LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Markel Brown let out there a roar. Marcus Smart did your cart-wheel and also a returning flip.
Travis Ford exhaled to the first occasion many game.
After establishing a large first-half lead, Oklahoma State seen all of it melt away Saturday. But within on the list of unusual cases of the group refusing to lose from harmful Allen Fieldhouse, Brown in addition to Smart managed to be able to keep elements mutually down this generate against second-ranked Kansas.
Together, that they helped the particular Cowboys yank away an 85-80 triumph of which concluded the particular Jayhawks' nation-leading 18-game receiving talent plus their particular 33-game streak at the Phog, too.
"We just simply exhausted one of several top teams from the country, and also a great staff at that," reported Smart, exactly who had seven regarding his 25 things from the final minutes. "It's hard regarding groups to return straight into their home the courtroom and find a new victory. We're among the several competitors that have done it. We didn't trust it."
That may well take into account his impromptu gymnastics.
"I was consequently happy around the victory," the actual freshman said, "it simply just emerged in my opinion to undertake it."
Brown done having 28 items to the Cowboys (15-5, 5-3 Big 12), who hadn't beaten a top-5 team on the highway considering that knocking off the Jayhawks on Jan. 2, 1958.
Oklahoma State stunned your Jayhawks through building a 14-point lead while in the first half, however Kansas had pulled ahead 64-60 over a 3-pointer by Naadir Tharpe midway from the subsequent half.
The Jayhawks nonetheless brought about by way of half a dozen when Phil Forte hit a 3-pointer with the wing with 4:15 remaining to begin with your 13-2 charge, enabling Oklahoma State to be able to seize control.
The Cowboys' worked out that result in 77-69 with 50 moments remaining, even so the Jayhawks (19-2, 7-1) handled to experiment with knowledgeable defense in addition to take advantage of your several have missed zero cost throws. Andrew White I's 3-pointer achieved it 78-75, and his free chuck built it 78-76 using 36 moments left inside the game.
Forte, an 89-percent foul shooter, produced two in the collection to reestablish a cushion, in addition to White responded to by using two regarding his / her own. Smart added a free throw, in addition to Johnson's layup minimize that Cowboys' result in 81-80.
Forte calmly designed a pair of far more free throws with 7.9 a few moments remaining, along with Johnson switched your baseball around near mid-court ahead of Kansas might actually get up some sort of tying 3-point attempt. Forte became ahold of the golf ball and laid that in in the buzzer that will punctuate the victory.
"This position here, it really is one of many perfect areas throughout school basketball, against a superb golf ball team," mentioned Ford, who ended up 1-5 inside their guiding vocation next to Kansas. "We decided a way out for you to fico score a couple of points. Really happy with our effort."
Forte complete by using 11 points for the Cowboys, all of which in the following half.
Ben McLemore possessed 23 factors to be able to direct Kansas. Kevin Young put in 12 along with Jeff Withey possessed 10 as being the Jayhawks lost in the home for you to Oklahoma State for the very first time that considering Feb. 8, 1989.
"We didn't played great around several days as well as whatever," stated Jayhawks coach Bill Self, that shed pertaining to solely eighth occasion within 165 adventures at Allen Fieldhouse. "When that you do not participate in well, you need to guard plus rebound, and many of us decided not to do this well worth a new crap today. We became what we should deserved."
Johnson's yield with the termination mere seconds was the 16th belonging to the game for the poor Jayhawks. They also had 16 previous in the week, whenever they not been as successful to help acquire past West Virginia.
"We are deprived of a guard," Self mentioned despondently. "We do not have a point guard."
Having just one confident could have assisted inside the very first half.
That's while the actual Cowboys went on control which has a 19-3 run, gaining your Jayhawks' lousy offense though getting the golf ball from the hands and wrists regarding Brown, whom have 11 points over the surge.
"We must arrive out, hand techinque them in the particular oral cavity rather than allow the herd enter into it," Brown said.
By the particular time Brown was fouled simply by Johnson and transformed the three-point play using 10:58 eventually left while in the half, Oklahoma State possessed a new 26-12 head the most important by anybody next to the particular Jayhawks all season.
Kansas ultimately went on an 11-3 run involving its unique to receive back on the game, but Brown provided a further 3-pointer out of a timeout and Oklahoma State handled to hold your 40-34 guide along at the break.
Brown accomplished the initial half using 22 points, simply just a pair of away his season high. The junior guard was seven connected with 10 with the field, your five with seven on the arc and even had one or two assists.
Brown strike yet another three outside halftime ahead of Kansas ultimately started out for you to execute.
McLemore led the best way with 11 tips throughout a 16-4, momentum-changing run. Twice they completed away alley-oops from Johnson, in addition to his lay-in with 13:23 still left bought Kansas a 50-47 lead.
Smart plus Brown refused that will allow the particular Cowboys wilt, though.
Smart, who thought to be Kansas before affixing your signature to with the Cowboys, have scored back-to-back baskets, plus Forte finally obtained once not often known their first tendencies field-goal attempts. Brown subsequently click his seventh 3-pointer, draging Oklahoma State within 59-58 together with only around 8 minutes eventually left inside game.
Forte added in his first several times later, in addition to Michael Cobbins implemented way up a pass up by Forte which includes a substantial dunk which permitted the Cowboys to be able to get back to your 67-66 guide with 3:45 remaining.
"They got the most effective involving us, definitely, on a problem rebounds," Withey said.
Le'Bryan Nash, exactly who possessed battled almost all gam, exhausted the particular opportunity time clock which includes a jumper together with 2:40 left which afforded Oklahoma State a 69-68 lead. And despite a number of tense events lower the particular stretch, some people did more than enough on defensive and for the break down brand to hang on for any personal bank victory.
"It's a major win, successful during Kansas. That's one of many biggest is the winner connected with each of our months appropriate now," Nash said. "It seemed to be a fantastic win, but all of us nonetheless wish more."
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