After struggling for much of Wednesday night’s game at the Reynolds Center on Wednesday night, the Hurricane fought back to make the conclusion interesting.
The well-traveled Hurricane played seven of its 10 previous games on the road, prevailing in four of those.
Oklahoma State bounced back from its first loss of the season behind Natasha Mack's game-high 18 points, 11 rebounds and six blocked shots in …
After lengthy gaps of up to 20 days between games, Tulsa plays five days removed from Saturday night's wild win against SMU.
Collins’ interception at midfield with 1:29 left clinched the win against SMU that kept TU undefeated in the American Athletic Conference.
It would have been easy for the Hurricane to panic during Saturday’s game against No. 19 SMU, which capitalized on errors and jumped out to a 21-0 advantage.
Oklahoma State remained at No. 14 and Oklahoma stayed at No. 18. Tulsa moved to No. 25 for its first top-25 ranking in a decade.
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Another bad first quarter
Breaking down the win in four downs.
Linebacker Zaven Collins, an all-America candidate, plucked a pass from Shane Buechele out of the air with 89 seconds left, wrapping up the improbable 28-24 win and keeping the Hurricane’s American Athletic Conference record unblemished.
“There’s still a lot more games after that, but this one would obviously put you in the driver’s seat and you get to control your destiny with it,” coach Philip Montgomery said.
With six coronavirus-related schedule disruptions including two postponed conference games in the past month, the Hurricane is approaching each gameday with caution.
No. 7 Cincinnati 49, Memphis 10
The Mustangs announced that SMU head coach Tim Jankovich hired Cooper an SMU assistant coach.
Tulsa 79, SMU 57
The teams face each other only once this season, and the Mustangs are the last opponent for TU to meet in league play.
Addison Richards recorded her first career double-double Saturday with 25 points and 13 rebounds — career highs in both categories — as Tulsa …
Guard Destiny Johnson, a freshman from Sand Springs, has scored 52 points this season, and 31 of those have come in the past three games.
Tulsa shot 22.7% from the field (10-of-44).
The Hurricane ended a five-game skid Tuesday night with a 58-56 win against East Carolina
TU was a play away from beating SMU and Memphis this season. The two will play in ABC's primetime slot Saturday in a top-25 matchup.
Another slow start for Hurricane
How does a 30-9 fourth-quarter lead become a 43-37 overtime loss? Let us count the ways...
TU scored a touchdown on a kickoff Saturday night during a wild scenario.
Poche’s 25-yard touchdown catch in the third overtime ended Tulsa’s hopes of getting its first win over a ranked opponent since 2010. No. 24 SMU overcame a 21-point deficit to survive TU 43-37 and remain undefeated.
