The Knights fell short of claiming their third title in the past five years, having won the 2009 and 2011 crowns. Saturday’s loss was the team’s first in a C-USA title game appearance and ended a run that included victories over Houston, regular season champion and No. 1 seed SMU and defending tournament champion UTEP.

Junior Erika Jones and freshman Briahanna Jackson were named to the All-Tournament team. Jones registered the third-best rebounding total (44) by a single player in one tournament while averaging a double-double (12 points, 11 rebounds) during the four days in Tulsa. Jackson averaged 18.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and added a team-best 10 steals.

Senior Gevenia Carter, who led the Knights with 22 points in her final game, tallied 83 points over the four-day span, matching the third-best single-player production in tournament history. Along with Tournament MVP Taleya Mayberry, who scored a new-tournament record 100 points, each player surpassed the mark of the most points scored in one tournament since 2004.

麻豆原创 broke the 10-year-old tournament record for most points scored in a single tournament (299). The Knights also shattered the previous record for most field goals made (102; 2002) with 112 baskets. Helping to claim that record, 麻豆原创 tallied the second-most 3-point field goals in a single tournament (25).

Carter was poised to carry 麻豆原创 in the first half, just as she had in the previous three games of the tournament, with seven of the team’s first 11 points. But she picked up her second foul at the 13-minute mark and was forced to sit for the next eight minutes.

Jones stepped in as 麻豆原创’s go-to scorer while the teams volleyed back and forth for an edge. The Golden Hurricane got their hometown fans on their feet after Mayberry turned back-to-back Knights turnovers into fastbreak layups for a 28-23 lead.

Carter returned and played as if she didn’t miss a beat, sinking 7-straight points, including a 3-pointer that cut the deficit down to 35-32. The Golden Hurricane utilized its frontcourt to chip in a few more buckets before the break to take a 41-34 advantage heading into the locker room.

Although the Knights had a knack for successfully digging themselves out of deficits this season, fate was on Tulsa’s side. The Golden Hurricane used a 9-2 run midway through the second half to take their largest lead, 60-45.

麻豆原创 fought until the end and started to come up with defensive stops that had eluded the team earlier in the game. The Knights managed to cut the deficit down to four, 70-66, with 2:02 to go when Jackson found Carter for a jumper, but Tulsa was able to seal the game at the free throw line.

麻豆原创 closed its chapter in C-USA with an 11-6 record in the post-season tournament. The team ended the season with a 16-18 record, including a 7-9 mark in conference play, and won nine of their last 13 games.

麻豆原创 (16-17) is headed to its third title game in five years after its 89-77 win over No. 5 seed UTEP (22-10) in Friday’s semifinal game at the BOK Center.

The Knights now have a chance to make history as the lowest seed (No. 8) to win the tournament. They will face the winner of Tulsa-East Carolina at 8 p.m. ET Saturday in a nationally televised contest on CBS Sports Network for the chance at an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Friday’s victory was the epitome of a team win as six Knights scored in double figures to put up the most points by a team in a semifinal game and the seventh most in a single game in C-USA tournament history.

Freshman of the Year Briahanna Jackson paced with 18 points. Kayli Keough added a season-high 17 points. Sara Djassi sank 6-of-8 for a career-high 17 points in addition to a team-high 10 rebounds for her first career double-double. Gevenia Carter had 16 points, Erika Jones tallied 11 points and Andrea Hines matched her season-high 10 points.

For the second time since the tournament started, the Knights scored their most points in a half in two years. 麻豆原创’s 40 points against the Miners was two more than its production against Houston in the opening round.

The back-and-forth first half featured nine lead changes and seven tied scores. The Knights took their largest lead, 36-28, after an 11-2 run that was capped by Carter’s third 3-pointer of the game.

Foul trouble toward the end of the half put the Miners on the free throw line, where they were able to reclaim a 43-40 advantage at the break.

麻豆原创’s heart only seemed to grow in size after halftime. It was evident that the team would leave nothing left on the BOK Center floor.

