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No. 5 Houston is undefeated no extra.
Unranked Tulsa (5-3, 2-1 AAC) toppled the Cougars 65-64 thanks to free throws from Brandon Rachal with 0.1 seconds left in regulations. Houston (7-1, 2-1 AAC) held a 64-63 lead with 10 seconds final after Caleb Mills sank a jumper, nevertheless Rachal drew the defective loyal before the clock expired, giving him a possibility to no longer less than tie the game.
As a replacement, he sank both free throws to purchase it.
The Cougars had been coming off a 63-54 victory at UCF that used to be a minute too terminate for comfort till the conclude because the Knights trailed by loyal six with below 2: 30 to play. But the top-ranked program used to be ready to acquire away with a late speed and some take dangle of defective shooting.
That wasn’t the case Tuesday.
After racing out to an early 11-level lead, Houston struggled to maintain any separation from Tulsa for the leisure of the night.
Rachal, a senior from Louisiana, stored the Golden Storm alive with 22 capabilities and eight rebounds. Merely one other player for Tulsa scored bigger than seven capabilities as Curtis Haywood II added 9 off the bench.
Quentin Grimes led Houston with 19 capabilities, seven rebounds and four assists in the loss.
The Cougars’ facet road day shuttle continues Sunday as they toddle to SMU (5-0, 1-0) before returning dwelling to face Wichita Divulge (4-2, 2-0). Meanwhile, Tulsa heads to Cincinnati (2-5, 0-2) on Saturday to grab a maintain a look at making the most of a Bearcats team that’s struggled to fetch many wins this twelve months.
