National Basketball Association
Tulsa 78, Arkansas-Little Rock 73
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 7, 2014
Where: Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Officials:
# Tim Gattis, # Gary Maxwell, # Ray Natili
Attendance:
794
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Tulsa 78, Arkansas-Little Rock
73: James Woodard scored 20 points — including five 3-pointers —
and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the visiting Golden Hurricane past
the Trojans.
Shaquille Harrison added 17
points and five assists for Tulsa (5-3), which shot 51.2 percent from
the field. Rashad Ray added 11 points, six rebounds and five assists
off the bench while Marquel Curtis chipped in with 10 points.
Josh Hagins paced Arkansas-Little
Rock (4-3) with 20 points and seven assists while J.T. Thomas added
19, including 10 points in the final 44 seconds of the game. James
White had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Trojans.
The Golden Hurricane came out
fast, scoring the game's first eight points and taking an 11-point
lead on Woodard's 3-pointer with 11:45 to play in the half. The lead
was still 12 with 6:34 to play when the Trojans went on a 12-3 run —
with Hagins scoring five in the stretch — though Tulsa got it back
to eight by halftime.
The lead was back to 10 early in
the second half, but Little Rock held the Hurricane scoreless for nearly
four minutes midway through the stanza, pulling within two on White's
jumper with 10:42 to go. But Tulsa responded with a quick 6-2 run to
get a little breathing room and pushed the advantage to 11 on
Harrison's layup with 5:49 to play, and the Trojans never seriously
threatened from there as the Hurricane went 10-of-10 from the
free-throw line in the closing 1:01.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Harrison and Ray
combined to shoot 15-of-17 from the free-throw line, while the rest
of the Golden Hurricane was 8-of-20. … Arkansas-Little Rock turned
the ball over just five times while forcing 16 by Tulsa. … The
Golden Hurricane hit 11-of-18 3-pointers while the Trojans connected
on 11-of-23.
Top Game Performances
Tulsa |
|
Arkansas-Little Rock |
James Woodard 20 |
Scoring |
Josh Hagins 20 |
Shaquille Harrison 5 |
Assists |
Josh Hagins 7 |
Brandon Swannegan 10 |
Rebounds |
James White 11 |
Rashad Ray 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Josh Hagins 5 |
Brandon Swannegan 2 |
Steals |
Mareik Isom 2 |
Brandon Swannegan 3 |
Blocks |
James White 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Tulsa
|
78 |
51.2 |
11-18 |
23-37 |
15 |
40 |
4 |
5 |
16 |
Arkansas-Little Rock
|
73 |
35.8 |
11-23 |
14-20 |
12 |
29 |
2 |
4 |
5 |