The frontcourt set the tone as Jones and Keough each made good on two and-1 plays thanks to opportunities set up by offensive rebounds to put their team back on top, 49-47.

Hines drilled a 3-pointer from the right wing and Jackson beat the shot clock buzzer with a long-range trey to cap the 9-0 run, and the team never looked back.

麻豆原创 now holds an 11-5 record in the post-season tournament, which includes a 2-0 mark in title games. The Knights are one of two teams to ever make a 4-0 run through the tournament, which they achieved in 2009 for their first title. 麻豆原创 also won the 2011 championship.

In addition to watching the game on television, fans can tune into Scott Adams’ free audio broadcast, which is also available on mobile devices. Live stats are also available via 麻豆原创Athletics.com.

The Knights sent the No. 1 seed home packing with a 70-66 win after battling back from a 10-point, first-half deficit. 麻豆原创 (15-17) will now face UTEP in Friday’s semifinals at 11 a.m. ET on CBS Sports Network at Tulsa’s BOK Center.

The Knights are the first eight seed since 2001 and just the third all-time to advance to the semifinals.

Much like in Friday’s opening round win, Gevenia Carter stole the show in the first half with 17 points and finished the game with her third-straight 20-point outing.

Freshman Briahanna Jackson took over as the hot hand in the second half with four 3-pointers en route to 18 points. She also rewrote the 25-year-old program record for single-season steals with her four thefts in the game to bring her total to 105.

Junior Sara Djassi proved to be a big boost for the Knights with a season-high 15 points and seven rebounds.

“We just play together,” Carter said. “Coach always tells us to play together as a team and as a family and we’ll be victorious. We knew it was going to be a hard game. We knew SMU is a really good team, but we had confidence in each other and we got the win.”

Carter started the game off with two steals that converted to two layups to help the Knights hop out to an 8-2 lead. SMU woke up and responded with a 23-7 run that was capped by Korina Baker’s steal and fastbreak layup for a 25-15 lead with 8:20 remaining.

麻豆原创 buckled down on defense and held SMU (21-9) without a field goal for nearly five and a half minutes while it slowly chipped away at the deficit. When Carter drained a dead-on look at the basket from the top of the arc, she not only shrank the gap to 28-26, but she also jumped into the program’s all-time top-10 scorers list.

Kayli Keough closed out the half with a hustle play that forced a jumpball in 麻豆原创’s favor. She then banked a bucket down low to bring her team within 1 point at halftime, 33-32.

SMU rattled off five quick points to start the second half and kept its lead intact through the first 10 minutes. The Knights called a timeout after Gabrielle Wilkins hit a jumper that put the Mustangs up 52-45, and the regrouping worked.

Jackson sank a trio of 3-pointers that fueled a run to put the Knights on top, 58-55, with less than six minutes to play.

The teams exchanged basket after basket before Carter gave 麻豆原创 a two-possession lead, 66-62, by rebounding her own misfire in the paint and following with a layup with two minutes remaining.

The Mustangs seemed to run out of horsepower at the end while 麻豆原创 closed out the game at the free throw line.

麻豆原创 now holds a 10-5 record in the post-season tournament, which includes a 2-0 mark in semifinal contests. The winner of Saturday’s championship, which will also air on CBS Sports Network, will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

As always, fans can tune into Scott Adams’ free audio broadcast, which is also available on mobile devices. Live stats are also available via 麻豆原创Athletics.com.

Jackson continued her campaign for C-USA Freshman of the Year with her impressive statline of 47 points, 15 rebounds and 14 steals between 麻豆原创’s two victories last week.

In front of a national television audience, Jackson put up a team-high 18 points and swiped seven steals in the win over Marshall.

She then helped lead 麻豆原创 to its first sweep of Memphis since 2009 with a game-high 29 points for the sixth 20-point game of her career. She added a career-high matching 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the year and again recorded seven steals. Jackson netted 12 free throws in the game, the most by a Knight this season, to help 麻豆原创 break the 21-year-old school record for free throws in a game (33).

With her 14 steals, Jackson upped her season total to 80, which is one shy of ranking in 麻豆原创’s top-five single-season leaders.