National Basketball Association
Gonzaga 69, Oklahoma St. 68
When: 6:00 PM ET, Monday, December 31, 2012
Where: Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Officials:
# JB Caldwell, # Don Daily, # Gerry Pollard
Attendance:
13611
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No. 10 Gonzaga 69, No. 21 Oklahoma State 68: Kevin Pangos scored 23 points and Kelly Olynyk had 21 – all in the second half – as the visiting Bulldogs edged the Cowboys.
Gary Bell, Jr. drained a wide-open 3-pointer off a pass from Pangos to give Gonzaga (13-1) a 67-65 lead with 35.7 seconds left. After Marcus Smart missed a pair of free throws for the Cowboys with 8.7 seconds remaining, Pangos sealed the win with two from the charity stripe.
Smart finished with a career-high 23 points and six assists for Oklahoma State (10-2), which had its five-game win streak snapped. Markel Brown added 16 points and Phil Forte had 15, including a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Olynyk, who did not attempt a shot in the first half, also had nine rebounds in Gonzaga’s fourth consecutive victory. The 7-foot junior scored two straight baskets to put Gonzaga up 64-63 before Smart’s basket with 1:03 remaining gave the Cowboys their last lead.
Pangos scored 18 points in the first half to help Gonzaga lead by as much as 11. The Cowboys fought back with a 13-2 run to take the lead before the Bulldogs edged in front 32-31 at intermission.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Gonzaga has won all five games in the series. … Oklahoma State lost for just the fifth time in its last 185 non-conference home games. … Both teams’ leading scorers had off nights. Gonzaga’s Elias Harris was 2-of-9 from the field for seven points and Oklahoma State’s Le’Bryan Nash was 4-of-13 for nine points.
Top Game Performances
Gonzaga |
|
Oklahoma St. |
Kevin Pangos 23 |
Scoring |
Marcus Smart 23 |
Kevin Pangos 5 |
Assists |
Marcus Smart 6 |
Kelly Olynyk 9 |
Rebounds |
Philip Jurick 7 |
Kelly Olynyk 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Markel Brown 3 |
Kevin Pangos 2 |
Steals |
Michael Cobbins 2 |
Mike Hart 1 |
Blocks |
Markel Brown 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Gonzaga
|
69 |
48.0 |
6-16 |
15-18 |
11 |
33 |
1 |
5 |
15 |
Oklahoma St.
|
68 |
47.3 |
9-23 |
7-11 |
11 |
18 |
6 |
5 |
8 |