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Oklahoma State at Kansas State Postgame Notes
January 20, 2024 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State Postgame Notes at Kansas State
Final Score: Oklahoma State – 66, Kansas State – 70
Records: Oklahoma State 8-10 (0-5); Kansas State 14-4 (4-1)
Jan. 20, 2024 | Lawrence, Kansas (Bramlage Coliseum)
Oklahoma State Leaders: Points – Eric Dailey Jr. (15), Rebounds – Javon Small (8), Assists – Javon Small (5)
Kansas State Leaders: Points – Arthur Kaluma (23), Rebounds – Arthur Kaluma (7) Assists – Tylor Perry (5)
Game Notes:
• Bryce Thompson played his 100th-career collegiate game on Saturday, and his 75th career start with OSU. Thompson has posted accolades in back-to-back games, logging his 1000th-career point on Tuesday versus Kansas.
• In his first bench appearance since the season opener, Eric Dailey Jr. came off the bench to match his career high of 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting.Â
• The Cowboys posted 13 steals, with nine in the first half, against the Wildcats on Saturday. It marked the most steals by a KSU opponent since West Virginia logged 14 on March 4, 2023. Entering Saturday, Big 12 opponents averaged 6.5 steals against the Wildcats, with Texas Tech leading with nine last Saturday.
• Connor Dow made his first career start with the Cowboys, while John-Michael Wright made his first Big 12 start this season, and his last since Nov. 24, 2023, against Houston Christian.
• Bryce Thompson, Javon Small and Brandon Garrison joined Dow and Wright in the starting unit.
Game Flow:
• Charged by nine first-half steals and three points between Cam Carter and Tylor Perry, Oklahoma State led by four at halftime. In its first starting lineup change in Big 12 play, OSU surfaced 11 first-half points (4-of-6 FG) off the bench Eric Dailey Jr. and a trio of threes (3-of-5) from Wright.Â
• Garrison scored on the Cowboys' first possession with a layup.
• The Cowboys missed its next four shots, but posed a pesky defensive effort to trail, 6-9, after a Jarius Hicklen three.
• The Wildcats had five turnovers in the first five-and-a-half minutes.
• Both teams traded three-straight scoring possessions, with Eric Dailey Jr. and Small scoring in the stretch.
• OSU took its first lead, 17-16, at the 10:39 mark off a Dailey Jr. layup under the basket. KSU's offense was stymied with four straight misses as the Cowboys took the lead.
• Three one-point lead changes ensued before OSU scored five straight to enter the four-under media timeout ahead, 24-20.
• The Cowboys hit its final three of four first-half shots from distance, with a pair coming from Wright, to enter the halftime horn ahead, 35-31.
• Kansas State guard, Tylor Perry, went scoreless in the first half on an 0-of-4 clip, while Arthur Kaluma scored the Wildcats' final 11 points in the first half.
• OSU uncorked a 6-3 run to open the second half, including a pair of Dailey Jr. scores.
• Dow made back-to-back defensive stops with a three-point contest and drawn charge against David N'guessan
• N'guessan picked up his fourth foul on the following possession, sending him to the bench with 15:47 to go.
• OSU returned from the media timeout with a 6-2 run, punctuated by a Thompson steal and score to jump ahead, 45-36.
• Small drained a contested stepback three to put the Cowboys ahead by 10 with 10:13 to play.
• Perry scored his first points of the night in a 5-0 KSU stretch
• With a lead chipped to four points, Dow sparked on offense, regrouping off an air-ball with a made three and free throw off a drive.
• Kansas State drew the game to one possession with 4:31 to play.
• With 3:31 to play, Cam Carter banked in a top-of-the-key three to give K-State its first lead of the half, 62-61.
• Tied with 53 seconds to play, Kansas State hit a layup, forced an OSU turnover and iced the game with a pair of free throws.
Team Streaks:
• OSU has made at least one three-point shot in 781 consecutive games dating back to Jan. 13, 2001.
• OSU has made 10+ free throws in five of its last six games and 11 of its 18 games this season.
• Opponents have committed 10+ turnovers in 13 of 18 games this season.
