Colorado, Baylor win in OT, Iowa State comes from behind

Friday, February 27th 2004, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

After blowing the 17-point lead they held midway through the second half, the Colorado Buffaloes rallied in overtime behind Antoine McGee to beat Oklahoma 94-87 Wednesday night, handing the Sooners their third straight loss.

McGee scored seven of his 10 points in the extra period for Colorado (16-8, 8-5 Big 12.) It was the Buffs' first victory over Oklahoma since Jan. 19, 2000.

David Harrison had 21 points and 15 rebounds for Colorado, with Blair Wilson adding 18 and Michel Morandais getting 14 before fouling out with 25 seconds to play in regulation time.

Jason Detrick had 35 points for Oklahoma (16-8, 6-7.)

In other Big 12 games Wednesday night, Matt Sayman scored eight of his 15 points in overtime as Baylor beat Texas A&M 67-61, and Jake Sullivan hit for 24 points as Iowa State rallied in the second half for a 75-69 victory over Kansas State.

Colorado's win at Boulder was its third in a row and left the Buffs tied with Missouri for fourth place in the conference, behind Oklahoma State and Texas, who share the lead at 11-2, and Kansas, 9-4.

The Buffaloes used a 15-3 run to take a 41-36 halftime lead, and after a 3-pointer and basket by Marcus Hall they had stretched it to 60-43 with 9:53 left to play. But the Sooners, with Detrick getting 21 of his points after the break, battled back.

``We knew they could come back and warned the team about Oklahoma being a battle-tested team,'' said Colorado coach Ricardo Patton said. ``It didn't help us that we had some inopportune turnovers and took some ill-advised shots down the stretch.''

Colorado led by one with 90 seconds to go, but Detrick stole a pass, was fouled, and made both free throws. After a basket by Detrick put the Sooners up 77-76 with nine seconds left, Colorado's Jayson Obazuaye drove the length of the court, got off a shot that missed but was fouled.

With two seconds on the clock, Obazuaye made one of his two free throws to send the game into overtime.

In the extra period, McGee scored the first five points as Colorado pulled ahead 82-77 before the Sooners got two free throws from Detrick after 90 seconds. Oklahoma managed only four free throws over the next two minutes while McGee got another free throw and Wilson hit a 3-pointer.

Glenn Eddy sealed the win with a layup and free throw with 1:33 left.

Baylor 67, Texas A&M 61, OT

At College Station, Texas, Texas A&M missed three free throws in the final 30 seconds, allowing Baylor to send the game into overtime.

Sayman hit a jump shot as the shot clock expired and then following with a 3-pointer and three straight free throws to score the final eight points for the Bears.

A&M (7-17, 0-13 Big 12) led 57-55 when Antoine Wright was fouled with 23 seconds remaining in regulation. Wright missed the front end of a one-and-one.

Terrance Thomas threw up a wild shot in traffic for the Bears (8-18, 3-10) that banked off the glass and bounced off both sides of the rim before dropping in. He also drew a foul, but missed the free throw.

Thomas said he felt blessed. ``You practice trick shots, but you can't be prepared for that,'' he said.

Wright was fouled again for A&M with three seconds remaining but he missed both free throws this time, sending the game into overtime.

Baylor controlled the overtime, going on a 10-2 run to start and holding the Aggies to just four points.

Baylor had lost four in a row since beating A&M 72-64 at Waco. Harvey Thomas led the Bears with 17 points, and Terrance Thomas had 12.

Wright led Texas A&M with 18 points, but missed all three of his free throws down the stretch. The Aggies were up by eight points twice in the second half, but turnovers and poor defense allowed Baylor back into it each time.

Iowa State 75, Kansas State 69

At Ames, Iowa, Kansas State led 33-28 at the half and 44-37 with 13:49 to play. The Wildcats (12-12, 4-9) frustrated the Cyclones for much of the game with their patient offense and sticky defense. But Sullivan got untracked in the second half when he made six of eight shots, including three 3-pointers, and Iowa State (15-9, 6-7) outplayed the Wildcats down the stretch.

``He was the difference tonight,'' Kansas State's Jarrett Hart said of Sullivan. ``The first half we limited his touches. The second half, he showed his senior leadership.''

With Sullivan setting the pace, Iowa State shot 61 percent in the second half and 55.8 percent for the game. Kansas State had been holding opponents to 39.1 percent shooting.

Jeremiah Massey led Kansas State with 23 points and Tim Ellis scored 10.

Iowa State took its first lead since it was 2-0 when Sullivan sank two free throws to make it 57-55 with 6:39 remaining. A fadeaway jumper by Sullivan made it 65-61 and then, after Kansas State's Tim Ellis missed a wide open 3 from the right corner, walk-on player John Neal hit two straight 3-pointers for a 71-64 Iowa State lead.

``We had the game at the right tempo. We did a lot of things offensively that were the best of the year, quite frankly,'' Kansas State coach Jim Wooldridge said. ``There's just a fine line there. About the five- or six-minute mark, it got away from us.''