Tulsa 73, Houston 69

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Ben Uzoh scored 22 points and Jerome Jordan added 18 points and 15 rebounds as Tulsa edged Houston 73-69 to reach the championship round of the College Basketball Invitational.

Tulsa (23-13) will play Bradley in a best-of-three championship round beginning Monday in Tulsa. The two teams have not met since TU was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference in the 1990s.

Uzoh drove the lane and laid the ball in over two Houston players with 1:13 left to give the Golden Hurricane a 72-to-66 advantage Wednesday night.

Robert McKiver hit the last of his six 3-pointers with 1:03 left to cut the deficit in half at 72-69. He was able to get off another 3-point play, but this time it hit the rim and didn't go in.
Jordan rebounded and was fouled. He hit one of two free throws with 4.7 seconds left to seal the win.

McKiver finished with 30 points and Kelvin Lewis added 11 points for Houston (24-10).

Tulsa will play former Missouri Valley Conference rival Bradley in the Championship series of the College Basketball Invitational next week. Tulsa will host the first game in the best-of-three championship series on Monday night, March 31, at 7:00 pm at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
 
Tickets for the opening game in Tulsa went on sale Thursday morning. Tickets for the game are available online at www.tulsahurricane.com or by calling 918-631-GoTU (4688) or stopping by the Reynolds Center ticket office.
 
Ticket prices are $20 per seat in the lower bowl, $15 per seat (lower bowl behind west basket and in upper level sides of the court), $10 (upper level corners) and $5 per seat in section 111. Groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets for $5.00 off either the $10, $15 and $20 ticket price. All seats are reserved on a first-come, first-serve basis.
 
The second game in the championship series will be played in Peoria on Wednesday, April 2 at 7 pm, and if necessary a third game will be played on Friday, April 4 at 7 pm.

The last meeting between the two teams came in the 1996 Missouri Valley Conference Championship Game in St. Louis, Missouri, as Tulsa claimed a 60-46 victory.