Anthony Roy scored 26 points and made 5 of 8 3-point attempts to lead Oklahoma State to an 81-69 win over Utah in a Big 12 contest on Saturday in Salt Lake City.
Christian Coleman tallied 14 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Parsa Fallah racked up 13 points and Vyctorius Miller contributed 10 points for Oklahoma State (15-6, 3-5 Big 12) which snapped a 15-game road conference losing streak with its Big 12 road win since Feb. 21, 2024.
Terrence Brown led Utah (9-12, 1-7) with 20 points. Don McHenry added 17 points, Keanu Dawes pitched in 12 points and 10 rebounds while Seydou Traore chipped in 10 points for the Utes, who have lost three straight games and eight of nine.
Starting with 10:37 to play, Oklahoma State ripped off an 8-0 rally, taking a 57-52 lead on a Jaylen Curry layup. Traore’s three ended the Oklahoma State run and closed Utah within 57-55 with 7:26 to play.
The Cowboys continued to hold the Utes at arm’s length, trading baskets after jumping ahead. Fallah stepped out for a rare trey as Oklahoma State stretched its advantage to 69-62 with 3:23 remaining.
Fallah’s tip-in on a missed free throw pushed Oklahoma State to a 75-65 lead with 1:26 left.
Oklahoma State out of the gates with a 6-2 lead on a Coleman layup. But the Utes answered with a 12-1 run that featured a pair of threes from McHenry, a Dawes trey and a Brown jumper to take a 14-7 lead.
Moments later though, the Cowboys started to light it up from beyond the arc. Their 11-0 run was a Roy highlight reel. The senior guard drilled three straight threes. Miller capped the spurt with a layup at the 10:41 mark and Oklahoma State led 20-16.
Oklahoma State briefly fell behind shortly later but reclaimed the lead and never trailed the rest of the first half, taking a 40-39 advantage into halftime.
Neither team was able to create much separation in the first ten minutes of the second half, with neither team leading by more than four points before the Cowboys took the lead for good with their 8-0 run.
-Field Level Media
