Brown bombs away as No. 17 Cowboys clobber Texas Tech
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Markel Brown scored a game-high 25 points on 7- of-8 shooting from 3-point range to lead 17th-ranked Oklahoma State to a 91-67 rout of Texas Tech at United Spirit Arena.
"It was good to see him get going," Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford said of Brown. "When he's open he has a chance to make them. He got some good open shots off some assists. Early in the game I think most of our shots came off of assists."
Phil Forte added 14 points and Michael Cobbins scored 13 while pulling down 12 rebounds for the Cowboys (18-5, 8-3 Big 12), winners in six straight.
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Marcus Smart, who had averaged 20.8 points over his past four games, netted just 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting over 18 minutes for Oklahoma State.
Dusty Hannahs scored 14 points and Josh Gray added 10 for the Red Raiders (9-13, 2-9), who have dropped five in a row and nine of their last 10 overall.
"We had no sense of urgency and they did a great job of attacking us and they kept us on our heels the whole game," said Texas Tech interim head coach Chris Walker.
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The Cowboys dominated the game from the start, scoring the first five points to spark a 24-6 run.
Texas Tech scored 12 unanswered points to cut the lead to single digits, 26-18, with 8:39 remaining, but Oklahoma State exploded for a 22-9 surge to take a 48-27 lead just over five minutes later and took a 55-34 advantage into the break.
The Cowboys scored the first nine points of the second half and led, 73-42, with eight minutes played.
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The Red Raiders never got closer than 22 the rest of the way.
Game Notes
Oklahoma State holds a 40-13 lead in the all-time series, and have won 10 of the last 12 games between the schools ... The Cowboys shot 56.1 percent (32- for-57) from the field and finished 12-for-20 from 3-point range ... Texas Tech has dropped six straight to Oklahoma State.