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OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
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Poor shooting plagues Cowboys in loss
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oklahoma State's James Anderson, center, drives between Texas A&M's Dash Harris, left, and Donald Sloan during the first half of their game Wednesday, March 3, in College Station, Texas. The Cowboys lost, 76-61.
By Kristie Rieken Associated Press Wednesday, March 3
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Donald Sloan scored 19 points and Texas A&M led from start to finish in a 76-61 victory over Oklahoma State on Wednesday night.
The Aggies used three-point shooting to take an early lead and a 14-0 run in the opening minutes of the second half to keep it against the Cowboys, who were coming off Saturday's big win over then-No. 1 Kansas.
Texas A&M had its 18-point lead cut to eight before outscoring the Cowboys 11-3 to stretch the cushion to 70-54 with about three minutes left. Sloan, a senior playing in his last home game, and B.J. Holmes both had threes during that spurt.
James Anderson led the Cowboys with 27 points. Oklahoma State shot poorly, finishing just under 34 percent, while the Aggies shot 53 percent overall and almost 48 percent on three-pointers.
The Aggies were up by 18 before Oklaho.
ma State went on a 12-2 run, with 10 points from Anderson, to cut the lead to 59-51 with eight minutes remaining.
Texas A&M used a 14-0 run to start the second half to turn a three-point lead into a 52-35 advantage with about 17 minutes to go. The Cowboys were scoreless in the second half until a dunk by Matt Pilgrim about five minutes into the period.
The Aggies got 14 points from David Loubeau and Holmes added 12.
The win improved A&M's record to 18-1 this season when holding an opponent under 70 points. Oklahoma State's 61 points were just four off its season low in a loss to Oklahoma.
The loss dropped the Cowboys to 0-5 this season on the road against Big 12 South foes.
Texas A&M led by 13 about 10 minutes before halftime before Oklahoma State went on a 17-4 run to tie it at 28 about four minutes later. Anderson hit two three-pointers and scored 10 points in that span.
BAYLOR BEARS
Baylor wraps up season by overpowering Texas
By Stephen Hawkins Associated Press — Saturday, March 6
WACO, Texas — LaceDarius Dunn scored 30 points, Quincy Acy had 10 dunks among his 24 points and No.21 Baylor wrapped up its winningest regular season in 64 years with a 92-77 victory against Texas on Saturday.
The win assured the Bears a first-round bye in the Big 12 Tournament.
Tweety Carter, one of two seniors playing his last home game for Baylor, had 16 points and 10 assists. His reverse layup with just under six minutes left in the first half broke a tie and ignited a 12-4 half-ending run that put the Bears ahead to stay.
Gary Johnson had 25 points for the Longhorns, who have lost eight of their 14 games after a 17-0 start made them the No. 1 team in the country on Jan. 11.
Seven weeks later, the Longhorns are unranked and headed into the conference tournament as the No. 6 seed after being
swept in the regular season by Baylor for the first time since 1998. Texas coach Rick Barnes had been 11-0 in games at Waco.
The Bears have their most wins in the regular season since the 1945-46 team that won 25 games. Baylor was 24-15 last season, but seven of those wins came in the postseason when the Bears were runners-up in the Big 12 Tournament and the NIT.
Acy put on a high-flying show, including four dunks in a span of five Baylor field goals that pushed the lead to double figures in the second half.
After Ekpe Udoh rebounded an Acy miss, Udoh looked at Carter outside then flipped the pass inside to a wide-open Acy for a slam. Texas then missed a shot and Carter responded with an ally-oop pass to Acy for another slam that made it 55-44.
The Bears shot 55 percent (36 of 66), with more than half of their points coming in the paint. They also outscored Texas 11-0 on fastbreak points.
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