Oklahoma State showed some grit early erasing a 17-point first-half deficit but didn’t have the horses to run with the shorthanded Jayhawks.
A late first-half run saw the Cowboys down just 5 at the half. They pulled within 3 with their first bucket of the final frame, but the Jayhawks slowly pulled away before finding their jump shot again.
A play midway through the second half really summed things up. Ochai Agbaji was trying to get his big man, Udoka Azubuike, involved with a deep lob to the hoop. Instead, the errant pass was long and the ball rattled in for a 3-pointer to put KU up 21.