TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Shaquille Harrison had 14 points and eight rebounds and Tulsa scored the final 13 points of the game to defeat Rice 64-51 Saturday night.
Pat Swilling Jr. added 12 points and Kauri Black had 10 for the Golden Hurricane (10-7, 2-1 Conference USA), who shot 53 percent from the field and outrebounded the Owls 36-21.
Tamir Jackson led Rice (3-12, 0-2) with 14 points, and Seth Gearhart had 12.
The game was tied 51-51 after Rice's Max Guercy hit a layup with 4:49 remaining. Tulsa scored on its next three possessions, getting two free throws from Scottie Haralson, a dunk by Harrison and a layup from Black to go ahead for good.
Rice committed four turnovers and missed all four of its shots after Guercy's layup, while Tulsa closed it out by making 7 of 8 free throws in the final five minutes.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Rice (3-12) | 33 | 18 | 51 |
| Tulsa (10-7) « | 26 | 38 | 64 |
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| Rice Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Gearhart, F | 34 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| T. Jackson, G | 36 | 5-12 | 2-4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| M. Guercy, G | 34 | 2-6 | 3-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| A. Ramljak, G | 30 | 2-10 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| J. DeBose, G | 24 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Washington | 21 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| R. Wilson | 11 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| D. Peera | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Firozgary | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-48 | 8-13 | 21 | 11 | 23 | 51 | |
| 33.3% | 61.5% | ||||||
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Black, F | 23 | 4-4 | 2-8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| S. Haralson, G | 35 | 1-3 | 7-8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| S. Harrison, G | 31 | 4-6 | 6-7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Woodard, G | 31 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Peete, G | 19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Swilling, Jr. | 25 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| R. Ray | 22 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Z. King | 11 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| B. Swannegan | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Booker | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-36 | 24-35 | 36 | 7 | 16 | 64 | |
| 52.8% | 68.6% | ||||||
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