FORT WORTH, Texas – No. 10 Tulsa defeated No. 7 Wichita State, 73-67, in the first round of the 2022 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship Thursday, March 10 at Dickies Arena.
With the win, the Golden Hurricane (11-19) advance to play No. 2 SMU in the quarterfinals on Friday, March 11 at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
The Shockers (15-13) were down as much as 16 at 48-32 before mounting a comeback, including a 9-1 spurt to cut the Golden Hurricane lead to three at 54-51. Tulsa bounced back with a 9-2 run of its own to push the lead back to 10 and put the game out of reach.