Anthony Roy scored a season-high 30 points and Jaylen Curry added 18 as Oklahoma State upset No. 16 BYU 99-92 on Wednesday in Stillwater, Okla.
The Cowboys (16-6, 4-5 Big 12) shot 54.7% from the field and forced 16 turnovers that resulted in 21 points. Oklahoma State’s Parsa Fallah added 13 points and seven rebounds.
Vyctorius Miller, who didn’t take a shot in the first half, scored 14 in the second half for the Cowboys on 5-of-7 shooting from the field.
AJ Dybantsa led the Cougars (17-5, 5-4) with 36 points, but he couldn’t keep BYU from losing its third straight game. Richie Saunders contributed 20 points and eight rebounds, and Robert Wright III put up 15 points.
The Cowboys led 74-69 with six minutes left in the game before they went on a 7-0 run to take control.
Roy scored on a layup and also hit a 3-pointer in the decisive sequence.
The Cowboys jumped out to a 15-point lead with 5:21 to go in the first half.
The Cougars turned the ball over nine times in the first 11 minutes as the Cowboys built a double-digit lead.
When Fallah sank a layup, the Cowboys led 37-22. The Cougars were shooting only 28.9% compared to the Cowboys’ 63.6%.
Dybantsa then heated up, and the Cougars finished the half on a 19-4 run, including an 8-0 surge in the final 3:07 to tie the score entering the break.
Saunders started the run with a 3-pointer to make it 37-24.
Dybantsa nailed back-to-back 3-pointers, and suddenly the 15-point lead was down to 37-31.
Isaiah Coleman hit a jumper and soon added a layup for Oklahoma State, but Dybantsa wasn’t done.
He started the final run by dribbling through the defense to dunk.
Saunders scored on a layup to make it 41-37 with 2:22 left.
Dybantsa then finished the half with two free throws and another dunk in which he dribbled past three defenders. The slam with three seconds left tied the game at 41.
–Field Level Media
