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Tulsa in Texas to Face the UTA Mavericks Tonight
11/8/2019 3:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
| GAME #2: TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE (1-0) vs UTA MAVERICKS (1-0) | |
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| Date/Time: | Saturday • Nov. 9, 2019 • 7:00 p.m. (CT) |
| Site: | College Park Center (7,000) • Arlington, Texas |
| Coaches: | Tulsa – Frank Haith (Elon '88), 5th year UTA – Chris Ogden (Texas '04), 2nd year |
| TV: | ESPN+ |
| Radio: | Big Country 99.5 FM (Bruce Howard & J.R. Rollo) |
| Live Stats: | Live Stats |
| Series: | Tulsa leads 4-0 |
| Twitter: | @TUMBasketball | @TulsaHurricane |
| Instagram: | TulsaMBasketball |
| Game Notes: | Tulsa (PDF) I UTA |
The Game
• Tulsa plays its first road game in just its second game of the season at Texas-Arlington on Saturday, Nov. 9.
• This is the earliest true road game for Tulsa since playing at Wichita State on Nov. 16, 2016-17.
• This is the first of 4 true road games this year for Tulsa, while last year Tulsa played only 2 true road games.
The Series
• Tulsa has a 4-0 record in the series against Texas-Arlington.
• This is the first time that Tulsa will play on the road against UTA.
• The first meeting came in the 1966-67 season when the Hurricane claimed a 107-74 victory, while the last meeting came last year in Tulsa when the Hurricane garnered a 72-58 victory.
• Tulsa has a 86.7 scoring average in the series, while UTA has averaged 71.5 points, a difference of 15.2 points.
FAST BREAK POINTS
• Tulsa is in its 109th season of basketball and sixth season in the American Athletic Conference.
• The Hurricane opened the season on Tuesday with an 80-72 over Houston Baptist. Tulsa led by as many as 13 points in the second half. It improved Tulsa's winning streak in non-conference home games to 14 games.
• Tulsa had 3 double-digit scorers in the opener with Jeriah Horne's 22 points, Martins Igbanu 16 and Brandon Rachal had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
• The Hurricane return a pair of starters and five letterwinners from last year's squad, which went 18-14 and finished seventh in the American Athletic Conference with an 8-10 league mark.
• Senior forward Martins Igbanu is the team's top returning scorer at 12.5 ppg and he led the squad with 5.7 rebounds per outing. Igbanu also ranked second in The American with a .616 shooting percentage.
• TU also returns junior forward Jeriah Horne, who led the Golden Hurricane with 49 3-pointers made last year. Horne also paced the team with a .818 free-throw percentage.
• Tulsa has 5 newcomers eligible to make their debut for the Golden Hurricane this season. That group includes Reggie Jones, who sat out the 2018-19 season after transferring from Western Michigan.
• Sitting out this year due to transfer rules are Keyshawn Embery-Simpson (Arkansas), Curtis Haywood II (Georgia Tech) and walkon Ryan Gendron (Oklahoma State baseball).
• TU has notched 54 league wins since joining The American, which is the fifth-most in the circuit behind only Cincinnati (71), Houston (58), SMU (57) and Temple (55) during that span (2014-present).
• Tulsa was picked to finish 10th in the American Athletic Conference Preseason Poll. TU has finished better than its preseason prediction in all five seasons under head coach Frank Haith.
Game 1 Recap
• Jeriah Horne scored 22 points to lead Tulsa to a season-opening 80-72 win over Houston Baptist.
• The victory extended Tulsa's non-conference winning streak to 14 games over three seasons.
• Martins Igbanu and Brandon Rachal added 16 and 12 points, respectively, while Rachal had a team-high 10 rebounds.
• Tulsa dominated points in the paint 48-to-20, scored 20 points off of HBU turnovers and converted on 21-of-27 free throws for 78 percent.
• Tulsa took its first lead of the game with 0:34 left in the first half when Horne hit a jumper in the paint for a 39-38 lead. Tulsa had a 41-38 halftime lead.
• UTA took the lead again in the second half, but Tulsa retook the lead and led by as many as 13 points.
Experience on the Roster
• Last season, Tulsa was one of just seven Division I programs without a scholarship freshmen on its roster. TU's only freshman was walk-on George Christopoulos, who redshirted the campaign.
• This season, the Tulsa roster boasts nine upperclassmen (seven juniors, two seniors), which is tied for the 12th-most in all of Division I. The junior class includes a pair of JUCO transfers in Brandon Rachal and Emmanuel Ugboh, along with Reggie Jones, who played his first two seasons at Western Michigan before transferring to Tulsa. However, one junior, one sophomore and one freshman will red-shirt this season.
• In all, Tulsa's 14-man roster has a combined 18 years of Division I playing experience.
The Seniors
• The only seniors on the Tulsa roster this year is 6'8" Martins Igbanu and 6'5" Lawson Korita.
• They have each started games since their freshman seasons, combining to start 121 games, 73 for Igbanu and 48for Korita.
• Last year, they combined to score 25-percent of Tulsa's points and 24-percent of Tulsa's rebounds.
• Igbanu averaged the second-highest point total behind DaQuan Jefferies, now with the Sacramento Kings, with 12.5 points, while Korita was the 6th leading scorer with a 5.7 average.
• Igbanu's .616 field goal percentage was second in the American Athletic Conference behind UCF's Tacko Fall's .748 percentage.
