Woodard Leads TU Past ECU, Stretches Winning Streak To Four

<p>James Woodard scored 22 points with four 3-pointers, Pat Birt added 20 with six 3s and Tulsa beat East Carolina 84-69 on Tuesday night to win its fourth straight game.</p>

Tuesday, January 19th 2016, 9:50 pm

By: News On 6


James Woodard scored 22 points with four 3-pointers, Pat Birt added 20 with six 3s and Tulsa beat East Carolina 84-69 on Tuesday night to win its fourth straight game.

Rashad Smith scored 12 points, Rashad Ray added 11, and Shaquille Harrison scored 10 with a career-high 10 assists for Tulsa (12-6, 4-2 American).

Tulsa shot 14 of 27 from long distance (52 percent) and outscored the Pirates 30-18 in the paint.

Trailing 42-37 at halftime, East Carolina gained on an 11-2 run in which Prince Williams and B.J. Tyson each hit 3-pointers. Then Caleb White tied it at 56 with a jumper.

Tulsa replied with a 7-2 run in which Smith scored four points and the Golden Hurricane led 69-65 after Birt's back-to-back 3-pointers. Woodard hit a 3 with 1:59 left and Tulsa finished with an 11-2 run.

Tyson scored 16 for East Carolina (8-11, 0-6), which has lost six straight.

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