Liesl Spoerl scored 11 of Tulsa's final 15 points en route to a 56-54 victory over the SMU Mustangs Saturday afternoon in front of 346 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Tulsa improved to 2-0 in league play for the first time since the 2007-08 season and 5-8 overall, while SMU fell to 5-7 and 0-1.
Spoerl and Erika Wakefield combined to score the final 15 points for the Hurricane. With Tulsa trailing 47-41 at the 6:08 mark, Spoerl scored the first of her baskets with 5:35 to play. Wakefield added a layup one minute later to cut Tulsa's deficit to 49-45.