Tulsa Returns Home to Host Loyola Marymount on ESPNU

GAME #9: TULSA (4-4, 0-0) vs. Loyola Marymount (5-3, 0-0)
Date/Time:	Tuesday • Dec. 7, 2021 • 8:00 p.m. (CT)
Site:	Reynolds Center (8,355) • Tulsa, Okla.
Coaches:	Tulsa – Frank Haith (Elon '88), 8th Season Loyola Marymount - Stan Johnson (Southern Utah '01) 2nd Season
TV:	ESPNU \| Mark Neely (pxp) & Jon Crispinr (analyst)
Radio:	Big Country 99.5 FM (Bruce Howard & J.R. Rollo)
Live Stats:	Live Stats
Series:	5th Meeting (Tulsa Leads Series 4-0)
Twitter:	@TUMBasketball \| @TulsaHurricane
Instagram:	TulsaMBasketball
Game Notes:	Tulsa (PDF) \| Loyola Marymount (PDF) \| The American (PDF)

TULSA, Okla. –– After a pair of road games, the University of Tulsa men's basketball team is back in the friendly confines of the Donald W. Reynolds Center to host Loyola Marymount on Tuesday evening.

Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. central on ESPNU. Mark Neely will provide the play-by-play, and Jon Crispin will serve as the analyst for the matchup.

Tulsa (4-4) comes in after having lost both games of its roadtrip, most recently a 63-58 loss to Boise State at the ExtraMile Arena in Boise, Idaho. Jeriah Horne and Sam Griffin provided most of the Hurricane's offense with 17 and 14 points respectively. Darien Jackson added nine points and two steals. Tulsa led the Broncos 56-49 with 4:49 remaining but were outscored 14-2 in the remaining minutes, allowing Boise State to capture the win.

LMU (5-3) played in its first real road test of the season over the weekend, coming away with a narrow 77-74 win against Long Beach State thanks in large to runs of 9-0 and 12-0 in the second half. Joe Quintana led the Lions with 19 points. Eli Scott flirted with a triple-double, recording 12 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.

Tulsa has won all four matchups between the two schools. The most recent came on Nov. 24, 2009, when the Golden Hurricane took down the Lions 79-65 in the Reynolds Center. Ben Uzoh recorded a double-double in the win, and Jerome Jordan had 11 points to go with six rebounds and six blocks.

Horne leads the Hurricane in scoring, averaging 18.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Griffin is second on the team in points, scoring 15.8 per game. Horne was named to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll for the third time for his performances last week against ORU and Boise State. Freshman Anthony Pritchard leads the team with 21 assists, and graduate student Darien Jackson comes off the bench to lead the Hurricane in shooting percentage (57.1) and is second on the team in assists (17) and steals (10).

For LMU, Scott and Quintana lead the way. Quintana is a dangerous deep threat, knocking down 30 of his 62 three-point attempts (48.4 percent) and is also shooting 50.0 percent from the field and 96.6 from the foul line. He is a threat from nearly anywhere on the court and leads the Lions with 17.3 points to go along with 14 steals. Scott does a little bit of everything. He is second on the team in scoring (16.4 points per game), and he leads the team in shooting percentage (55.7), rebounds per game (6.6) and is tied in assists (23.).

After playing LMU, Tulsa will have two more games in the current homestand. The Hurricane will take on Southern Illinois on Dec. 11 before closing against Alcorn State on the 16th.

Tulsa Returns Home to Host Loyola Marymount on ESPNU

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Players Mentioned

Sam Griffin

Jeriah Horne

Darien Jackson

Anthony Pritchard