WICHITA, Kan. -- Tulsa coach Frank Haith sent precocious guard Elijah Joiner into Saturday night's nip-and-tuck game against Kansas State with a few minutes left and a simple message to remember.
"I said, `Hey, you get an open look, you take it," Haith recalled later, "so for a freshman, I guess that means if I'm in the arena, I'm taking the shot."
He knocked it down with veteran poise.
The deep shot from right in front of his bench gave Tulsa the lead with just over three minutes to go, and the Golden Hurricane held on to beat the Wildcats 61-54 in a sloppy, defensive slugfest.