Ames, Iowa — Oklahoma State did just enough to win a tough game with Iowa State.
Ivan McFarlin led a balanced offense with 16 points and the sixth-ranked Cowboys withstood a career-high 30 points from Tyray Pearson to beat Iowa State 69-66 Saturday.
The Cowboys (15-1, 2-1 Big 12) held on at the end after leading by 10 points with less than eight minutes to play and weren't assured of winning until thwarting Iowa State's attempt for a last-second three-pointer.
"I don't think we played well at the end of the game to close it out the way we wanted to," said Victor Williams, whose quick hands helped prevent ISU from getting its potential game-tying shot. "But you've got to win the ugly ones, too."
Oklahoma State trailed by as many as seven points before scoring 10 straight late in the first half to take the lead for good, and the Cowboys went on to break Iowa State's 19-game conference winning streak at home.
"I told our team Oklahoma State did just what it took and no more to put you away," Iowa State coach Larry Eustachy said. "They just dropped you off on the curb and you were a cheap date. They just sent you home early."
Pearson, coming off his previous high of 28 points in a victory over No. 17 Missouri on Wednesday, made a layup with 52 seconds left to draw Iowa State to 69-65. After Oklahoma State squandered two chances to extend the lead, the Cyclones' Jake Sullivan went to the line for two free throws with 3.7 seconds left.
Sullivan made the first and intentionally missed the second. Pearson swatted the ball toward the three-point line, but Williams poked it away and Shane Power was beyond midcourt by the time he ran it down. His desperation heave came after the buzzer, and ISU lost a Big 12 game at home for the first time since a 77-61 setback to Missouri on Feb. 8, 1999.
Oklahoma State, leading the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense, held Iowa State to 38.5 shooting in the second half after the Cyclones shot 56.5 percent in the first half.
Williams and Maurice Baker each added 13 points for OSU and Fredrik Jonzen scored 11.
Sullivan finished with 16 and Power had 12.
No. 5 Oklahoma 98,
Texas Tech 72
Norman, Okla. Ebi Ere and Hollis Price led a first-half blitz and the Sooners went on to hand Bob Knight his first Big 12 loss. Price finished with a season-high 27 points and Ere scored 25 for the Sooners (13-1, 2-0), who won their 12th straight. Texas Tech (13-2, 2-1) had won 10 in a row but was overmatched this time. Andy Ellis, the Red Raiders' leading scorer with a 17.9 average, had just eight. Kasib Pow had 16 and Andre Emmett scored 12.
No. 17 Missouri 81,
Kansas State 66
Manhattan Arthur Johnson had a career-high 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and Kareem Rush scored 20 points to lead Missouri. Rush was 6-of-12 from three-point range. Clarence Gilbert added 19 points for the Tigers (12-4, 2-1 Big 12).
Larry Reid, back after being sidelined for two weeks with a muscle strain, had 17 points for the Wildcats (6-7, 0-2), who were playing their first game without suspended starter Travis Reynolds. Pervis Pasco had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Kansas State.
Nebraska 75, Colorado 67
Lincoln, Neb. John Robinson scored Nebraska's first 14 points of the second half to push the Cornhuskers to a 10-point lead, then made five of six free-throws in the final 1:41 to seal a win over Colorado. Nebraska (8-6, 1-2 Big 12) fell behind 11-0 in the first four minutes of the game, but rallied to lead 41-35 at halftime. Robinson led the Cornhuskers with a career-high 25 points.
Chevis Bremmer and Blair Wilson led Colorado (9-4, 0-2) with 16 points each.
Texas 102, Baylor 78
Austin, Texas Brandon Mouton scored 22 points and Texas hit 10 first-half three-pointers to put away Baylor. Fredie Williams added 17 for Texas (11-4, 2-0 Big 12), which has won 10 of its last 11 games. Baylor (11-5, 1-2) got 30 points from freshman Lawrence Roberts, but the Bears lost for the fourth time in the last six games after a 9-1 start.
Texas set a record for the most first-half points (65) in a Big 12 game and topped the 100-point mark for the first time since the 1997-98 season. The Longhorns also outrebounded the Bears 51-35.
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