WAC tournament play in Tulsa

(Tulsa-AP) -- The Western Athletic Conference tournament continues today in Tulsa. <br><br>On the women's side, Southern Methodist beat Texas-El Paso 73-to-66 Tuesday in a play-in game. The seventh-seeded

Wednesday, March 6th 2002, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

(Tulsa-AP) -- The Western Athletic Conference tournament continues today in Tulsa.

On the women's side, Southern Methodist beat Texas-El Paso 73-to-66 Tuesday in a play-in game. The seventh-seeded Mustangs play second-seeded Rice today.

Boise State beat Fresno State 66-to-54 in overtime. Boise State will play top-seeded Louisiana Tech today.

In other quarterfinals action, third-seed Hawaii plays Nevada and fifth-seeded Tulsa plays fourth-seed San Jose State.

On the men's side, San Jose State beat Rice 58-to-57 Tuesday to advance to play top-seeded Hawaii. The men's quarterfinals start Thursday.

Boise State beat Texas-El Paso 73-to-72 Tuesday night in overtime and will play second-seeded Tulsa on Thursday.