College basketball: Stanford men fall to Oklahoma State

Stanford cut a 14-point deficit to six in the final two minutes, but Keiton Page hit a 3-pointer and Oklahoma State made its free throws down the stretch in a 79-68 victory Tuesday in Stillwater, Okla.

Page finished with 23 points for the Cowboys (11-1). Josh Owens scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Cardinal (6-4), which also got 17 points from Jeremy Green and 12 points off the bench from Aaron Bright.

Page hit a 3-pointer just before halftime to give the Cowboys the lead, then made two more 3s early in the second half as Oklahoma State took control.

Owens had a pair of two-handed dunks and seven points during a 13-6 comeback by the Cardinal, with Green's transition jumper cutting the deficit to 60-53 with 4:56 remaining. Stanford got within 67-61 when Owens scored the final four points in a 6-0 push by the Cardinal, but Oklahoma State protected its lead down the stretch.

San Diego State 62, USF 56: Neither team led by more than one score in the second half until Malcolm Thomas' layup with less than four minutes left gave the No. 7 Aztecs (13-0) a five-point lead on the way to the victory in the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic.

USF (4-7) pulled within three points with 31 seconds left after Rashad Green converted a layup and a free throw, but the Dons couldn't tie the score.

"It's a bit of a surprise," said Kawhi Leonard, who had 23 points and 14 rebounds for the Aztecs. "They came out playing harder than us, and we just needed to do as well as we did in other games."

Ohio State 96, UNC Asheville 49: David Lighty scored 29 points, including 13 of the Buckeyes' first 16, and No. 2 Ohio State cruised in Columbus, Ohio.

USC 65, Tennessee 64: Maurice Jones scored 15 points, and the Trojans survived a late run to hold off the No. 19 Volunteers in Knoxville, Tenn.

Kansas State: Preseason All-America guard Jacob Pullen was suspended for three games, and senior forward Curtis Kelly has been suspended for an undetermined length of the time by the NCAA.

In a prepared statement, the school said Pullen and Kelly were being punished for receiving impermissible benefits in connection with the purchase of clothing at a department store.

The suspensions were announced shortly before the No. 11 Wildcats were stunned by UNLV 63-59 in Kansas City, Mo.