2018-19 Men’s Basketball Notes Jordan Korphage, Assistant Director of Media Relations 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104-9700 Office: 918.631.2492 • Cell: 918.402.7929 Email: [email protected] Game 10 | No. 15/16 Kansas State | Dec. 8 | 3:30 p.m. | Reynolds Center 2018-19 Schedule Date: Sat., Dec. 8, 2018 Time: 3:30 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result Location: Tulsa, Okla. Nov. 2 Northeastern State (exh) W, 95-60 Arena: Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355) TV: CBS Sports Network Nov. 6 Alcorn State (ESPN3) W, 73-56 Rich Waltz & Steve Lappas Nov. 10 South Carolina State W, 74-52 Radio: Big Country 99.5 FM Tulsa Kansas State Nov. 16 California Baptist^ W, 82-79 Bruce Howard & J.R. Rollo Golden Hurricane Audio: tulsahurricane.com, TuneIn app Wildcats Nov. 19 Little Rock^ W, 88-78 Location: Tulsa, Okla. Location: Manhattan, Kan. Nov. 22 vs. No. 6/6 Nevada^ (FS1) L, 86-96 2018-19 Record: 6-3 Series vs. Kansas State 2018-19 Record: 6-1 Overall: 6-1 Nov. 23 vs. Southern Illinois^ (FS1) L, 69-79 The American Record: 0-0 In Tulsa: 3-0 Big 12 Record: 0-0 Nov. 27 UT Arlington (ESPN3) W, 72-58 Last Meeting: TU, 61-54 (12/9/2017) Dec. 1 at Utah (P12N) L, 64-69 Head Coach: Frank Haith Head Coach: Bruce Weber Career Record: 270-184 (15th season) Career Record: 444-236 (21st season) Dec. 5 Oklahoma State (CBSSN) W, 74-71 Record at TU: 83-55 (5th season) Record at KSU: 131-81 (7th season) Dec. 8 No. 15/16 Kansas State (CBSSN) 3:30 p.m. Dec. 13 New Orleans (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Fast Break Points Dec. 16 vs. Dayton# 2:30 p.m. • Tulsa is in its 108th season of basketball and fifth season in the American Athletic Conference. Dec. 22 at Oral Roberts% 7 p.m. • TU will close the week with a 3:30 p.m. matchup against No. 15/16 Kansas State on Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Donald Jan. 2 at Houston* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. W. Reynolds Center. Jan. 5 USF* (ESPNU) 5 p.m. • TU leads the all-time series against the Wildcats, 6-1, and it has won all three meetings in Tulsa. The Hurricane took Jan. 10 Cincinnati* (ESPN/ESPN2) 6 p.m. last year’s meeting, 61-54, which was played at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita. Jan. 12 at SMU* (ESPN2/ESPNU) 5 p.m. • Tulsa has won 12 consecutive home games and 21 of its last 23 contests at the Reynolds Center dating back to last Jan. 16 UConn* (ESPNEWS) 6 p.m. season. The squad is 6-0 at home this season. Jan. 19 at UCF* (ESPNU) 11 a.m. • TU is coming off a 74-71 win over Oklahoma State on Wednesday night. DaQuan Jeffries scored a game-high 20 Jan. 24 at Cincinnati* (ESPN/ESPN2) 6 p.m. points and the Hurricane led throughout the second half after opening the period with a 9-0 run. Jan. 27 Houston* (ESPNEWS) 1 p.m. • With 50 assists this season, Sterling Taplin has moved to ninth place on the program’s all-time charts with 325. Taplin Jan. 30 Memphis* (ESPNEWS) 7 p.m. needs 11 more assists to move up to No. 8 on the list. Feb. 2 at Wichita State* (ESPN2/ESPNU) 1 p.m. • Jeffries leads the team in scoring at 13.4 ppg and he is second on the squad with 5.2 rebounds per outing. Feb. 9 Temple* (ESPN2/ESPNU) 11 a.m. • Tulsa’s .725 free throw shooting percentage leads The American, while its 161 makes and 222 attempts rank among Feb. 14 at Tulane* (ESPN2/ESPNU) 8 p.m. the top 40 in the nation. Feb. 17 at ECU* (ESPN3) 1 p.m. • The Hurricane return three starters and eight letterwinners from last year’s team, which went 19-12 overall and 12-6 Feb. 20 Wichita State* (ESPN2/ESPNU) 8 p.m. to finish fourth in The American. Feb. 23 at Temple* (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU) 11 a.m. • TU has notched 46 league wins since joining The American, which ranks third behind only Cincinnati (57) and SMU Feb. 28 Tulane* (ESPN2/ESPNU) 8 p.m. (51) during that span (2014-present). March 3 ECU* (ESPNU) 3 p.m. • Tulsa was picked to finish ninth in The American Preseason Poll. TU has finished better than its preseason prediction March 9 at Memphis* (ESPNU) 8:30 p.m. in all four seasons under head coach Frank Haith. March 14-17 The American Championship+ TBA 2018-19 Tulsa Golden Hurricane All times Central and subject to change for television No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown/Last School PPG RPG APG Games in Bold played at the Donald W. Reynolds Center ^ Continental Tire Las Vegas Holiday