University of Oklahoma Athletics

Tuesday, December 28
Oklahoma City, Okla.
6:00 PM

University of Oklahoma

70
vs
64

Tulsa

Oklahoma Rallies to Defeat Tulsa, 70-64

Oklahoma Rallies to Defeat Tulsa, 70-64

December 28, 2004 | Men's Basketball

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jaison Williams scored a career-high 21 points and Kevin Bookout added 10 points and 13 rebounds as Oklahoma squandered a 14-point second-half lead but rallied to beat Tulsa 70-64.

Anthony Price scored inside to cap a 20-5 run that gave Tulsa a 60-59 lead with 3 minutes to play. Lawrence McKenzie answered with a long 3-pointer from the right wing to give Oklahoma the lead for good and Price missed a pair of free throws on Tulsa's next possession to help the Sooners build on their lead.

Bookout put back a Taj Gray miss to make it 64-60 and answered a Jarius Glenn runner with a right-handed hook shot to maintain Oklahoma's lead. Williams hit four free throws in the final minute to preserve the lead.

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Price finished with 19 points and Glenn had 16 points and nine rebounds as Tulsa (2-6) nearly gave Alvin Williams a victorious head coaching debut. Williamson replaced John Phillips, who resigned on Saturday.

Terrell Everett had 15 points, McKenzie added 13 points and Gray scored 10 for Oklahoma (8-2). The Sooners outrebounded Tulsa 33-28 and limited the Golden Hurricane to five offensive rebounds and four second-chance points.

The Sooners pulled ahead with a 10-0 run in the final 1:39 of the first half as Williams and McKenzie hit back-to-back 3-pointers before Gray's two-handed slam made it 33-23.

Brett McDade hit a driving layup just before halftime to pull Tulsa within eight.

The Sooners led 54-40 after a steal and right-handed layup by Everett. Then Tulsa began to rally back.

The Golden Hurricane scored 10 straight points and pulled within 56-54 when Vernell Davis slipped behind Bookout for a layup with just under 7 minutes to play. Price gave Tulsa its first lead of the second half with two free throws with 4:14 to play.

Davis scored 12 points and Seneca Collins added 10 for Tulsa.

Oklahoma bolted out to a 7-0 lead following consecutive baskets inside by Bookout, but Tulsa answered with a 10-0 rally that included eight points from Collins.

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