Tulsa to Host Colorado State Saturday at the BOK Center

GAME #12: TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE (8-3) vs. COLORADO STATE RAMS (7-6)
Date/Time:	Saturday • Dec. 21, 2019 • 1:30 p.m. (CT)
Site:	BOK Center (19,199) • Tulsa, Okla.
Coaches:	Tulsa – Frank Haith (Elon '88), 6th year Colorado State – Niko Medved (Minnesota '97), 2nd year
TV:	ESPN3 \| Brett Dolan (PxP) & Bryndon Manzer (Analyst)
Radio:	Big Country 99.5 FM (Bruce Howard & J.R. Rollo)
Live Stats:	Live Stats
Series:	6th Meeting (Tulsa has a 3-2 advantage)
Twitter:	@TUMBasketball \| @TulsaHurricane
Instagram:	TulsaMBasketball
Game Notes:	Tulsa (PDF) \| Colorado State

THE GAME
• This is the 6th meeting between Tulsa and Colorado State.
• The game is the first neutral site game of the year for the Hurricane.
• The Rams are 7-6 on the season … Colorado State comes into Saturday's match-up off of a loss to Colorado at home 56-48 ... they have key wins over Washington State, Denver and Loyola Marymount ... they have faced mutual opponents Arkansas State and Boise State, losing to both

THE SERIES
• Tulsa has a 3-2 series lead ... the Hurricane is 1-1 on the road against the Rams and 2-1 at home.
• The first game between the two teams came in the 1998-99 season as Tulsa lost to Colorado State on the road with a final of 71-64.

HISTORY AGAINST COLORADO STATE
•The first meeting between the two teams came in 1961 on Dec. 2 as the Rams defeated the Hurricane in Tulsa with a final of 85-78
• Tulsa won the next three meetings against the two teams ... the most recent came on Jan. 7, 1999 in Tulsa with a final of 74-62
• The most recent game came on Feb. 6, 1999 in Fort Collins, Colo. with the Rams winning 71-64.

SCOUTING THE RAMS
• Colorado State was picked to finish 9th in The Mountain West Conference.
• Colorado State finished last season going 12-20 overall and 7-11 in Mountain West Conference play and lost in the first round of their conference tournament to Boise State.
• Colorado State comes into Saturday's matchup following a 56-48 loss at home against Colorado... the loss was the Ram's third loss in the last four games
• They were led in the game by Isaiah Stevens who had 10 points and 3 assists ... Nico Carvacho added 9 points and 10 rebounds for the Rams.
• Colorado State has 2 players averaging over 10.0 ppg ... they are led by Nico Carvacho in scoring (13.0) and in rebounding (9.9) ... he has started all 13 games for the Rams.
• The Rams are averaging 69.5 ppg for the season ,while their opponents average 69.8 points per game.

A TULSA WIN WOULD
• Give Tulsa their 1st neutral site victory of the season ... their 3rd win in the month of December
• Give Tulsa their first win in the BOK Center since the 2012-13 season ... it was the last time Tulsa played there ... they hosted the C-USA Tournament.

MARTINS IGBANU IS BACK
• Put in a season-high 18 points against Arkansas in Tulsa's last game
• He shot 6-10 (60%) from the floor and 6-9 (67%) from the free throw line ... the most field goals he has made in a game this season
• Igbanu has five games of double-figure scoring this season (Houston Baptist, Oral Roberts, South Carolina State, Arkansas State and Arkansas)
• Igbanu has shot over 40-percent from the field 7 times this season ... over the past three games he has shot 54-percent from the field

JOINER ENTERS THE LINEUP
• For four games in a row the Hurricane started the game with the same group of guys ... Hll, Jones, Jackson, Rachal and Igbanu started ... in the Boise State game Elijah Joiner entered the starting lineup for Hill and remained in the starting lineup against Arkansas
• Facing Arkansas Joiner scored a career-high 19 points ... he added 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 32 minutes.
• This starting lineup against the Broncos scored 35 of the 69 points (50.7), including two in double figures with Jackson (12) and Rachal (10).
• Joiner enters the lineup after going 4-6 with 10 points against Arkansas State ... he leads the team in assists per game with 2.9.
• The group consists of all upperclassmen: juniors Joiner, Jones, Rachal and Jackson along with the senior Igbanu.

UP NEXT
• Tulsa will play in the last game of 2019 as they travel to Kansas State on Sunday, Dec. 29 at 5:00 p.m. ... the game will be the last road game of the month of December.

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Elijah Joiner