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1 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Basketball Final Basketball Release Final Record: 9-20 WAC Record: 5-13 Contact: Don Tomkalski, Director, Athletic Media Relations Phone: Fax: Website: TULSA CONCLUDES SEASON WITH SECOND 9-20 MARK IN AS MANY SEASONS... The Golden Hurricane finished the season with a 9-20 record, the second straight season that Tulsa has finished with nine wins... after starting the season 2-5, Head Coach John Phillips announced his resignation on Christmas Day... he was succeeded by interim coach Alvin Pooh Williamson... it took six games for Williamson to get his first career victory, an victory at New Mexico State... Tulsa won five ot its last 11 games, including a 5-3 mark in the month of February... the Hurricane finished in ninth place in the Western Athletic Conference with a 5-13 record. TULSA WINS 6 OF FINAL 7 HOME GAMES... Tulsa won six of its final seven home contests, and ended the home campaign with an 8-8 record... the Hurricane posted three straight home wins, then lost against Rice before beating Northern Arizona, Hawaii and San Jose State to close out the home season... among those wins, TU upended second-place Fresno State and first-place UTEP... Tulsa won those six games by a margin of 13.5 points, including three vs. FSU, 11 against UTEP, 13 vs. Boise State, 15 against Northern Arizona, seven vs. Hawaii and 32 against San Jose State... in those six wins, Tulsa shot.491 from the field (164-of-334), while holding the opposition to a.361 percentage (127-of-352). THERE S BEEN ONE CONSTANT IN TULSA WINS, MINUS ONE... In eight of Tulsa s nine wins this year, there was one constant statistic that has stood out in those victories, as the Hurricane held the opposition to 65 points or less... that was not the case in Tulsa s eighth win of the year, an win over Hawaii... in Tulsa s other eight wins, Tulsa held Northwestern State to 54 points, Prairie View A&M to 44, New Mexico State to 63 points, Fresno State to 65, UTEP to 54 points, Boise State to 63 points, 64 to Northern Arizona and San Jose State to 48 points... Tulsa lost just one game when holding the opposition to under 65 points, as Louisiana Tech captured a win... in Tulsa s nine wins this season, the Hurricane had a 16.8 win margin SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 18 Wright State (NIT) L 66-72/OT 21 Northwestern State W Arkansas (Fox SW) L DECEMBER 5 Oral Roberts (Cox) L Prairie View A&M W Wichita State (Cox) L Lamar L vs. Oklahoma (ESPN2) L Louisiana Tech* L JANUARY 1 SMU* L 83-95/OT Boise State* L UTEP* L New Mexico St. W Rice* (SportsWest) L Nevada* L Fresno State* (Cox) W San Jose State L Hawaii* (Cox) L FEBRUARY 3 UTEP* (SportsWest) W Boise State* W Rice* (Cox) L 64-71/OT Fresno State* L Northern Arizona W Nevada* L Hawaii* (Cox) W San Jose State* (Cox) W MARCH SMU* (Cox) L 74-81/OT Louisiana Tech* L vs. Boise State# L * WAC Games # WAC Tournament HURRICANE DROPS CLOSE ONES... Tulsa posted a 2-13 record in games decided by eight or less points, including three overtime losses of those losses by eight or less points have come under Pooh Williamson... the Hurricane was 1-9 in games decided by six or less points... Tulsa s two wins in those close games was a three-point victory at home against Fresno State, 68-65, and a seven-point win vs. Hawaii, 83-76, at home... the Hurricane was 0-4 overall in overtime games this year, including losses by 6, 12, 7 and 7 points... since Pooh Williamson took over as head coach, the Hurricane lost by three or less points in three games, all coming on the road Boise State (1), Hawaii (3) and Fresno State (2).

2 page 2/tulsa golden hurricane basketball finaal release POOH WILLIAMSON IS INTERIM HEAD COACH... Alvin Pooh Williamson was appointed as interim head coach on Saturday, December 25, following the resignation of John Phillips. Williamson garnered his first career victory with an victory vs. New Mexico State on Jan. 10, He finished the season with a 7-15 record. Williamson, 31, is in his fourth season on the Tulsa coaching staff. A 1996 graduate of Tulsa, Williamson was the point guard that led Tubby Smith-coached Hurricane teams to consecutive NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances in 1994 and He has been a part of four NCAA tournament teams with the Hurricane, including two as a player and two as an assistant coach (2002 and 2003). Prior to returning to his alma mater as an assistant coach, Williamson coached one year at Tulane ( ). Before that, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Illinois State ( ) Youngest NCAA Division I Coaches: and two seasons at 1. Jeff Capel, VCU Alvin Pooh Williamson 31 Washington State (1996- Billy Taylor, Lehigh 31 98). Darrin Horn, Western Kentucky 31 At a news conference on December 26, Williamson said, It s bittersweet. I m very, very, very excited, I want to first and foremost say that, about the opportunity. But for myself, Kwanza, Ja and Steve Cooper, we re all, without a doubt, very, very disappointed in the fact that coach Phillips is no longer with us. I want to thank Coach Phillips for everything. For bringing me back to my alma mater, to the city I love, to the university I love and to the program and university that helped me become the man I am today. I want to thank him for that, for everything he did for me with basketball and outside of basketball. MORE ON POOH... Alvin Pooh Williamson was the first signee at Tulsa for Tubby Smith... he gets his nickname Pooh from when he was a baby and dressed in orange pajamas, his Aunt Deandra dubbed him Pooh because he looked like a little Winnie the Pooh... he and assistant coach Kwanza Johnson were teammates at Tulsa... Williamson was named an assistant coach at Tulsa on April 12, he is a native of Beggs, Oklahoma (located 30 minutes south of Tulssa)... Williamson was a four-year letterwinner at Tulsa and played in 118 games ( )... he started 63 games in his final two seasons and had a 7.2 career scoring average... Williamson was a first-team all-mvc selection and all-defensive team performer as a senior in he led Tulsa to two NCAA Sweet Sixteen performances as Tulsa s starting points guard in and Williamson completed his career ranked seventh on the school s career assists list (277) and 10th on the all-time steals chart (111)... he averaged 12.8 points and 3.4 assists in 32 games as a senior. GLENN NAMED TO WAC ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM... For the second straight season, Jarius Glenn was named to the WAC s all-defensive team... it s the 10th time that Tulsa has had an alldefensive selection in the WAC... Glenn is the fourth Tulsa player to be named to the WAC s all-defensive team for multiple years... Eric Coley and Dante Swanson each earned the honor twice, while Michael Ruffin was a three-time alll-defensive team selection. RELEASE INFORMATION Releases are ed to our media and also available via the official athletic website at Stats are attached as a separate PDF file, or may be obtained via the website, or by fax, if you contact the media relations office at INTERVIEW REQUESTS All interview requests for student-athletes, coaches or administrators should be made with the athletic media relations office. Contact Don Tomkalski, director and men's basketball contact, at HURRICANE ON RADIO The flagship station for Tulsa basketball is Newstalk 740 KRMG, a 50,000 watt AM station. Bruce Howard (play-byplay) and J.V. Haney (color analyst) call the action. TULSA ON THE WEB The official athletic website of The University of Tulsa is The site is a part of the College Sports Online (CSO). THE TU BASKETBALL RADIO CALL-IN SHOW The final Tulsa Basketball Radio Call-in Show aired on Newstalk 740 KRMG Radio live from the Fuddruckers Restaurant on Sunday, March 6, from 7-8 pm. TU fans can stop by or call THE CITGO TU BASKETBALL TV SHOW The Citgo Tulsa Basketball TV Show aired on KOTV- Channel 6 on Sunday nights, following the KOTV Sports Blitz Show at approximately 11:00 pm. The show will be re-played on Wednesday's at 6:00 pm on Cox-Channel 3 in Tulsa and Channel 7 in Oklahoma City. BROADCASTS ON THE WEB Listen to University of Tulsa basketball games on the internet at: TRZ TULSA TEAMLINE Hear live play-by-play coverage of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane when you're away from a TV, radio or computer, call The TU Access Code is Charges are minimal, and you can listen as long as you like.

3 page 3/tulsa golden hurricane basketball final release TULSA GETS WIN IN ITS 100th GAME AT REYNOLDS CENTER... The opening game at the Donald W. Reynolds Center was on December 29, 1998, as the Golden Hurricane defeated a Rollie Massimino-led Cleveland State team, on February 3, Tulsa played its 100th game in the Reynolds Center against the WAC s co-leading UTEP Miners... the Hurricane captured a double-digit victory in that game as well with a victory... Tulsa now has a record on their home floor for a.750 winning percentage... of Tulsa s 78 victories, 57 have been by double digits... Tulsa opened the Reynolds Center with six straight wins before losing its first game against UNLV, it was then 14 more wins before Tulsa s next loss at home. GLENN NAMED WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK... Senior Jarius Glenn was named the WAC Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 31-Feb Glenn averaged 22.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.0 steals in wins over league-leading UTEP and Boise State... he shot 65-percent from the field (17-of-26), 67-percent from three-point range (4-of-6) and 64- percent from the free throw line (7-of-11)... Glenn had a game-high 18 points and 8 assists in 37 minutes against UTEP, while shooting 80-percent from the field (8-of-10) and 100-percent from three-point range (2-of- 2) and adding 5 rebounds and 2 steals... against Boise State, he scored a game-high 27 points while shooting 56-percent from the field and added 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. A QUARTER CENTURY OF GREATNESS... The campaign was the 25th year since the beginning of a great period of success for Tulsa basketball... in , Nolan Richardson, in his first year, led Tulsa to 26-7 record, second place in the Missouri Valley Conference and the NIT Championship... in the previous 24 years, Tulsa basketball has produced over 500 wins postseason tournament appearances... an average of 21 wins per season... the top-15 winningest teams in school history... three NCAA Sweet Sixteens... one NCAA Elite Eight... an overall.672 win percentage... eight years nationally ranked seasons with an allconference selection... an.568 postseason winning percentage... seven All-Americans All-Conference players... eight conference titles... five conference tournament titles... an.829 homecourt winning percentage... and, two NIT championships. TULSA RANKED 59th AMONG STREET & SMITH S 100 GREATEST COLLEGE BASKETBALL PROGRAMS OF ALL-TIME... Tulsa has been listed among Street & Smith s 100 Greatest College Basketball Programs of All-Time. Tulsa has been ranked 59 th among the top-100 collegiate basketball programs in Street & Smith s Greatest College Basketball Programs of All-Time... Tulsa has won over 500 games in the last 25 seasons and has made 22 postseason tournament appearances in school history... Tulsa has advanced to three NCAA Sweet Sixteen s, one NCAA final eight and has won two NIT Championships in the last 25 seasons... All- Americans Bob Patterson, Bobby Bingo Smith, Willie Biles, Paul Pressey, Steve Harris and Shea Seals donned the Golden Hurricane uniform. Tulsa coaches have included some of college basketball s greatest, including Clarence Iba, Nolan Richardson, Tubby Smith and Bill Self.... since 1940, Street & Smith s has been one of the most respected publishers of sports annuals and yearbooks. Street & Smith s 100 Greatest College Basketball Programs is a collectible keepsake and resource for basketball fans. TULSA KNOCKS OFF LEAGUE LEADER UTEP... After building a 17-point first-half lead, and seeing that lead evaporate into a tie with 11:38 remaining in the game, Tulsa held on for a double-digit victory, against the UTEP Miners at the Donald W. Reynolds Center on February 3... UTEP came into the game with a 17-4 record and tied for first-place in the league with a 7-2 WAC mark... after UTEP tied the score, Tulsa went on a 12-4 scoring run over the next five minutes... Tulsa outscored the Miners over the final 11 minutes of the contest... the win marked the second straight home win for the Hurricane, as Tulsa knocked off Fresno State, second in the WAC at the time, by a score of Tulsa s Record at The Reynolds Center: Year Overall WAC The TULSA Key: We are... The University of Tulsa, not Tulsa University We are... TU, not UT We are... the Golden Hurricane, not Hurricanes (No "s")