• Dating back to last season, the Cowboys have logged 10+ assists in 44 of its last 54 games.
Final Score: Oklahoma State – 66, Kansas State – 70
Records: Oklahoma State 8-10 (0-5); Kansas State 14-4 (4-1)
Jan. 20, 2024 | Lawrence, Kansas (Bramlage Coliseum)
Oklahoma State Leaders: Points – Eric Dailey Jr. (15), Rebounds – Javon Small (8), Assists – Javon Small (5)
Kansas State Leaders: Points – Arthur Kaluma (23), Rebounds – Arthur Kaluma (7) Assists – Tylor Perry (5)
Game Notes:
• Bryce Thompson played his 100th-career collegiate game on Saturday, and his 75th career start with OSU. Thompson has posted accolades in back-to-back games, logging his 1000th-career point on Tuesday versus Kansas.
• In his first bench appearance since the season opener, Eric Dailey Jr. came off the bench to match his career high of 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting.Â
• The Cowboys posted 13 steals, with nine in the first half, against the Wildcats on Saturday. It marked the most steals by a KSU opponent since West Virginia logged 14 on March 4, 2023. Entering Saturday, Big 12 opponents averaged 6.5 steals against the Wildcats, with Texas Tech leading with nine last Saturday.
• Connor Dow made his first career start with the Cowboys, while John-Michael Wright made his first Big 12 start this season, and his last since Nov. 24, 2023, against Houston Christian.
• Bryce Thompson, Javon Small and Brandon Garrison joined Dow and Wright in the starting unit.
Game Flow:
• Charged by nine first-half steals and three points between Cam Carter and Tylor Perry, Oklahoma State led by four at halftime. In its first starting lineup change in Big 12 play, OSU surfaced 11 first-half points (4-of-6 FG) off the bench Eric Dailey Jr. and a trio of threes (3-of-5) from Wright.Â
• Garrison scored on the Cowboys' first possession with a layup.
• The Cowboys missed its next four shots, but posed a pesky defensive effort to trail, 6-9, after a Jarius Hicklen three.
• The Wildcats had five turnovers in the first five-and-a-half minutes.
• Both teams traded three-straight scoring possessions, with Eric Dailey Jr. and Small scoring in the stretch.
• OSU took its first lead, 17-16, at the 10:39 mark off a Dailey Jr. layup under the basket. KSU's offense was stymied with four straight misses as the Cowboys took the lead.
• Three one-point lead changes ensued before OSU scored five straight to enter the four-under media timeout ahead, 24-20.
• The Cowboys hit its final three of four first-half shots from distance, with a pair coming from Wright, to enter the halftime horn ahead, 35-31.
• Kansas State guard, Tylor Perry, went scoreless in the first half on an 0-of-4 clip, while Arthur Kaluma scored the Wildcats' final 11 points in the first half.
• OSU uncorked a 6-3 run to open the second half, including a pair of Dailey Jr. scores.
• Dow made back-to-back defensive stops with a three-point contest and drawn charge against David N'guessan
• N'guessan picked up his fourth foul on the following possession, sending him to the bench with 15:47 to go.
• OSU returned from the media timeout with a 6-2 run, punctuated by a Thompson steal and score to jump ahead, 45-36.
• Small drained a contested stepback three to put the Cowboys ahead by 10 with 10:13 to play.
• Perry scored his first points of the night in a 5-0 KSU stretch
• With a lead chipped to four points, Dow sparked on offense, regrouping off an air-ball with a made three and free throw off a drive.
• Kansas State drew the game to one possession with 4:31 to play.
• With 3:31 to play, Cam Carter banked in a top-of-the-key three to give K-State its first lead of the half, 62-61.
• Tied with 53 seconds to play, Kansas State hit a layup, forced an OSU turnover and iced the game with a pair of free throws.
Team Streaks:
• OSU has made at least one three-point shot in 781 consecutive games dating back to Jan. 13, 2001.
• OSU has made 10+ free throws in five of its last six games and 11 of its 18 games this season.
• Opponents have committed 10+ turnovers in 13 of 18 games this season.
• Dating back to last season, the Cowboys have logged 10+ assists in 44 of its last 54 games.
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