When the Cowboys took the court after halftime, they eased one of Mike Boynton’s major concerns.
Boynton, the Oklahoma State men’s basketball team’s coach, said he recognized the Cowboys didn’t have strong openings to the second halves in their first pair of games this season.
The third matchup was different.
OSU toppled Charleston 70-58 on Sunday afternoon at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
When the Cowboys (2-1) emerged from the locker room at the end of halftime, they maintained the energy that had driven them to launch a comeback in the first period.
With 4:17 left in the first half, OSU started cruising on a 33-5 run that lasted until Charleston’s Jaylen McManus made a layup with 12:45 remaining in the second half.