Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma Postgame Notes

Oklahoma State Postgame Notes vs. Oklahoma
Final Score (OT): Oklahoma State – 82, Oklahoma – 84
Records: Oklahoma State 12-15 (4-10); Oklahoma 19-8 (7-7)
Feb. 24, 2024 | Stillwater, Oklahoma (Gallagher-Iba Arena)
Oklahoma State Leaders: Points – Javon Small, Quion Williams (21), Rebounds – Eric Dailey Jr. (9), Assists – Eric Dailey Jr., Jamyron Keller, Javon Small (4)
Oklahoma Leaders: Points – Rivaldo Soares (20), Rebounds – Jalon Moore (14), Assists – Sam Godwin (3)

Game Notes:
• Eric Dailey Jr. recorded a career-best 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting, nine rebounds and four assists. Dailey Jr.'s 20 points marked the most by an OSU freshman in a Bedlam game since Cade Cunningham scored 40 points on Feb. 27, 2021.
• Javon Small played 43 minutes on Saturday, the most by an OSU player this season and the most in a Bedlam game since Cade Cunningham on Feb. 27, 2021.
• Small's 10 made field goals was the most in a game by a Cowboy since Kalib Boone went 10-of-15 against Kansas on Feb. 14, 2023.
• Javon Small and Quion Williams scored 21 points while Eric Dailey Jr. scored 20 points on Saturday. It marked the first time three Cowboys have scored 20+ points in a game since Feb. 18, 2017, versus Oklahoma in which Jawun Evans scored 27, Jeffrey Carroll dropped 23 and Phil Forte III scored 22 points.
• John-Michael Wright has made multiple three-pointers in each of his last nine games. With two made threes on Saturday, he tied Adrian Peterson (1998-99), Phil Forte (2013-14 to 2014-15) and Javon Small (2023-24) for the sixth-longest streak in program history.
• The trio of Brandon Garrison, Javon Small and Quion Williams scored the Cowboys' first 20 points, while Eric Dailey Jr. scored OSU's closing 11-of-18 points in the first half.
• Javon Small, John-Michael Wright, Jamyron Keller, Quion Williams and Brandon Garrison started for the second straight game.

Game Flow:
• Oklahoma State led 38-30 at halftime after leading by as large as 11 in the stint. OSU trailed for only 1:37 of the first half as the Sooners shot 2-of-14 from distance and Dailey Jr. punched an 11-point burst off the bench.
• Javon Small started strong on both opening possessions, hitting a right-handed layup to open play and forcing an OU turnover on its first possession.
• Oklahoma State started the game 4-of-4 from the floor, mounting an early 8-4 lead off the heels of a pair of Garrison buckets
• After OU knotted the game at 8-8, Williams found Small on a backdoor cut from the left corner for a two-handed jam.
• The Sooners took its first lead at the 13:25 mark of the first half.
• Three Cowboys accounted for the team's first 20 points: Garrison (8 points), Small (6 points) and Williams (6 points.)
• Dailey Jr. broke the stint at the line, starting a 7-2 OSU run to put them up, 27-19.
• Dailey Jr scored on back-to-back possessions as the screen setter to put OSU up, 32-21, with 5:53 in the first half. Dailey Jr. faded for a top-of-the-key three on his first bucket and rolled with Small for a layup.
• The Sooners cut play to single digits in the final minute of the first half.
• OU scored the first six points of the second half before Williams posterized Sam Godwin off an inbounds pass.
• The Cowboys held a two-possession lead for the midportion of the second half until a four-point play from Rivaldo Soares cut play to two.
• Oklahoma cut the deficit to one off a Luke Northweather 3-pointer, with OSU returning to a four-point cushion.
• The Sooners took its first lead since the eighth minute of play with a second-chance layup from Otega Oweh to go up, 69-68, with 3:21 to play.
• Garrison fouled out of the game with 59 seconds in regulation.
• Small tied play with another layup to knot play with 42 seconds.
• Oklahoma State carried a pair of opportunities to win the game in regulation as, after an OU miss, Small earned a one-and-one trip with 4.3 seconds to play. After a miss, OSU retained the ball with 0.6 seconds off a loose ball. Hicklen missed at the buzzer.
• Both teams made their opening pair of overtime shots, with Milos Uzon and Williams exchanging and-one layups.
• Oweh put OU ahead with a layup. On the following play, John-Michael Wright hit a moving right-corner 3-pointer to hand OSU its first overtime lead with 1:28 remaining.
• McCollum drained a left-corner 3-pointer as time expired to win the game.

Team Streaks:
• OSU has made at least one three-point shot in 790 consecutive games dating back to Jan. 13, 2001.
• Dating back to last season, the Pokes have posted 10 or more assists in 50 of 63 games.
• This is the 97th consecutive year that the rivals have played a home-and-home. With the exception of 1926-27 (when the teams did not play at all), OSU has otherwise hosted the Sooners in every season since 1915-16.

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Players Mentioned

Kalib Boone

Eric Dailey Jr.

Brandon Garrison

Jamyron Keller

Javon Small

Quion Williams

John-Michael Wright

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