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Tulsa vs. Auburn: MBB Game 4 Preview
11/23/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 23, 2014
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Tulsa men's basketball team will open the MGM Grand Main Event Monday night when it takes on Auburn at 10 p.m. CT at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The Golden Hurricane is part of the Heavyweight Bracket, along with Auburn, Oklahoma State and Oregon State.
TULSA (2-1) vs. AUBURN (2-1)
Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 • 10:05 p.m. CT • MGM Grand Garden Arena (16,800)
TV: ESPNU (Dave Flemming and Stephen Howard)
Radio: News 102.3 and AM 740 KRMG and the Golden Hurricane Radio Network (Bruce Howard and Rick Couri)
Internet: Live Audio on Hurricane Vision
Live Stats: www.TulsaHurricane.com
Twitter: @TUMBasketball | @TulsaHurricane
Instagram: TulsaMBasketball
The Coaches
Tulsa: Frank Haith (Elon '88)
Career Record: 207-130 (11th year) | Record at Tulsa: 2-1 (first year)
Auburn: Bruce Pearl (Boston College '82)
Career Record: 464-146 (20th year) | Record at Auburn: 2-1 (first year)
The Series
This will be the third meeting between Tulsa and Auburn. Auburn leads the series, 2-0. The last meeting was in the second round of the 2009 NIT, a 74-55 win by the Tigers in Auburn. Auburn also won 92-75 in 1975 at the Sun Bowl Tournament in El Paso, Texas.
Quick Hits
• The winners of Monday's Tulsa-Auburn and Oklahoma State-Oregon State games will meet in the Heavyweight Bracket Championship Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. CT. The losers of each Monday game will play at 8 p.m. CT Wednesday.
• The Golden Hurricane went 1-1 in the opening games of the MGM Grand Main Event, defeating Louisiana-Lafayette at home, 65-53, and falling at Oral Roberts, 77-68.
• In its last outing, the Hurricane defeated Abilene Christian, 65-39, on Nov. 19. D'Andre Wright led TU with 16 points and seven rebounds, and James Woodard added 13 points.
• With 33 points so far this season, James Woodard has now scored 944 points in his career, and needs just 56 points to become Tulsa's 36th 1,000-point scorer.
• The Tulsa defense has held each of its first three opponents to less than 50 percent field goal shooting, and has now held 35 of its last 37 opponents and 33 in a row under .500 from the field.
• The Golden Hurricane has outrebounded its first three opponents by a total of 124-97, an average of 41.3-32.3 per game. TU outrebounded Oral Roberts, 44-36, Louisiana-Lafayette, 37-31, and Abilene Christian, 43-30.
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