Postgame Notes: OSU vs Texas

Oklahoma State at Texas
March 7, 2020 Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Final Score: Oklahoma State 81, Texas 59
Updated Records: Oklahoma State 17-14, 7-11 Big 12; Texas 19-12, 9-9 Big 12

Postgame Notes
• Oklahoma State ended the regular season having won seven of its last 10 games overall following an 0-9 start to Big 12 play. Since Feb. 5, OSU's only losses came on the road at teams ranked 12th or better in KenPom.
• With the win, Cowboy senior captains Lindy Waters III, Thomas Dziagwa and Cameron McGriff joined 2018 seniors Jeffrey Carroll and Mitchell Solomon as the only OSU players to win in every Big 12 road venue. Prior to Solomon and Carroll, the last Cowboys to win in every conference road venue over the course of their careers were the senior class of 1954 (Bob Mattick, Tom Fuller and Dale Roark).
• Oklahoma State will be the No. 8 seed at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship in Kansas City and will face No. 9 Iowa State the opening round of the Big 12 Championship. Tipoff will be at 6 p.m. CT on ESPNU. The Cowboys, who took down Iowa State 73-61 on Feb. 29 in Stillwater, are 12-2 all-time in the first round of the Big 12 Championship.
• The Cowboys established new highs for field goals made and field goal percentage in today's game. OSU hit 31 shots on 66 percent shooting.
• Head coach Mike Boynton is now 8-4 in the month of March, including a 2-0 mark in 2020, and today's win at Texas gives the Cowboys seven wins away from Gallagher-Iba Arena this season – tops in the Boynton era.
• The Cowboys won in the Erwin Center for the first time since 2015, snapping a four-game skid in Austin. Texas still leads the overall series, 52-45, including a 31-14 edge in Austin.

Player Notes
• Thomas Dziagwa hit all seven shots, including five 3-pointers. He finished the day with 19 points.
• Dziagwa's career 3-point total jumped to 250 to move him into sole possession of fourth place in school history. His career total leads all Big 12 players.
• Cameron McGriff posted 19 points on the day to extend his double-digit scoring streak to 12 games. He's reached 14 points or more in the last six games.
• Isaac Likekele posted his third career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. This gives the sophomore back-to-back games with double-digit rebounds. He also finished with five assists and two steals.
• McGriff is the only Cowboy to have started every game this season. In fact, McGriff has started 77 consecutive games for the Cowboys, which is the 10th longest streak in school history.

Game Flow
• Oklahoma State opened the game with authority, jumping out to a 20-3 lead thanks to a 16-0 that culminated in a Jonathan Laurent transition bucket. During the run, OSU held the Longhorns scoreless for 5:20.
• The Cowboys took a 22-point lead into halftime, 43-21, which was OSU's second biggest halftime lead of the season on the strength of 60.7 percent shooting – the squad's second-best first half shooting figure of the year.
• OSU strengthened its lead to 28 points at 56-28 with 15:15 to play – the squad's largest lead at any point in Big 12 play in 2020.

Team Streaks
• The Cowboys are 15-2 this season and 41-11 in the Mike Boynton era when leading at the half.
• The Cowboys have held 19 of their 31 opponents to 40.7 percent shooting or less.
• OSU is 32-8 when holding its opponent under 40 percent shooting under Mike Boynton.
• OSU is 22-5 when scoring 80 or more points under Mike Boynton.
• OSU has forced at least 10 turnovers 85 times under Mike Boynton, and is 49-35 in those games.
Up Next
• Oklahoma State is headed to Kansas City, Mo., to take on Iowa State in the opening round of the Big 12 Championship. Wednesday's tipoff is slated for 6 p.m. on ESPNU.

Oklahoma State University Athletics

Players Mentioned

Thomas Dziagwa

Jonathan Laurent

Isaac Likekele

Cameron McGriff

Lindy Waters III

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