Tulsa Women’s Basketball vs. Houston

Wednesday, February 10 ~ 7:00 pm Central ~ Donald W. Reynolds Center ~ Tulsa, Okla.

Tickets: Single game tickets are $5 general admission (except UConn and Oklahoma, which are $10 a ticket) and season passes are $50. Tickets can be purchased at the Reynolds Center ticket office or by calling 918.631.GoTU (4688).

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Radio: TU's regular season games can be heard on CHROME 93.5 FM and KWTU 88.7 FM HD2, as well as online on TulsaHurricane.com. Brandon Hart calls play-by-play.

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Rosters: Tulsa ~ Houston

2015-16 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Houston

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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 5th Year
Career Record: 215-170 (13 years)
Record at Tulsa: 68-77 (5 years)

Houston: Ronald Hughey (Limestone College, 2006), 2nd Year
Career Record: 11-41 (2 years)
Record at UH: Same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
G          00       Kelsee Grovey, 5-8, Sr.-3L, Shawnee, Okla., 10.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg
G          3          Erika Wakefield, 5-4, So.-1L, Moore, Okla., 9.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.0 apg
G          13       Ashley Hughes, 5-7, Jr.-2L, Sulphur, Okla., 2.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg
G          23       Ashley Clark, 5-11, Sr.-3L, Midwest City, Okla., 14.0 ppg, 5.8 rpg
F          25       Tyjae' Scales, 6-1, Fr.-HS, Houston, Texas, 2.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg

Houston's Probable Starters
G          15       Alecia Smith, 5-7, Sr.-3L, Cedar Hill, Texas, 7.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg
F          22       Marche' Amerson, 6-1, Sr.-3L, Bryan, Texas, 8.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg
G          23       Serithia Hawkins, 5-11, Fr.-HS, Moore, Okla., 8.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg
G          24       Mariah Mitchell, 5-9, So.-1L, McKinney, Texas, 4.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg
C          32       Sharayla Brown, 6-3, Fr.-HS, Tulsa, Okla., 0.5 ppg, 1.3 rpg

The Last Game
            Ashley Clark and Erika Wakefield gave Tulsa a fourth-quarter spark, scoring all 18 points, that led to a 55-54 come-from-behind win over East Carolina on Wednesday night at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.
            Clark had a team-best 22 points, followed by Wakefield with 13 and Kelsee Grovey with 10. Clark hit 10-of-19 from the field, while Wakefield was 6-of-9. All three of Grovey's made baskets were from three-point range.
                        Tulsa shot 41-percent from the field, including 35-percent from three-point range, and were 5-of-11 from the charity stripe, while ECU shot 38-percent from the field, 33-percent from behind the arc and were 6-of-8 from the free throw line.
            Tulsa and East Carolina were pretty evenly matched in the paint, scoring 28 and 26 points, respectively. ECU had a 22-18 edge in points off turnovers.

The Opponent
            Houston has a 5-17 overall record, including a 1-10 mark in American Athletic Conference play, and have won one of their last 12 contests. Serithia Hawkins has a team-best 8.5 points per game and 7.0 rebounds per game, while Marche' Amerson adds 8.1 ppg. Alecia Smith has 46 assists, Hawkins has 36 steals and Tyler Gilbert has 31 blocks.

Series History
            This is the 20th meeting between Tulsa and Houston . . . Tulsa leads the series 13-6 . . . the Hurricane has won the last seven games, including a 79-62 win earlier this season . . . Tulsa has won its last seven games by a margin of 16.4 points . . . Tulsa is 8-1 in games played at home.

The Losses
            In seven of Tulsa's 15 losses, TU has led at some point in the fourth quarter, but weren't able to sustain the advantage. The Hurricane's closest decision came against UCF when Tulsa had the lead with 17-seconds to play. TU also led Indiana State (0:51 left), George Mason (1:33 left), Kansas State (4:46 left), Tulane (5:19 left), Drake (9:32 left) and Oral Roberts (to start the 4th quarter).

2-0 to Start Conference Play
            This was the first time Tulsa went 2-0 in conference play since the 2007-08 season when the Golden Hurricane competed in Conference USA. During that year, TU also won their first game of conference play in overtime against SMU (75-62) and narrowly topped Southern Miss (63-62).

Adding Up
            Tulsa junior Ashley Clark became the ninth women's basketball player in school history to score 1,000 career points and one game later Kelsee Grovey tallied her 1,000th point. Clark currently has 1,392 points and Grovey has 1,261 points.

