Hurricane Falls to the Wildcats 69-67

Sunday, December 29

Manhattan, Kan.

5:00 pm

Tulsa

8-5,0-0AAC

Kansas State

7-5,0-0Big 12

Tulsa

Kansas St.

Photo by: Dave Crenshaw

Hurricane Falls to the Wildcats 69-67

12/29/2019 8:42:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

GAME STATS I SEASON STATS

Manhattan, Kan. – Tulsa opened the game on a 16-3 run capturing their largest lead of the game; however, Kansas State's 11 three-pointers allowed the Wildcats to take the 69-67 victory. The Hurricane falls to 8-5 on the season, while Kansas State moves to 7-5.

Tulsa shot 43-percent from the floor on 24-56 shooting including 35-percent (7-20) from three. The Hurricane was led by three players who had double-digit scoring, Lawson Korita (12), Jeriah Horne (10) and Darien Jackson (10).

Korita not only led the Hurricane in scoring but also had 6 rebounds which tied the team-high with Elijah Joiner. Joiner finished with 6 points, 6 rebounds and a team-high 6 assists.

All 10 players that saw action for the Hurricane scored. Tulsa's bench outscored the Wildcats 24-7 with Jackson leading the way going 4-4 from the field.

Tulsa's held the lead for the first 16:26 of the game before Cartier Diarra hit his fourth three-pointer of the first half. Diarra led the Wildcats with a game-high 25 points on 8-16 shooting from the field and 6-11 from behind the arc.

The Hurricane went on a 12-2 run early in the second half to take back the lead from the Wildcats. The run consisted of 9 by Korita and a three-pointer from Horne.

With 2:23 left in the game, Horne was fouled on a three-point shot with the Hurricane down 64-63. After making all three free-throws, Tulsa took its last lead of the game at 66-64.

Kansas State's Xavier Sneed missed the front end of a one and one with 9 seconds left allowing Tulsa a final chance to tie the game. However, Joiner's layup attempt was not successful.

Quick Hits

All of Lawson Korita's 12 points were in the second half as he went 4-6 from the field and 3-4 from three-point range.
Tulsa's starters racked in 25 of the Hurricane's 36 rebounds and 10 of Tulsa's 12 assists.
22 of Tulsa's first 24 points were in the paint; the Hurricane outscored the Wildcats 32-20 in the paint.
Tulsa led the game for 21 minutes compared to Kansas State who led for 17 minutes ... the game was tied 6 times with 13 lead changes.
The Hurricane got out and ran in the game scoring 14 fast-break points compared to the Wildcats 4.

The Hurricane is back in action on Friday, Jan. 3 as they face off against Temple at the Reynolds Center at 8:00 p.m. The game will be the first of 2020, and the first conference game for the Hurricane.