Monday, November 4
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Tulsa
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Northeastern State
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TULSA, Okla. –– The University of Tulsa men's basketball is set to tip off the new season with a game against Northeastern State on Monday evening in the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. and will air on ESPN+ with Josh Haley and JR Rollo on the call. Fans can also catch the on Big Country 99.5 FM and the Varsity Network app. Bruce Howard and Rick Couri will call the action.
The Golden Hurricane and Riverhawks will celebrate legendary coach Ken Hayes on Monday. One of the most successful coaches in the state, Hayes won 391 games in his years with Tulsa, Oral Roberts and Northeastern State and held a 460-329 record as a head coach. After a coaching career that spanned more than four decades, Hayes was inducted to the Tulsa Athletic Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2008. Northeastern State welcomed him into its hall of fame in 1999.
Tulsa and Northeastern State will meet for the 22nd time. The Hurricane holds a 17-4 advantage in a series that started in 1925. TU is 10-1 at home against NSU, with the lone loss coming in 1928 as part of a three-game run from the Riverhawks against the Hurricane. The two last played each other in March of 2021, a game Tulsa won 107-74 in the Reynolds Center.
Head coach Eric Konkol enters his third season in charge of the Hurricane. Tulsa is coming off a 16-15 season and has eight returners alongside seven newcomers for this campaign.
Graduate guard Keaston Willis only played in two games before an injury sidelined him for the remainder of the 2023-24 campaign. Adding him to the Tulsa lineup is almost like adding a new player. Willis has scored more than 1,600 career points and has made 300 3-pointers.
The Hurricane also returns The American All-Freshman honorees guard Tyshawn Archie and forward Matt Reed. Archie averaged 7.2 points and was explosive when he got the ball in the open court. Reed recorded 4.5 points and 4.2 rebounds as a freshman. Senior forward Jared Garcia and junior guard Isaiah Barnes are two returning starters. Garcia was third on the team in scoring at 9.4 per game in his first season in Tulsa, and also led TU on the glass, pulling down 6.0 per night. Graduate guard Ari Seals, junior guard Jesaiah McWright and sophomore guard Ben Radford also return in 2024-25.
The newcomers are a mixture of freshmen and players with collegiate experience. Justin Amadi, Braeden Carrington, Dwon Odom and Tyler Behrend are transfers into this season's team. A redshirt junior forward, Amadi averaged 7.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in three seasons at James Madison. A graduate guard, Odom spent the past two seasons at Georgia State and started his career at Xavier. In four seasons, Odom averaged 8.7 points 3.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists while tallying 52 games in double figure scoring.
In an exhibition this past Tuesday, Odom led all players with 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting in his Tulsa debut. Four Hurricane finished in double figures, including 12 from Tyshawn Archie and 10 each from Keaston Willis and Isaiah Barnes. All nine Hurricane who touched the floor scored in the win.
Monday's game will go down as an exhibition for the visiting Riverhawks, who enter their fifth season under head men's basketball coach Ja Havens. NSU is coming off an 11-win season and were picked to finish 11th by member coaches in the Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
The Riverhawks return two starters from last season in Jaxon Jones and Keon Edwards. Jones lead the MIAA in assists (5.2) last season and averaged 9.8 points per game. Edwards started every game while averaging 7.8 points and reaching double figures in eight contests. Ethan Blackmon came off the bench last season to lead NSU in rebounding (5.7). NSU added a familiar Tulsa foe in Trey Phipps out of Oral Roberts.
After Monday's season opener, the Golden Hurricane will continue its season-opening homestand with Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Tipoff off for the Saturday matchup is set for 2 p.m. on ESPN+.
Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. and will air on ESPN+ with Josh Haley and JR Rollo on the call. Fans can also catch the on Big Country 99.5 FM and the Varsity Network app. Bruce Howard and Rick Couri will call the action.
The Golden Hurricane and Riverhawks will celebrate legendary coach Ken Hayes on Monday. One of the most successful coaches in the state, Hayes won 391 games in his years with Tulsa, Oral Roberts and Northeastern State and held a 460-329 record as a head coach. After a coaching career that spanned more than four decades, Hayes was inducted to the Tulsa Athletic Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2008. Northeastern State welcomed him into its hall of fame in 1999.
Tulsa and Northeastern State will meet for the 22nd time. The Hurricane holds a 17-4 advantage in a series that started in 1925. TU is 10-1 at home against NSU, with the lone loss coming in 1928 as part of a three-game run from the Riverhawks against the Hurricane. The two last played each other in March of 2021, a game Tulsa won 107-74 in the Reynolds Center.
Head coach Eric Konkol enters his third season in charge of the Hurricane. Tulsa is coming off a 16-15 season and has eight returners alongside seven newcomers for this campaign.
Graduate guard Keaston Willis only played in two games before an injury sidelined him for the remainder of the 2023-24 campaign. Adding him to the Tulsa lineup is almost like adding a new player. Willis has scored more than 1,600 career points and has made 300 3-pointers.
The Hurricane also returns The American All-Freshman honorees guard Tyshawn Archie and forward Matt Reed. Archie averaged 7.2 points and was explosive when he got the ball in the open court. Reed recorded 4.5 points and 4.2 rebounds as a freshman. Senior forward Jared Garcia and junior guard Isaiah Barnes are two returning starters. Garcia was third on the team in scoring at 9.4 per game in his first season in Tulsa, and also led TU on the glass, pulling down 6.0 per night. Graduate guard Ari Seals, junior guard Jesaiah McWright and sophomore guard Ben Radford also return in 2024-25.
The newcomers are a mixture of freshmen and players with collegiate experience. Justin Amadi, Braeden Carrington, Dwon Odom and Tyler Behrend are transfers into this season's team. A redshirt junior forward, Amadi averaged 7.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in three seasons at James Madison. A graduate guard, Odom spent the past two seasons at Georgia State and started his career at Xavier. In four seasons, Odom averaged 8.7 points 3.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists while tallying 52 games in double figure scoring.
In an exhibition this past Tuesday, Odom led all players with 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting in his Tulsa debut. Four Hurricane finished in double figures, including 12 from Tyshawn Archie and 10 each from Keaston Willis and Isaiah Barnes. All nine Hurricane who touched the floor scored in the win.
Monday's game will go down as an exhibition for the visiting Riverhawks, who enter their fifth season under head men's basketball coach Ja Havens. NSU is coming off an 11-win season and were picked to finish 11th by member coaches in the Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
The Riverhawks return two starters from last season in Jaxon Jones and Keon Edwards. Jones lead the MIAA in assists (5.2) last season and averaged 9.8 points per game. Edwards started every game while averaging 7.8 points and reaching double figures in eight contests. Ethan Blackmon came off the bench last season to lead NSU in rebounding (5.7). NSU added a familiar Tulsa foe in Trey Phipps out of Oral Roberts.
After Monday's season opener, the Golden Hurricane will continue its season-opening homestand with Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Tipoff off for the Saturday matchup is set for 2 p.m. on ESPN+.
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