Duo combines for 51 points as Tulsa takes down South Carolina State
TULSA –– P.J. Haggerty and Jared Garcia combined for 51 points as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane claimed a 9070 victory over South Carolina State on Monday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. It was the second and final game for Tulsa in the Golden Turkey Slam event presented by Russ Potts Production.
TULSA –– P.J. Haggerty and Jared Garcia combined for 51 points as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane claimed a 9070 victory over South Carolina State on Monday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. It was the second and final game for Tulsa in the Golden Turkey Slam event presented by Russ Potts Production.
Haggerty scored a game-high 28 points followed by Garcia with 23 points, both career-highs for the duo. Haggerty made 19-of-22 free throws, the third most in school history behind 23-of-23 by Rick Park in January 1964 and 20-of-22 by Roger Wendel in December 1957.
The 6-8 Garcia was 7-of-12 from the field, including 3-of-6 from 3-point line, and 6-of-10 from the charity stripe. Garcia added eight rebounds, as did freshman Matt Reed. Cobe Williams had a game-high six steals while as a team the Hurricane had 13 thefts on the night.
Tulsa grabbed 43 rebounds, one less than S.C. State, but has now managed to hit the 40+ rebound total in all four games this season.
The Golden Hurricane improved to 4-0 with the victory for its first 4-0 start since the 2018-19 season, while South Carolina State fell to 2-3.
After a slow start and trailing 6-4, the Hurricane busted out on a 28-2 run and proceeded to take a 44-20 lead into halftime. Tulsa built its lead to 25 points in the second half with a little more than six minutes gone on the clock at 57-32.
However, there was no quit in the Bulldogs as they cut their deficit to 12 points with just more than five minutes to play.
