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TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Tulsa just had too much for the nation's
top-ranked scoring defense.
Marcus Hill hit four 3-pointers and scored 16 points as the Golden Hurricane (No. 17 ESPN/USA Today, No. 15 AP) beat San Jose State 67-41 Thursday night.
Eric Coley had four steals and Tulsa (17-1, 3-0 Western Athletic Conference) outrebounded the Spartans 39-29. The Golden Hurricane won its 10th straight game.
"We're so deep," Hill said. "We have so many combinations
that can be thrown at a team."
San Jose State (10-8, 1-2) stayed close through much of the
first half, narrowing the gap to 20-19 on 4-of-5 shooting by Cory
Powell. He led the Spartans with 14 points and Kevin Blunt had 12. San Jose State shot only 32.6 percent from the field and missed 14 of 22 free throws.
But Hill hit two 3-pointers as Tulsa used a 13-0 run to build a
33-19 lead at the half. The Golden Hurricane led by as much as 30
after the break.
"We gave them a douse of their own medicine -- holding them down on scoring," Coley said. "We contested every pass."
Brandon Kurtz added 15 for Tulsa, which shot 46 percent from the field.
"Defensively, I thought we played really good," Tulsa coach
Bill Self said, adding that his team "really took them out of
everything they wanted to do."
"I never dreamed we could start out 17-1," he said.
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