'Dogs men drop second straight on the road
The men's basketball team loses an eight-point lead before losing the
game 68-65 at Tulsa
STAFF REPORTS
The Collegian
Fresno State let an eight-point lead slip away late in a 68-65 loss at
Tulsa on Saturday.
It was Tulsa’s first Western Athletic Conference win of the season,
as the Hurricane went on a 13-2 run to close the game and improve to 4-12,
1-6 WAC.
Fresno State (11-6, 5-3) led 63-55 with five minutes to go before Tulsa’s
surge.
After falling behind 66-63, Fresno State narrowed the deficit to one on
a transition dunk by sophomore guard Ja’Vance Coleman, who led all
scorers with 25 points.
Tulsa’s Chris Wallace missed a free throw with 19 seconds left,
but Oswaldo Gonzalez got the offensive rebound to put the Golden Hurricane
back up by three.
Coleman had a chance to send the game to overtime when the Bulldogs got
the ball back with about 10 seconds left, but Tulsa’s defense prevented
the Bulldogs from getting a shot up.
Coleman was 9 of 17 shooting, 5 of 9 on 3-pointers, and also had eight
rebounds.
Senior center Mustafa Al-Sayyad chipped in 12 points, nine rebounds and
four blocks, and senior Dreike Bouldin had 11 points and nine rebounds
for Fresno State.
The Hurricane had four players score in double figures, led by senior
guard Jarius Glenn’s 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting.
The Bulldogs outrebounded Tulsa 43-33, but turned the ball over 19 times,
compared to 12 by Tulsa.
The Bulldogs have lost two straight on a road trip that sends them to
first-place Nevada on Saturday.
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