Strong second half leverages Oklahoma State over Oral Roberts

Vyctorius Miller scored a game-high 21 points to lead Oklahoma State to a 95-71 win over Oral Roberts on Tuesday in Stillwater, Okla.Parsa Fallah scored 15 points and had eight rebounds and Jaylen Curry racked up 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Cowboys.Christian Coleman had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds and Andrija Vukovic added 11 points. Coleman and Vukovic came off the bench, where the Cowboys held a 33-15 scoring edge.Ty Harper tallied 18 points, Jack Turner scored 14 points and Ofri Naveh chipped in 11 points for the Golden Eagles.After a tightly contested first half, the Cowboys opened the second half with an 8-0 run. Coleman’s alley-oop dunk capped the rally and gave the Cowboys a 58-46 lead.As the Cowboys defense tightened, the Golden Eagles went scoreless for almost four minutes. Curry’s 3-pointer pushed the Cowboy lead to 70-56. Oklahoma State pulled away with a 9-0 run highlighted by a Fallah dunk for an 81-61 lead with 7:57 left in the game.The Cowboys held a 44-30 advantage on points scored in the paint. The Cowboys held Oral Roberts to 22.2% shooting from the field on 6 of 27 attempts in the second half.A pull-up 3-pointer from Curry gave the Cowboys a 11-7 lead with 16:02 left in the first half. But, the Golden Eagles answered right back with a Harper three to cut the OSU lead to 11-10 at the first media timeout.

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