Oklahoma St. 69, Missouri-Kansas City 46

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Oklahoma State allowed only five field goals in the final 26 minutes en route to a 69-46 victory over Missouri-Kansas City on Tuesday night. <br><br>Fredrik Jonzen had game highs of

Wednesday, November 22nd 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Oklahoma State allowed only five field goals in the final 26 minutes en route to a 69-46 victory over Missouri-Kansas City on Tuesday night.

Fredrik Jonzen had game highs of 17 points and nine rebounds for the Cowboys (1-0). Jonzen shot 8-of-10 from the field.

Oklahoma State's Jason Keep added 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Michael Watson paced the Kangaroos (0-2) with 10 points.

A basket by UMKC's Michael Jackson with 6:05 left in the first half tied the game at 23-23. The Kangaroos went 10 1/2 minutes without scoring before Jackson's bucket.

Three of UMKC's final five baskets occurred during the final minutes of the first half. Victor Williams' trey snapped the 23-23 tie and OSU went up 30-23 at halftime.

The Cowboys pulled away steadily in the second half, building their lead to 61-34 with 1:28 left.

OSU outrebounded UMKC 40-21.

Missouri-Kansas City (0-2)

Watson 4-10 0-0 10, Suther 2-6 4-6 9, Palmer 3-9 0-0 8, Jackson 3-12 1-1 7, Atchison 1-5 0-0 3, Golson 1-2 0-0 3, Tindall 0-5 3-4 3, Brown 0-0 2-2 2, Chatman 0-1 1-1 1, Berhe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 14-50 11-15 46.

Oklahoma St. (1-0)

Jonzen 8-10 1-2 17, Keep 7-10 0-1 14, Sanders 5-9 0-0 10, Williams, V. 2-7 3-4 8, Anderson 0-0 7-8 7, Marlow 2-2 0-0 4, Baker 1-3 0-2 3, Crawford 1-3 0-0 3, Williams, A. 1-2 0-1 2, Lawson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-47 12-19 69.

Halftime-Oklahoma St. 30, Mo.-Kansas City 23. 3-point goals-Mo.-Kansas City 7-24 (Palmer 2-6, Watson 2-5, Atchison 1-4, Golson 1-2, Suther 1-3, Tindall 0-4). Oklahoma St. 3-12 (Baker 1-3, Crawford 1-2, Williams, V. 1-6, Sanders 0-1). Fouled out- Chatman, Tindall, Watson. Rebounds-Mo.-Kansas City 21 (Jackson 6, Suther 6), Oklahoma St. 40 (Jonzen 9). Assists-Mo.-Kansas City 6 (Chatman 3), Oklahoma St. 21 (Baker 7). Total fouls-Mo.-Kansas City 22, Oklahoma St. 16. A-6,381.