Walker's 24 help East Carolina take down Tulsa 62-60

Published Feb. 21, 2023 11:12 p.m. ET
Associated Press

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Jaden Walker scored 24 points and East Carolina beat Tulsa 62-60 on Tuesday night to hand the Golden Hurricanes their ninth-straight loss.

RJ Felton scored 14 points with four 3-pointers and grabbed nine rebounds for the Pirates (14-13, 5-9 American Athletic Conference).

Brandon Betson finished with 20 points for the Golden Hurricane (5-22, 1-15). Tulsa also got 11 points, eight rebounds and two steals from Tim Dalger. In addition, Jesaiah McWright had 11 points.

East Carolina used a 9-0 second-half run to come back from a four-point deficit to take the lead at 52-47 with 2:30 left remaining to play.

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East Carolina plays Houston at home on Saturday, and Tulsa hosts UCF on Sunday.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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