STILLWATER, Okla. - Kamaka Hepa scored 15 points and Courtney Ramey had 14 points, nine rebounds and six assists to help lead Texas to a 76-64 victory over Oklahoma State on Wednesday night.
Andrew Jones also had 14 points, Jase Febres scored 13 and Matt Coleman III added 10 for Texas (12-4, 2-2 Big 12).
Freshman Kalib Boone scored 12 points and had seven rebounds off the bench for Oklahoma State (9-7, 0-4), which is now 2-7 in its last nine and one of two remaining teams (Kansas State) without a win in Big 12 play.
Coming off a 64-50 victory over Kansas State on Saturday in which they held the Wildcats to just 23 points and 30% shooting in the second half, Texas continued its defensive excellence Wednesday.
Oklahoma State shot just 33.3% in the first half (10 of 30) and 40.3% (25 of 62) overall. This marked the fourth straight game in which the Cowboys experienced shooting issues. They had scored 50 points or fewer in each of their three previous outings, shooting 30.2% or less from the floor in each contest, all losses.
After connecting on just three 3-pointers on 39 attempts over the last two games combined, the Cowboys, who average 28.5% on the season, managed to knock down six 3s on 15 attempts on Wednesday.