Auburn Postgame Notes

OSU snapped a two-game losing streak and picked up its first road win of the season with a 74-63 victory over Auburn in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The Cowboys were 0-4 in true road games coming into tonight's contest. Auburn was 7-2 at home this year, with a victory over Kentucky.
Jawun Evans once again led OSU with 21 points, seven rebounds and five assists - all team highs. It is the freshman's fourth 20-point game.
Jawun Evans posted five assists, which brought his season total to 108 - second among all freshmen in Oklahoma State history. Only Marcus Smart with 139 dimes in 2012-13 had more than Evans as a freshman. Evans entered tonight's contest with 5.2 assists per game, which leads all freshmen nationwide.
OSU held the Tigers to 29 percent shooting on the night, which is the second lowest opponent shooting percentage this season.
The Cowboys evened the all-time series with Auburn at 2-2, and moved to 2-1 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
The Big 12 won seven of the 10 games in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, which makes the conference 3-0 in the head-to-head matchup against the SEC.
OSU led 40-31 at the half, and is now 10-2 on the year when leading at the break.
The Cowboys wrapped up non-conference play with a 9-4 record.
The Cowboys jumped out to a 10-2 lead after a breakaway Jeff Newberry slam less than two minutes into the game. A Chris Olivier three-point play with 10:06 left in the first half gave the Cowboys a 14-point advantage.
Auburn answered back with a 16-4 run that made it a two-point game with 2:48 left in the opening frame. That would be as close as the Tigers would come for the remainder of the game.
This was just the fourth all-time meeting between Auburn and Oklahoma State, and the first since 2006. This was the first meeting between these two programs not played at a neutral site.
The Cowboys are 124-126 all-time against current SEC teams, including an 9-13 mark in the Travis Ford era.
The Cowboys started Jawun Evans, Jeff Newberry, Leyton Hammonds, Jeffrey Carroll and Mitchell Solomon for the seventh straight game - the most of any starting lineup combination this season.
Jeff Newberry is the only player to start every game for OSU this season.
OSU has made at least one three-pointer in 505 consecutive games dating back to Jan. 13, 2001.
The Cowboys have blocked at least one shot in every game this season.

Oklahoma State University Athletics

Players Mentioned

Jeffrey Carroll

Jawun Evans

Leyton Hammonds

Jeff Newberry

Chris Olivier

Mitchell Solomon

Related Videos