4 page 4/tulsa golden hurricane basketball final release JOHN PHILLIPS ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION... Tulsa s John Phillips (Oklahoma State 73) announced his resignation on December 25. He was in his fourth season as head coach of the Golden Hurricane and his eighth year on the Tulsa coaching staff. Phillips had a successful tenure at Tulsa, both as an assistant coach and head coach. In three-plus seasons as head coach, Phillips compiled an overall record of for a.592 winning percentage. Phillips ranks 10th on the career victories list and became only the second coach in school history to win 50 games in his first two seasons. Phillips was only the fourth coach in school history to lead his team to back-to-back 20 wins seasons in the first two years as head coach. He led the Hurricane to a 27-7 overall mark in the season and in his second year. During his seven-plus seasons on the coaching staff, Tulsa posted a record of (.674), won the Western Athletic Conference regular season title once ( ), shared the WAC Championship twice ( and ) and won the WAC Tournament Championship once (2003). The Hurricane made four NCAA Tournament appearances, advancing to the second round all four years and to the 2000 NCAA South Regional finals, and won the 2001 NIT Championship. A longtime Oklahoman, Phillips became Tulsa s 28th head basketball coach on April 9, WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT... Normally, solid free throw shooting means the difference between a close win and a narrow loss... in two wins, Tulsa defied those odds... Tulsa captured a win over Fresno State at home, and converted only 6-of-17 from the free throw line for a percentage of in a win over UTEP at home, Tulsa again only shot.357 from the free throw line, converting 5-of-14 from the line... Tulsa did, however, connect on 49-percent from the field vs. Fresno State and 48-percent against UTEP... in losses at UTEP and Fresno State, Tulsa reversed its bad free throw shooting by shooting percentages of.905 and.857, respectively, in those two games. MCDADE ADDS SCORING PUNCH... Red-shirt freshman Brett McDade scored in double digits in 13 of the final 15 games, and averaged 14.2 points (213) over the final 15 games, while in 13 games before that, McDade scored 57 points for a 4.4 scoring average... McDade s 270 points this season is the fourth most in school history for a freshman... he was 11 points shy of tying Greg Harrington ( ) for fourth place on the school s all-time freshman scoring list... McDade scored 15 points against both Fresno State and San Jose State, while he had 18 points vs. Northern Arizona, 17 points against Nevada, 22 and eight points vs. Hawaii, 13 points against UTEP and Boise State, 12 points vs. Rice, 11 points vs. Fresno State, 10 points vs. San Jose State, 18 at SMU and 14 at Louisiana Tech... McDade shot.511 percent from the field (72-of-141) and.392 from three-point range (20-of- 51) in the final 15 contests... against Northern Arizona, McDade Tulsa Freshman Scoring List 1. Shea Seals ( ) Steve Harris ( ) Greg Harrington ( ) Brett McDade ( ) Steve McDowell ( ) 238 had team-highs of 18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 0 points in 35 minutes... he had a careerbest of 22 points and 3 assists against Hawaii... he also tied his career-best with 22 points in the final game of the season against Boise State in the WAC Tournament. TULSA ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-L Hometown High School/JUCO 00 Vernell Davis F Jr-JC Broken Arrow, Okla. NE Oklahoma A&M 1 Deion James G Fr-HS Milwaukee, Wis. Brewster (NH) Academy 2 Chris Wallace G Jr-2L Broken Arrow, Okla. Broken Arrow H.S. 4 Jarius Glenn F Sr-3L Decatur, Ga. Avondale H.S. 5 Brett McDade G Fr-RS Denton, Texas Ryan H.S. 12 Kyle Blankenship G Sr-1L Shreveport, La. Byrd H.S. 24 Seneca Collins G Jr-2L Dallas, Texas Duncanville H.S. 32 ##Yusuf Baker F Jr-JC Orlando, Fla. College of Southern Idaho 33 Oswaldo Gonzalez C/F Sr-RS Caracas, Venezuela Jacksonville College 34 Guilherme Teichmann F Sr-1L Santa Cruz, Brazil South Plains CC 41 Charles Ramsdell F So-1L Kingfisher, Okla. Kingfisher H.S. 50 Anthony Price F Jr-2L Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands H.S. Interim Head Coach: Alvin "Pooh" Williamson (Tulsa 96) Assistant Coaches: Steve Cooper, Kwanza Johnson, Ja Havens ##redshirted in

5 page 5/tulsa golden hurricane basketball final release THIS-N-THAT ABOUT THE TEAM... Tulsa had a double-digit lead in six of the final 12 games San Jose State, Hawaii, UTEP, Boise State, Northern Arizona and SMU and won three of those games UTEP, Boise State and Northern Arizona by double digits... Tulsa has now won 45 of its last 66 victories by double-figures... Tulsa won two straight games UTEP and Boise State for the first time this season, and for the first time since Jan. 10 and 12 of last season... Tulsa won its third straight home game with the Boise State victory, marking the first time Tulsa has won three straight games at home since winning the first three home games of the season... in Tulsa s final five home wins, the Hurricane held the opponent to a.372 field goal percentage, while Tulsa has shot.482 from the field in those five wins... in eight of Tulsa s nine wins, the Hurricane held the opposition to 65 points or less. The only game in which WAC STANDINGS (Final WAC Standings) Team WAC ALL Nevada UTEP Rice Fresno State Louisiana Tech SMU Hawaii Boise State Tulsa San Jose State Tulsa held the opposition to less than 65 points and lost was vs. Louisiana Tech, Tulsa s 165 blocked shots in 29 games surpassed last year s total of 110 blocks after 29 games... Tulsa s 165 blocks on the year is the third most in school history, behind only 185 in and 175 in the season. GLENN FINISHES CAREER IN TOP-20 ON ALL-TIME SCORING AND RE- BOUNDING LISTS... In the first two WAC games this year, senior Jarius Glenn surpassed the 1,000-point and 500- rebound plateaus... he entered the Louisiana Tech game needing one rebound to reach the 500- rebound plateau... he ended the game with five rebounds... a game later against SMU, he needed 15 points in the game for 1,000 points... he surpassed the mark with 19 points... Glenn completed his career with 1,329 points and 602 careeer rebounds... he is just the 14th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point and 500-rebound plateau... Glenn ranks 15th on the school s all-time scoring chart and 18th on the school s career rebounding chart. MORE ON GLENN... On the year, Jarius Glenn averaged team-highs of 17.