Tony Allen scored 17 points, the last by converting a three-point play with 38.6 seconds left in overtime, and 13th-ranked Oklahoma State held off Baylor 67-64 Tuesday night in Waco, Texas, to extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 13 games.
The Cowboys (15-1, 4-0 Big 12) blew a 10-point lead in the second half but managed to pull out the win after Allen took a pass from Melvin Sanders and made a nifty move along the baseline for the go-ahead basket. He added the free throw to make it 66-64.
Baylor (9-6, 0-4) had one more chance, but Terrance Thomas couldn’t get off a desperation shot with 2.5 seconds left.
Clemons triggers Tigers
Ricky Clemons, coming off a one-game suspension, found his scoring touch just in time to lead a late spurt as No. 21 Missouri beat Iowa State 64-59 in Columbia, Mo. Clemons, a junior point guard who leads the Tigers with a 17-point average, was reinstated Monday after being charged with choking a 20-year-old woman last week. He shot 5-for-19 and missed a handful of wild layup attempts.
He finally started connecting in the closing minutes, scoring six of his 15 points in a 13-0 run that put Missouri, once down by three, ahead 60-50 with 2 minutes 45 seconds to go.
Clemons was the first Missouri starter introduced, and he received a thunderous round of applause just like the rest of his teammates. He is charged with second-degree domestic assault and is scheduled to appear in court Jan. 29.
Season over?
Washington State’s leading scorer and rebounder, Marcus Moore, needs surgery on his injured right ankle and is expected to miss the rest of the season.
Moore, who ranks second in the Pac-10 with 19.3 points per game, has bone chips and bone spurs.
RESULTS, TUESDAY’S SYNOPSIS
#13 Oklahoma St. 67 at Baylor 64
Baylor’s Lawrence Roberts (21 points, 17 rebounds) hit a three-pointer with 9 seconds left in regulation to force OT.
#15 Alabama 57 at Mississippi 76
Aaron Harper scored career-high 28 to lead Rebels (11-4, 2-2 SEC). Tide (12-4, 2-3) has lost 5 straight at Oxford, Miss.
#21 Missouri 64 vs. Iowa State 59
Arthur Johnson had 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Tigers (11-3, 2-1 Big 12), his sixth straight double-double.
Ind.-Pur.-Ft. Wayne 67 at Chicago State 63
Jim Kessenich led four Mastodons (4-15) in double figures with 14 points. Clark Bone had 20 for Chicago State (3-15).
SE Missouri St. 75 at Western Illinois 84
Luis Rivas and Shawn Mason each scored 18 and WIU (6-9) rallied from a 42-35 halftime deficit to beat SE Mo. St (7-10).
