Ousmane leads OSU to upset of No. 9 Iowa State

STILLWATER — Abou Ousmane scored 25 points and Oklahoma State beat No. 9 Iowa State 74-68 on Tuesday night.

Arturo Dean had 14 points and Bryce Thompson added 11 for the Cowboys (14-14, 6-11 Big 12).

Oklahoma State had no previous wins over AP Top 25 teams this season under first-year coach Steve Lutz. The Cowboys lost their previous two games against ranked opponents Texas Tech and Kansas by a combined 70 points.

Josh Jefferson scored 17 points and Nate Heise added 13 for Iowa State (21-7, 11-6). The Cyclones were trying to bounce back from a loss at then-No. 5 Houston on Saturday.

Oklahoma State ran out to a 12-4 lead as Iowa State made just one field goal in the first five minutes. The Cowboys rolled to a 40-26 halftime lead behind 12 points from Ousmane.

Iowa State trimmed it to 44-39 before Brandon Newman made an off-balance, contested shot in the lane to help the Cowboys regain control. That sparked a 7-0 run that led to an Iowa State timeout. Oklahoma State pushed its lead to 56-41, then hung on at the end.

Takeaways

Iowa State: The Cyclones are 14-1 at home, but 5-5 on the road and 2-1 at neutral sites. They’ll have to improve away from Ames if they’re going to make a postseason run.

Oklahoma State: The Cowboys found some defense after allowing at least 93 points in each of their previous three games.

Key moment

Dean made a pull-up jumper with the shot clock winding down that gave OSU a 70-62 lead with 54 seconds remaining.

Key stat

ISU committed 18 turnovers to OSU’s 12.

Up next

Iowa State hosts No. 22 Arizona on Saturday. Oklahoma State visits Baylor on Saturday.

GEORGIA 88, No. 3 FLORIDA 83

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia guard Blue Cain sank a go-ahead 3-pointer with 47 seconds remaining after No. 3 Florida took its first lead by scoring 13 unanswered points, and the Bulldogs beat the Gators 88-83 on Tuesday night.

Florida, which trailed by 26 points in the first half, rallied from a 78-67 deficit with the 13-0 run to lead 80-78. Cain’s 3-pointer ended the run.

Georgia (17-11, 5-10 Southeastern Conference) boosted its hopes for its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2015. The Bulldogs ended Florida’s 12-game winning streak in series and gave coach Mike White his first win against his former Florida team. White had been 0-6 against the Gators.

Will Richard scored a career-high 30 points but Florida (24-4, 11-4) fell short of pulling off its second comeback in four days. The Gators rallied from an eight-point second-half deficit to beat LSU 79-65 Saturday night.