Tulsa Outlasts Rice

Houston: Rice traded blows with Tulsa in an explosive first half, but the Golden Hurricanes took control in the second half to down the Owls 38-17 at First Community Stadium on Saturday. How it Happened: Rice opened the scoring by taking the opening kickoff and scoring a touchdown on its opening possession for the first time this season. Tyvonn Byars carried on four of the first five snaps as the Owls moved to midfield before Jacurri Brown raced the final 50, the first of two long-distance scoring runs in the first half. Tulsa responded with a drive of its own,…