Postgame Notes: KSU

January 18, 2026 | Cowboy Basketball

Oklahoma State Men's Basketball
POSTGAME NOTES

Oklahoma State 84, Kansas State 83
Jan. 17, 2026 | Stillwater, Okla. (Gallagher-Iba Arena)
Records: OSU: 14-4 (2-3 Big 12); KSU: 9-9 (0-5 Big 12)

Team Leaders:
Pts:       Roy (23), Fallah (17), Clary (12), Vukovic (11)
Reb:     Fallah (9), Miller (7)
Ast:       Clary (6), Miller (4)
Stl:        Fallah (2), C. Coleman (2)

Quick Summary:

Vyctorius Miller converted three free throws with 2.8 seconds remaining to give Oklahoma State an 84-83 victory over visiting Kansas State and Steve Lutz his 100th win as a collegiate head coach.
Anthony Roy scored 23 points and Parsa Fallah added 17 points and nine rebounds for the Cowboys, who improved to 12-1 on their home floor. Kanye Clary tacked on 12 points and six assists.
PJ Haggerty paced the Wildcats with 21 points, capped by a jumper with 49 seconds left that gave the visitors an 83-81 advantage.
OSU missed two cracks at the basket in the final seconds but twice secured offensive rebounds. Miller was fouled on the third attempt -- a corner three -- setting up the game-winning free throws.
K-State's Haggerty missed a long, desperation heave from half court on the final possession of the night.
The Wildcats shot 50% from the field and connected on 15-of-34 threes.
OSU outscored the visitors 20-2 on free throws and finished +9 in the turnover column (16-7).

Series Info:

OSU has won three of its last four against K-State to narrow its all-time series deficit to 88-61.
The Cowboys have won three straight and six of the last seven series meetings in Stillwater.

Team Notes:

Steve Lutz secured his 100th victory in five seasons as a collegiate head coach. He's a combined 100-57 in stops at OSU (31-22), Western Kentucky (22-12) and A&M-Corpus Christi (47-23).
The Cowboys are 25-5 (.833) under Lutz in Gallagher-Iba Arena, including 9-4 in Big 12 play.
OSU is 12-1 at home this season (2-1 Big 12).
The Cowboys (14-4) are just a victory shy of their 2024-25 regular season win total (15-16) with 13 games still left to play.
The Cowboys forced the Wildcats into 16 turnovers, compared to OSU's seven, and totaled 26 points off those turnovers.
OSU stayed perfect when reaching the 81-point plateau under Lutz, improving to 24-0 (14-0 this season).
The OSU bench outscored its Kansas State counterparts 36-15, fueled by Roy's 23-point outburst.
The Cowboys made 20 of their 24 attempts from the charity stripe. OSU entered the contest ranked 19th in the nation in free-throw points per game, averaging 19.4 points per game from the line.
Conversely, OSU limited the Wildcats to just five free-throw attempts (2-for-5), a season-low for an OSU opponent.

Individual Notes:

Vyctorius Miller's game-winning free throws marked the first time since Feb. 8, 2023, that the Cowboys have won a game in the last three seconds. John-Michael Wright had a put-back and-1 with 0.8 seconds remaining to give the Cowboys a 71-68 win over Texas Tech.
Miller also grabbed a career-high seven rebounds in tonight's win.
Anthony Roy has made multiple three-pointers in each of his last 14 games. It's the second-longest streak in program history (Obi Muonelo, 17 in 2008-09).
Roy made 3-of-9 threes. He's hit 23-of-48 (.479) in his first five Big 12 contests (4.6 per game).
Parsa Fallah made multiple threes for just the second time in his career (2-of-2).
Fallah (17 pts, 9 reb) finished one rebound shy of his fourth double-double of the season. He's reached double-figures in each of his last six contests.
Sophomore big man Andrija Vukovic tied his season high with 11 points (5-for-5), with nine of them coming in the first half.
Kanye Clary tallied his fourth-straight game with at least 10 points and four assists. The junior guard is averaging 13.5 points and six assists over his last four contests.

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OSU Starters (Starts in '25-26, OSU Career, NCAA Career):
G            #1          Kanye Clary                                   14          14          38
G            #5          Vyctorius Miller                           15          15          21
G            #21       Isaiah Coleman                          4            4            36
F             #4          Christian Coleman     9            9            51
C            #22       Parsa Fallah                   16          16          71

Isaiah Coleman made his first start since Dec. 6 in place of Roy.
OSU used its 15th different starting five in 18 games this season.

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Next Game: TCU
Tuesday, Jan. 20 | 7 p.m. CT | ESPN+

The Cowboys head south to take on TCU.
OSU will be looking to avenge last February's buzzer-beater loss to the Horned Frogs at Schollmaier Arena and put an end to a seven-game losing streak in Fort Worth.