Tulsa 70, Rice 65
Tulsa's Delanie Crawford and Temira Poindexter combined for 48 points as the Golden Hurricane held off the Rice Owls comeback bid for a 70-65 victory Wednesday night in front of 1,768 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
Crawford scored a game-high 26 points on 7-of-15 from the field, 4-of-5 from three-point range and 8-of-8 from the charity stripe, while Poindexter added 22 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
Tulsa improved to 15-5 overall and 5-2 in the American Athletic Conference, while Rice dropped to 11-7 and 5-2 in league play.
Rice tied the score at 63 with 2:25 left in the contest after trailing by as many as 19 points early in the third quarter. Mady Cartwright's driving layup with 0:48 on the clock put the Hurricane back ahead 65-63 before Rice's Destiny Jackson matched Tulsa's score with a layup of her own for a 65-65 game.
Tulsa converted 5-of-6 free throws in the final 0:29 to claim the five-point win. Crawford converted the first two free throws to make the score 67-65. After a Rice turnover, Crawford drew another foul and knocked down both freebies for a 69-65 lead with 0:18 remaining. Cartwright made 1-of-2 with 0:13 remaining for the final point of the game.
The Hurricane took the game's largest lead of 19 points at 41-22 with just 0:11 gone in the second half. The Owls made it a 10-point game, 53-43, after three quarters before whittling Tulsa's lead down even further and tying the contest with under three minutes left on the furth quarter clock.
For the game, Tulsa converted 42 percent from the field and made 6-of-12 from behind the arc for 50 percent and was 84 percent from the free throw line.
North Texas 77, Tulane 70 (OT)
The UNT women's basketball team overcame another double-digit deficit in the second half to defeat Tulane, 77-70, in overtime Wednesday night inside The Super Pit.
Trailing by 15 points with 2:29 left in the third quarter, North Texas took a timeout after Tulane went on a 12-4 run to take its largest lead of the game.
From there, UNT would close the quarter on a 10-0 run to cut Tulane's lead to 51-46 heading into the fourth quarter. The Mean Green would battle back behind two Shamaryah Duncan 3-pointers and tie the game at 67 with 31 seconds remaining in the game on two free throws from Tommisha Lampkin. The North Texas defense would rise to the occasion and force a shot clock violation with 1.7 seconds left in regulation. With the ball advanced past half court, Jaaucklyn Moore got off a deep 3-point attempt that rimmed out at the buzzer.
It was all Mean Green in overtime as they outscored Tulane, 10-3, in the extra period on their way to their sixth consecutive win. It was the first overtime game of the season for North Texas and its first overtime win since Jan. 18, 2020.Tommisha Lampkin was dominant in another double-double performance with 18 points and 15 rebounds. It's the third time in her career she's gone for 15 or more in both points and rebounds.
DesiRay Kernal contributed 19 points, five rebounds and five assists, while Dyani Robinson had 17 points and four assists.
The 15-point comeback is the second largest deficit UNT has overcome to win this season, only behind its last home game when it came back from 18 to defeat Wichita State. With the win, UNT improved to 16-3 on the season and 6-1 in conference play. Jason Burton also tied Tina Slinker for the most wins by a first-year head coach in program history.
SMU 68, Temple 66
Using Chantae Embry's career-high 24 points, the SMU women's basketball team defeated Temple 68-66 on Wednesday night in Moody Coliseum.
Embry's 24 led SMU (9-10; 3-5 American Athletic Conference). The junior forward grabbed eight rebounds. Tiara Young scored 17 points and tallied six boards, while Reagan Bradley scored nine points, grabbed three rebounds, passed out two assists, and recorded two steals.
Amirah Abdur-Rahim scored six points and blocked three shots, and TK Pitts added three points, seven boards, and two steals. Jiya Perry scored a career-high nine points and finished with a rebound and a steal.
Embry's fourth three of the night countered Temple's early fourth-quarter run and tied the game at 52. The Owls went on a 7-0 run to take a 61-54 lead with five minutes remaining in the quarter. SMU used seven unanswered, highlighted by an and-one layup and another finish from Young that gave the Mustangs a 67-66 lead with 25 seconds left to play. The Mustangs defense stepped up in back-to-back possessions to seal the victory.
Temple hit its last five shots of the third quarter to tie the game at 49 apiece heading to the fourth.
The Mustangs led 37-27 at the half after an 11-2 run highlighted by back-to-back three-pointers from Embry. SMU led 15-14 after a back-and-forth first quarter.