FORT WORTH, Texas – Tenth-seeded Tulsa spanned halftime with a 19-3 run and held on to beat Wichita State, 73-67, Thursday afternoon in the first round of the Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship at Dickies Arena.
Ricky Council scored 16 of his team-high 19 points in the second half for WSU (15-13), which trimmed a 16-point second-half deficit to three on Council's putback with 3:50 to play but could get no closer.
The loss ended a string of 12-straight conference tournaments with at least one WSU victory.
Tyson Etienne added 14 points and five assists and become just the fourth Shocker with 200 career triples.