Tulsa (5-13, 1-6 AAC) pulled out an overtime victory Saturday night as Sam Griffin led the way with 23 points to take the Golden Hurricane to an 81-79 win over the Tulane Green Wave (12-7, 5-3 AAC) in front of 7,071 fans Saturday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.

It was a nostalgic night for Tulsa on Legends Day. Before the game, Tulsa fans set a new Guinness World Record for the Largest Pizza Party with 3,357 participants, crushing the previous record of 1,046. Tulsa Legends were honored at halftime for their contributions to Golden Hurricane basketball, and then the current Hurricane team battled back from a deficit late in regulation to force its second straight overtime game.

The win snapped a seven-game losing streak for the Hurricane. Tulsa dropped its previous three games, losing all by less than four points each time.

“First, I want to say, thank you to the city of Tulsa,” said TU head coach Eric Konkol. “What a great atmosphere. First our legends – many, many people from a number of different eras coming to town and getting to meet, some for the second or third time. It was great to see them. And then the city of Tulsa showed up. It was a big-time college basketball environment and I thought our guys responded well through many, many ups and downs all the way to the final buzzer to pull away a great win against a very good team.”

Tulsa returns to the Reynolds Center next Sunday, Jan. 29, for a 4 p.m. contest against the Memphis Tigers.  Then on Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Hurricane is at Cincinnati, 6 p.m.