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10-2
UT-Rio Grande Valley
6-8
Cowboys Finish Non-Conference Play with Win Over UTRGV
December 22, 2017 | Cowboy Basketball
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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- Jeffrey Carroll scored 22 points as Oklahoma State rolled to a 102-83 victory over UT-Rio Grande Valley on Friday.
Carroll is now in 36th place in OSU history with 1,044 points. This was his 3rd 20-point game this season and 18th of his career.
After Mike Hoffman sank a 3-pointer with 11:28 left in the opening half, UT-Rio Grande Valley led 16-15, but Oklahoma State responded with a game-changing run to take control. The Cowboys reeled off a 21-4 run over the next seven minutes, and took a 53-34 lead into halftime. They then scored the first seven points of the second half, and built up an advantage of as much as 28, and held at least a 19-point edge the rest of the way.
OSU forced 13 turnovers in the first half and scored 22 first-half points off those turnovers.
Oklahoma State scored its most points in a game this season with 102. It was the second time the Cowboys have scored over 100 this season and the 51st time in program history.
Mitchell Solomon was perfect from the field and 7-8 from the free throw line for 11 points. It was the fourth time this season he shot 100 percent from the field.
Kendall Smith scored 18 points and 4 assists. He has had at least two assists in every game this season.
Oklahoma State, which entered the day leading the Big 12 and ranking fifth in the nation with 79.6 percent free-throw shooting, got to the line a season-high 34 times, knocking down 29 (85.3 percent).
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The Cowboys are off for the holidays, returning to action at home against No. 10 West Virginia on Fri., Dec. 29 in their Big 12 Conference opener.
