SAN ANTONIO ? Georgia Tech came out with a different strategy against Oklahoma State, and the Yellow Jackets kept on adjusting during their 67-65 win Saturday.

The first half saw Georgia Tech stay outside, going 7-for-13 from three-point range in taking a 37-30 lead. The Yellow Jackets averaged just over five threes per game in the tournament, reaching the Final Four for the first time since 1990. Marvin Lewis had that many by himself in the first 20 minutes, going 5-for-8 and scoring all 15 of his points.

When Oklahoma State changed the way it defended on the perimeter — as any team coached by Eddie Sutton would — Georgia Tech started going inside to 7-foot-1 center Luke Schenscher.

By getting the ball into the Australian, the Yellow Jackets were able to take advantage of the lack of help provided by the Oklahoma State guards, who were worried about defending the three-point line.

Schenscher scored again and again against a lone defender, getting 12 of his 19 points in the second half and negating Georgia Tech’s 0-for-4 performance from three-point range after the break.

“With Marvin just to be able to get off to a start like that we were pretty stagnant on offense,” Schenscher said. “He just stepped up and made those huge shots for us and I think that’s what helped, especially my game inside, because no one could help off him when he was making all those shots.”

Oklahoma State was effective inside the whole game on the offensive end with forwards Joey Graham and Ivan McFarlin getting 17 and 16 points. But the Cowboys struggled with their outside shooting, going 4-for-15 on threes. They weren’t making many mid-range jumpers either.

The Yellow Jackets won their first four games by an average of 5.2 points, the last one an eight-point overtime win over Kansas University. Will Bynum kept this game to 40 minutes, and the Yellow Jackets will play for the national championship for the first time.