

Stillwater, OK

6 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

10-8, 2-4Big 12

Kansas

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Kansas

Oklahoma State

Evans Near Double-Double Leads Cowboys In Upset Win Over Kansas

January 19, 2016 | Cowboy Basketball

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Stillwater, Okla. ---- Jawun Evans led the way for Oklahoma State with 22 points in a 86-67 upset over Kansas Tuesday night in Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Evans also finished with six rebounds and eight assists.

Oklahoma State extended its lead till the end, and eventually joined along as students rushed the court after the win.

After an impressive first half, the Cowboys came out in the second half with plenty of confidence against the No. 3 team in the country.

An early Jeff Newberry three gave Oklahoma State a 50-43 lead, and a pair of Mitchell Solomon free throws made it 55-47 a few minutes later.

A Newberry dunk shortly after the Solomon free throws made it 57-47 with 14:00 remaining.

Another Newberry dunk with 8:41 left extended the Cowboy lead back to 63-54 with 8:41 left.

Tavarius Shine's three made it 66-54 with 8:02 and forced a quick Kansas timeout.

Oklahoma State wouldn't stop there, and a 7-0 run capped by an Evans layup made it 73-57 with 5:18 remaining.

Newberry continued his impressive second half performance, and made a pair of free throws to make it 75-60 with 4:55 left.

A Shine layup with 38 seconds remaining sealed the win for the Cowboys.

The first half was much of the same for the Cowboys, as they shook off their recent early-start woes and led 12-8 after a Tyree Griffin three with 13:43 left till halftime.

Oklahoma State trailed 24-22 at the 8-minute media timeout, but a Joe Burton three out of it gave the Cowboys a 25-24 lead.

Later in the half, back-to-back threes from Jeffrey Carroll made it 40-38 Oklahoma State with 50 seconds till halftime.

An Evans three gave the Cowboys a 43-38 lead at halftime.

The Cowboys made a team season-high 11 three-pointers in the game, and every Oklahoma State player who checked into the game finished with figures in the scoring column.

Oklahoma State led for 30:54 minutes, while the Jayhawks led for only 5:27.

The win was Oklahoma State's third consecutive in Gallagher-Iba Arena against the Jayhawks, and the fifth in the past seven games.

Perry Ellis led the way for Kansas with 13 points, 10 of which came in the first half.

Alongside Evans, Oklahoma State also had key performances from Newberry and Carroll. Newberry finished with 13 points, while Carroll finished with 11 points and five rebounds.
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Up Next: The Cowboys hit the road for Manhattan to take on the Kansas State Wildcats at 5 p.m. on Jan. 23.