It’s a battle of AAC teams as they take the floor for a matchup down in the Big Easy. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane are on the road as they make the trek to face the Tulane Green Wave Wednesday night. Tulsa comes in off a 92-67 demolition at the hands of SMU in their previous contest Sunday afternoon, failing to cover the line as an eight-point underdog. Tulane outgunned Memphis 96-89 at home Sunday in their most recent game, winning outright as a four-point underdog. In the all-time series between the schools, Tulsa owns a 24-9 advantage but Tulane has won the last three meetings. That includes a 97-63 home win in the most recent meeting on January 26, 2022.
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Tulsa lost their third straight and their eighth in the last 10 games as they were drubbed by SMU on the road Sunday. The Golden Hurricane dropped to 4-9 overall and 0-2 in conference play this season. Against SMU, Tulsa was even with 1:34 to play in the first half before giving up the final seven points at the half to trail 43-36 at intermission. The Golden Hurricane never got closer than six in the second half as SMU buried them. Tulsa shot 41.8% from the field, including six of 20 from three-point range, while allowing SMU to shoot 57.9% from the floor and 14 of 26 from beyond the arc, in the loss. Sam Griffin led Tulsa with 22 points in the loss.
The Golden Hurricane is 299th in the country in scoring offense as they put up 67.4 points a game this season. Tulsa pulls down 32.8 boards per contest while they are handing out 11.8 dimes a night. The Golden Hurricane is 314th in scoring defense as they allow 74.5 points a contest. Sam Griffin leads the team in scoring as he averages 15 points per game this season. Brandon Betson (10.5 points) and Bryant Selebangue (11.8 points, 8.2 rebounds) each average in double figures. Tim Dalger, Anthony Pritchard, Keyshawn Embery-Simpson, Sterling Gaston-Chapman, Brian Knight and Charles Chukwu are important players in Erik Konkol’s rotation. The Golden Hurricane is shooting 41.9% from the field this season as a team. Tulsa is connecting on eight three-pointers a night while shooting 32.4% from beyond the arc as a team this season. The Golden Hurricane is below average at the charity stripe as they convert 66.7% of their attempts this season.