Stillwater, OK- Wofford men's basketball fell 76-70 to the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Wednesday, December 20, to round out the division-one competition portion of the non-conference schedule.

Oklahoma State connected on five of its first eight three-pointers to run its lead to 13 with at the 11:51 mark, but then the Wofford defense settled in and held the Cowboys to only 3-for-10 for the rest of the half while the offense shot 8-for-13 over the last 6:53 of the first half to shrink the Cowboy lead to just two at 37-35 at the break.

A brief Terrier lead to start the second half prompted an Oklahoma State timeout that preceded an 11-6 Cowboy run going into the first media break of the half. Wofford tied the game one final time at 48-48 courtesy of sophomore Chase Cormier hitting from deep and then Oklahoma State rattled off a 12-2 run over the next four and a half minutes that gave them the cushion necessary to stave off the waves of Terrier attempts to pull off the comeback.

Cormier connected on his third three-pointer to cut OK State's lead to four with five seconds remaining but was unable to force the turnover on the ensuing inbound and dropped the contest to move to 6-6 with one more non-conference game on the schedule- Southern Wesleyan. Wofford will host the Warriors on Friday, December 29, at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium as the final tune up game before SoCon play begins on January 3.

Other Notes of Interest

• Corey Tripp shot 7-for-13 in the second half and scored 16 points, which coupled with his first half gave him a new career high 24 points on 11-for-21 shooting. Trip also set a new career high in blocks with two.
• 11 field goals from Tripp is the most by a Terrier since Nathan Hoover shot 11-for-15 on February 20, 2020 against Chattanooga.
• Kyler Filewich notched his fourth double-double of the season (16 pts, 11 reb)- one fewer than the entire Wofford team combined last season (Filewich contributed one double-double last season).
• Filewich has also grabbed double digit rebounds in the last four games against division-one competition and tied his career high in rebounds for the second time in three games.
• Wofford outscored Oklahoma State 46-14 in the paint- a season high against division one competition this season (scored 62 against Kentucky Christian in the paint).
• The Terriers held Oklahoma State under 30 rebounds for the first time since Feb. 18, 2023, against TCU (21 rebounds).