Jan. 28, 2009

HOUSTON (AP) - A buzzer-beating layup by Kevin Sims led Tulane to a 61-59 victory over Rice on Wednesday night.

Sims made the layup with one second remaining.

Sims scored 14 points for Tulane (9-10, 3-3 C-USA) and Robinson Louisme added 11. Kris Richard scored 17 points off the bench and grabbed six rebounds.

Aleks Perka led Rice (6-14, 1-5) with 15 points while Rodney Foster added 11.

The two teams tied each other five times in the game and changed leads twice, including the last-second shot.