Caleb Asberry scored 15 points to lead Oklahoma State to a 57-49 win over Oklahoma in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo.

The seventh-seeded Cowboys (18-14), who saw their NCAA Tournament hopes take a hit when they endured a five-game losing streak late in the season, will oppose second-seeded Texas on Thursday in the quarterfinals.

Oklahoma State was swept by the Longhorns (23-8) in two regular-season games.

The 10th-seeded Sooners likely are done for the season at 15-17, the program’s first sub-.500 finish since 2016-17.

All three of Asberry’s 3-pointers came in the second half, including his final trey with 5:32 remaining that kicked off a 9-0, game-clinching run.

Asberry scored 13 in the second half.

Bryce Thompson contributed 12 points for Oklahoma State, and John-Michael Wright had 10. Tyreek Smith led the Cowboys with 14 rebounds while Moussa Cisse added 11. Oklahoma State produced a 49-39 edge on the glass while completing a three-game season sweep of the Sooners.

Oklahoma’s top two scorers, Grant Sherfield and Tanner Groves, both struggled to get much going on offense.

The duo combined to go 6 of 28 from the floor and 1 of 12 from beyond the arc.

Groves led the Sooners with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Sherfield had just two points until scoring six in the final two minutes with the outcome already decided.

The Cowboys looked destined to put the game away quickly, taking a double-digit lead in the first 10 minutes with a 14-0 run.

However, the Sooners punched right back, ripping off a 12-0 run of their own later in the half to trim a deficit that was as big as 14 down to two.

Oklahoma missed its last eight shots before the break, but Oklahoma State couldn’t take much advantage, finishing in a 2-of-12 slump itself while taking a 26-20 lead into halftime

The Sooners were just 3 of 13 on layups in the first half, and they shot 21.9 percent from the floor before the break. The Cowboys hit 38.7 percent from the field prior to halftime.

Overall on the night, Oklahoma State finished at 35 percent, Oklahoma at 25 percent.

–Field Level Media

Terquavion Smith scored 30 points as sixth-seeded North Carolina State beat 11th-seeded Virginia Tech 97-77 in the second round of the ACC tournament on Wednesday night in Greensboro, N.C.

It was NC State’s most points against an ACC opponent this season, and the Wolfpack will play in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2019. They would have in 2020, but the game was canceled because of the pandemic.

NC State (23-9) will face third-seeded Clemson (22-9) on Thursday night.

NC State’s win also means that all four of North Carolina’s ACC teams – including North Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest — are in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2006.

Virginia Tech (19-14), last year’s conference tournament champion, likely will be relegated to the NIT.

Smith shot 11-of-13 from the floor and added eight rebounds and three assists. Jarkel Joiner contributed 20 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds, while Ebenezer Dowuona chipped in 11 points, five boards and two blocks, and Jack Clark tallied 11 points.

Justyn Mutts led the Hokies with 15 points and five rebounds. Rodney Rice had 17 points and Grant Basile added 11.

NC State jumped out to an 8-2 lead to start the game, and then pulled away for a double-digit advantage with a 15-6 run over a six-minute span that ended with just over eight minutes left in the first half. Smith scored seven points during the burst.

A layup by Basile trimmed Virginia Tech’s deficit to 15 with 3:35 to play before the break, but the Wolfpack went on a 12-spurt to close out the half and lead 53-26. Dowuona scored five of those points.

Virginia Tech never got closer than 19 in the second half.

The Wolfpack shot a season-best 61.9 percent from the floor.

Starting NC State forward Greg Gantt left the game in the first half with an apparent leg injury. He returned to the bench in the second half on crutches.

NC State lost twice to Clemson in the regular season, 78-64 in Clemson and 96-71 in Raleigh, N.C. on Feb. 25. Both teams could use wins to bolster their resumes toward making the NCAA Tournament.

–Field Level Media

Texas Tech head basketball coach Mark Adams resigned on Wednesday, three days after the university suspended him for making a comment toward a player the university described as “inappropriate, unacceptable and racially insensitive.”

Texas Tech announced the move shortly after the Red Raiders lost 78-62 to West Virginia in the first round of the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo.

According to the news release by the university, athletic director Kirby Hocutt conducted an inquiry during Adams’ suspension and determined “the racially insensitive comment was unintentional and an isolated incident.”

Nonetheless, Adams and the program parted ways, with Adams saying in the same news release, “My lifelong goal was to help and be a positive influence on my players, and to be a part of the Texas Tech men’s basketball team. However, both the university and I believe this incident has become a distraction.”

Adams, 66, was 43-25 in two seasons at his alma mater. Last season, he led the Red Raiders to the NCAA Tournament and was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year by The Associated Press.

Assistant coach Corey Williams served as interim coach in Adams’ place. There was no immediate word on Williams’ status with the program or if he would be considered for the full-time position.

The Red Raiders finished the season 16-16.

–Field Level Media

Brandon Angel scored 16 points and collected 12 rebounds to lead No. 10 seed Stanford to a 73-62 victory over No. 7 seed Utah on Wednesday in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas.

Maxime Raynaud chipped in 12 points and nine rebounds for the Cardinal. Harrison Ingram scored 15 points and Spencer Jones added 12.

Stanford (14-18) will face second-seeded Arizona in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

The Cardinal were relentless in attacking the basket and totaled 38 points in the paint. Stanford had 17 assists on 26 made baskets while committing only four turnovers.

Branden Carlson scored 27 points and collected 10 rebounds to lead Utah. Gabe Madsen added 13 points and Lazar Stefanovic chipped in 10 for the Utes.

Utah (17-15) suffered its sixth straight loss. The Utes committed 12 turnovers and shot just 37.9 percent from the field.

Stanford used a 14-2 run to take control early in the first half. Angel and Raynaud made back-to-back baskets to ignite the run that gave the Cardinal an 18-7 lead. Utah got off to a sluggish start on offense, missing eight of its first 10 shots.

Madsen finally got the Utes going with back-to-back baskets. His third basket of the game, a 3-pointer, trimmed Stanford’s lead to 22-20. Utah could not fully erase the deficit before the Cardinal heated up a second time.

Jones nailed a 3-pointer as part of a personal 7-0 run that extended Stanford’s lead to 29-20.

The Cardinal stayed a step ahead, in part, by taking care of the ball. Stanford committed just one turnover before halftime and went into the break up 34-27.

Utah did not threaten the Cardinal’s lead after halftime. Stanford led by double digits much of the way, building its largest lead at 63-48 when Michael O’Connell made a layup to cap a flurry of five consecutive baskets for the Cardinal.

–Field Level Media