Oklahoma State didn’t just beat Queens on Friday night. The Cowboys ran the Royals out of Gallagher-Iba Arena, rolling to a 118-68 win and posting their largest margin of victory since December 2019.
The 50-point blowout pushed OSU to 2-0 for the third straight season under Steve Lutz, and it came with plenty of numbers that jumped off the page. Oklahoma State shot 62.0% from the field, went 16-of-28 from three-point range, and piled up 30 assists on 44 made baskets. In the second half alone, the Cowboys were nearly unstoppable, hitting 25 of 32 shots and outscoring Queens 66-37.
The scoring was spread all over the roster, but the bench did a huge chunk of the damage. Oklahoma State got 74 points from reserves, which accounted for 62.7% of the team’s total and matched the school record set Dec. 8, 1969 against McMurry. Andrija Grbovic led the way with 17 points, going 5-of-6 from deep, while Parker Robinson added 14 and continued his strong start as a freshman.
Robinson has now scored in double figures in each of his first two college games, making him the 11th OSU freshman to do that and the first since Cade Cunningham in 2020-21. He was perfect on Friday night, finishing 5-for-5 overall and 2-for-2 from beyond the arc.
Jacob Walker was the engine of the offense, dishing out nine assists to set a career high. Through two games, he has 17 assists, the most by a Cowboy since JamesOn Curry posted the same total in 2006-07. OSU finished with 30 assists overall, tying for the fourth-most in program history and marking the most since the Cowboys had 36 against Langston on January 5, 2000.
The Cowboys also kept finding open looks from outside. Their 16 made threes were the third-most in school history, and it was the first time since 2013-14 that OSU has hit 11 or more triples in both of its first two games. That opener trend carried over with even more force on Friday.
Defensively, Oklahoma State smothered a Queens team that had averaged 99.5 points and shot 57.0% in its first two games. The Royals were held to 68 points on 35.3% shooting and went just 7-of-34 from three-point range.
The stat sheet kept getting heavier for the Cowboys. Eleven different players recorded a steal, breaking the OSU school record of nine.
The 118 points were the sixth-highest single-game total in program history and the most since a 122-point game against Northwestern State on Jan. 3, 2009.
It also topped the previous high of the Lutz era, which had been 111 in last March’s overtime win at UCF.
A few individual milestones rounded out the night. Julius Halaifonua set a career best with three blocks, Jordan Burks grabbed seven rebounds, and senior forward Andrija Grbovic and the rest of the reserves kept the pressure on all night. Fifth-year guard Kanye Cleary also made his season debut and logged four assists in just six minutes.
Oklahoma State has now won 21 straight non-conference regular-season home games, a streak that dates back to December 2023. Under Lutz, the Cowboys are 34-3 when scoring at least 80 points, 15-1 when reaching 90, and 5-0 when they get to 100. Friday night cleared all three marks with room to spare.
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