Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma - Men's College Basketball 2000-2001

Full game: Oklahoma State vs. #14 Oklahoma - February 14, 2001 from Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater.

AP recap: Oklahoma State used an Eddie Sutton staple - great defense - to dismantle No. 13 Oklahoma.

The Cowboys held Oklahoma to 34 percent shooting Wednesday night in a 72-44 victory that ended the Sooners' seven-game winning streak.

It was Oklahoma's lowest point total since a 53-43 loss to Nebraska in 1998. The Sooners (19-5, 8-4 Big 12) lost by their widest margin in the series since a 33-point loss in 1964.

"I don't think we've played any better defense in several years than we played tonight," Sutton said. "We played certainly the best game we've played all season. That was probably about as well as we could play."

Victor Williams scored a career-high 26 points and was equally impressive on defense as Oklahoma State (15-6, 6-4) ended a two-game losing streak.

Williams, the smallest player on the floor at 5-foot-10, scored 18 in the first half, matching the Sooners' total. He also hounded J.R. Raymond all night. Raymond, who had averaged 20 points during Oklahoma's winning streak, finished with just seven.

"They played like a team that desperately needed to win," Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said. "It's the best I've seen a team play against us this year."

The Sooners had won the past two meetings in Stillwater and four straight road games during their winning streak, but they never got on track this time.

Oklahoma State outrebounded the Sooners 32-22 and held them to a season-low two 3-pointers. Oklahoma came in averaging seven 3-pointers per game.

It was the Cowboys' most impressive performance since two players and 10 members of the OSU delegation died in a plane crash in Colorado last month.

Williams' point total eclipsed the 25 he scored as a freshman two years ago at Illinois State. He sat out last season after transferring.

Fredrik Jonzen had 15 points and Maurice Baker scored 13. Nolan Johnson was the only Sooner in double figures, with 12.

"I thought our offense was bad and I thought their defense was great," Sampson said. "There was not one phase that Oklahoma State was not good at."

Williams scored on a drive to the basket, then hit back-to-back 3-pointers as Oklahoma State took a 10-2 lead. After Oklahoma pulled within 10-7 a few minutes later, the Cowboys put together a 12-2 run to take control. Williams capped the spurt with his third 3-pointer.

"My first shot kind of felt good today," said Williams, who came in averaging 11 points per game. "The basket just kept getting bigger and bigger for me and I just kept knocking them down."

Oklahoma went without a basket for more than five minutes later in the half, allowing the Cowboys to take their biggest first-half lead, 32-13.

The Sooners shot just 35 percent in their lowest-scoring half of the season. Their backcourt trio of Raymond, Johnson and Hollis Price managed just two points each.

The second half wasn't much better. Oklahoma cut the deficit to 16 by scoring the first basket, but Baker had nine of his points in an 11-4 run that ended any doubt about the outcome. The Cowboys led by as many as 31 at one point.

Oklahoma State's 57 percent shooting was the best against Oklahoma this season.

"I really don't know what happened," said forward Andre Williams. "We just jumped on them from the start and kept them down the whole game. It was just unreal."