Tulsa Comeback Falls Short Against the Mustangs

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TULSA, Okla. –– Tulsa's comeback fell just short as the SMU Mustangs used a strong second-half shooting effort to hold off the Golden Hurricane for a 65-63 road win Wednesday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.

Curtis Haywood paced the Hurricane scoring attack with a career-high 18 points, followed by Brandon Rachal with 15 and Elijah Joiner with 10 points. Haywood had his first double-digit scoring game since the fourth game of the season when he tallied 11 points against Wichita State.

"Obviously, it was a tough loss. We didn't play the way we needed to play at the start of this ballgame. We dug ourselves too big a hole. But we competed,…