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists... he had four double-doubles this year, and 25 double-digit scoring games... he scored in double-digits in Tulsa s final 18 games... Glenn also had five double-figure rebounding games this season, including three straight games to start the season... the last time a Tulsa player had three straight doublefigure rebounding games was Eric Coley in the season Fresno State, 14 vs. UNLV and 16 vs. Cincinnati)... Glenn had a career-best 30 points and added 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals against Arkansas... in the season opener, Glenn had game-highs of 27 points and 11 rebounds against Wright State... in the first three games, Glenn averaged 22.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.3 steals. TULSA SETS REYNOLDS CENTER MARK FOR REBOUNDS... Tulsa s 60 rebounds against Prairie View A&M was a Reynolds Center record... the previous mark was 52 against Morris Brown on Nov. 24, all 12 Tulsa players had at least one rebound in the game, as senior Jarius Glenn led the way with 11. TULSA IN WAC TOURNAMENT... Tulsa played in its ninth straight Western Athletic Conference tournament... the Hurricane competed its tenure in the WAC with a 12-8 record in the WAC Tournament... in nine of Tulsa's 12 tournament wins the Hurricane won by double-digits... previous to being the #9 seed in each of the last two seasons, Tulsa had been no worse than a #3 seed... Tulsa has been the #1 seed once (2000) and the #2 seed four times at the WAC tournament... Tulsa is 0-2 in first round games in the WAC Tournament, 7-1 in quarterfinal games and 4-2 in semifinal games... Tulsa made the WAC Championship game four consecutive seasons 2000, 2001, 2002 and in 2003, Tulsa defeated Nevada to claim the WAC title... in 2000 and 2001, as a #2 seed, Tulsa advanced to the championship game, losing both title games to Hawaii... Tulsa's 34-point win against UTEP in the 2003 WAC Tournament quarterfinal game is the largest margin of victory for Tulsa ever in a conference tournament game.

6 page 6/tulsa golden hurricane basketball final release TULSA IN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS... Tulsa has an overall record in conference tournament games, combining the record in both the Missouri Valley Conference and Western Athletic Conference... the Hurricane has a.617 winning percentage for all conference tournament games... before moving to the WAC, Tulsa participated in 19 of 20 Missouri Valley Conference postseason tournaments while a member of that league... upon leaving the league, Tulsa had the most victories in the MVC Tournament (25) since tournament play began in the Hurricane had a record in the MVC Tournament for a.625 winning percentage... Tulsa won four MVC Tournament Championships (1982, 1984, 1986 and 1996) which tied Creighton and Southern Illinois, at the time, for the most tournament titles... Tulsa participated in the MVC Championship game nine times and registered a 4-5 record... before hosting three straight WAC Tournaments (2001, 2002 and 2003), Tulsa previously hosted a conference tournament game on March 4, 1987 as the Hurricane lost to Wichita State, 79-74, in overtime at the Conference Center in the finals... Tulsa hosted the entire MVC Tournament at the Convention Center in the season when the Hurricane defeated Indiana State, Drake and #8-ranked Bradley in the title game by a score of TEICHMANN REBOUNDS AND BLOCKS SHOTS FOR HURRICANE... Senior Guilherme Teichmann was on a tear late in the season when it came to rebounding and blocking shots... he became the second player this year (Jarius Glenn is the other) to grab double-digit rebounds in three consecutive games... he had 10 vs. Hawaii, 12 vs. San Jose State and 10 at SMU to average 10.7 rebounds in three straight games... he also averaged 2.1 blocks (21) in the final 10 games with a career-high at 5 blocks at SMU... Teichmann averaged 6.4 points, shared the team-lead with 6.2 rebounds and added 1.7 blocks on the year... his 48 blocks this year gave him 66 for his two-year career which ranks him in ninth place on the school s career blocks chart. Tulsa's WAC Tournament Results (#2 seed) defeated UNLV, 68-65, quarterfinals lost to TCU, 64-59, semifinals 1998 (#3 seed) defeated BYU, 59-56, first round lost to New Mexico, 60-59, quarterfinals 1999 (#2 seed) defeated Fresno State, 85-56, quarterfinals lost to Utah, (OT), semifinals 2000 (#1 seed) defeated Rice, 71-51, quarterfinals defeated TCU, 93-71, semifinals lost to Fresno State, 75-72, championship 2001 (#2 seed) defeated San Jose State, 64-53, quarterfinals defeated UTEP, 59-56, semifinals lost to Hawaii, (OT), championship 2002 (#2 seed) defeated Boise State, 72-53, quarterfinals defeated Fresno State, 81-65, semifinals lost to Hawaii, 73-59, championship 2003 (#1 seed) defeated UTEP, 81-47, quarterfinals defeated Hawaii, 66-56, semifinals defeated Nevada, 75-64, championship 2004 (#9 seed) lost to SMU, 79-60, first round 2005 (#9 seed) lost to Boise State, 83-73, first round TWO NEW GUYS GO FOR CAREER NIGHTS IN FIRST NEVADA GAME... Red-shirt freshman Brett McDade and senior red-shirt Oswaldo Gonzalez, both of whom sat out the season, turned in career performances against league-leading Nevada (Jan. 20)... coming off the bench, the duo combined to score 29 of Tulsa s 69 points, all of Tulsa s bench points in the game... they combined to shoot an outstanding 87-percent from the field on 13-of McDade had 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, and 0 turnovers in 18 minutes... Gonzalez had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals in 20 minutes... since then, McDade closed out the rest of the season by averaging 14.2 points and scoring in double-digits in all but two games, while Gonzalez turned in averages of 3.0 points and 3.7 rebounds in the last 15 games. SAME TWO PLAYERS LIFT TULSA TO WIN OVER FRESNO STATE... A game after scoring their career-highs, Brett McDade and Oswaldo Gonzalez were instrumental in Tulsa s win over Fresno State... McDade had 15 points, including six of Tulsa s final 13 points in a 13-2 run over the final five minutes... Gonzalez had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals... he grabbed a crucial rebound off of a missed free throw and put it back for a layup and thus gave Tulsa its lead with 0:19 remaining in the game.

