LOS ANGELES – Led by Co-Captains Cam Shelton and Keli Leaupepe, LMU Men's Basketball closed the non-conference portion of the schedule with a 76-64 win over Tulsa Wednesday night at Gersten Pavilion.
 
Neither team held more than a four-point lead through the first 14 minutes of the game until Keli Leaupepe hit his third three of the half to push LMU ahead, 31-25. The Hurricane responded with a 7-0 run of their own to take the lead back with 3:09 on the clock.
 
Shelton and Rick Issanza answered back with consecutive layups and then Stephens knocked down a triple to return with a 7-0 response. The Lions took a 38-35 lead into halftime.
 
The Lions buckled down defensively in the second half and brought Tulsa's shooting numbers down from 50 percent (13-for-26) in the first half to 33.3 percent (10-for-30) in the second half. The defensive lock down quickly allowed the Lions to build up a double-digit lead and go ahead by as many as 19 points.
 
Tulsa closed the game on a 7-0 run to give the Lions a 12-point win.
 
The 10 non-conference wins are tied for the second-most since 1987. The 2018 team won 12 games before West Coast Conference play and the 1995 team won 10 non-conference games.
 
The Lions did significant work on the glass, outrebounding Tulsa 43-30.
 
LMU will next return to the court on Dec. 29^th to open conference play at University of Portland.

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