No. 8 Texas defeated Oklahoma State 61-46 on the 10-year anniversary of the plane crash that killed 10 people with ties to the Cowboys basketball program.

The game was in Stillwater.

"It's tough for both sides," Longhorns guard Dogus Balbay said. "The fans are going to come and they're going to be emotional. The Oklahoma State team is going to be emotional as well. For us, too, it's really tough, it's really sad."But the only way we could honor those people was coming here and playing hard."

Texas wore the same orange "Remember the 10" T-shirts as Oklahoma State during warmup.

"I wish we could have played better for those people and for all the people that took the time to come out for the tribute," OSU's Marshall Moses said. "But it had nothing to do with anything, other than the fact that Texas just beat us tonight in our home gym."

Families of eight of the 10 killed returned to Stillwater for the reunion, and former coach Eddie Sutton and three former players addressed the crowd at halftime.

"It doesn't seem like it's been 10 years, although there's some days that it does. That accident affected Oklahoma State University like nothing that ever happened before like that," Sutton said.

"It also affected everybody that had any emotional ties to any of those players."It changed our lives and it really changed my life. Those 10 guys were special. There wasn't a bad guy in that whole lot."

Oklahoma State swingman Jean-Paul Olukemi has been named Big 12 Rookie of the Week.

Two months into their season, Oklahoma State finally notched a signature win on Saturday night when they downed No. 17 Kansas State 76-62.

"They were the best team we've played so far," said OSU coach Travis Ford.

Oklahoma State trailed by eight points with about nine minutes to go.

"Yeah, for us, this was a must-win," said OSU's Marshall Moses. "We needed this."