Vyctorius Miller scored a game-high 30 points to lead Oklahoma State to a 94-67 win against Prairie View A&M on Wednesday in Stillwater, Okla.
Miller connected on 8 of 12 field goal attempts and shot 5 of 8 from 3-point range en route to the top point total of his career. His previous high was 21 against Oral Roberts last November.
Parsa Fallah scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds and Kanye Clary chipped in nine points for the Cowboys (3-0).
Tai’Reon Joseph led Prairie View A&M with 16 points while Doug Young and Marcel Bryant each tallied 10 points for the Panthers (2-2).
Oklahoma State held a commanding 54-31 rebounding advantage. The Cowboys cleaned up the offensive glass with 19 rebounds which led to 23 second-chance points. The Panthers pulled down just five offensive boards.
Both teams got off to sluggish starts on offense but Miller drained a corner three to send the Cowboys into the first media timeout with an 8-3 lead.
When Young rattled in a three from the wing, Prairie View A&M trailed 10-9 with 13:13 left in the first half. Moments later, the Panthers took a 15-14 lead on Dontae Horne’s steal which led to Joseph’s lefty slam in transition and prompted an OSU timeout.
After the Oklahoma State timeout the Cowboys reeled off a 17-3 run to take a 31-18 lead. Christian Coleman’s putback punctuated the rally. The Cowboys outscored the Panthers 44-26 on points in the paint.
Another Miller 3-pointer from the corner extended Oklahoma State’s lead to 46-30 as halftime neared. But it was Joseph’s layup that capped the first-half scoring as OSU held a 46-32 lead at the break.
Unlike their slow start in the first half, the Cowboys ripped off an 14-4 run coming out of the locker room. Ryan Crotty’s tip-in gave OSU a 60-36 lead with 15:56 to play.
Isaiah Coleman’s steal and breakaway dunk capped a 12-0 Oklahoma State run as the Cowboys went up 68-36 with 12:09 left in the game.
The Panthers had a 9-2 scoring spurt that Joseph got started with a 3-pointer. The PVA&M rally cut Oklahoma State’s lead to 73-49 with 7:12 to play, but the Panthers got no closer than 21 the rest of the way.
–Field Level Media
