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Weekend Wrap : Mixed results for the area's college sports teams
Strong performances on track and field tempered by a 1-4 weekend on the court.
In line with the unsettled weather it was a time of mixed fortunes for Tulsa-area college teams over the weekend.
Tulsa’s men’s basketball team delivered one of the highpoints, maintaining their 100% home record by taking down #16 Kansas State 47-46 at the Reynolds Center on Saturday. The 7-2 Golden Hurricanes welcome New Orleans on Thursday before leaving for Connecticut where they’ll take on the 5-4 Dayton Flyers in a nationally-televised game.
On Sunday Tulsa’s women’s team fell on the road, losing 60-73 to Arkansas State in Jonesboro. Despite having three players score in double figures Tulsa slipped to 5-5 overall. They welcome the 2-6 Little Rock Trojans to Tulsa next Monday, December 17th.
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Northeastern State’s basketball teams both returned empty-handed from Joplin on Saturday. The men’s team fell narrowly to #19 Missouri Southern 79-85, the women’s team losing 54-63.
The RiverHawks men (5-4) travel to Rolla, Missouri next Monday to face the 2-6 Missouri’s S&T Miners. NSU’s women’s team (2-7) travel to Commerce, Texas on Tuesday 18th for a non-conference match with Texas A&M.
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On Sunday Rogers State women’s basketball squad struggled in a rescheduled matchup with Ada’s East Central Tigers, falling 59-73. The Hillcats (2-6) welcome the 7-5 Randall Saints to Claremore this Friday for their last contest of 2018. The game tips at 5:30pm.
The highpoints of the weekend were undoubtedly the Tulsa’s Track & Field achievements in Pittsbug, Kansas, starting when redshirt-junior Aleks Rapp won gold in the first event of the meet, the men's weight throw.
A full team performance from the squad saw several other Hurricanes take podium places, most noticeably in the men’s 3,000 meters when Tulsa placed four finishers inside the top-10.
This was the first outing of the season for the Track & Field team. The squad will resume action on January 11th in Fayetteville at the Arkansas Invitational.
Be sure to check the coming weekend’s area college schedules on Patch’s Friday Night Sports Slate.