Tulsa Wins 62-57 Over Tulane

Tuesday, February 25

Reynolds Center

8 PM

Tulsa

19-9,11-4AAC

Tulane

12-16,4-12AAC

Tulane

Tulsa

Photo by: Bill Powell

Tulsa Wins 62-57 Over Tulane

2/25/2020 11:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE I PRESS CONFERENCE I SEASON STATS

TULSA, Okla. –– Tulsa held off a surge by Tulane to capture a 62-57 win Tuesday night in front of 3,443 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Martins Igbanu led the way with 17 points and 11 rebounds for his third double-double of the season.

Tulsa improved its overall season record to 19-9 and 11-4 in the American Athletic Conference, while Tulane fell to 12-16 and 4-12.

Jeriah Horne added 14 points and 6 rebounds for the Hurricane, while Lawson Korita had 12 points and 4 boards. The Hurricane hit 49-percent of its field goals, while knocking down 50-percent of its 3-pointers, going 10-of-20 from behind the arc.

Tulsa held the Green Wave to 39-percent shooting from the field and after a 10-8 deficit in the first half for paint scoring, the Hurricane ended the game out-scoring Tulane in the paint 22-16.

Tulane came out in the second half the way they ended the first by scoring a 3-pointer for a 36-30 lead in the first minute and held onto the lead for the first 8:13 of the half. Trailing 41-35, the Hurricane went on a 12-0 run to take a 47-41 lead on an Igbanu layup at the 9:46 mark. Brandon Rachal's jumper in the paint gave Tulsa the lead back at 42-41 before Korita hit a trey and Igbanu scored his layup.

Tulane responded with a 5-point run of their own and then a 3-pointer by Jordan Walker knotted the score at 49 with 7:18 to play.

The Green Wave took a one-point lead, 53-52, at the 4:53 mark and again with 3:23 left in the contest for a 55-54 lead. Horne's trey at 3:05 on the clock put Tulsa back ahead by 2 points at 57-55. Igbanu's layup made it 59-55 with just 0:39 on the game clock.

It was Tulsa's defense down the stretch and three of four made free throws that helped the Hurricane secure the victory.

Tulsa jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first 3 minutes, and increased that to a first-half high 13-point lead when Igbanu's layup at the 12:28 mark made the score 19-6. Tulane whittled its deficit down to 2 points on a 13-2 run to 21-19 at the 5:48 mark.

The Green Wave took a one-point lead, 25-24, with 4:17 left in the first half before Tulsa went back ahead 30-25. Tulane closed out the half on an 8-0 run to take a 33-30 lead into halftime.

In the first half the two teams each shot over 40 percent from the field, while Tulsa knocked down 6-of-13 treys for 46 percent. Horne and Korita led the way for Tulsa with 9 points apiece, while Hightower led the Green Wave with 12 points.

Tulane took advantage of 9 Tulsa turnovers by scoring 12 points off of Hurricane miscues. Unusual for the Hurricane, Tulane also led the Hurricane for points in the paint, 10-8, and although Tulsa had a rebounding advantage of one for the half, all of Tulsa's 16 rebounds came on the defensive end.

Tulsa closes out the home season Saturday in a 5:00 p.m. matchup against the UCF Knights. The Hurricane will take to the road for the final two regular season games at Temple (Mar. 4) and at Wichita State (Mar. 8).

QUICK HITS …
• Martins Igbanu had his third double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds … it's also his 17^th double-figure scoring game and 4^th double-digit rebounding game this year.
• Lawson Korita has scored in double-figures in 5 of the last 6 games.
• In 123 career games, Martins Igbanu now has 1,264 career points to rank 22^nd on the school's career scoring list, while his 613 career rebounds is in 21^st place on the all-time rebounding list.
• It was the first time in conference play that Tulsa has made 10 or more threes in a game and 4th time this season (Colorado State 12, South Carolina State 12, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 10)
• It was the 4th time this season that Tulsa has trailed at half and came back to win (Austin Peay, Houston, Wichita State).