\n\t\t\t\t\t\tReserve Chase McCarty scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and Houston rallied for an 82-75 win over Oklahoma State on Saturday.Kingston Flemings added 13 points, five rebounds and nine assists for Houston (26-5 overall, 14-4 Big 12 Conference), which clinched the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament and a spot in the quarterfinals on Thursday in Kansas City.The Cougars trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half, but McCarty, a redshirt freshman, made 7 of 10 field goal, including 6 of 9 from beyond the arc to fuel the comeback.Anthony Roy scored 18 points, Kanye Clary added 14 and Jaylen Curry had 13 for Oklahoma State (18-13, 6-12). Roy (four), Clary (four) and Curry (two) combined for all 10 of the Cowboys\u2019 3-point baskets.Oklahoma State took control early, making six of its first 12 from 3 to build a 28-18 lead. The Cowboys extended the margin to 34-21 on a turnaround jumper by Christian Coleman with 5:23 left in the first half.But Houston closed the half on a big run to cut the deficit to 41-37 at halftime. McCarty made two 3-pointers in the final 1:30, including one following a steal by Milos Uzan with 11 seconds left.Uzan\u2019s 3-pointer with 14:35 left gave the Cougars a 50-49 lead, their first of the game, and McCarty\u2019s 3 extended the margin to 73-64 with 4:27 left.Oklahoma State closed within 74-73 on a layup by Andrija Vukovi, but Houston\u2019s Emanuel Sharp silenced the crowd with a 3-pointer to make it 77-73.Up nextHouston: Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday.Oklahoma State: Big 12 Tournament first round.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Reserve Chase McCarty scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and Houston rallied for an 82-75 win over Oklahoma State on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Kingston Flemings added 13 points, five rebounds and nine assists for Houston (26-5 overall, 14-4 Big 12 Conference), which clinched the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament and a spot in the quarterfinals on Thursday in Kansas City.<\/p>\n
The Cougars trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half, but McCarty, a redshirt freshman, made 7 of 10 field goal, including 6 of 9 from beyond the arc to fuel the comeback.<\/p>\n
Anthony Roy scored 18 points, Kanye Clary added 14 and Jaylen Curry had 13 for Oklahoma State (18-13, 6-12). Roy (four), Clary (four) and Curry (two) combined for all 10 of the Cowboys\u2019 3-point baskets.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma State took control early, making six of its first 12 from 3 to build a 28-18 lead. The Cowboys extended the margin to 34-21 on a turnaround jumper by Christian Coleman with 5:23 left in the first half.<\/p>\n
But Houston closed the half on a big run to cut the deficit to 41-37 at halftime. McCarty made two 3-pointers in the final 1:30, including one following a steal by Milos Uzan with 11 seconds left.<\/p>\n
Uzan\u2019s 3-pointer with 14:35 left gave the Cougars a 50-49 lead, their first of the game, and McCarty\u2019s 3 extended the margin to 73-64 with 4:27 left.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma State closed within 74-73 on a layup by Andrija Vukovi, but Houston\u2019s Emanuel Sharp silenced the crowd with a 3-pointer to make it 77-73.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Houston: Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma State: Big 12 Tournament first round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reserve Chase McCarty scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and Houston rallied for an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1114,48853,227,9197,1044,35339,56,58,57,77335,77337,77336,3125,544,342,40101,5994,16960],"class_list":{"0":"post-195122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-lead","9":"tag-anthony-roy","10":"tag-big","11":"tag-cougars","12":"tag-cowboys","13":"tag-first-half","14":"tag-houston","15":"tag-houston-headlines","16":"tag-houston-news","17":"tag-houston-rally","18":"tag-kanye-clary","19":"tag-mccarty","20":"tag-milos-uzan","21":"tag-oklahoma-state","22":"tag-point","23":"tag-quarterfinal","24":"tag-second-half","25":"tag-thursday"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}