Sports briefs

Cowboys hosting

NIT test Tuesday

STILLWATER—Oklahoma State will host North Texas at 8 p.m. CT Tuesday in the National Invitation Tournament quarterfinals.

The Cowboys (17-17) knocked off top-seed SMU in Sunday’s second round, 85-83, while North Texas (26-8, 14-4) held off Arkansas State, 65-63, on a last-second jumper.

Tickets are on sale now at okstate.com/tickets with general admission seats priced at $15 and reserved seats for $30. Students get in free with valid OSU ID.

OU baseball

takes series

NORMAN – No. 10 Oklahoma took its second SEC series in as many weekends with a 7-3 win over Mississippi State in Sunday’s rubber game.

OU improved to 20-3 with the win, including a 4-2 mark in SEC play. Oklahoma saw production up and down the lineup with six Sooners registering an RBI in the contest.

After OU starting pitcher Malachi Witherspoon retired the side in order at the top of the first, OU jumped in front on an RBI groundout from junior Easton Carmichael in the home half.

In the second, junior Dawson Willis continued his hot streak at the plate with an RBI double to push the lead to a pair.

Mississippi State (15-9, 1-5) took the lead 3-2 at the top of the third via two-run double and RBI single before the Sooners answered back by scoring the game’s final five runs.

Redshirt sophomore Sam Christiansen belted a leadoff home run to right field in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game before a three-run sixth inning gave Oklahoma the lead and some insurance.

Oklahoma hits the road for a midweek contest at Oral Roberts on Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT.

OSU baseball drops series at Utah

SALT LAKE CITY – Oklahoma State suffered a 12-3 loss and dropped its conference series with Utah Sunday at Smith’s Ballpark.

Brayden Smith, Colin Brueggemann and Drew Culbertson all had multiple hits for the Pokes, and Beau Sylvester homered.

Ryan Ure took the loss on the mound as he lasted just 1/3 of an inning and fell to 1-2.

In the sixth, the Cowboys got a two-run homer from Sylvester, his first round-tripper of the season, to cut their deficit to 9-3.