TULSA POSTGAME NOTES VS. EAST CAROLINA
2/18/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
• Tulsa wore gold uniforms vs. East Carolina. It was the fifth time this season TU has worn gold. TU is 4-1 in gold uniforms this year. TU wore gold for the first time since Dec. 10.
• Junior guards Shaquille Harrison, Rashad Smith and James Woodard all started their 25th games of the season, and junior guard Marquel Curtis started his 18th game of the season. Junior forward Brandon Swannegan earned his first career start.
• Harrison started his 92nd career game, Woodard started his 88th career game, Smith started his 53nd career game, and Curtis started his 19th career game.
• Harrison has started all 92 games in his career, Woodard has started 66 straight games, and Smith has started 30 straight games.
• Tulsa improved to 14-0 when leading at halftime, 15-0 when it shoots better from the field than its opponent, and 15-0 when holding its opponent to fewer than 65 points.
• The Hurricane shot 51 percent from the field in the game. It was the fourth time TU has shot better than 50 percent from the field this season, and is 4-0 when doing so.
• Swannegan scored a career-high 15 points. He surpassed his previous career high of 12 points against USF on Jan. 31.
• With 19 points in the game, Woodard now has 1,273 points in his career, ranking 20th on the Tulsa career scoring chart. He needs 15 points to match Rob Washington (1,288 - 1966-69).
• Swannegan recorded at least one block for the 19th game this season. He has a team-high 38 blocks this year, and 107 in his career, ranking sixth all-time at TU.
• Tulsa stopped a two-game losing streak. It has not lost more than two games in a row this season.
• Junior guard Nick Wood played four minutes in the game - the most since playing nine minutes in the first game of his career against LSU Shreveport on Nov. 11, 2012.
