Oklahoma State University Athletics
Friday, November 22
Charleston S.C. / TD Arena
1:00 PM
Oklahoma State University
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Miami
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Oklahoma St.
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80
Thompson joins 1,000-Point Club in win over Miami
November 22, 2024 | Cowboy Basketball
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Bryce Thompson joined Oklahoma State's 1,000-point club in an 80-74 win over Miami on Friday afternoon at TD Arena.
The Cowboys (4-1) will face the winner of Nevada and VCU in Sunday's Charleston Classic fifth-place game (2 p.m. CT, ESPN).
Thompson finished with a team-high 17 points on 6-of-14 shooting for OSU, which built an 18-point lead late in the first half and cruised to victory.
The 6-foot-6 Tulsa native became the 45th player to score 1,000 points in a Cowboy uniform. Friday was his 88th game in parts of four seasons in Stillwater.
Marchelus "Chi Chi" Avery joined him in double-figures with 15 points and eight rebounds.
The Cowboys entered the day ranked among the national leaders in steals (11.3), fastbreak points (20.0) and tempo (76.8 possessions). Miami took all of that away, slowing the pace to a measly 66 possessions while limiting OSU to just six steals and three fastbreak points (all season-lows).
Denied its bread and butter, OSU instead feasted from three-point line, scoring a season-best 1.21 points per possession, helped by a 10-of-22 performance from beyond the arc.
The Cowboys knocked down eight first-half threes. Five of them came during a five-minute stretch that pushed a 20-14 lead to 38-20 with 3:27 remaining in the period.
Thompson's layup with 15:29 to play in the second half gave OSU its largest lead of the day at 51-31.
A Miami team that came in averaging more than 90 points and ranked seventh nationally in shooting percentage (.545) had struggled up to that point, missing 26 of its first 35 shots, before closing the game on a 17-for-23 tear (.739).
During that 15-minute stretch, the Cowboys maintained control by knocking down 10-of-20 shots, helped by Thompson's milestone bucket – a short jumper in the lane with 13:01 to play.
Nijel Pack produced a game-high 20 points for Miami (3-2), which will play for seventh-place on Sunday morning.
The Cowboys (4-1) will face the winner of Nevada and VCU in Sunday's Charleston Classic fifth-place game (2 p.m. CT, ESPN).
Thompson finished with a team-high 17 points on 6-of-14 shooting for OSU, which built an 18-point lead late in the first half and cruised to victory.
The 6-foot-6 Tulsa native became the 45th player to score 1,000 points in a Cowboy uniform. Friday was his 88th game in parts of four seasons in Stillwater.
Marchelus "Chi Chi" Avery joined him in double-figures with 15 points and eight rebounds.
The Cowboys entered the day ranked among the national leaders in steals (11.3), fastbreak points (20.0) and tempo (76.8 possessions). Miami took all of that away, slowing the pace to a measly 66 possessions while limiting OSU to just six steals and three fastbreak points (all season-lows).
Denied its bread and butter, OSU instead feasted from three-point line, scoring a season-best 1.21 points per possession, helped by a 10-of-22 performance from beyond the arc.
The Cowboys knocked down eight first-half threes. Five of them came during a five-minute stretch that pushed a 20-14 lead to 38-20 with 3:27 remaining in the period.
Thompson's layup with 15:29 to play in the second half gave OSU its largest lead of the day at 51-31.
A Miami team that came in averaging more than 90 points and ranked seventh nationally in shooting percentage (.545) had struggled up to that point, missing 26 of its first 35 shots, before closing the game on a 17-for-23 tear (.739).
During that 15-minute stretch, the Cowboys maintained control by knocking down 10-of-20 shots, helped by Thompson's milestone bucket – a short jumper in the lane with 13:01 to play.
Nijel Pack produced a game-high 20 points for Miami (3-2), which will play for seventh-place on Sunday morning.
Team Stats
UM
OSU
FG%
.448
.474
3FG%
.250
.455
FT%
.762
.762
RB
35
31
TO
13
8
STL
3
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
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