From TU media release...
TULSA, Okla. — The University of Tulsa men's basketball team will return to the road for a 6 p.m. (CT) matchup at ECU on Thursday, March 1, in its final regular-season game away from the Reynolds Center.
The Golden Hurricane (17-11, 10-6) saw its six-game winning streak come to an end with an 82-74 setback on Sunday at then-No. 11 Cincinnati. TU played without injured starting point guard Sterling Taplin and got a game-high 21 points from Junior Etou.
The Hurricane remain in fourth place in the American Athletic Conference standings with just two games to play. TU can lock-up that spot, along with a first-round bye in the league tournament (March 8-11), with a pair of wins this week.
Meanwhile, the Pirates (10-17, 4-12) will look to snap a three-game losing streak as the squad has dropped decisions against UConn, SMU and Houston after an 82-80 win at Tulane on Feb. 14. ECU has four players averaging in double-figures, led by B.J. Tyson's 15.1 ppg, which ranks eighth in The American. Tyson (1,529 points) and Houston's Rob Gray (1,532 points) have spent the regular-season trading the conference's all-time scoring record.
Thursday's game will mark the 21st all-time meeting between Tulsa and ECU. The Golden Hurricane lead the series 17-3 and Tulsa has won eight of the last nine meetings, including a 79-53 win on Dec. 28 to open conference play.
Fast Break Points
• Tulsa is in its 107th season of basketball and fourth season in the American Athletic Conference.
• TU will play its final road game of the regular-season when it travels east for a 6 p.m. (CT) contest on Thursday, March 1 at ECU.
• Thursday's game will mark the 21st meeting between the Golden Hurricane and Pirates, with Tulsa leading the series 17-3. TU is 5-2 all-time against ECU in Greenville and overall has won eight of the last nine meetings.
• In three career games against ECU, Junior Etou is averaging 24.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per contest.
• Tulsa is coming off an 82-74 setback at No. 11 Cincinnati without starting point guard Sterling Taplin, who missed the contest with an injury. Junior Etou led the way with a game-high 21 points in the loss.
• Tulsa has surpassed last season's overall (15) and conference (8) win totals and the program now has recorded at least 15 wins in 11 consecutive seasons.
• Etou was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll on Monday after he averaged 19.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists last week against UCF and No. 11 Cincinnati.
• Etou leads the team at 15.6 ppg and 7.7 rpg and those marks rank sixth and third in The American, respectively. His 8.6 rpg during conference play lead the league.
• After posting a -4.5 rebound margin through its first six games, TU has recorded a +4.5 rebound margin since. TU has outrebounded its opponent by double-digits six times during that stretch.
• TU has notched 44 league wins since joining The American, which ranks third behind only Cincinnati (55) and SMU (51) during that span (2014-present).
• Tulsa was picked to finish eighth in The American Preseason Poll. TU will be the first program in conference history to finish better than its preseason prediction for four consecutive seasons, all under head coach Frank Haith.
The Game
• Tulsa will play its final road game of the regular-season when it travels east for a 6 p.m. (CT) contest on Thursday, March 1 at ECU.
• Thursday's game can be seen on ESPNU, while fans in the Tulsa area can tune to Big Country 99.5 FM with Bruce Howard and former Hurricane player J.R. Rollo calling the action. Live audio from the game also can be found on tulsahurricane.com or by using the TuneIn app.
The Series
• Thursday's game will mark the 21st all-time meeting between Tulsa and ECU. The Golden Hurricane lead the series 17-3 and Tulsa has won eight of the last nine meetings.
• TU is 5-2 against ECU in Greenville, where the Pirates took a 69-66 win over Tulsa last season. Tulsa has won five of the last six games at Minges Coliseum.
• The series dates back to Dec. 28, 1984, when TU defeated ECU 86-63 in Tulsa. The programs were together in Conference USA from 2005-14 before joining The American together prior to the 2014-15 season.
Scouting the Pirates
• ECU will look to snap a three-game losing streak as the squad has dropped decisions against UConn, SMU and Houston after an 82-80 win at Tulane on Feb. 14.
• The squad has four players averaging in double-figures, led by B.J. Tyson's 15.1 ppg, which ranks eighth in The American. Tyson (1,529 points) and Houston's Rob Gray (1,532 points) have spent the regular-season trading the conference's all-time scoring record.
• Freshman Shawn Williams is averaging 12.0 ppg for the season and is shooting 40-percent from behind the arc during conference play, where he has averaged 14.4 ppg.
• Isaac Fleming also checks in at 12.9 points to go along with a team-leading 4.9 assists per outing, which ranks second in the league.
Last Meeting
• Junior Etou registered a double-double of 20 points and 14 rebounds and Tulsa went on a 29-4 run in the second-half en route to a 79-53 win over ECU on Dec. 28, 2017, in The American opener for both squads.
• Etou nearly had his double-double at halftime (10 pts/8 reb) and he moved past 1,000 points for his Division I career in the contest. He was joined in double-figures by Lawson Korita (career-high 12 pts), Corey Henderson Jr. (11 pts) and Geno Artison (career-high 10 pts).
• Tulsa led 31-27 at halftime, but opened the second half on a 10-2 run to extend the lead. After the Pirates cut the deficit back to single-digits at 46-37, TU blew the game open with its 29-4 run over the next nine minutes for a 75-41 cushion.
