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.
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 |