MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Drew Lavender's improbable basket at the buzzer capped his season-high 29 points and gave No. 21 Oklahoma a 69-68 comeback victory over Kansas State on Saturday.
It took a hurried video review at the scorer's table to give the Sooners (19-6, 8-4 Big 12) credit for the field goal that broke their three-game road losing streak.
Clent Stewart stole David Godbold's inbounds pass and then hit the second of two free throws with 4.5 seconds to go, putting Kansas State (13-10, 3-9) up 68-67.
But the 5-foot-7 Lavender, who did not start for the second straight game, tore down the court and flipped the ball up from the baseline with less than a second left.
Time expired as the ball hit the rim, bounced twice _ each time just missing an Oklahoma player's hands _ and fell through to extend the Wildcats' losing streak to six games.
Terrell Everett added 16 points for Oklahoma and Taj Gray finished with 11.
Kansas State, which blew a 16-point second-half lead, forced a 67-67 tie on Cartier Martin's basket with 31 seconds left.
Oklahoma held for the last shot, calling a timeout after a non-shooting foul on the Wildcats with 6.6 seconds left, but Godbold threw the ball away into the backcourt. Stewart got the steal, was fouled by Godbold and made one free throw.
Martin had 22 points for the Wildcats, while Lance Harris added 13 and Jeremiah Massey and Fred Peete each had 12.
Kansas State led 41-28 at halftime and made it 44-28 on Martin's three-point play 11 seconds into the second half. But the Sooners responded with a 10-0 run, capped by Johnnie Gilbert's basket, to get within 44-38 with 17:11 to go.
Martin and Massey each hit two baskets in Kansas State's answering 8-2 run, but Massey had to sit down with his fourth personal with just over 15 minutes remaining.
Both were out only briefly, but the Sooners regained the momentum and outscored the Wildcats 20-4 over the next 8 minutes.
Godbold's 3-pointer with 9:20 left gave Oklahoma its first lead, 55-54. Martin answered with a basket one minute later to put Kansas State up 56-55, but Lavender responded with a basket and a 3-pointer to give Oklahoma a 60-56 lead with 6 minutes to go.
