Phil Forte hit two free throws with 2.9 seconds left and No. 14 Oklahoma State survived after blowing a 20-point lead to beat Pierre Jackson and Baylor 74-72 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament Thursday night.
Keiton Page hit seven 3-pointers and scored 29 points in his final home game for the Cowboys (14-16, 7-10) and Brian Williams added 20 points but Kansas was able to withstand every charge to close out its fourth straight outright conference championship.
Brian Williams scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half and was one of three double-figure scorers for Oklahoma State as the Cowboys beat Texas A&M 60-42 on Saturday.
Keiton Page scored a career-high 40 points, Le'Bryan Nash added 18 and Oklahoma State snapped Texas' four-game winning streak by beating the Longhorns 90-78 on Saturday.
Le'Bryan Nash scored a career-high 27 points, Brian Williams added a career-best 22 and Oklahoma State knocked off No. 2 Missouri 79-72 on Wednesday night, handing the Tigers their second loss of the season.
•grabbed 24 rebounds and scored 17 points in four games in Spain.
•had seven boards on three occasions and seven points against Barcelona Select on Aug. 12.
•blocked four shots, including three in the first contest against Barcelona Select on Aug. 10.
•had three steals, including two in the final contest on Aug. 16.
2011-12 (Freshman season)
•played in all 33 games and started 24, including all 18 conference games and both contests in the Big 12 Championship.
•reached double figures in scoring five times, including back-to-back 12-point games at Missouri and vs Texas, his career high.
•had four double-figure rebounding games, including a career-best 14 against Iowa State in Stillwater.
•ranked 13th in the Big 12 Conference with his 5.7 boards per contest, the highest average by a league freshman.
•that average improved to 7.2 rebounds per game in conference-games only, the fifth-highest average of any player in the league and the highest of a returning player.
•had 15 multiple-block games, including five contests with four or more blocked shots; blocked a career-high five shots at Texas.
•one of just 10 players in school history to record five games with four or more blocks in a career.
•ranked fifth in the Big 12 with 49 blocked shots in all games, and third with 31 in league-games only.
•had 21 blocked shots over a nine-game span, an average of 2.3 per game.
•had two key blocked shots in a win over SMU at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
2010-11 (Redshirt season)
•redshirted his true freshman season at Oklahoma State.
High School
•named the boys basketball Player of the Year and the SuperTeam MVP by the Amarillo Globe News.
•was a member of the Class 5A-4A Golden Spread Team in both 2009 and 2010.
•named the District 3-4A Most Valuable Player after leading the Dons to the district championship.
•was named to the Class 4A All-State team and All-Region I by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches.
•also named to the North squad of the Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star game.
•averaged 15.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per game his senior season.
•as a junior, he averaged 18.3 points and 10.5 rebounds per game, leading the Dons to the Region I-4A finals.
•recorded a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds as a starter for the Texas squad in the Faith 7 game in Shawnee, Okla., on June 12; was 8-of-11 from the floor in that game.
•scored 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the floor in leading the North All-Stars to a 115-97 win over the South All-Stars in the THSCA All-Star game in San Antonio on July 19.
•a consensus four-star recruit, was ranked as the 12th-best power forward by Scout.com and the ninth-best power forward by Rivals.com.
•Rivals.com also ranked him as the No. 38 player overall nationally.
•chose Oklahoma State over offers from Memphis, Oklahoma, Missouri and Georgia Tech.
Personal
Born August 9, 1992, Mike is the son of Dennis and Joy Cobbins. He has two sisters, Kim and Jade. Mike is planning to major in business management at Oklahoma State.
