The Bears (3-6) entered the game after winning their first back-to-back games since winning three in a row last season from December 22 to January 3 over Oral Roberts, Southern Illinois and Drake.
The Golden Hurricane moves to 7-3 and has now won all three of their matchups with Missouri Valley Conference opponents this season.
MSU started off slow like they have in almost every game so far this season, again going down at halftime, this time by a score of 38-28. Tulsa shot at an impressive 44 percent in the first half (43 percent for the game) while the Bears could only manage 31 percent in the first act.