National Basketball Association
Tulane 67, South Florida 63
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 7, 2015
Where: USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida
Officials:
# Jose Carrion, # Sean Casey, # Duke Edsall
Attendance:
3163
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Tulane 67, USF 63: Jay Hook scored 16 points and Jonathan Stark added 15 as the visiting Green Wave wrapped up their regular season with a rare victory.
Tulane (15-15, 6-12 AAC), which had won only once in its previous 11 games, also received 13 points from Payton Henson. Louis Dabney, the team's leading scorer, was limited to eight points on 2-of-11 shooting.
Troy Holston Jr. scored 21 points to pace USF (9-22, 3-15), which finished in last place in the conference for a second straight season. Nehemias Morillo chipped in 16 points for the Bulls while Anthony Collins had 10 assists in his final home game.
Stark scored nine points to help Tulane turn a 49-all tie with about five minutes remaining into a 61-56 advantage with 55 seconds left. Holston's 3-pointer got USF within 65-63 with five seconds to play, but Stark knocked down a pair of foul shots to wrap up the victory.
The game was tight throughout most of the first half before the Green Wave used a 12-0 run in the waning minutes to turn a one-point deficit into a double-digit advantage. Dabney and Hook each made a 3-pointer during the run as Tulane led 32-21 at the break, but the visitors did not score in the first five minutes of the second half, allowing USF to get within 32-31.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Bulls G Bo Zeigler, who scored a career-high 20 points in their last game, managed only five points in this one. ... South Florida has lost 14 of its last 16 games. ... The Green Wave had not surpassed 63 points in any of their previous 11 games.
Top Game Performances
Tulane |
|
South Florida |
Jay Hook 16 |
Scoring |
Troy Holston Jr. 21 |
Jonathan Stark 6 |
Assists |
Anthony Collins 10 |
Jay Hook 7 |
Rebounds |
Ruben Guerrero 5 |
Jonathan Stark 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Troy Holston Jr. 5 |
N/A |
Steals |
Anthony Collins 1 |
Jay Hook 1 |
Blocks |
Ruben Guerrero 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Tulane
|
67 |
48.1 |
7-21 |
10-13 |
13 |
28 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
South Florida
|
63 |
51.1 |
4-13 |
11-13 |
10 |
20 |
4 |
1 |
5 |