Invitational Projected Starters # Basketball Hall of Fame Holiday Showcase presented by Citi (Uncasville, Conn.) 4 Sterling Taplin G 6-1 195 Sr-3L East Amherst, N.Y./St. Thomas Moore School 10.3 2.2 5.6 % Mayor’s Cup 10 Curran Scott G 6-4 208 Jr-1L Edmond, Okla./Charlotte 6.8 2.4 0.9 * American Athletic Conference game 5 Lawson Korita G 6-5 205 Jr-2L Little Rock, Ark./Pulaski Academy 7.1 2.4 0.6 + American Athletic Conference Tournament (Memphis, Tenn.) 2 DaQuan Jeffries G/F 6-5 230 Sr-1L Edmond, Okla./Western Texas CC 13.4 5.2 1.0 1 Martins Igbanu F 6-8 235 Jr-2L Lagos, Nigeria/Covenant Christian Ministries 12.4 5.8 0.7 Off the Bench The University of Tulsa 0 Chris Barnes G 6-4 200 So-TR Compton, Calif./UTEP 5.3 2.8 0.8 3 Elijah Joiner G 6-3 200 So-1L Chicago, Ill./Curie Metropolitan HS 6.2 1.9 1.4 11 Darien Jackson G 6-2 189 So-1L Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest HS 0.9 0.4 1.0 We are ....... The University of Tulsa 14 Lindsay Deline Jr. G 5-11 189 Sr-WO Midwest City, Okla./Fort Scott CC — — — not Tulsa University 23 Zeke Moore G 6-7 210 So-TR St. Louis, Mo./Saint Louis 2.3 1.3 0.5 32 Peter Hewitt F 6-10 225 So-TR Mountain View, Calif./Las Positas College 0.0 1.0 0.0 We are ....... TU, not UT 34 Alex Foree F 6-5 212 Jr-1L Fort Smith, Ark./Southside HS — — — We are ....... the Golden Hurricane or Hurricane 41 Jeriah Horne F 6-7 219 So-TR Overland Park, Kan./Nebraska 8.2 4.1 0.9 not Hurricanes (No “s”) 44 Simon Falokun F 6-8 240 So-TR Houston, Texas/Dawson CC 3.2 2.0 0.1 TulsaHurricane.com Tulsa Men’s Basketball Game Notes Quick Facts The Game • Tulsa will close the week with a second-straight home matchup against a Big 12 Conference opponent, as it will Location ________________________ Tulsa, Okla. Enrollment ___________________________4,433 host No. 15/16 Kansas State at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8. Founded ____________________________ 1894 • The game can be seen on the CBS Sports Network, while fans in the Tulsa area can tune to Big Country 99.5 FM Nickname ___________________ Golden Hurricane with Bruce Howard and former Hurricane player J.R. Rollo on the call. Live audio from the game also can be found Colors _______________ Old Gold, Royal Blue, Crimson by using the TuneIn app. Home Court _____________Donald W. Reynolds Center Capacity ____________________________8,355 Conference ____________ American Athletic Conference Scouting the Wildcats Affiliation _____________________NCAA Division I • Kansas State was picked to finish second in the Big 12 Conference as the team returns all five starters and 10 President _____________________Dr. Gerard Clancy letterwinners from last year’s squad, which went 25-12 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight. Faculty Representative ________ Dr. Christopher Anderson VP and Director of Athletics _________ Dr. Derrick Gragg • The Wildcats enter Saturday’s game coming off an 83-71 loss at Marquette last Saturday in the team’s first true-road Athletics Administration _____________ 918-631-2381 game of the season. K-State won the Paradise Jam with victories over Eastern Kentucky, Penn and Missouri. Ticket Office Phone ________________ 918-631-4688 • Five players average at least 7.5 ppg, led by 6-foot-10 senior Dean Wade’s 15.4 ppg. Wade also leads the team on Internet Address ______________ TulsaHurricane.com TU Athletics Twitter _______________ @TulsaHurricane the glass at 7.7 rpg. MBB Twitter ___________________@TUMBasketball • K-State is forcing 17.7 turnovers per outing, which ranks 19th in the country, and the squad is averaging 20.3 points MBB Facebook ________ facebook.com/TulsaMBasketball off those turnovers per game MBB Instagram ________________ TulsaMBasketball Coaching Staff The Series Head Coach ________________Frank Haith (Elon, ‘88) • Saturday’s matchup marks the eighth all-time meeting between Tulsa and Kansas State. The Golden Hurricane lead Overall Record _______________ 270-184/15th season the series, 6-1, including a 61-54 win over the Wildcats last season in Wichita. On-Court Record _____________________ 288-184 • TU has won all three previous meetings in Tulsa. This will be the first game between the programs in Tulsa since a School Record _________________ 83-55/5th season Assistant Coach __________________ Ken McDonald 72-61 Hurricane victory on Dec. 12, 1990. ____________________ 1st season (Providence, ‘92) • K-State’s only win in the series came on Dec.