National Basketball Association
Tulsa 74, Memphis 72
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 28, 2015
Where: FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee
Officials:
# Jose Carrion, # Steve Devine, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance:
15784
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Tulsa 74, Memphis 72 (OT): Shaquille Harrison
scored 19 of his game-high 23 points after halftime, including all eight of
Golden Hurricane’s points in the extra period, in leading his squad to an American Athletic
Conference road win over the Tigers.
Harrison also added a team-high nine rebounds and
five assists while connecting on 9-of-14 field goals for Tulsa (21-7, 14-2 AAC),
which won its fourth straight game to pull even with SMU atop the conference. Rashad
Ray added 18 points, including four 3-pointers, off the bench, and James
Woodard had 10 points for the Golden Hurricane, who shot 50 percent from the
field to counter a 41-29 rebound deficit.
Shaq Goodwin had 17 points to pace Memphis
(17-12, 9-7), which lost leading scorer Austin Nichols to an ankle injury 46
seconds into the second half and dropped its second straight home game. The
Tigers, who also received 13 points and eight rebounds from Kedren Johnson and 12
points and eight rebounds from reserve Trahson Burrell, collected 18 offensive
rebounds but shot 42.6 percent from the floor and committed 13 turnovers.
With the contest headed to extra time knotted at 66, Harrison
scored Tulsa’s eight overtime points to put the visitors up 74-69 with 30
seconds remaining. Johnson answered with a 3-pointer to cut the
Memphis deficit to 74-72, and following a Golden Hurricane backcourt violation,
Nick King’s 3-pointer bounced off the rim in the waning seconds to seal the Tulsa
road win.
It was a tight game early, but Memphis took a 29-20
lead with 4:48 remaining in the opening stanza before Tulsa closed out the half
with a 14-7 spurt to trim the Tigers’ advantage to 36-34 at intermission. After the Tigers took a 60-51 lead with 7:44 to play, they crumbled under
the Golden Hurricane pressure – getting only a Goodwin jumper and a pair of
free throws over the ensuing seven minutes – and Tulsa took full advantage,
taking a 66-64 lead on back-to-back treys from Ray before Burrell sent the
contest into overtime on a putback with 23 seconds remaining in regulation.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Tulsa won for only the fourth time
in 11 games this season when allowing 65-plus points. … Memphis lost for the
first time in its last 10 Senior Night games. … Tigers’ reserve G Pookie Powell
(flu) missed his second straight game.
Top Game Performances
Tulsa |
|
Memphis |
Shaquille Harrison 23 |
Scoring |
Shaq Goodwin 17 |
Shaquille Harrison 5 |
Assists |
Kedren Johnson 5 |
Shaquille Harrison 9 |
Rebounds |
Trahson Burrell 8 |
Shaquille Harrison 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Trahson Burrell 5 |
Shaquille Harrison 3 |
Steals |
Trahson Burrell 2 |
Rashad Smith 3 |
Blocks |
Shaq Goodwin 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Tulsa
|
74 |
50.0 |
6-17 |
14-20 |
15 |
27 |
4 |
5 |
11 |
Memphis
|
72 |
42.6 |
7-21 |
13-24 |
17 |
36 |
3 |
4 |
13 |