TULSA, Okla. — The University of Tulsa men's basketball team will return to the road for a 6 p.m. (CT) matchup at ECU on Thursday, March 1, in its final regular-season game away from the Reynolds Center.
The Golden Hurricane (17-11, 10-6) saw its six-game winning streak come to an end with an 82-74 setback on Sunday at then-No. 11 Cincinnati. TU played without injured starting point guard Sterling Taplin and got a game-high 21 points from Junior Etou.
The Hurricane remain in fourth place in the American Athletic Conference standings with just two games to play. TU can lock-up that spot, along with a first-round bye in the league tournament (March 8-11), with a pair of wins this week.
Meanwhile, the Pirates (10-17, 4-12) will look to snap a three-game losing streak as the squad has dropped decisions against UConn, SMU and Houston after an 82-80 win at Tulane on Feb. 14. ECU has four players averaging in double-figures, led by B.J. Tyson's 15.1 ppg, which ranks eighth in The American. Tyson (1,529 points) and Houston's Rob Gray (1,532 points) have spent the regular-season trading the conference's all-time scoring record.
Thursday's game will mark the 21st all-time meeting between Tulsa and ECU. The Golden Hurricane lead the series 17-3 and Tulsa has won eight of the last nine meetings, including a 79-53 win on Dec. 28 to open conference play.
Fast Break Points
• Tulsa is in its 107th season of basketball and fourth season in the American Athletic Conference.
• TU will play its final road game of the regular-season when it travels east for a 6 p.m. (CT) contest on Thursday, March 1 at ECU.
• Thursday's game will mark the 21st meeting between the Golden Hurricane and Pirates, with Tulsa leading the series 17-3. TU is 5-2 all-time against ECU in Greenville and overall has won eight of the last nine meetings.
• In three career games against ECU, Junior Etou is averaging 24.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per contest.
• Tulsa is coming off an 82-74 setback at No. 11 Cincinnati without starting point guard Sterling Taplin, who missed the contest with an injury. Junior Etou led the way with a game-high 21 points in the loss.
• Tulsa has surpassed last season's overall (15) and conference (8) win totals and the program now has recorded at least 15 wins in 11 consecutive seasons.
• Etou was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll on Monday after he averaged 19.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists last week against UCF and No. 11 Cincinnati.
• Etou leads the team at 15.6 ppg and 7.7 rpg and those marks rank sixth and third in The American, respectively. His 8.6 rpg during conference play lead the league.
• After posting a -4.5 rebound margin through its first six games, TU has recorded a +4.5 rebound margin since. TU has outrebounded its opponent by double-digits six times during that stretch.
• TU has notched 44 league wins since joining The American, which ranks third behind only Cincinnati (55) and SMU (51) during that span (2014-present).
• Tulsa was picked to finish eighth in The American Preseason Poll. TU will be the first program in conference history to finish better than its preseason prediction for four consecutive seasons, all under head coach Frank Haith.
The Game
• Tulsa will play its final road game of the regular-season when it travels east for a 6 p.m. (CT) contest on Thursday, March 1 at ECU.
• Thursday's game can be seen on ESPNU, while fans in the Tulsa area can tune to Big Country 99.5 FM with Bruce Howard and former Hurricane player J.R. Rollo calling the action. Live audio from the game also can be found on tulsahurricane.com or by using the TuneIn app.
The Series
• Thursday's game will mark the 21st all-time meeting between Tulsa and ECU. The Golden Hurricane lead the series 17-3 and Tulsa has won eight of the last nine meetings.
• TU is 5-2 against ECU in Greenville, where the Pirates took a 69-66 win over Tulsa last season. Tulsa has won five of the last six games at Minges Coliseum.
• The series dates back to Dec. 28, 1984, when TU defeated ECU 86-63 in Tulsa. The programs were together in Conference USA from 2005-14 before joining The American together prior to the 2014-15 season.
Scouting the Pirates
• ECU will look to snap a three-game losing streak as the squad has dropped decisions against UConn, SMU and Houston after an 82-80 win at Tulane on Feb. 14.
• The squad has four players averaging in double-figures, led by B.J. Tyson's 15.1 ppg, which ranks eighth in The American. Tyson (1,529 points) and Houston's Rob Gray (1,532 points) have spent the regular-season trading the conference's all-time scoring record.
• Freshman Shawn Williams is averaging 12.0 ppg for the season and is shooting 40-percent from behind the arc during conference play, where he has averaged 14.4 ppg.
• Isaac Fleming also checks in at 12.9 points to go along with a team-leading 4.9 assists per outing, which ranks second in the league.
Last Meeting
• Junior Etou registered a double-double of 20 points and 14 rebounds and Tulsa went on a 29-4 run in the second-half en route to a 79-53 win over ECU on Dec. 28, 2017, in The American opener for both squads.
• Etou nearly had his double-double at halftime (10 pts/8 reb) and he moved past 1,000 points for his Division I career in the contest. He was joined in double-figures by Lawson Korita (career-high 12 pts), Corey Henderson Jr. (11 pts) and Geno Artison (career-high 10 pts).
• Tulsa led 31-27 at halftime, but opened the second half on a 10-2 run to extend the lead. After the Pirates cut the deficit back to single-digits at 46-37, TU blew the game open with its 29-4 run over the next nine minutes for a 75-41 cushion.