7 page 7/tulsa golden hurricane basketball final release HURRICANE AT THE REYNOLDS CENTER... In seven seasons in the Donald W. Reynolds Center, Tulsa has posted a record in their home arena for a.752 winning percentage... Tulsa played its 100th game in the history of the Reynolds Center against UTEP on February 3, 2005, and captured a victory... Tulsa completed the home season with an 8-8 record this season, while three of the losses came in overtime... the Hurricane ended the home season with a 7-7 record... Tulsa posted a 14-3 record in , 13-3 in , 16-3 in , 14-1 in and after opening the Reynolds Center on Dec. 29, 1998 a 7-1 in in Tulsa s 14 home wins in , the Hurricane won by a 15.0 win margin and had 11 double digit wins... in , Tulsa had a 19.8 margin in 13 home victories... in Tulsa s 79 wins at the Reynolds Center, 58 of those wins have been by double digits... Tulsa has a non-conference record at the Reynolds Center. TULSA ENDS FEBRUARY ON HIGH NOTE... Tulsa completed the month of February with a 5-3 record... Tulsa had wins against league-leader UTEP, Boise State, Northern Arizona, Hawaii and San Jose State in February... the Hurricane lost in overtime to Rice at home, and dropped a two-point decision at Fresno State among the three losses... the other loss came at league-leading Nevada... in Tulsa s final game of February, the Hurricane defeated San Jose State by 32 points, the largest margin of victory against a WAC opponent since March 13, 2003, when Tulsa defeated UTEP by 34 points, HURRICANE SNAPS LOSING STREAK WITH FRESNO STATE WIN... Tulsa grabbed its first Western Athletic Conference victory with a home win against Fresno State in the first meeting between the two teams... Tulsa snapped a six-game WAC losing streak and its worst conference start (0-6) since the season... Fresno State dropped to 11-6 and 5-3 in the WAC... Tulsa trailed by eight points (63-55) at the 5:00 minute mark, then Tulsa went on a 13-2 scoring run over the final five minutes... freshman Brett McDade scored six of Tulsa s final 13 points, while Oswaldo Gonzalez s layup off of a missed free throw with 0:19 remaining gave Tulsa its final margin of victory, Tulsa at the Reynolds Center (79-26) Air Force 1-0 Arkansas 0-2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1-0 Boise State 5-0 Centenary 1-0 Cleveland State 1-0 Colorado State 1-0 Creighton 0-1 Delaware State 1-0 Fresno State 4-3 Georgia State 1-0 Gonzaga 0-1 Grambling 1-0 Hawaii 5-4 Iowa 0-1 Jackson State 1-0 Kansas 0-1 Lamar 0-1 Louisiana Tech 3-1 Morris Brown 1-0 New Mexico State 1-0 Nevada 4-2 North Texas 1-0 Northern Arizona 1-0 Northwestern (La.) State 2-0 Oral Roberts 2-1 Prairie View A&M 2-0 Rice 6-1 Rhode Island 1-0 San Jose State 7-0 SMU 4-3 SW Missouri State 2-0 TCU 4-0 Texas-San Antonio 1-0 Texas State 1-0 UAB 1-0 UC Irvine 1-0 UMKC 1-0 UNLV 0-1 UTEP 7-1 Wichita State 2-1 Wright State 0-1 Wyoming 1-0 PRICE BEGINS THE NEW YEAR WITH CAREER-BEST PERFORMANCE... Junior Anthony Price scored 24 first half points against SMU on New Year s Day... he ended the game with a careeer-best 39 points... his 24 first-half points bettered his previous career-best for an entire game of 23 points, which he set earlier this year against Lamar... Price s game total of 39 points were the most since Jim King scored 39 points against Adams State on Dec. 18, it is also the 16 th highest individual scoring game in school history... Price connected on 13-of-22 from the field and 13-of-18 from the free throw line, and added eight rebounds. MORE ON PRICE... Junior Anthony Price had a stretch where he equalled or bettered his previous careerhigh in five of six games PVAMU, Wichita State, Lamar, Oklahoma and SMU... he came into the year with a career-best of 19 points, and he matched that against Prairie View A&M and Wichita State... Price set a new career-high of 23 points against Lamar, and then equaled his previous best of 19 points again vs. Oklahoma... after a nine-point performance against Louisiana Tech, Price tallied a career-high 39 points against SMU... in those five games, Price averaged 23.8 points and 7.2 rebounds.

