National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oklahoma State 84, Oakland 71
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 5, 2020
Where: Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Officials: # Doug Sirmons, # Antinio Petty, # Chance Moore
Attendance: N/A

Freshman point guard Cade Cunningham scored a team-high 18 points to lead Oklahoma State to an 84-71 victory over Oakland on Saturday night in Stillwater, Okla.

Cunningham, last year's national high school player of the year, also recorded eight assists, two steals and four rebounds for the Cowboys (4-0).

Isaac Likekele added 16 points and seven rebounds for OSU while Kalib Boone scored 13 points.

Rashad Williams of Oakland (0-6) led all scorers with 32 points -- 30 of which came on 3-point shots. Teammate Jalen Moore added 13.

Just as they did in a win against highly acclaimed Marquette earlier in the week, the Cowboys started off slowly against Oakland -- they trailed 14-7 after the first 5 minutes as the Golden Grizzlies found their range from 3-point range. OSU battled back to tie things at 16-16 five minutes later.

But Oakland didn't buckle as it kept hitting 3s and went back up, maintaining slim leads until Bryce William scored on a layup with 26 second to go in the half to give the Cowboys a 37-36 lead at the intermission.

Likekele led OSU with 12 points in the half. Rashad Williams had 12 for Oakland -- all of which came on 3-point shots.

Cunningham didn't hit a shot until the 6:40 mark of the half. He finished the first 20 minutes with 6 points on 2 of 4 shooting from the floor.

The second half started like the first -- with the Grizzlies hitting 3s. With Moore hitting three 3-pointers and Williams one in the first two minutes, Oakland went up 50-47.

Things stayed close until the final eight minutes when the Cowboys, led by Cunningham's points and assists began pulling away before putting it away.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Oakland   Oklahoma State
Rashad Williams 32 Scoring Cade Cunningham 18
Jalen Moore 8 Assists Cade Cunningham 8
Daniel Oladapo 8 Rebounds Kalib Boone 7
Jalen Moore 2 Free Throws Made Kalib Boone 3
Jalen Moore 2 Steals Kalib Boone 4
N/A Blocks Cade Cunningham 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Oakland 71 38.7 17-37 6-13 15 26 0 10 17
Oklahoma State 84 52.5 10-26 10-14 22 36 4 9 17