Tulsa 83, Hawaii 76 TULSA, Okla. — Freshman point guard Brett McDade scored a career-high 22 points and teammate Chris Wallace contributed with defense in the final four minutes, cooling off redhot Jake Sottos as Tulsa defeated Hawaii 83-76 Friday.
Tulsa 83, Hawaii 76
TULSA, Okla. — Freshman point guard Brett McDade scored a career-high 22 points and teammate Chris Wallace contributed with defense in the final four minutes, cooling off redhot Jake Sottos as Tulsa defeated Hawaii 83-76 Friday.
Sottos scored 24 points, his second best career game to the 25 he scored in a 76-73 victory over Tulsa earlier this year.
His 3-pointer tied the score at 68-68 with 4:58 remaining, but Wallace, a 6-2 defensive specialist, entered the game and blanked him down the stretch, blocking his only other shot attempt. Wallace also contributed a crucial 3-pointer of his own to put Tulsa ahead 74-73 with 2:50 to play. From there Tulsa made 8-of-9 free throws to pull away.
“Chris Wallace did a great job on Sottos and made some huge plays in the final minutes, said Tulsa interim coach Alvin Williamson.
Jarius Glenn had 16 points, center Anthony Price had 15 after a slow start and Wallace contributed 11. Guilherme Teichmann led Tulsa with 10 rebounds and made two crucial free throws to put Tulsa ahead 79-75.
Matt Gibson had 20 points for the Warriors, including a drive that cut it to 77-75 with 1:32 to play.
Jeff Blackett had 13 poiints and Julian Sensley 11 for Hawaii, which, like Tulsa, heated up drastically in the second half, shooting 55 percent after a 32 percent first half.