8 page 8/tulsa golden hurricane basketball final release TULSA'S JUNIOR CLASS DOING MORE AFTER A SOPHOMORE YEAR OF IMPROVEMENT... Three Tulsa juniors saw significantly more playing time in as sophomores than in their true freshman seasons... forward Anthony Price averaged 28.4 minutes as compared to 8.8 minutes as a freshman, an increase of 19.6 minutes... Price averaged 8.2 points and 3.0 rebounds more as a sophomore than in guard Seneca Collins averaged 23.9 minutes last year, up 16.6 minutes from 7.3 minutes his freshman season... Collins averaged 7.5 points, a 5.7 increase over his freshman season... guard Chris Wallace averaged 11.2 minutes, an increase of 3.6 minutes from his freshman total of 7.6 minutes Frosh-to-Soph Difference (29 games) Min Pts Reb Min Pts Reb Min Pts Reb Min Pts Reb Price Collins Wallace TULSA STORYLINES... Sophomore Charles Ramsdell is a two-sport athlete for the Hurricane. After the basketball season, Ramsdell moved to the track as he completed the season finishing second in the high jump with a jump of 6 11 at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships. His jump also established a new school record. Tulsa completed its seventh year in the Donald W. Reynolds Center with a record for a.752 winning percentage. Among those 79 wins, 58 have been by double-digits. Tulsa has a non-conference record at the Reynolds Center. Jarius Glenn was an all-defensive WAC selection for the last two seasons. For the past 25 seasons Tulsa has had at least one all-conference selection. In school history Tulsa has had only four foreign-born scholarship athletes on the basketball team. Two of them Guilherme Teichmann, from Santa Cruz, Brazil, and Oswaldo Gonzalez from Caracas, Venezuela are on this year s roster. Over the last four seasons, Tulsa has scored double-figure wins in 46 of 67 victories. Although he may be the shortest player on the roster, Brett McDade has the team s highest vertical jump of 37.5 inches. DOUBLE-DIGIT WINS... In the last four seasons, Tulsa has scored double-figure wins in 46 of 67 victories of those wins were by 20 or more points... Tulsa's largest win margin in that time span came earlier this season against Prairie View A&M with a 53-point margin... the previous largest win margin was 47 points against Morris Brown on Nov. 24, in Tulsa's nine wins in the campaign, six of those victories were by double-digits while two wins were by one point... the Hurricane had a 19.5 scoring margin in those six double-digit victories... Tulsa had a 13.9 win margin in its nine wins last season... in Tulsa s nine wins this year, Tulsa s win margin is 16.8 points... Tulsa won six games by double-figures this past season. TULSA HOOP NOTES... Interim Head Coach Alvin Pooh Williamson garnered his first career victory with an victory over New Mexico State in his sixth contest as the Hurricane head coach... Tulsa snapped a sevengame losing streak in its win over NMSU, the longest losing streak since an eight-game losing skein last year... Tulsa shot a season-best.727 from three-point range (8-of-11) against New Mexico State... the Hurricane shot a Reynolds Center career-low.353 from the free throw line against Fresno State (6-of-17)... Tulsa started the conference season with an 0-6 record in the Western Athletic Conference, which was the worst league start since the season, when Tulsa went 0-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference... Tulsa captured its first victory of the season against Fresno State when trailing at halftime... the Hurricane was 2-15 on the season when trailing at halftime... Tulsa led at halftime in five straight games at San Jose State, at Hawaii, UTEP, Boise State and Rice... Tulsa built doubledigit leads in the first four of those games, including 14 vs. San Jose State, 12 vs. Hawaii, 17 against UTEP and 16 vs. Boise State.

9 page 9/tulsa golden hurricane basketball final release IN THE PAINT... Tulsa outscored the opposition by an average of 6.5 points per game in the paint this year... Tulsa averages 32.1 points in the paint, while the opposition totals 25.6 points... Tulsa outscored the opposition in the paint in 21 games this season... after being outscored in the paint in the first two games, 29.0 to 21.0, the Hurricane outscored the opposition in the paint by a 13.2 margin in the next seven games... Tulsa had a 38.3 to 25.1 edge for points in the paint in those seven contests... Tulsa has been outscored in the paint in eight games, including the biggest margin of 22 points by Nevada in Reno... in the seven other games that Tulsa has been outscored in the paint has come against Wright State (12), Northwestern State (4), Louisiana Tech (2), at UTEP (18), Nevada (2), at SMU (2) and at Louisiana Tech (2)... in 8 of the last 14 games, Tulsa has outscored the opposition in the paint by doubledigits, including Fresno State (14), at San Jose State (10), at Hawaii (18), UTEP (16), Boise State (14), at Fresno State (14), Northern Arizona (22), San Jose State (32). TRUE FRESHMAN JAMES GOES FOR SEASON- HIGHS IN FIRST BOISE STATE GAME... Tulsa s only true freshman, Deion James, tallied team and season-highs of 19 points and seven rebounds at Boise State in the first meeting this season... James converted 8-of-10 from the field, including 3-of-5 from three-point range against Boise State... he then had 13 points and 3 rebounds vs. New Mexico State... his best game before the BSU contest, came against Oral Roberts, as he saw 19 minutes of action off the bench and scored eight points and three rebounds... he came into that game playing 18 minutes total in two of the first three games... in the final 19 games, James averaged 5.8 points (111), 3.1 rebounds (59) and 2.6 assists (49)... he had three double-figure scoring games this season. SECOND HALF SCORING... In 20 of Tulsa s 29 games this season, the Hurricane scored more points in the second half (not including SMU), than in the first half, while in one game Tulsa equalled its first half scoring output in the second half as well... in those 20 games, Tulsa averaged 41.9 points in the second half (838) compared to 29.3 points in the first half (586), a difference of 12.6 points... in the first game against SMU, Tulsa scored 48 points in the first half and only 35 points in the second