Tulsa 86, UTEP 79, OT

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Sophomore Ray Reese scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Tulsa to a 86-to-79 overtime win over UTEP. <br/><br/>The Hurricane made only two 3-pointers during regulation.

Sunday, January 14th 2007, 8:08 am

By: News On 6

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Sophomore Ray Reese scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Tulsa to a 86-to-79 overtime win over UTEP.

The Hurricane made only two 3-pointers during regulation. In the extra period, Ben Uzoh and Rod Earls hit back-to-back treys to give TU a 70-to-66 lead.

TU, which scored 22 points in overtime, never trailed the rest of the way.

The Hurricane, C-USA's top free-throw shooting team, connected on 40-of-43 shots from the stripe.

The win marked Tulsa's highest victory total since the 2003-04 season.

Tulsa had a halftime lead of 40-to-33. UTEP fired back and it was a tight contest the rest of the way.

Jackson led the Miners with 18 points.