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  Saturday, Jan. 29 10:00pm ET
Fresno St 75, Tulsa 73
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) _ Demetrius Porter hit a 12-foot turnaround jumper with 5.6 seconds remaining as Fresno State rallied from a 14-point deficit in the second half to beat No. 13 Tulsa 75-73 Saturday night.

Greg Harrington's long jumper as time expired hit the rim and bounced away, and Tulsa's 13-game winning streak came to an end.

Courtney Alexander scored 28 points to lead Fresno State (14-7, 4-1 WAC), which won its eighth straight at home. Melvin Ely added 16 points and Larry Abney had 11 points to go with 24 rebounds.

Brandon Kurtz had 17 points and David Shelton 15 for Tulsa (20-2, 5-1), which lost for the first time since a 69-60 defeat at Oral Roberts on Dec. 11.

Trailing by nine at the break and down 58-44 after Dante Swanson's layup with 13:37 left, the Bulldogs put together an 18-3 run, going in front 62-61 when Terrance Roberson grabbed an offensive rebound and put back a short jumper in the lane.

Roberson began the flurry by converting a three-point play and Alexander and Porter each hit 3-pointers to help keep it going.

The Golden Hurricane regained the lead when Kurtz made a baseline jumper before the Bulldogs took it back on successive baskets by Ely.

With 1:54 remaining, Roberson connected on a 3-pointer to put the Bulldogs in front 73-67.

Two free throws by David Shelton and a driving layup by Harrington sandwiched around Alexander's miss on the front end of a 1-and-1 tied it 73-all with 30.6 seconds left.

Porter then drove into the open, spun and hit the go-ahead shot.

Harrington missed a long jumper as time expired.

Kurtz had 12 points in the first half, when Tulsa took a 42-33 lead.

The Bulldogs missed all five of their 3-point tries in the period while Kurtz, just 1-of-9 from beyond the arc entering the game, made his first two 3-point tries.

Fresno State kept it close early, pulling to 28-25 on a reverse layup by Alexander.

Kurtz shook free inside for a dunk and added a 3-pointer and layup as part of a 9-2 burst that carried the Hurricane to a 37-27 lead.

 


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