Tulsa 89, Rhode Island 80

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Marcus Hill scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Tulsa to a 89-80 victory over Rhode Island Monday night. <br><br>Five Tulsa players, including Hill, scored in double

Tuesday, November 21st 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Marcus Hill scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Tulsa to a 89-80 victory over Rhode Island Monday night.

Five Tulsa players, including Hill, scored in double digits.

David Shelton and Greg Harrington each had 16 points. Dante Swanson had 15, while Kevin Johnson added 13 points and eight rebounds for Tulsa (3-1).

Rhode Island (1-1) had four players in double digits, including Dinno Daniels with 21 points and Tavorris Bell who had 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting.

Free throws proved to be the difference in the game.

Tulsa made 12-of-15 free throws in the final 3:50 to stave off a Rhode Island comeback. Rhode Island shot 46 percent from the field, but just 56.3 percent from the free throw line.

The Golden Hurricane made just two field goals in the second half, but scored 47 points on 28 free throws and five 3-pointers.

``We're going to have to make some adjustments to the way we play defense,'' said Tulsa coach Buzz Peterson.

``We're going to have to use more zone just to stay out of foul trouble. I think you'll see teams doing that all across the country.''

Rhode Island (1-1)

Daniels 6-15 6-7 21, Bell 7-13 6-9 20, Marbury 6-12 2-5 16, Smith 5-7 2-4 13, Rogers 1-1 0-0 3, Woodward 1-3 0-0 3, Evans 0-0 2-7 2, Scott 1-6 0-0 2, Wafula 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-58 18-32 80.

Tulsa(3-1)

Hill 5-14 4-5 17, Harrington 3-8 10-11 16, Shelton 3-8 8-10 16, Swanson 5-10 1-2 15, Johnson 4-9 5-7 13, Parker 2-4 0-0 5, Davis 2-3 0-0 4, Reed 1-4 0-0 3, Ingram 0-2 0-0 0, LeDoux 0-0 0-0 0, McDaniel 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-62 28-35 89.

Halftime-Tulsa 42, Rhode Island 37. 3-point goals-Rhode Island 8-20 (Daniels 3-9, Marbury 2-6, Rogers 1-1, Smith 1-3, Woodward 1-1). Tulsa 11-28 (Swanson 4-8, Hill 3-9, Shelton 2-3, Parker 1-2, Reed 1-4, Harrington 0-2). Fouled out-Rhode Island, Bell, Evans, Marbury. Tulsa, Johnson. Rebounds-Rhode Island 33 (Evans 8), Tulsa 46 (Hill 8, Johnson 8). Assists-Rhode Island 10 (Smith 4), Tulsa 18 (Harrington 7). Total fouls-Rhode Island 26, Tulsa 25. A-7,902.