No. 12 Seed UCF Opens Second Half On 18-1 Run, Beats 13-seed Oklahoma State 77-62 In Big 12 Opener – News18

KANSAS CITY, Mo.: Ibrahima Diallo had 17 factors and 11 rebounds, C.J. Walker added 12 factors and No. 12 seed UCF used an 18-1 run to start out the second half and roll to a 77-62 victory over No. 13 seed Oklahoma State to open the Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday.

Darius Johnson additionally had 11 factors for the Knights (17-14), who led 35-31 at halftime earlier than cruising into Wednesday’s second-spherical sport in opposition to twentieth-ranked BYU, one other Big 12 newcomer and the No. 4 seed within the event.

Javon Small hit 5 3-pointers and scored 21 factors for the Cowboys (12-20), who completed the season on a six-sport dropping streak. Eric Dailey Jr. added 12 factors and Brandon Garrison had 10.

UCF and Oklahoma State each obtained off to dreadful taking pictures begins, combining to go 5 for 25 from the sector, and issues by no means obtained a complete lot higher even because the Knights constructed a 35-31 halftime lead of their first ever sport within the Big 12 Tournament.

Their sport plan was clear: use their dimension benefit to their profit.

The 7-foot Diallo had 11 factors and 7 rebounds by halftime, and the 6-8 Walker and 6-10 Omar Payne had been lively across the rim every time the fifth-yr senior from Senegal was in a position to catch a breather on the bench.

UCF caught with that plan within the second half, when Diallo and Walker joined Jaylin Sellers in scoring the primary 13 factors to stretch the result in 48-31 with 15:15 to go. And when the Cowboys lastly obtained a free throw from Dailey, the Knights scored 5 extra to increase their run to 18-1 earlier than Dailey lastly obtained Oklahoma State’s first area objective of the half with 11:50 remaining.

By that time, the Knights had pushed their lead previous 20 and had been coasting into the Big 12 tourney’s second spherical.

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Oklahoma State should determine whether or not to maintain Mike Boynton, who has three 20-win seasons however just one NCAA Tournament berth in seven seasons main the Cowboys. They’ve additionally had only one profitable document in convention play.

UCF has a fast turnaround, going through BYU within the first of 4 second-spherical video games Wednesday morning.

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