Manhattan ? Drew Lavender was so jacked up after his improbable game-winning shot, he sprinted right past the visiting locker room at Bramlage Coliseum.

Then he had to go back to the court to make sure it counted.

It did, giving Lavender a season-high 29 points and No. 21 Oklahoma a 69-68 comeback victory Saturday over Kansas State.

“Everybody was screaming and yelling,” Lavender said with a laugh, “and I just ran right by the door here. I was halfway up the hall before somebody grabbed me.”

It took a hurried video review at the scorer’s table to give the Sooners (19-6 overall, 8-4 Big 12 Conference) credit for the field goal that broke their three-game road losing streak.

The question not only was whether Lavender got his desperation flip from the baseline off in time, but whether Kevin Bookout or Taj Gray touched it as it bounced twice after time expired.

Lavender did — with three-tenths of a second left. And the replay showed no extra touches.

“If it was touched, they’d have waived it off right away,” Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said. “I was glad to see Kevin didn’t tip it. No controversy.”

Not at that end of the court, anyway. But Kansas State coach Jim Wooldridge, whose team lost its sixth straight, had an issue with the way the Sooners’ winning possession started after the Wildcats’ Clent Stewart stole an inbounds pass and then hit a free throw with 4.5 seconds to go for a 68-67 lead.

“I thought there was an inbound violation to begin the play,” said Wooldridge, who did not let his players speak to the media after the game. “We got up on the guy throwing the ball in, he got caught and stepped across the line, and it wasn’t called.

“I know they saw it, but apparently they didn’t want to call it.”

It wouldn’t have mattered anyway, because no-calls on violations are not reviewable.

Kansas State (13-10, 3-9), which blew a 16-point second-half lead, forced a 67-67 tie on Cartier Martin’s basket with 31 seconds left.

Oklahoma held for the last shot, calling a timeout after a non-shooting foul on the Wildcats with 6.6 seconds left, but David Godbold threw the ball away into the backcourt. Stewart got the steal, was fouled by Godbold and made one free throw.

But the 5-foot-7 Lavender, who did not start for the second straight game, took the inbounds pass and tore down the court for the game-winner.

Terrell Everett added 16 points for Oklahoma, and Gray finished with 11.

Martin had 22 points for the Wildcats, while Lance Harris added 13, and Jeremiah Massey and Fred Peete each had 12.

Texas 75, Baylor 60

Waco, Texas — Brad Buckman scored 19 points and had nine rebounds, and Texas (18-7, 7-5) earned its 15th straight victory in the series since Rick Barnes became the UT coach.

Aaron Bruce, the top-scoring freshman in the country, had 19 points for Baylor (9-14, 1-11). The Bears have lost nine straight games in the month since their last win, a victory over Colorado to match their win total of last season.

Missouri 56, Nebraska 53

Lincoln, Neb. — Linas Kleiza hit a pair of free throws with 35 seconds remaining, sealing Missouri’s come-from-behind victory.

Missouri (13-13, 5-8) trailed by as many as nine in the first half and never led by more than five in taking its first victory in 10 games on the road this season. Nebraska (11-12, 4-8) has lost eight of its last 10 conference games.

Aleks Maric and Jason Dourisseau scored 13 each to lead Nebraska.

Texas A&M 92, Colorado 77

Boulder, Colo. — Antoine Wright matched a career-high with 32 points, and Joseph Jones added 16 points as Texas A&M won its first Big 12 road game.

Wright was 9-for-13 shooting and 11-of-11 from the free-throw line for Texas A&M (16-7, 5-7).

Wright also outplayed Richard Roby of Colorado (13-11, 4-8), a high school teammate at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass.