Wednesday, January 21
Tulsa, Okla.
7 p.m.
Tulsa
vs
Memphis
Tulsa Hosts Memphis in Key American Conference Contest
1/20/2026 12:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball
TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa is back in the Reynolds Center to host Memphis in a big American Conference contest on Wednesday as the Golden Hurricane look to keep pace at the top of the league standings.
TICKETS
Date/Time: January 21, 2026 / 7 PM
Site: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Arena: Reynolds Center (8,355)
Radio: 99.5 FM KVOO Big Country, Learfield Network affiliates, and Varsity Network App
Talent: Bruce Howard (pxp) & Rick Couri (analyst)
Video: ESPN+
Talent: Chad McKee (pxp) & Pooh Williamson (analyst)
History: Memphis leads, 33-22
In Tulsa: Memphis leads, 11-13
Streak: Lost 5
MEDIA CENTRAL
STORY LINES
• David Green has been on fire over his last six games, averaging 23.7 points per game while shooting 53-of-76 (.697) from the field, 14-for-22 (.636) from three, and 22-of-30 (.733) from the free throw line. He's also averaging 5.5 rebounds and led the team in scoring five times in that time frame.
• Green earned American Conference Player of the Week honors after posting 23.5 points per game on 20-for-20 (.667) shooting and hitting 5-of-7 (.714) threes. He also grabbed 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game to become the first player in the league to earn multiple Player of the Week honors.
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley leads the American Conference lead with a +/- of +87. That ranks them 9th in the country as a group per EvanMiya.com.
• Tulsa is one of 14 programs with 15 games with 80-plus points, High Point leads the country at 18.
• Tulsa leads the American Conference in point differential (16.2), field goal percentage (.495), three-point percentage (.397), threes per game (10.4), free throw percentage (.790), and rebound margin (8.4).
• Tulsa is one of the best teams in the country at the free throw line, ranking sixth in the country at .790 percent. The Golden Hurricane have the top three free throw shooters in the American with Miles Barnstable leading the league (.946), followed by Tylen Riley (.884), and Myles Rigsby (.880).
• The Golden Hurricane are ninth in the country in three-point percentage at .397 percent.
• Tulsa is one of 9 programs to use the same starting five all season along with; Arizona, Buffalo, Elon, Houston, Merrimack, Oklahoma, Seton Hall, and Stephen F. Austin.
• Tulsa earned a 99-77 win over UAB on Sunday, the program's first ever win at Bartow Arena. The 99 points tied for the second-most points by a road team in Bartow Arena all-time.
• David Green led the offense with 26 points and 7 rebounds while Miles Barnstable had 25 points after hitting six three-pointers. Tyler Behrend added 16 points on 8-of-8 shooting, matching the second most makes without a miss in program history.
SERIES HISTORY
• This is the 56th meeting between the programs, Memphis leads 33-22.
• Tulsa is 11-13 at home against the Tigers.
• Memphis has won the last five the series, Tulsa's last win was by a score of 58-57 at home on Jan. 17, 2021.
• Eric Konkol is 0-4 against Memphis.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• The Tigers are 9-8 on the season and 4-1 in conference play, they are 1-4 on the road with losses at Ole Miss, Louisville, Mississippi State, and Florida Atlantic.
• Memphis played the 20th best non-conference schedule in the country, per Kenpom.
• The defending American Conference champions, the Tigers were picked to win the league in the preseason poll with 11 of the 13 first place votes.
SEASON NOTABLES
• Head coach Eric Konkol reached 200 wins for his career in a 97-48 win over Rice.
• Tulsa won the Mayor's Cup despite Oral Roberts shooting .500 percent from the field and making 14 threes. Since the 2004-05 season per Stathead, it is Tulsa's first road win in which the opponent shot .500 percent or better from the field and made 10 or more threes. Last season, teams were 839-13 (.985) at home, shooting .500 percent or better from the field, and made more than 10 threes.
• The Golden Hurricane won their first in-season tournament, the Acrisure Holiday Invitational, since 2002 with a 63-60 victory over Northern Iowa.
• The Golden Hurricane have played three one-point games this season, with two in back-to-back games (Oral Roberts and Kansas State). It was the team's first back-to-back one-point finishes since 2011. The team is 2-1 in one-point games this season. It's the team's most one-point games since 2008-09.
• Tulsa's 117-point performance against UAPB set a new Reynolds Center facility record for points in a game. It was the ninth-most points in a game in school history and is the program's first game with 115-plus points since 2000.
• Three opponents on the schedule are new to the Golden Hurricane men's basketball program, Oklahoma Christian, Manhattan Christian, and Denver.
• Tulsa received their highest ever NET ranking in the first batch of rankings, released on Dec. 1 at No. 27 in the country. The program's previous high was No. 52 back in 2020-21. Last season the Golden Hurricane finished ranked No. 271.
• Tulsa's 10-game winning streak was the program's longest since the 2014-15 season when they won 12 straight. It was the longest winning streak of head coach Eric Konkol's career.
• Tulsa went undefeated in the month of December. It was the team's first perfect month since January 2015 when the Golden Hurricane went 7-0 as part of that 12-game winning streak. The program last went undefeated in the month of December in 1983 when Nolan Richardson's squad went 7-0 before finishing the season 27-4.
• Tulsa's 97-48 win over Rice to open American Conference play was the team's largest ever margin of victory in an American Conference game and the second largest ever in a conference game in league history. Tulsa shot 13-of-19 (.684) from three-point range, the best mark in Reynolds Center history.
• Tulsa is 4-1 in coaches challenges this season.
OVER 80
• Tulsa got off to a terrific start offensively, scoring 80+ points in each of the first six contests, they would also have a streak of seven straight games of over 80 points.
• It was the program's longest such streak(s) since the 2001-02 season, a streak of seven games. That team would score 80+ points 19 times.
• The program's single season record is 21 times, set back in 1983-84, under head coach Nolan Richardson. This season Tulsa has scored over 80 points 14 times.
• Tulsa has averaged 80 or more points in a season 14 times but not since 2001-02.
• Tulsa has three games scoring 100-plus points this season, their most 100-point performances in a year since 1995-96.
• Last season the Golden Hurricane scored 80-plus points 10 times, already surpassing that total with 15.
• Tulsa's top five scoring seasons by points per game with head coach and final record:
• 1983-84 (Nolan Ricardson, 27-4) - 90.8
• 2025-26 (Eric Konkol, 13-2) - 88.3*
• 1972-73 (Ken Hayes, 18-8) - 85.3
• 1970-71 (Ken Hayes, 17-9) - 84.2
• 1993-94 (Tubby Smith, 23-8) - 83.4
SPREADING THE LOVE
• Tulsa has had at least 15 assists in 14 of 18 games of the season. The Golden Hurricane reached that mark just 12 times last season.
• Thrice this season Tulsa has had at least 20 assists in a game, tying a school record also set in 1993-94, 2015-16, 2018-19, and 2020-21.
• Tulsa has assisted on .552 of made field goals this season, 289-of-524.
LONGEVITY IN THE LEAGUE
• Head coach Eric Konkol is in his fourth season with the Golden Hurricane.
• Konkol entered the year tied for the fourth-longest tenured coach in the American Conference.
• Only Penny Hardaway (Memphis, 8th season), Ron Hunter (Tulane, 7th season), and Andy Kennedy (UAB, 6th season) have been in the league longer.
• East Carolina head coach, and former Tulsa assistant, Michael Scwartz, is also entering his fourth season leading his program.
EFFICIENT OFFENSE
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley leads the American Conference lead with a +/- of +87. That ranks them 9th in the country as a group per EvanMiya.com.
• Per KenPom, Tulsa leads in the country in three-point shooting at .412 percent against D1 opponents and sixth at the free throw line at .795.
• Tulsa is 18th in the country in points per game (88.3), 21st in scoring margin (16.3), 9th in three-point percentage (.397), 6th in free throw percentage (.790), and 30th with 10.4 threes per game.
• The Golden Hurricane bench has been terrific, averaging 27.8 points per game, the third best mark in the American Conference, only trailing Memphis (33.8).
• Tulsa leads the American Conference in point differential (16.3), field goal percentage (.495), three-point percentage (.397), threes per game (10.4), free throw percentage (.790), and rebound margin (8.4).
• All 10 regulars in the Golden Hurricane rotation have had at least one game with 10 or more points.
DOING IT DEFENSIVELY TOO
• While the offense is receiving the headlines, the Tulsa defense has been strong this season too.
• Tulsa is allowing 71.9 points per game, the fourth fewest in the American Conference and 130th in the country.
• They are holding opponents to a .424 shooting percentage, fourth in the American and just outside the top 100 in the country at 112th.
LAST TIME OUT
• Tulsa earned its first ever win in Bartow Arena, taking down UAB 99-77 on Sunday.
• The Golden Hurricane were previously 0-8 all-time in Birmingham.
• The 99 points are the second most ever scored in Bartow Arena. Only Arkansas on Jan. 27, 1990 scored more by a visiting team with 109 points.
UP NEXT
• Tulsa is back on the road to face Rice on Sunday at 3 p.m. on ESPN U.
Visit www.TulsaHurricane.com for the latest news and information on the men's basketball program. Fans can also follow the team on X, Facebook and Instagram.
TICKETS
Date/Time: January 21, 2026 / 7 PM
Site: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Arena: Reynolds Center (8,355)
Radio: 99.5 FM KVOO Big Country, Learfield Network affiliates, and Varsity Network App
Talent: Bruce Howard (pxp) & Rick Couri (analyst)
Video: ESPN+
Talent: Chad McKee (pxp) & Pooh Williamson (analyst)
History: Memphis leads, 33-22
In Tulsa: Memphis leads, 11-13
Streak: Lost 5
MEDIA CENTRAL
STORY LINES
• David Green has been on fire over his last six games, averaging 23.7 points per game while shooting 53-of-76 (.697) from the field, 14-for-22 (.636) from three, and 22-of-30 (.733) from the free throw line. He's also averaging 5.5 rebounds and led the team in scoring five times in that time frame.
• Green earned American Conference Player of the Week honors after posting 23.5 points per game on 20-for-20 (.667) shooting and hitting 5-of-7 (.714) threes. He also grabbed 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game to become the first player in the league to earn multiple Player of the Week honors.
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley leads the American Conference lead with a +/- of +87. That ranks them 9th in the country as a group per EvanMiya.com.
• Tulsa is one of 14 programs with 15 games with 80-plus points, High Point leads the country at 18.
• Tulsa leads the American Conference in point differential (16.2), field goal percentage (.495), three-point percentage (.397), threes per game (10.4), free throw percentage (.790), and rebound margin (8.4).
• Tulsa is one of the best teams in the country at the free throw line, ranking sixth in the country at .790 percent. The Golden Hurricane have the top three free throw shooters in the American with Miles Barnstable leading the league (.946), followed by Tylen Riley (.884), and Myles Rigsby (.880).
• The Golden Hurricane are ninth in the country in three-point percentage at .397 percent.
• Tulsa is one of 9 programs to use the same starting five all season along with; Arizona, Buffalo, Elon, Houston, Merrimack, Oklahoma, Seton Hall, and Stephen F. Austin.
• Tulsa earned a 99-77 win over UAB on Sunday, the program's first ever win at Bartow Arena. The 99 points tied for the second-most points by a road team in Bartow Arena all-time.
• David Green led the offense with 26 points and 7 rebounds while Miles Barnstable had 25 points after hitting six three-pointers. Tyler Behrend added 16 points on 8-of-8 shooting, matching the second most makes without a miss in program history.
SERIES HISTORY
• This is the 56th meeting between the programs, Memphis leads 33-22.
• Tulsa is 11-13 at home against the Tigers.
• Memphis has won the last five the series, Tulsa's last win was by a score of 58-57 at home on Jan. 17, 2021.
• Eric Konkol is 0-4 against Memphis.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• The Tigers are 9-8 on the season and 4-1 in conference play, they are 1-4 on the road with losses at Ole Miss, Louisville, Mississippi State, and Florida Atlantic.
• Memphis played the 20th best non-conference schedule in the country, per Kenpom.
• The defending American Conference champions, the Tigers were picked to win the league in the preseason poll with 11 of the 13 first place votes.
SEASON NOTABLES
• Head coach Eric Konkol reached 200 wins for his career in a 97-48 win over Rice.
• Tulsa won the Mayor's Cup despite Oral Roberts shooting .500 percent from the field and making 14 threes. Since the 2004-05 season per Stathead, it is Tulsa's first road win in which the opponent shot .500 percent or better from the field and made 10 or more threes. Last season, teams were 839-13 (.985) at home, shooting .500 percent or better from the field, and made more than 10 threes.
• The Golden Hurricane won their first in-season tournament, the Acrisure Holiday Invitational, since 2002 with a 63-60 victory over Northern Iowa.
• The Golden Hurricane have played three one-point games this season, with two in back-to-back games (Oral Roberts and Kansas State). It was the team's first back-to-back one-point finishes since 2011. The team is 2-1 in one-point games this season. It's the team's most one-point games since 2008-09.
• Tulsa's 117-point performance against UAPB set a new Reynolds Center facility record for points in a game. It was the ninth-most points in a game in school history and is the program's first game with 115-plus points since 2000.
• Three opponents on the schedule are new to the Golden Hurricane men's basketball program, Oklahoma Christian, Manhattan Christian, and Denver.
• Tulsa received their highest ever NET ranking in the first batch of rankings, released on Dec. 1 at No. 27 in the country. The program's previous high was No. 52 back in 2020-21. Last season the Golden Hurricane finished ranked No. 271.
• Tulsa's 10-game winning streak was the program's longest since the 2014-15 season when they won 12 straight. It was the longest winning streak of head coach Eric Konkol's career.
• Tulsa went undefeated in the month of December. It was the team's first perfect month since January 2015 when the Golden Hurricane went 7-0 as part of that 12-game winning streak. The program last went undefeated in the month of December in 1983 when Nolan Richardson's squad went 7-0 before finishing the season 27-4.
• Tulsa's 97-48 win over Rice to open American Conference play was the team's largest ever margin of victory in an American Conference game and the second largest ever in a conference game in league history. Tulsa shot 13-of-19 (.684) from three-point range, the best mark in Reynolds Center history.
• Tulsa is 4-1 in coaches challenges this season.
OVER 80
• Tulsa got off to a terrific start offensively, scoring 80+ points in each of the first six contests, they would also have a streak of seven straight games of over 80 points.
• It was the program's longest such streak(s) since the 2001-02 season, a streak of seven games. That team would score 80+ points 19 times.
• The program's single season record is 21 times, set back in 1983-84, under head coach Nolan Richardson. This season Tulsa has scored over 80 points 14 times.
• Tulsa has averaged 80 or more points in a season 14 times but not since 2001-02.
• Tulsa has three games scoring 100-plus points this season, their most 100-point performances in a year since 1995-96.
• Last season the Golden Hurricane scored 80-plus points 10 times, already surpassing that total with 15.
• Tulsa's top five scoring seasons by points per game with head coach and final record:
• 1983-84 (Nolan Ricardson, 27-4) - 90.8
• 2025-26 (Eric Konkol, 13-2) - 88.3*
• 1972-73 (Ken Hayes, 18-8) - 85.3
• 1970-71 (Ken Hayes, 17-9) - 84.2
• 1993-94 (Tubby Smith, 23-8) - 83.4
SPREADING THE LOVE
• Tulsa has had at least 15 assists in 14 of 18 games of the season. The Golden Hurricane reached that mark just 12 times last season.
• Thrice this season Tulsa has had at least 20 assists in a game, tying a school record also set in 1993-94, 2015-16, 2018-19, and 2020-21.
• Tulsa has assisted on .552 of made field goals this season, 289-of-524.
LONGEVITY IN THE LEAGUE
• Head coach Eric Konkol is in his fourth season with the Golden Hurricane.
• Konkol entered the year tied for the fourth-longest tenured coach in the American Conference.
• Only Penny Hardaway (Memphis, 8th season), Ron Hunter (Tulane, 7th season), and Andy Kennedy (UAB, 6th season) have been in the league longer.
• East Carolina head coach, and former Tulsa assistant, Michael Scwartz, is also entering his fourth season leading his program.
EFFICIENT OFFENSE
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley leads the American Conference lead with a +/- of +87. That ranks them 9th in the country as a group per EvanMiya.com.
• Per KenPom, Tulsa leads in the country in three-point shooting at .412 percent against D1 opponents and sixth at the free throw line at .795.
• Tulsa is 18th in the country in points per game (88.3), 21st in scoring margin (16.3), 9th in three-point percentage (.397), 6th in free throw percentage (.790), and 30th with 10.4 threes per game.
• The Golden Hurricane bench has been terrific, averaging 27.8 points per game, the third best mark in the American Conference, only trailing Memphis (33.8).
• Tulsa leads the American Conference in point differential (16.3), field goal percentage (.495), three-point percentage (.397), threes per game (10.4), free throw percentage (.790), and rebound margin (8.4).
• All 10 regulars in the Golden Hurricane rotation have had at least one game with 10 or more points.
DOING IT DEFENSIVELY TOO
• While the offense is receiving the headlines, the Tulsa defense has been strong this season too.
• Tulsa is allowing 71.9 points per game, the fourth fewest in the American Conference and 130th in the country.
• They are holding opponents to a .424 shooting percentage, fourth in the American and just outside the top 100 in the country at 112th.
LAST TIME OUT
• Tulsa earned its first ever win in Bartow Arena, taking down UAB 99-77 on Sunday.
• The Golden Hurricane were previously 0-8 all-time in Birmingham.
• The 99 points are the second most ever scored in Bartow Arena. Only Arkansas on Jan. 27, 1990 scored more by a visiting team with 109 points.
UP NEXT
• Tulsa is back on the road to face Rice on Sunday at 3 p.m. on ESPN U.
Visit www.TulsaHurricane.com for the latest news and information on the men's basketball program. Fans can also follow the team on X, Facebook and Instagram.
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