OSU Cowboy quarterback Alan Bowman threw for 348 yards and two touchdowns, running back Ollie Gordon II rushed for 164 yards and three second-half touchdowns and No. 24 Oklahoma State kept its hopes of reaching the Big 12 Championship game alive with a 43-30 win over Houston (4-7, 2-6) Saturday.

Bowman completed 29 of 43 passes and threw touchdown passes of 23 and 21 yards. Brennan Presley caught a career-high 15 passes for 189 yards. His reception total was the second most in a game for an Oklahoma State player — Alex Lloyd caught 16 back in 1949.

Oklahoma State (8-3, 6-2 Big 12) entered the day in a four-way tie for second place in the conference, one game behind Texas. The Cowboys bounced back from a stunning loss to UCF by outgaining the Cougars 501 yards to 393.

Donovan Smith was 17 of 29 for 235 yards and accounted for three touchdowns. He threw a 60yard touchdown pass to Jonah Wilson, caught a 28yard touchdown pass from Joseph Manjack IV and rushed for a 31-yard touchdown for the Cougars (47, 2-6). He also threw two interceptions, contributing to Houston’s fourth loss in its last five games.

Houston led 23-9 following a safety with four minutes remaining in the second quarter before everything changed. The Cowboys scored 27 unanswered points, highlighted by two 6-yard touchdown runs by Gordon and capped by an Alex Hale 44-yard field goal with 9:45 left in the fourth quarter.

The Cowboys started slow but took advantage of Houston’s mistakes, including an interception and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that continued an Oklahoma State drive. The mistakes resulted in 13 points for the Cowboys. 1 2 3 4T Oklahoma State 3 16 14 10 43 Houston 14 9 0 7 30 Oklahoma State finished with 501 total offensive yards and Houston had 393 total offensive yards.