Cowboy Basketball falls to hot-shooting Nevada in Charleston finale

Sunday, November 24

Charleston S.C. / TD Arena

2:00 PM

Oklahoma State University

Nevada

Cowboy Basketball falls to hot-shooting Nevada in Charleston finale

November 24, 2024 | Cowboy Basketball

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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The Oklahoma State men's basketball team fell to shot-shooting Nevada, 90-78, Sunday afternoon in the Charleston Classic fifth-place game.

Marchelus "Chi Chi" Avery scored 15 points to lead the Cowboys (4-2), who cut a 19-point deficit to as little as four points near the 7:00-mark of the second half but could get no closer.

Arturo Dean added a season-high 13 points to go with 11 apiece from Robert Jennings II and Abou Ousmane.

A clash of styles saw slow, methodical Nevada (6-1) shot 58.9% from the field helped by 46 points in the paint. Kobe Sanders (27 points) and Nick Davidson (23) paced the scoring.

OSU held an 18-4 edge in fastbreak points and out-scored the Wolf Pack 30-17 from the foul line but shot just 42% from the field, including 6-of-21 from deep (.286).

Up 40-33 at halftime, the Wolf Pack made 9-of-10 shots to begin the second half. Sanders' third three-pointer of the day capped an 18-3 run that upped Nevada's lead to 62-43 near the 14:00-mark.

Avery scored seven points during an 11-0 Cowboy counter, capped by a three-pointer that narrowed the margin back to 62-54 with more than 11:00 still to play.

Jamyron Keller's three-pointer helped spark another 7-0 OSU run that closed the gap to 70-66 with 7:08 to play.

Nevada scored on each of its next three possessions to regain control and kept the Cowboys at arm's length the rest of the way.

Oklahoma State is off for the next week-and-half before road games on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at Tulsa (7 p.m. CT, ESPN+) and Sunday, Dec. 8 at Seton Hall (11 a.m. CT, FS1).