Postgame notes vs. Texas Tech

January 03, 2026 | Cowboy Basketball

15/16 Texas Tech 102, rv/rv Oklahoma State 80
Jan. 3, 2026 | Lubbock, Texas (United Supermarkets Arena)
Records: OSU: 12-2 (0-1 Big 12); TTU: 11-3 (1-0 Big 12)

Team Leaders:
Pts:     Roy (22), Fallah (20), Curry (13)
Reb:   Roy (8), Fallah (5), Ahmed (5)
Ast:     Clary (7)
Stl:      Fallah (2)

Quick Summary:

Parsa Fallah collected the 1,000th point of his collegiate career, but hot-shooting Texas Tech buried 17 threes on its way to a 102-80 victory in the Big 12 opener for both sides.
Anthony Roy paced the Cowboys with his third straight 20-point performance -- 22 on 6-of-8 three-point shooting.
Fallah added 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting. His 1,000th came on a free throw with 16:10 to play in the game.
J.T. Toppin (23 points, 14 rebounds) and Christian Anderson (19 points, 13 assists) had double-doubles for the Red Raiders who made 17-of-37 threes.
Tech scored 56 second-half points to push an eight point halftime lead to as many as 22 late.

Series Info:

The loss narrows OSU's all-time series lead to 50-29.
Texas Tech's five-game series winning streak is its longest ever. Prior to it, the Red Raiders had not won more than three-in-a-row at any point.
The Cowboys are 12-19 in Lubbock (10-17 inside United Supermarkets Arena).
This was the only regular season meeting between the teams.

Team Notes:

OSU has dropped its last 10 conference openers dating back to 2017.
The Cowboys have lost 13 straight conference road games dating back to February 2024.
This was the Cowboys' first matchup against an AP top-25 opponent this season.
Oklahoma State was outrebounded for just the third time this season, 36-48.
OSU surrendered 100+ points for the first time since a 100-75 loss at TCU on Feb. 8, 2023.
OSU lost for the first time under Steve Lutz when scoring 80+ points. The Cowboys were 24-0 previously (12-0 this season).

Individual Notes:

Anthony Roy paced the Cowboys with 22 points, his 11th straight game in double figures. He's scored at least 20 points in his last three contests.
Roy tied season-highs for three-pointers (six) and rebounds (eight). He's drilled multiple threes in 10 consecutive games, becoming just the 10th player in OSU history to do so. He's 34-of-70 (.486) in that stretch.
Roy sank both his free throw attempts. His run of 36 consecutive makes is now the sixth longest streak in program history — seven shy of the record held by Joe Smith and Phil Forte.

OSU Records // Consecutive Free Throws Made:
43 -- Phil Forte -- 2/13/2013 // 11/28/2013
43 -- Joe Smith -- 12/13/1967 // 12/30/1967
41 -- Phil Forte -- 1/10/2015 // 1/31/2015
40 -- Arlen Clark -- 2/21/1959 // 3/7/1959
39 -- Joey Graham -- 1/3/2005 // 1/30/2015
36 -- Anthony Roy -- 11/22/2025 // Current

Parsa Fallah topped 20 points for the third time this season and for the 14th time in his NCAA career.
Freshman Benjamin Ahmed set a new career high with nine points on 4-for-4 shooting from the field. Eight of his points came during a 10-0 Cowboy run late in the first half.
OSU used its 12th different starting lineup of the season.
Kanye Clary replaced Jaylen Curry at point guard.
Robert Jennings II is out for the season with a hip injury.
Lefteris Mantzoukas and Andrija Vukovic – both listed as game-time decisions coming into the day – did not see action.

OSU Starters (Starts in '25-26, OSU Career, NCAA Career):
G         #1        Kanye Clary (10 / 10 / 34)
G         #5       Vyctorius Miller                (12 / 12 / 18)
F         #9       Anthony Roy (8 / 8 / 23)
F         #4       Christian Coleman           (6 / 6 / 48)
F         #22     Parsa Fallah (12 / 12 / 67)

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Next Game: UCF (Gallagher-Iba Arena)
Tuesday, Jan. 6 | 7 p.m. CT | ESPN+

The Cowboys return to Stillwater for their Big 12 home opener against UCF (11-1 entering Saturday).
OSU and UCF split their two meetings last season, with each team winning on its home court.
The Cowboys went 7-3 in Big 12 home contests last season and only dropped contests to opponents who finished the season inside the Top 10 of the NET rankings.