Jeriah Horne hit four three-point shots but it wasn’t enough as Tulsa fell to SMU 57-77 in Dallas Saturday night. Jahmal McMurray paced the Mustangs with 22 points. Horne went 4-for-7 from downtown en route to his 14 points for the Golden Hurricane (11-6, 1-3), while Sterling Taplin added 10 points. The Hurricane shot 35.7-percent…
A slow start doomed ORU as the Golden Eagles fell to South Dakota State 65-84 Saturday in Brookings, South Dakota. ORU’s Emmanuel Nzekwesi had 14 points, three blocks and a career high 18 rebounds. Two-time Summit League Player of the Year Mike Daum scored 37 points and had eight rebounds to lead the Jackrabbits. “Our…
Alex Grinch, co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State, has been hired as defensive coordinator at Oklahoma by Coach Lincoln Riley. Grinch, a 2017 semi-finalist for the Broyles Award (for the best assistant coach in the nation), will be called on to fix OU’s porous defense. Grinch was the defensive coordinator and second coach at Washington State…
Tulsa football coach Philip Montgomery has promoted linebacker coach Joseph Gillespie to defensive coordinator to replace Bill Young, who is retiring. Gillespie, 47, has coached linebackers for the Hurricane the past four seasons. “I’m excited to have Joe move into the role as defensive coordinator. More than anything, Joe was a key part in our…
Tulsa redshirt freshman Zaven Collins was named to the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Freshman All-America team. It’s the second freshman All-America award for the linebacker from Hominy. In December, Collins was named to the USA Today Freshman All-America team. Collins was the lone representative from an American Athletic Conference school named to the…
Kyle Grooms, who has spent the past eight years as director of football operations at The University of Tulsa, has been promoted to the position of associate athletics director for internal operations, said director of athletics Dr. Derrick Gragg. Grooms, a 2008 TU graduate, has been responsible for the football team’s daily operations, practice scheduling…
The 2019 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football season opener against the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference has been moved to a Friday night game in Lansing, Michigan. Tulsa and Michigan State will square off at 75,005-seat Spartan Stadium on Friday, August 30. The game time and TV network will be announced at a…
Rickey Dixon, one of the best defensive backs in University of Oklahoma history, is among the 13 players in the 2019 College Football Hall of Fame Class. Dixon, who won the Jim Thorpe Award, was selected from the national ballot of 76 All-America players from the Football Bowl Subdivision, and 100 players from the divisional…
State revenues have been setting records every month for a year yet the State Board of Equalization has authorized a budget surplus of $612 million. Gov. Kevin Stitt wants to move slowly on allocating a surplus. Republican leaders urge caution because of the up-and-down nature of energy prices. And Democrats want a tax increase to…
A bill has been filed Wednesday to eliminate a controversial program that provides free pregnancy-related care for illegal aliens. Sen. Paul Scott filed Senate Bill 40 hoping to stop state funds from providing healthcare to pregnant illegal immigrants under the Soon-to-be-Sooners Program (STBS). “I filed this bill to bring to light the fact that the…