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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) – Oklahoma State used an Eddie Sutton
staple – great defense – to dismantle Oklahoma.
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Selvy goes down
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Oklahoma forward Daryan Selvy spent six
minutes on the floor writhing in pain late in the Sooners' 72-44
loss to Oklahoma State.
Selvy went down near midcourt with 2:28 remaining and stayed
down while being attended to by trainers. He eventually was helped
off the court.
The school's basketball publicist, Mike Houck, said it was
believed Selvy suffered a severe stomach cramp.
"Part of my brain is with him right now," coach Kelvin Sampson
said during his postgame news conference. "I don't think he went
into shock, but boy it was close."
Sampson said Selvy would be taken to a hospital for further
tests.
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The Cowboys held Oklahoma (No. 14 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) to 34 percent shooting Wednesday night
in a 72-44 victory that ended the Sooners' seven-game winning
streak.
It was Oklahoma's lowest point total since a 53-43 loss to
Nebraska in 1998. The Sooners (19-5, 8-4 Big 12) lost by their
widest margin in the series since a 33-point loss in 1964.
"I don't think we've played any better defense in several years
than we played tonight," Sutton said. "We played certainly the
best game we've played all season. That was probably about as well
as we could play."
Victor Williams scored a career-high 26 points and was equally
impressive on defense as Oklahoma State (15-6, 6-4) ended a
two-game losing streak.
Williams, the smallest player on the floor at 5-foot-10, scored
18 in the first half, matching the Sooners' total. He also hounded
J.R. Raymond all night. Raymond, who had averaged 20 points during
Oklahoma's winning streak, finished with just seven.
"They played like a team that desperately needed to win,"
Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said. "It's the best I've seen a
team play against us this year."
The Sooners had won the past two meetings in Stillwater and four
straight road games during their winning streak, but they never got
on track this time.
Oklahoma State outrebounded the Sooners 32-22 and held them to a
season-low two 3-pointers. Oklahoma came in averaging seven
3-pointers per game.
It was the Cowboys' most impressive performance since two
players and 10 members of the OSU delegation died in a plane crash
in Colorado last month.
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Williams' point total eclipsed the 25 he scored as a freshman
two years ago at Illinois State. He sat out last season after
transferring.
Fredrik Jonzen had 15 points and Maurice Baker scored 13. Nolan
Johnson was the only Sooner in double figures (12).
"I thought our offense was bad and I thought their defense was
great," Sampson said. "There was not one phase that Oklahoma
State was not good at."
Williams scored on a drive to the basket, then hit back-to-back
3-pointers as Oklahoma State took a 10-2 lead. After Oklahoma
pulled within 10-7 a few minutes later, the Cowboys put together a
12-2 run to take control. Williams capped the spurt with his third
3-pointer.
"My first shot kind of felt good today," said Williams, who
came in averaging 11 points per game. "The basket just kept
getting bigger and bigger for me and I just kept knocking them
down."
Oklahoma went without a basket for more than five minutes later
in the half, allowing the Cowboys to take their biggest first-half
lead, 32-13.
The Sooners shot just 35 percent in their lowest-scoring half of
the season. Their backcourt trio of Raymond, Johnson and Hollis
Price managed just two points each.
The second half wasn't much better. Oklahoma cut the deficit to
16 by scoring the first basket, but Baker had nine of his points in
an 11-4 run that ended any doubt about the outcome. The Cowboys led
by as many as 31 at one point.
Oklahoma State's 57 percent shooting was the best against
Oklahoma this season.
"I really don't know what happened," said forward Andre
Williams. "We just jumped on them from the start and kept them
down the whole game. It was just unreal."
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