half plus a five-minute overtime period, but in the previous four games, Tulsa s high scoring half came in the second half as Tulsa averaged 16.2 more points (166 to 101) in the second half than they scored in the first half in those four games (Wichita State, Lamar, Oklahoma and Louisiana Tech). CAREER LEADERS Scoring 1. Shea Seals ( ) , Steve Harris ( ) Tracy Moore ( ) Gary Collier ( ) Kevin Johnson ( ) Greg Harrington ( ) Willie Biles ( ) Bob Patterson ( ) Dante Swanson ( ) Jason Parker ( ) David Moss ( ) Marcus Hill ( ) Herb Johnson ( ) Bobby Smith ( ) Jarius Glenn (2001-pres.) 1329 Rebounding 1. Michael Ruffin ( ) Bobby Goodall ( ) Shea Seals ( ) Herb Johnson ( ) Bobby Smith ( ) Gene Estes ( ) Kevin Johnson ( ) Eric Coley ( ) Rob Washington ( ) Bob Patterson ( ) Clester Harrington ( ) 662 Charlie Davis ( ) Dana Lewis ( ) Joe Voskuhl ( ) Lester Johnson ( ) Dick Courter ( ) Larry Morris ( ) Jarius Glenn (2001-pres.) Doug Robinson ( ) 601 Blocked Shots 1. Michael Ruffin ( ) Kevin Johnson ( ) Eric Coley ( ) Bruce Vanley ( ) Alyn Thomsen ( ) Brandon Kurtz ( ) Rafael Maldonado ( ) Anthony Price (2002-pres.) Guilherme Teichmann (2003-pres.) Vince Williams ( ) 64 Ray Poindexter ( ) 64 Games Played 1. Greg Harrington ( ) Dante Swanson ( ) Marcus Hill ( ) Jason Parker ( ) Charlie Davis ( ) 132 Kevin Johnson ( ) Eric Coley ( ) Michael Ruffin ( ) Jarius Glenn (2001-pres.) Shea Seals ( ) 124 Rafael Maldonado ( ) Herb Johnson ( ) 123 Byron Boudreaux ( ) 123 Davis Moss ( ) 123

10 page 10/tulsa golden hurricane basketball final release THE PLAYERS... #12 Kyle Blankenship a walk-on athlete averaged 1.1 points and 1.0 assists in 11.3 minutes of playing time in 12 games missed 16 games this year, including 17 of the final 22 games started the home finale against San Jose State made his second start this season against UTEP, and had one point, 2 assists and 2 rebounds in 25 minutes played 11 minutes in the first two games of the season, then played 62 for a 20.7 average in the next three games had a season-best 9 points and career-high 4 assists vs. Arkansas made his ninth career start and third of the year against San Jose State played in 14 games and averaged 14.3 minutes and 2.5 points last year started seven of the final eight games in and played a total of 145 minutes for an average of 18.1 minutes in the final eight games played a career-best 34 minutes in his first starting role vs. Rice ( ), and had 11 points and 3 rebounds in that game... before the Rice game, he played a total of 37 minutes in just six games for an average of 6.2 minutes had career-bests of 13 points and 3 rebounds at San Jose State ( ) played in 38 career games and had career averages of 1.3 points (50) and 0.7 assists (26). #24 Seneca Collins has played in 89 games and has 30 career starts has career averages of 5.4 points (477) and 1.7 rebounds (148) averaged 7.0 points and 1.9 rebounds in 19.6 minutes has 17 career double-figure scoring games, including 9 this year scored in double-figures in three straight games Lamar, Oklahoma and Louisiana Tech marking the first time in his career that he has had three consecutive double-digit scoring games had 12 points at SMU on 4-of-7 from three-point range had 11 points and 2 rebounds in 17 minutes vs. San Jose State tallied 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists vs. Northern Arizona had 13 points on 5-of-10 from the field against Rice had 7 points and tied a career-high with 4 assists vs. New Mexico State had 10 points vs. Louisiana Tech and at Rice tallied 10 points and 3 rebounds vs. Oklahoma, as he was back in a starting role following three games of coming off the bench had 16 points in 22 minutes off the bench against Lamar had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals vs. ORU had a career-high 26 points, and added 5 rebounds and 3 assists in 29 minutes vs. Northwestern State in the second game this year played in all 29 games last season, averaging 7.5 points and 2.3 rebounds established a new scoring career-high in three games last year last year, had a season-best with 17 points at Louisiana Tech (1-3-04), while knocking down a career-high 5-of-6 three-pointers #00 Vernell Davis averaged 14.9 minutes in 17 games, with averages of 3.8 points and 3.2 rebounds averaged 4.2 points (25) and 5.3 rebounds (32) in the six games before an injury sidelined him for four straight contests, before returning in the season finale missed 12 games including 10 of those due to injury blocked 2 or more shots in 8 of the 17 games in which he has played this year had 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 blocks and one steal in just 3 minutes at Nevada before suffering an injury had 9 points, 5 rebounds, 4 block and 2 steals in 23 minutes vs. Rice totaled 6 points, a career-best 9 rebounds and 2 assists in 25 minutes vs. Boise State tallied 6 points and 8 rebounds in 15 minutes vs. UTEP

11 page 11/tulsa golden hurricane basketball final release returned to play 3 minutes at San Jose State after missing the previous six games with an injury averaged 8.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in the three games (Oklahoma, La. Tech and SMU) before sitting out with an earlier injury in his last 10 games, dating back to before the injury, he has averaged 4.9 points (49) and 4.6 rebounds (46) tallied 6 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 assists vs. SMU had 6 points, tied a season-best of 6 rebounds and had a season-best 4 blocks in 32 minutes against Louisiana Tech had a career-best 12 points on 6-of-9 from the field vs. Oklahoma, and added 3 rebounds and 2 steals started first game of his collegiate career in the season opener, and has come off the bench since then in the second game, had 6 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks vs. Northwestern State a transfer from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M was a high school teammate at Broken Arrow High School with current TU junior Chris Wallace averaged 9.7 points and 6.8 rebounds at NEO A&M last year #4 Jarius Glenn had career averages of 10.6 points (1,329), 4.8 rebounds (602), 1.9 assists (245), and 0.9 steals (123) in 125 career games led the team in scoring (17.1), rebounding (6.2) and assists (3.4) surpassed 500 career rebounds with five against Louisiana Tech... completed his career with 602 rebounds surpassed the 1,000 career point total with 19 points vs. SMU... with that, he became the 14th player in school history to reach 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in his career... completed his career with 1,329 points ranks 15th on the school s all-time scoring chart with 1,329 points ranks 18th on the school s career rebounding list with 602 boards started 79 of 125 career games had 65 career double-figure scoring games, including nine career 20-point scoring games had eight career double-doubles, including four this season. had nine career double-figure rebounding games, including five this season became the 48th player in school history to score over 400 points in a single season scored in double digits in the final 18 games of the season was named the WAC Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6, after averaging 22.