Tulsa Hosts Temple for Senior Night

GAME #30: Tulsa (11-18, 5-11 AAC) vs. Temple (15-14, 7-9 AAC)
Date/Time:	Tuesday • March 4, 2025 • 7:00 p.m. (CT)
Site:	Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355) • Tulsa, Okla.
Coaches:	Tulsa – Eric Konkol (Wisconsin-Eau Claire, '00), 3rd Season Temple – Adam Fisher (Penn State '06), 2nd Season
TV:	ESPN+ \| Chad McKee (PxP) and Pooh Williamson (Analyst)
Radio:	Big Country 99.5 FM / Varsity Sports App (Bruce Howard and JR Rollo)
Live Stats:	Live Stats
Series:	22nd Meeting \| Tulsa leads 13-8
Twitter:	@TUMBasketball \| @TulsaHurricane
Instagram:	TulsaMBasketball
Notes:	Tulsa Notes \| Temple Notes \| The American Notes

TULSA, Okla. –– The Golden Hurricane men's basketball team welcomes Temple Owls to the Donald W. Reynolds Center in the regular season home finale on Tuesday evening.

Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. (CT) and will air on ESPN+ with Chad McKee and Pooh Williamson on the call. Fans can also catch the contest on Big Country 99.5 FM and the Varsity Network app. Bruce Howard and JR Rollo will bring fans the action.

Prior to tipoff, Tulsa will recognize the careers of graduate guards Dwon Odom and Keaston Willis, who play their final home games of their careers. Ari Seals, who celebrated senior day last season, will also play his final game in the Reynolds Center.

The Hurricane (11-18, 5-11 The American) and Owls (15-14, 7-9 The American) both had their last games come down to a last second game winner, but with different results. For Tulsa, Isaiah Barnes knocked down a 3-pointer with 12 seconds remaining to tie the game against Tulane, but TU had its heart broken as the Green Wave scored on a well-executed pick-and-roll with one second left on the clock. The Owls had a potential game-winner blocked, but Zion Stanford had enough time to rebound his shot and knock down a baseline jumper as the horn sounded to lift Temple to a 73-71 win over South Florida.

The winner snapped a six-game losing streak for Temple, who had not won in more than a month. That stretch included the earlier 80-74 Tulsa win at Temple, the first blemish at the Liacouras Center for the Owls in 2024-25, and first loss at home since Tulsa beat Temple in early March of last season.

Tuesday's contest marks the 22^nd meeting between the teams in a series Tulsa leads 13-8 after the meeting on Feb. 12. The series is evenly split at five games apice over the past 10 meetings with Tulsa winning the last two meetings after Temple had won four straight. Tulsa is 7-2 at home against the Owls, but both of those losses have come in the last two meetings in the Reynolds Center.

Odom is Tulsa's leading scorer at 13.3 points per game this season. He is shooting 54.2 percent from the floor, which is the eighth-best percentage in The American. However, he is the top-shooting guard in The American by percentage and is eighth in the NCAA among guards. Odom is the only player in the nation to shoot above 50 percent with at least 150 assists and 125 rebounds this season.

Following Tuesday's game, the Golden Hurricane close the 2024-25 regular season on the road against its biggest rival, Wichita State. Tipoff against the Shockers is set for 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon on ESPN+.

Tulsa Hosts Temple for Senior Night

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Players Mentioned

Isaiah Barnes

Dwon Odom

Ari Seals

Keaston Willis