Oklahoma State will look to build on its momentum following a win over its biggest rival and clinch a regular-season sweep against TCU when the two teams square off Tuesday night in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Cowboys scored the game’s final seven points to produce a 57-56 home win over TCU on Jan. 19. With both teams very defensive-minded, it’s likely that Tuesday’s dustup also will be low-scoring and intense.
Oklahoma State (11-11, 4-6 Big 12) snapped a four-game losing streak with a 64-55 win at home over rival Oklahoma on Saturday.
Kalib Boone and Moussa Cisse scored 12 points apiece, and Rondel Walker added 11. Keylan Boone chipped in 10 points off the bench to help the Cowboys record their fourth straight victory in the Bedlam rivalry.
“When we’ve played our best basketball, this is what our box score looks like,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton said. “It really could be anybody who gets in — that’s kind of who we are. I talk about the focus … and playing like this is about winning — it’s about doing whatever it takes.”
The Horned Frogs (15-5, 4-4) saw their two-game winning streak end with a 75-63 setback at home to Kansas State on Saturday.
They surrendered a decisive 15-2 run after they had drawn within two points early in the second half. Damion Baugh led TCU with 17 points, Francisco Farabello added a career-high 14, and Emanuel Miller had 13.
The Horned Frogs played without leading scorer Mike Miles (15.4 points per game), who missed Saturday’s contest with a wrist injury.
“Not our best performance,” TCU coach Jamie Dixon said. “We didn’t know about Mike being out until right before the game, so we didn’t have a lot of time to prepare for that. We’ve got to play better.
“Really, if Miller’s out, we’ve got to defend. We didn’t defend. I don’t know where we were defensively. We’ll go back and watch the film, but we got what we deserved.”
–Field Level Media