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.0 steals, while shooting 54-percent from the field (17-of-26) and 67- percent from three-point range (4-of-6) in games vs. UTEP and Boise State had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 aassists in 24 minutes against Boise State in the WAC Tournament tallied 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals at Louisiana Tech had 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals at SMU had 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks vs. San Jose State in his final home game at the Reynolds Center tallied 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists vs. Northern Arizona had 18 points and 6 rebounds at Fresno State tallied 27 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals vs. Boise State totaled 18 points, a career-high 8 assists, and added 5 rebounds and 2 steals in 37 minutes vs. UTEP had 19 points and 6 rebounds at San Jose State totaled a team-high 18 points and added 4 rebounds and 3 assists vs. Fresno State tallied 15 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists vs. Nevada totaled 19 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists at Rice had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists at New Mexico State tallied 19 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals in 44 minutes vs. SMU had 16 points, 9 rebounds and a season-high 6 assists vs. Oklahoma established a new career-high twice in the first three games this year... he tied a career-high with 27 points and had 11 rebounds against Wright State in the season opener and had a new career-high of 30 points and added 11 boards vs. Arkansas

12 page 12/tulsa golden hurricane basketball final release had 9 points and a new career-best 14 rebounds in the second game this year vs. Northwestern State averaged 12.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.5 steals in 32.2 minutes last year named to the WAC's all-defensive team in had his first career double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds vs. Nevada ( ) in the 2003 WAC Tournament Championship game #33 Oswaldo Gonzalez played in 24 games, and averaged 2.7 points and 2.7 rebounds in 11.6 minutes of playing time averaged 3.2 points (51) and 3.8 rebounds (60) in the final 16 games in a combined 243 minutes (15.2 avg), while in his first eight appearances he had 14 points (1.8) and 3 rebounds (0.4) in 35 minutes had 2 points and 6 rebounds in 17 minutes vs. Boise State in the WAC Tournament tied his career-high with 7 rebounds at SMU tallied 5 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocksvs. San Jose State in his only starting assignment had 4 points and a career-high 7 rebounds in 13 minutes against Boise State totaled 6 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks vs. Fresno State at home... had the final 2 points with a put-back of a missed free throw with 0:19 remaining to give Tulsa a win over Fresno State tallied a career-high of 12 points and 6 rebounds in a career-high 20 minutes vs. Nevada tallied 6 points and 5 rebounds in 14 minutes in the first meeting at Rice has missed five games... did not play against Wright State, Northwestern State, Oklahoma, Louisiana Tech and SMU saw his first collegiate action vs. Arkansas, playing 3 minutes played what-was-then a career-high 12 minutes vs. Prairie View A&M and had 8 points sat out last year after transferring from Jacksonville (Texas) College an international player who red-shirted last year due to not being cleared by the NCAA until Jan. 16, 2004 averaged 10 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists in his final season at Jacksonville CC #1 Deion James did not play in the season opener and vs. Oklahoma, but has averaged 21.0 minutes (566) in the 27 games in which he has seen playing time started 15 games this year, including 11 straight contests averaged 5.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 27 games this year had three double-digit scoring games this season had 7 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals vs. Louisiana Tech tallied 7 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 21 minutes vs. San Jose State had 6 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds vs. Northern Arizona totaled 12 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals at Fresno State tallied 5 points, 3 assists and 3 steals vs. Rice had 3 points and 6 rebounds vs. Boise State tallied 7 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists vs. UTEP had 7 points and 4 assists at Hawaii tied his season-best with 7 rebounds vs. Fresno State had a season-high 5 assists and added 3 points and 3 rebounds at Rice had 13 points and 3 rebounds in 23 minutes vs. New Mexico State in his first collegiate start had season-bests of 19 points and 7 rebounds vs. Boise State, as he converted 8-of-10 from the field and 3-of-5 from three-point range came off the bench and had 8 points and 3 rebounds in 19 minutes vs. ORU tallied 7 points, 2 steals and one rebound vs. Northwestern State in his first collegiate game Tulsa's only true freshman on the roster was a two-year starter at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, and averaged 17.5 points and 4 assists last year... helped his team to the State Prep Class A Championship and fourth-place national ranking among prep schools