{"id":195156,"date":"2026-03-07T22:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195156\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T22:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:40:35","slug":"chase-mccarty-helps-lead-houston-comeback-over-oklahoma-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195156\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase McCarty helps lead Houston comeback over Oklahoma State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">STILLWATER, Okla. \u2014 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<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">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<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">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<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">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<p>Sports Roundup<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington&#8217;s A La Carte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">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<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">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<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">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<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">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<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/college-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/college-sports\/\">Find more college sports coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STILLWATER, Okla. \u2014 Reserve Chase McCarty scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and Houston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1638,3688,56,58,57,9820,48868],"class_list":{"0":"post-195156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-brief","9":"tag-colleges","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news","13":"tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","14":"tag-other-schools"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195156","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=195156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}