Oklahoma State gets first sweep of in-state rival with 65-52 win

Ivan McFarlin went 10-for-12 from the field to lead the Cowboys.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Ivan McFarlin was almost perfect from the field and scored 21 points to lead No. 7 Oklahoma State to its first season sweep of Oklahoma in six years with a 65-52 victory on Monday night.
The Cowboys (20-2, 10-1 Big 12) have won 10 straight games and remained on track to secure their first outright conference title since winning the Big Eight in 1965. Oklahoma State extended its first-place lead in the Big 12 to 1 1/2 games over Texas.
The Sooners (16-6, 6-5) lost at home for only the third time in 51 games.
Cowboys pull away
Oklahoma State finally started to pull away from its offensively challenged rival by going on an 8-0 run that was capped by Tony Allen's thunderous one-handed dunk, giving the Cowboys a 37-29 lead with 15:50 to play.
The Sooners, meanwhile, made only one of their first 17 shots in the second half and went more than nine minutes without a basket until Jason Detrick scored on a breakaway layup with 9:20 remaining.
By that point, it was too late for Oklahoma to mount much of a challenge.
McFarlin, who went 10-of-12 from the field, had consecutive baskets that gave Oklahoma State a 15-point lead with 4:38 to play.
Oklahoma, the worst-shooting team in the Big 12, went 6-of-30 (20 percent) in the second half after leading 27-26 at halftime.
First sweep since 1998
Oklahoma State hadn't swept the "Bedlam" series against Oklahoma since 1998. The Cowboys started their winning streak with a 77-56 victory over the Sooners last month.
John Lucas scored 18 points for the Cowboys and Joey Graham added 13. Allen, the team's leading scorer, had six points.
Jabahri Brown led Oklahoma with 16 points.
Drew Lavender, who scored 31 points against Texas A & amp;M on Saturday in the top scoring performance by an Oklahoma freshman in 20 years, was clearly overwhelmed in his matchup against Lucas.
Lavender had only one assist and five points on 2-of-9 shooting. He also fouled out.