Skip to main content

Roy leads Oklahoma State against No. 25 UCF after 22-point game

UCF Knights (12-1, 1-0 Big 12) at Oklahoma State Cowboys (12-2, 0-1 Big 12)

Stillwater, Oklahoma; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cowboys -4.5; over/under is 173.5

BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma State hosts No. 25 UCF after Anthony Roy scored 22 points in Oklahoma State’s 102-80 loss to the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

The Cowboys have gone 10-0 in home games. Oklahoma State is third in the Big 12 with 26.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Parsa Fallah averaging 4.1.

The Knights are 1-0 in conference matchups. UCF is seventh in the Big 12 with 24.1 defensive rebounds per game led by Jamichael Stillwell averaging 4.9.

Oklahoma State scores 90.4 points, 15.5 more per game than the 74.9 UCF allows. UCF has shot at a 49.2% rate from the field this season, 6.6 percentage points higher than the 42.6% shooting opponents of Oklahoma State have averaged.

The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Roy is shooting 45.9% from beyond the arc with 3.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Cowboys, while averaging 17.7 points. Jaylen Curry is shooting 46.7% and averaging 12.4 points over the last 10 games.

Themus Fulks is averaging 13.5 points and 6.8 assists for the Knights. Jordan Burks is averaging 14.6 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cowboys: 8-2, averaging 90.5 points, 33.2 rebounds, 15.6 assists, 6.8 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 49.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 85.0 points per game.

Knights: 10-0, averaging 86.9 points, 37.5 rebounds, 16.2 assists, 6.2 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 48.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.1 points.

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
Read Next Story