Brandon Rachal

[Bill Lowery]

Media release...

TULSA, Okla. –– University of Tulsa junior Brandon Rachal (Rash – all) was named the American Athletic Conference's Player of the Week for men's basketball, it was announced today.

Rachal, a 6'6" forward from Natchitoches, La., averaged 27.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 1.0 assists in wins last week over cross-town rival Oral Roberts and the Austin Peay Governors. He combined to shoot 75-percent from the field, knocking down 9-of-12 field goals in each game, and also converted 60-percent (3-5) from 3-point range and 88-percent (15-17) from the free throw line.

In a 74-67 win over Oral Roberts, Rachal scored a game-high 24 points and added 9 rebounds and 3 steals, while shooting 75-percent from the field. Rachal tied the game at 50 and from that point scored 8 more points in the final 9 minutes in leading Tulsa to the victory.

Rachal scored a season-high 30 points on 9-of-12 from the field, 2-of-3 from behind the arc and 10-of-11 from the free throw line in a 72-65 win over Austin Peay on Saturday. He scored Tulsa's first 14 points and 18 first-half points to keep Tulsa within 2 points at the intermission. He added 7 rebounds, 5 steals and 2 assists, while his jumper with 5 minutes left tied the score at 59 and propelled Tulsa to a 15-6 run to close out the game.

Tulsa is back in action at the Donald W. Reynolds Center this Wednesday night against the Southern Louisiana at 7:00 p.m.

 

[nevadanatural]

Congrats to Brandon. A couple of great games which I hope sparks at least 30 more this year.

 

[Lumpuckeroo]

Congrats to Brandon. A couple of great games which I hope sparks at least 30 more this year.

If Martins Ibanu will please show up and give us some inside point production this year’s team could have some real fire power, I recommend Horne stays after every practice and make 100 three pointers.

 

[tulsahurricane0530]

Problem I see with igbanu, is he hesitates every time he catches the ball down load. Always has to pump fake once before going up with it. If he would go up with it right away I think he'd be more successful

 

[seniorgolfer]

Problem I see with igbanu, is he hesitates every time he catches the ball down
load. Always has to pump fake once before going up with it. If he would go up
with it right away I think he'd be more successful

Yes...Same M.O. for 3+ seasons now...Before teams caught on to the fact that
he would not pass out of a double or triple team, he had some great success...
Now he is being mobbed, and is obviously less effective....

You can tell the staff has been working with him on this, but apparently the M.O.
you described is so ingrained that he is struggling.....

Hopefully he will learn to react more quickly and be the scoring machine he has
been in the past.....

 

[Tulsafanzz]

Problem I see with igbanu, is he hesitates every time he catches the ball down load. Always has to pump fake once before going up with it. If he would go up with it right away I think he'd be more successful

Very much agree. I know Early is just a freshman, but Igbanu should watch how quickly Early converts a pass under the basket into a shot attempt.

I think Hill to Early for an easy bucket will be a phrase Bruce Howard repeats countless times in the next few years!

 

[I.I.]

Yes on at least two of Earley’s baskets, he touched the ball for about a second before scoring. The other was a great left handed low block move.

 

[Tulsa_]

Early and often.

 

[Chris Harmon]

Brandon Rachal may already be Tulsa's best rebounder and defender. And he's also the Hurricane's leading scorer.

LINK: Brandon Rachal doing it all for TU