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Allen scored 17 points and Ivan McFarlin added 12 points and 12 rebounds, helping the Cowboys win their 30th straight nonconference home game and 109th of their last 110.
Oklahoma State (3-0) needed all it could muster -- a decisive low-post advantage and a frenzied home crowd of 10,040 -- to keep its home streak intact against upset-minded Pepperdine (1-2).
Shaun Davis scored 21 points and had five assists to lead Pepperdine.
Davis, a 5-foot-11 freshman point guard, was virtually unstoppable off the dribble, repeatedly slipping into the lane to score on a number of twisting drives to the basket.
Davis and Glen McGowan keyed a 12-1 spurt that gave Pepperdine a 74-72 lead with just under five minutes remaining in the game. It was the Waves' first lead since midway through the first half.
But Oklahoma State point guard John Lucas, a summer transfer from troubled Baylor, hit two free throws with 1:21 remaining to pull the Cowboys to 79-78.
He then poked the ball away from Davis, leading to a breakaway dunk by Allen and McFarlin followed that up his own slam off a steal to give Oklahoma State an 82-79 lead.
On the next trip down the floor, however, Pepperdine's Terrance Johnson nailed a 3-pointer about four feet beyond the arc to tie up the game at 82-all with 27 seconds left.
The Waves came close to knocking off its second Big 12 foe in as many games -- they were coming off a surprising 94-77 win over Colorado on Monday.
The difference in the game was Oklahoma State's dominance under the basket: the Cowboys outrebounded the Waves 45-33 and outscored them 42-18 in the paint.
Graham chipped in with 12 points and eight rebounds, including five on offense.
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