Writer - Adrian Beecher
ORLANDO, Fla. - Tulsa got on the board first. The Tigers, however, answered with a triple to take the lead. That would be their lone lead early as Tulsa took over early, going on a 9-2 run to take a with a 11-5 lead.
Then Memphis stormed back, taking a 15-13 lead over Tulsa as Jamal Johnson hit a triple for the Tigers with 10:43 left to play in the first half. Over the next 3 minutes, things slowed down quite a bit, with Memphis maintaining their lead at 16-13 as we reached the under eight-minute timeout.
Out of the timeout, Memphis started to put some distance between then and Tulsa. After going on a 13-1 run, Memphis had a 23-14 lead over the Hurricane with 5:31 left to play. Then, after the Tigers extended their lead to 10, Tulsa got on a run of their own as they shut down the Memphis offense.
The Hurricane would score the final 9 points of the first half to cut the deficit to just 1 point as the teams went into the locker room at the half.
Scoring leader for Memphis was Jamal Johnson with nine points. For Tulsa it was Sterling Taplin leading the way with 9 points. The Tigers shot 47.4% from the field while holding Tulsa to just 29.6% from the field.
Then Memphis stormed back, taking a 15-13 lead over Tulsa as Jamal Johnson hit a triple for the Tigers with 10:43 left to play in the first half. Over the next 3 minutes, things slowed down quite a bit, with Memphis maintaining their lead at 16-13 as we reached the under eight-minute timeout.
Out of the timeout, Memphis started to put some distance between then and Tulsa. After going on a 13-1 run, Memphis had a 23-14 lead over the Hurricane with 5:31 left to play. Then, after the Tigers extended their lead to 10, Tulsa got on a run of their own as they shut down the Memphis offense.
The Hurricane would score the final 9 points of the first half to cut the deficit to just 1 point as the teams went into the locker room at the half.
Scoring leader for Memphis was Jamal Johnson with nine points. For Tulsa it was Sterling Taplin leading the way with 9 points. The Tigers shot 47.4% from the field while holding Tulsa to just 29.6% from the field.