{"id":195321,"date":"2026-03-08T02:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T02:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195321\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T02:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T02:23:08","slug":"no-7-houston-rallies-late-to-defeat-oklahoma-state-in-regular-season-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195321\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 7 Houston Rallies Late To Defeat Oklahoma State in Regular Season Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Houston Cougars defeated the Oklahoma State Cowboys<\/a> in a tight 82-75 game on Saturday afternoon, inside Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla.<\/p>\n

Despite trailing 68 percent of the game, the Cougars made a late comeback to win their final regular season game.<\/p>\n

Next up, the Cougars will prepare for the Big 12 Tournament that will take place from March 10-14 in Kansas City, Mo.<\/p>\n

Houston vs Oklahoma State Game Recap\"Senior<\/p>\n

Mar 7, 2026; Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma State Cowboys guard Anthony Roy (9) brings the ball up court during the first half against the Houston Cougars at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images | William Purnell-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

After an early 5-4 lead, Houston basketball trailed until late in the second half due to Oklahoma State\u2019s hot offense.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys made seven first half threes to lead by as many as 13 points, but the Cougars responded right before the break to cut the lead to four points.<\/p>\n

For Houston, freshman forward Chase McCarty took the game over with a career-high 20 points and six made three-pointers.<\/p>\n

With the Cougars having one of the least productive benches in the entire Big 12 Conference, McCarty\u2019s performance shows that he could be a key factor moving into the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

He finished the game shooting 7-for-10 from the field and 6-for-9 from behind the arc.<\/p>\n

Houston\u2019s defense also turned up its intensity in the second half, forcing 11 turnovers that led to 21 points in the game.<\/p>\n

Freshman guard Kingston Flemings followed in scoring with 13 points, and he also added five rebounds and nine assists.<\/p>\n

This was one of his best games distributing the ball, and he is really becoming more of a true point guard in coach Kelvin Sampson\u2019s system.<\/p>\n

Houston\u2019s other point guard, senior Milos Uzan, has taken a turn and has made a real effort to score more.<\/p>\n

After Sampson had a conversation with the veteran guard to get his confidence back up, Uzan has been much more impactful in the scoring category.<\/p>\n

Today, he finished with 11 points on 4-for-10 shooting. He also took eight three-pointers, which seems to be a clear focus to spark the Cougars\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n

Junior forward Joseph Tugler also stood out in his 33 minutes of play, finishing with 12 points and six rebounds.<\/p>\n

Tugler now has had three-straight games in double figures, and when he is scoring inside is when Houston is at its best.<\/p>\n

He also showed that if he can stay out of foul trouble that he can change the game defensively as he ended the contest with three blocks and two steals.<\/p>\n

The Cougars have now completed back-to-back comeback wins to end the regular season.<\/p>\n

With the win, Houston improves to 26-5 on the season and 14-4 in the Big 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Cougars defeated the Oklahoma State Cowboys in a tight 82-75 game on Saturday afternoon, inside Gallagher-Iba…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-195321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195321","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=195321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}