Cowboy Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Oakland

Oklahoma State Postgame Notes vs. Oakland

Oklahoma State - 91, Oakland - 62

Nov. 13, 2022 | Rochester, Mich. (Athletics Center O'rena) | Attendance: 3,651

Updated Records: Oklahoma State 2-1 overall, 0-0 Big 12 I Oakland 1-2 overall, 0-0 Horizon League

Oklahoma State Leaders: Points - Avery Anderson III - 18, Assists - Avery Anderson III - 7, Rebounds - Moussa Cisse - 10

Oakland Leaders: Points - Keaton Hervey - 15, Assists - Jalen Moore - 5, Rebounds - Keaton Hervey - 11

Game Flow

Kalib Boone scored the first five points of the game for the Cowboys, including a three-point play on a foul, to begin the scoring. It marked the second time this season he has scored the first points of the game for OSU.
Oakland took an early 6-5 lead, but the Cowboys used their length to clamp down defensively, going on a 10-0 run to give the Cowboys a 15-6 lead heading into the first media timeout. The OSU defense held Oakland to 0-for-6 from the field, including 0-for-4 from beyond the arc during the run.
Oklahoma State held Oakland scoreless for nearly six minutes in the first half during its scoring run.
OSU ended the first half on a 11-3 run, capped off by a John-Michael Wright three-pointer with five seconds remaining to give the Cowboys a 42-27 lead at halftime.
After Oakland scored the first six points of the second half to cut the lead to nine, OSU bounced back with a 9-0 run itself to extend its lead to 51-33.
OSU continued that run with four more points before Oakland scored its first bucket in more than four minutes.
The Cowboys stretched the lead to 28 points, their largest of the season, with 8:00 remaining behind five made three-pointers, including back-to-back threes from Chris Harris Jr.
OSU's offensive onslaught continued throughout the second half, making eight-straight field goals to extend the lead to 83-48 with 3:00 remaining.
Oklahoma State took the lead with 16:00 remaining in the first half and never surrendered the lead the rest of the game.

Game Notes

Head coach Mike Boynton kept the same starting five as the first two games, going with Avery Anderson III, Bryce Thompson, John-Michael Wright, Kalib Boone and Moussa Cisse.
Oklahoma State's win ended Oakland's three-game win-streak over Power-5 opponents in the Athletics Center O'rena.
The Cowboy's offense came out firing early, scoring 42 first-half points, their most since scoring 45 against the Florida Gators in January 2022.
Oklahoma State's 15-point halftime lead was its largest since Nov. 14, 2021 against Prairie View A&M when the Cowboys led by 25 at half.
The Cowboy's bench depth proved a big factor in the victory, outscoring Oakland's bench 33-18, powered by Caleb Asberry's 13-point performance. He has scored 13 in back-to-back contests for Oklahoma State.
OSU shared the ball extremely well throughout the entire game, tallying 24 assists, its most since Jan. 28, 2017, against the Arkansas Razorbacks.
With three blocks today, Moussa Cisse moved up to 19th in Oklahoma State program history with 64 career blocks. He passed Kamari Murphy and Cameron McGriff.
Cisse recorded his eighth career double-double and second of the season behind an 11-point, 10-rebound performance.
Avery Anderson III tied his career high with seven assists in the contest. The only other time he has reached the number was against Kansas State in February 2022.
With 18 points against Oakland, Anderson led the Cowboys for the 14th time in his career. Anderson has reached double-figures scoring 35 times in his Cowboy career
Chris Harris Jr. made his first field goal in a Cowboy uniform since November 2020 with a three-pointer in the first half. Harris missed the previous two seasons due to injury. Harris finished the game with nine points, his most since he scored 10 points against Georgetown in 2019.
The Cowboys shot 52 percent from beyond the arc, the first time since Nov. 22, 2021, the Cowboys have surpassed the 50 percent mark from three-point range.
The Cowboys 29-point win marks the first time since Nov. 25, 2013, against South Florida that the Cowboys won by 20 or more points in a non-conference road game.

Oklahoma State's Win…

Improved the Cowboys to 2-1 all-time in the Oakland series.
Was OSU's second-straight road win dating back to last season.
Was the fourth-straight year OSU won its first road game of the year (ORU, UT Arlington and Charleston).
Improved the Cowboys to 8-0 under head coach Mike Boynton when the Cowboys score 90 or more points in a game.

Team Streaks

OSU has made at least one three-pointer in 730 consecutive games dating back to Jan. 13, 2001.
The Cowboys have posted ten or more assists in 12 of their past 14 games dating back to last season.
John-Michael Wright has recorded at least one assist in 46-straight games dating back to Jan. 29, 2021, against Gardner-Webb while he was at High Point. In his college career, he has failed to reach that mark just two games.
Moussa Cisse has now recorded at least one block in each of his past 13 game. There has been just three games in his Oklahoma State career in which he did not record at least one block.

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