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TULSA, Okla. -- Freshman Lindy Waters made the game-winning basket as Oklahoma State edged in-state rival Tulsa 71-67 Saturday, but both Oklahoma State coach Brad Underwood and Tulsas Frank Haith saw different keys to what both agreed was an unsightly affair.Underwood pointed to the toughness and resourcefulness of freshman guard Brandon Averette, who stepped in for leading scorer Jawun Evans and scored a career-high 17 points with three assists and three steals, helping the young Cowboys, now 7-2, snap a six-game losing streak in true road games.I love our freshmen, theyre fearless, Underwood said. Ive seen veteran teams get punched in the mouth like they did in the second half and fold, but they hung in there. Theyve got great heart and swagger. Im proud of what they did.Haith was left to rue his teams 18 turnovers and 41-30 rebounding deficit.Thats where we lost the game, he said. Its very difficult to win when you give up 17 offensive rebounds and have 18 turnovers. They are going to be aggressive on the ball and you cant give in to the pressure.Waters, one of four freshmen on the floor for OSU throughout many of the key late moments, hit the basket with the shot clock nearing zero and despite tight defense from Tulsas Pat Birt. Tulsa had a chance to tie, but Sterling Taplin missed a layup attempt and OSU (7-2) secured the rebound. Fellow freshman Thomas Dziagwa, who made three big second-half 3-pointers, made two free throws to secure the win with less than a second remaining.Jeffrey Carroll had 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds for OSU. Dziagwa scored 11 points.Taplin had 16 points and Jaleel Wheeler 15 for Tulsa (4-4). Wheelers third 3-pointer of the second half, all from the left corner, gave Tulsa a 60-57 lead with 4:57 to play, its first lead since 15-14. The Cowboys clawed back on a pull-up by Averette, and 3-pointers by Leyton Hammonds and Dziagwa to lead 65-60.Taplin scored on two drives and made one of two free throws to pull Tulsa to 67-65, then Junior Etou tied the score at 69 on a rebound basket before Waters game-winner.Averette played 37 minutes after playing just eight in a one-point loss to Maryland.It was different, but I go against the best point guard in America every day in practice, so that prepared me for it, Averette said.Ahead 17-16, the Cowboys took command with a 12-0 run triggered by a Phil Forte 3-pointer and fueled by seven free throws, pushing the lead to 29-16. The Cowboys forced Tulsa into 11 turnovers and had a 13-rebound advantage in leading 38-30 at the break, thanks partly to two late rebound baskets by Mitchell Solomon, including a tip-in at the buzzer.BIG PICTUREBoth coaches saw positives from their young squads still adjusting to each players skills and habits.Tulsa executed with much better flow on offense in the second half, which Underwood credited to adjustments made by Haith.Theyve got an NCAA Tournament team there, Underwood said of Tulsa. Did you see their first game? Not very good, but theyve made tremendous strides. Frank is a very good offensive coach and they did some things in the second half that gave us a lot of trouble.Were developing. Were getting better, Haith said. I think out best basketball is ahead of us.On the other hand, Underwood said his teams first-half defense, which forced 11 Tulsa turnovers, was as good as the Cowboys have played this year.I knew it would be ugly early without Jawun, but I loved our effort, he said. That was as hard as weve played this year,NEW STARTERSOklahoma State: The Cowboys were without leading scorer Evans (23.6 ppg), out with a bruise of the AC joint in his left shoulder suffered in practice Thursday. Guard Phil Forte also did not start due to a bruised hip but entered at the 15:51 mark. Averette and Carroll replaced them in the starting lineup.Tulsa: After a 1-for-10 shooting performance in his last game that dropped his season percentage to 31 percent, Pat Birt, Tulsas leading returning scorer from a year ago, did not start for the first time this season, and was replaced by freshman Lawson Korita. 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PRIDDIS, Alberta -- Three-time champion Lydia Ko was back on the Canadian Pacific Womens Open leaderboard. Canadian star Brooke Henderson got left behind after a late start.The top-ranked Ko shot a 5-under 67 on Thursday at Priddis Greens in the round delayed for nearly three hours because of lightning, leaving her two strokes behind leader Chella Choi.I had lunch like three times and I had fro-yos, Ko said. I wish there could be a switch where we could put out the sun or put some overcast. But when it comes to weather, we cant control it, so when its that case, you just have to go with it.The 18-year-old Henderson was 1 under with three holes left when play was suspended because of darkness. Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ontario, beat Ko in a playoff in June in the KPMG Womens PGA Championship for her first major title, and successfully defended her Cambia Portland Classic title in early July.Choi was 7 under with four holes left. Celebrating her 26th birthday, the South Korean player made consecutive birdies on the par-5 18th and first holes and also birdied the par-4 second and fourth.Northern Irelands Stephanie Meadow was a stroke back after a 66. Frances Karine Icher -- playing alongside Choi -- was 6 under with four holes left.Ko has won the event three of the last four years, the first two as an amateur. The New Zealander won in 2012 at Vancouver Golf Club at 15 years, 4 months to become the LPGA Tours youngest winner and fifth amateur champion. She successfully defended her title in 2013, winning by five strokes in Edmonton. Last year back at Vancouver as a pro, she beat Stacy Lewis in a playoff.The 19-year-old has four LPGA Tour victories this season, winning the ANA Inspiration in April for her second major title. She was second last week in the Rio Olympics, five strokes behind Inbee Park. On Thursday, Ko had six birdies and one bogey.I played really solid, birdied the first hole straight off the bat, Ko said. I was putting really wwell and hit the ball pretty good throughout the round.ddddddddddddMeadow, the 24-year-old former Alabama player, birdied the final two holes, closing with a right-to-left breaking 20-footer on the par-4 ninth.It was gray and it looked like it was rain and windy, so thats pretty much Ireland in a nutshell, Meadow said. But definitely I think its nice to know that I can play in those conditions. Ive done it a lot, even though its when I was little. But Ive still done it and scored, so I know I can do it.South Koreas Mirim Lee and Mi Jung Hur matched Ko at 67, and second-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand also was 5 under with four holes to play. Jutanugarn won the Womens British Open for her fourth victory of the year, then withdrew during the Olympics because of a left knee injury.Past champions Suzann Pettersen and So Yeon Ryu shot 68. Pettersen won in 2009 winner at Priddis Greens, and Ryu two years ago at London Hunt in Ontario.I have a really good confidence vibe here, Ryu said.Lewis was 4 under with four holes left. Coming off a tie for fourth in Rio, the 11-time tour champion is winless in 57 starts since June 2014. The Texan has 11 runner-up finishes during the drought.Michelle Wie, the 2010 winner in Winnipeg, Manitoba, had a 71.Juli Inkster holed out from the fairway for eagle on the ninth. The 56-year-old Hall of Famer finished off a 70 just before dark.Lorie Kane matched Hollis Stacys tournament record with her 26th straight appearance in the event, Inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame on Tuesday night, the 51-year-old Kane shot 73.Karrie Webb also had a 73. She won the 1999 du Maurier Classic at Priddis Greens, the then-major championship that folded because of Canadas restrictions on tobacco promotions.The tour will remain in Canada next week for the Manulife LPGA Classic in Cambridge, Ontario. 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