No. 13 Oklahoma St. 66, Oklahoma 61

Sunday, January 21st 2007, 7:18 pm

By: News On 6

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Byron Eaton scored a season-high 17 points and David Monds added 11 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 13 Oklahoma State hold off a last-minute charge from Oklahoma for a 66-61 win in the Bedlam rivalry game Monday night.

David Godbold and Austin Johnson sandwiched 3-pointers around a pair of missed free throws by Oklahoma State's JamesOn Curry to close a 7-point gap to 62-61 with 25.9 seconds left.

Mario Boggan hit 2-free throws after being fouled following the ensuing inbounds pass, and walk-on Tyler Hatch hit 2-more with 4-seconds to play after grabbing the rebound on Johnson's missed 3-pointer from the left wing.

The Cowboys had started to inch away after Oklahoma (11-7, 3-3) had scored 6-straight points to close within 43-42 on Nate Carter's fast-break layup. Eaton gave Oklahoma State a 55-46 lead with a floater on the left side that bounced off both sides of the rim before falling through the net.

It was 60-52 after Curry turned an offensive rebound into a layup, but then the Sooners, who'd hit only 3-19 from 3-point range, started connecting from long distance.

Godbold hit a 3 to cut the gap to 60-55 and another after Monds answered with a jumper from the left elbow.

The rally came up just short, though.

Curry and Boggan, the nation's No. 2 scoring tandem with a combined 40.5-point average, were each held to 12 points. Curry shot 3-10 and took a season-low 5-shots.

But the Cowboys got more than usual from Monds and Eaton, who committed a costly foul in the most recent Bedlam game.

Carter had 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead Oklahoma, and Michael Neal scored 13.