Tulsa
Boise State
Tulsa Edges Boise State 58-57
1/10/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan 10, 2004
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Freshman Charles Ramsdell flipped in an offensive rebound with 3.2 seconds remaining to help Tulsa snap a four-game losing streak with a 58-57 victory over Boise State Saturday.
With TU down by one, Ramsdell missed a jumper and Jarius Glenn wrestled the rebound away from two Boise State players. Glenn forced up a follow shot that banged hard off the backboard to Ramsdell for the follow.
Boise State's Bryan Defares missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Defares had given Boise State a 53-47 cushion with a 3-pointer with 4:47 to play. But Tulsa, which had scored just 10 points in the second half, responded with an inside basket by Anthony Price, a three-point play by Jason Parker and a baseline jumper by Glenn to tie the game.
Boise State freshman Coby Karl, son of longtime NBA coach George Karl, hit a 3-pointer with 38.8 seconds left to give Boise State a 57-54 lead.
Tulsa cut it to 57-56 on a follow slam by Price, then got a chance to win when DeFares, an 80 percent free throw shooter, missed the front end of a one-and-one with 22.8 seconds left.
Parker had 22 points and Price had 16 points and nine rebounds for Tulsa (5-8, 1-3 Western Athletic Conference).
Aaron Haynes and Booker Nabors had 15 points each and Jason Ellis had 11 rebounds for Boise State (9-4, 1-2 WAC).
The Broncos came in averaging 81.1 points but shot just 33.9 percent against the WAC's leader in field goal percentage defense.
