TULSA POSTGAME NOTES VS. HOUSTON: AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
3/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
• Tulsa wore white uniforms vs. Houston. It was the seventh time this season TU has worn white. TU is 5-2 in white uniforms this year.
• Junior guards Shaquille Harrison, Rashad Smith and James Woodard all started their 31st games of the season, and junior guard Marquel Curtis started his 24th game of the season. Junior forward Brandon Swannegan started for the seventh straight game.
• Harrison started his 98th career game, Woodard started his 94th career game, Smith started his 59th career game, and Curtis started his 25th career game.
• Harrison has started all 98 games in his career, Woodard has started 72 straight games, and Smith has started 36 straight games.
• Tulsa advances to the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Championship.
• The Hurricane will play in the conference tournament semifinals for the third straight year and the seventh time in the last eight years.
• TU has won four straight conference tournament games, going back to the 2013-14 season and the Conference USA Championship.
• The Hurricane held Houston to a .351 field goal percentage. It was 28th time the Hurricane has held an opponent under 50 percent from the field this season, and the 15th time it has held an opponent under 40 percent from the field.
• With 10 points in the game, Woodard now has 1,369 points in his career, ranking 17th on the Tulsa career scoring chart. He surpassed Bobby Smith (1,368 - 1966-69) for 17th place, and needs three points to tie Herbert Johnson (1,372 - 1981-85) for 16th place.
• Harrison tallied four steals and four assists in the game. He now has 178 steals in his career, ranking sixth on the Tulsa chart. He has 320 career assists, and ranks ninth on the assists chart. He needs one steal to match Dante Swanson (179 - 1999-03) for fifth place, and needs two assists to match Jason Parker (322 - 2000-04) for eighth place.
• Swannegan recorded one block in the game. He now has 118 blocks, tying Steven Idlet (2007-12) for fifth place.
• Woodard made two 3-pointers in the game, and now has 180 3-point field goals in his career, ranking sixth in school history.
