National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oklahoma St. 78, Colorado 73
When: 11:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 21, 2013
Where: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officials: # Jeff Malham, # John Higgings, # Rick Randall
Attendance: 5207

No. 7 Oklahoma State 78, No. 24 Colorado 73: Markel Brown recorded 23 points and 11 rebounds to help the Cowboys rebuff the Buffaloes in Las Vegas.

All-American Marcus Smart battled early foul trouble before finishing with 18 points while Le'Bryan Nash added 15 points and six rebounds as Oklahoma State (11-1) shot 61.9 percent in the second half. Phil Forte scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half and was 4-for-7 from 3-point range for the Cowboys.

Josh Scott registered 20 points and 12 rebounds for Colorado (10-2), which had its 10-game winning streak snapped despite outrebounding Oklahoma State 42-29. Askia Booker scored 19 points while Spencer Dinwiddie added 18 for the Buffaloes.

Smart scored nine points before picking up two quick fouls and going to the bench with 7:04 left in the first half, but the Cowboys increased their lead from four to 32-26 at the half without him. Colorado trimmed the deficit to two early in the second half before Smart's three-point play put the Cowboys on top 60-51 with 8:15 to go.

Forte's 3-pointer gave Oklahoma State its first double-digit lead at 63-53 with 7:47 left and another Forte trey made it 73-61 with just over three minutes to play. Colorado trimmed the deficit to 73-67 on Dinwiddie's 3-pointer with just over two minutes left before the Cowboys sealed it with five free throws in the final 57 seconds.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Oklahoma State was 23-for-35 from the line with Brown 11-for-13 while Colorado was 15-for-20. ... Booker, Dinwiddie and Scott combined to shoot 19-for-37 from the field while their teammates were 7-for-27. ... This was the Buffaloes first game outside Colorado since their 72-60 season-opening setback against Baylor in Dallas after playing eight home games and road contests at Air Force and Colorado State.
Top Game Performances
 
Oklahoma St.   Colorado
Markel Brown 23 Scoring Josh Scott 20
Markel Brown 3 Assists Spencer Dinwiddie 3
Markel Brown 11 Rebounds Josh Scott 12
Markel Brown 11 Free Throws Made Josh Scott 10
Le'Bryan Nash 2 Steals Josh Scott 3
Le'Bryan Nash 3 Blocks Tre'Shaun Fletcher 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Oklahoma St. 78 52.1 5-15 23-35 10 27 6 5 14
Colorado 73 40.6 6-22 15-20 7 34 1 8 14