Just 11 More
            Senior guard Kelsee Grovey needs just 11 more three-point baskets to tie the top mark in school history. Kara Pongonis-Paslay (2002-06) currently has the record with 222 threes, while Grovey is in second with 211.

33 Points for Clark
            Ashley Clark set a new personal best of 33 points against Houston (1-20-16), which is tied for third in school history for an individual player in a game with Carla Morrow (UMKC/2-9-01), Jillian Robbins (San Jose State/2-26-05), Jillian Robbins (Memphis/1-7-07) and Taleya Mayberry (Stephen F. Austin/12-30-12). This marked the first time a Tulsa player scored 30+ points since Taleya Mayberry had 30 points against East Carolina (3-15-13) nearly three years ago.
            Clark scored 32 points against UCF (1-30-16) 10 days later to tie the eighth-most points in a game with four others.

Making Assists
            Erika Wakefield has a team-best 71 assists this season, including a career-high 10 assists against SMU on January 2, 2016. This marked the first time a TU player tallied 10 or more assists in a game since Taleya Mayberry had 10 against Akron on November 28, 2009.

Sharp Shooters
            Freshmen Crystal Polk and Tyjae' Scales have been hitting their mark this season, boasting the two best field goal percentages on the team. Polk posts a 50.0 percent clip (59-118), while Scales has a 50.0 field goal percentage (20-40).

10+ Free Throws
            Ashley Clark and Erika Wakefield have both hit 10 free throws in a single game this season. Wakefield's 10 free throws made came against East Carolina on 12-30-15, while Clark's came one month later against UCF on 1-30-16. Wakefield went 10-for-10, while Clark went 10-for-11.

Mossman Has 215 Career Wins
            Matilda Mossman reached the 200-win milestone as Tulsa captured a 70-61 win over UCF on Jan. 31, 2015. Mossman had 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 68 wins at TU for 215 career victories.

In Tulsa's Top 10
            Four current Tulsa women's basketball players have earned their way into Tulsa's Top 10 career lists.
- Ashley Clark is third in double-doubles (11), fourth in points (1,392), field goals made (548) and rebounds (683), seventh in assists (256), eighth in free throws made (246) and games played (117), and 10th in steals (146)
- Kelsee Grovey is second in three-point field goals made (211), sixth in assists (272), steals (162) and field goals made (432), seventh in points (1,261) and three-point field goal percentage with a .358 clip (211 of 588), and eighth in free throw percentage with a .798 clip (186 of 233)
- Ashley Hughes is fourth in free throw percentage with a .833 clip (25 of 30)
- Teanna Reid is second in three-point field goal percentage with a .369 clip (61 of 165)

Clark Named to The American Preseason Team; Hurricane Picked Sixth
            Tulsa guard Ashley Clark was named to the American Athletic Conference preseason all-conference second team, while the team was picked to finish sixth in the Preseason Coaches' Poll. In the coaches' poll, UConn was predicted to win the 2015-16 Championship, while USF was second and Temple third. East Carolina, Tulane, Tulsa, Memphis, SMU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston round out the poll.

The Non-Conference Slate
            Tulsa's 11-game non-conference slate featured seven games against 2015 postseason teams. All 11 of TU's non-conference opponents finished last year with double-digit wins, while Arkansas, Oklahoma and UALR competed in the NCAA Tournament; Drake, Kansas State and Northern Iowa played in the WNIT; and Oral Roberts participated in the WBI.

The League Opponents
            Tulsa will play host to 10-time National Champion UConn, as well as NCAA Tournament participants USF and Tulane, in American Athletic Conference action. Six teams in The American advanced to postseason play last year, as East Carolina, Temple and Tulsa competed in the Women's National Invitation Tournament.

UConn to Host American Championship
            UConn will host the 2016 American Athletic Conference Championship at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., from March 4-7.

Tulsa in Postseason
            Tulsa has made five postseason appearances, including WNIT bids in 2004, 2005 and 2015, and NCAA bids in 2006 and 2013. TU lost in the first round in 2004 (Memphis), 2005 (Texas A&M) and 2013 (Stanford), but went 1-1 (W, North Carolina State; L, DePaul) in 2006 and 2015 (W, Missouri State; L, Eastern Michigan), for a 2-5 overall mark in postseason play.

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Players Mentioned

Ashley Clark

Kelsee Grovey

Ashley Hughes

Crystal Polk

Teanna Reid

Tyjae' Scales

Erika Wakefield