Saturday, December 2
Denton, Texas
3:00 pm
Tulsa
at
North Texas
Tulsa vs. North Texas Preview
11/30/2017 3:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Saturday, December 2 ~ 3:00 pm Central ~ The Super Pit ~ Denton, Texas
Game Notes: Tulsa
Radio: TU's regular season games can be heard on CHROME 93.5 FM, KWTU 88.7 FM HD2, free on the iHeart Radio App and online at TulsaHurricane.com. Brandon Hart calls play-by-play.
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 7th Year
Career Record: 232-199 (15 years)
Record at Tulsa: 85-106 (7 years)
North Texas: Jalie Mitchell (North Texas, 2002), 3rd Year
Career Record: 28-39 (3 years)
Record at North Texas: same
Tulsa's Probable Starters
F 00 Kendrian Elliott, 6-2, So-1L, Wichita, Kan., 11.8 ppg, 8.8 rpg
G 3 Erika Wakefield, 5-4, Sr-3L, Moore, Okla., 7.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg
G 10 Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, So-1L, Broken Arrow, Okla., 9.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg
G 12 Shug Dickson, 5-9, So-1L, St. Louis, Mo., 15.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg
G 21 Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, Fr-HS, Plano, Texas, 3.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg
North Texas' Probable Starters
G 3 Brittany Smith, 5-6, Jr, Houston, Texas, 5.8 ppg, 2.0 rpg
G 23 Terriell Bradley, 5-10, Jr, New Orleans, La., 15.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg
G 24 Trena Mims, 5-5, Fr, Muskogee, Okla., 6.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg
G 33 Lauren Holmes, 5-9, Fr, Fayetteville, Ark., 10.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg
F 34 Micayla Buckner, 6-4, Jr, Garland, Texas, 8.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg
Facing North Texas
- This is the eighth meeting between Tulsa and North Texas
- TU has won all seven previous meetings
- The Golden Hurricane picked up a 63-58 win last season at home
Scouting North Texas
- North Texas is 5-1 on the season, including 3-1 at home
- UNT earned a 47-40 win over SMU in their last contest
- The Mean Green is led by two players averaging double-digit points, including Terriell Bradley (15.7) and Lauren Holmes (10.0)
- Micayla Buckner has a team-best 7.7 rebounds per game and nine blocks
- Holmes adds a team-leading 14 steals and Trena Mims has 14 assists
The Last Game: Oral Roberts
- Tulsa dropped a 53-41 decision to crosstown rival Oral Roberts in the Mayor's Cup
- No TU player scored in double-figures
- As a team the Golden Hurricane converted just 26-percent from the field, and made just 2-of-16 three-pointers for the game
- Tulsa sophomores Alexis Gaulden and Shug Dickson shared the team-lead in scoring with nine points apiece, while fellow sophomore Kendrian Elliott grabbed a team-high 13 rebounds
On the Bench
- Tulsa returns 10 letterwinners, including four starters, from last year
- The Golden Hurricane added three newcomers to the squad
Building Off Last Year
- Some highlights TU is looking to build off of from last year include:
- the programs' first-ever 100-point scoring game, a 100-92 win over ECU
- ranking 76th in the nation is fewest turnovers (448), 97th in free throw percentage (72.3) and 98th in 3-point field goals made per game (6.6).
- Shug Dickson and Kendrian Elliott were tabbed to The American All-Freshman Team
In the Nation...
- Tulsa is ... 62nd in rebounds (282)
- Tulsa is ... 69th in free throw percentage (74.3)
- Tulsa is ... 60th in turnovers per game (14.0)
- Tulsa is ... 90th in three-point field goal defense (28.5)
- Shug Dickson is ... 47th in free throw percentage (88.5)
Dickson's Scoring Streak
- Shug Dickson scored 20+ points in three-straight games in 2016-17, including 21 points (Temple), 21 points (#1 UConn) and 22 points (UCF)
- Dickson was the first freshman in school history (dating back to the 1996-97 season) to score 20+ points in three-straight games
- She became the sixth player overall to reach this feat (Taleya Mayberry, Larrissa Williams, Jillian Robbins, Allison Curtin and Lila Osceola did it before her.)
- 15 times now a Tulsa women's basketball player has scored 20+ points three or more times in a row
Dickson in the 20's
- Shug Dickson has scored 20+ points in seven games
- Dickson has a personal-best 22 points three times in her career
Making Assists
- Senior Erika Wakefield ranks in the top-10 on Tulsa's Career Chart for assists
- She currently has 270 assists for eighth place
- She needs seven more to tie Ashley Clark (2012-16) who has the No. 7 slot with 277
An Accurate Shot
- Kendrian Elliott and Crystal Polk currently rank on the Tulsa Individual Career List
- Elliott sits in fifth-place with a .492 (118-240) field goal percentage
- Polk is in 10th place with a .473 (122-258) field goal percentage
Freshmen Making Marks
- Addison Richards and Kendrian Elliott concluded their freshmen season's on the Tulsa Freshman Single-Season Records list
- Richards ranked second in three-point field goal percentage (.387) and third in games played (31)
- Elliott finished second in blocks (24), rebounds (220) and field goal percentage (.497), and fourth in free throw percentage (.774).
Mossman Has 232 Career Wins
- Matilda Mossman has collected 232 career victories
- She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 85 wins at TU
Parker for Three
- Tulsa's Ebony Parker knocked down an NJCAA Division I record 144 three-point shots during the 2015-16 season
- In comparison, the most in a single season at Tulsa was 77 by Athena Pirpich (2000-01).
Eleven 2016-17 Postseason Teams Highlight 2017-18 Schedule
- 11 postseason teams highlight the 2017-18 Tulsa schedule
- NCAA Tournament teams include Alaska Anchorage (Division II), Belmont, Temple, UConn and USF
- WNIT participants were Little Rock, Saint Louis, SMU, South Dakota, Tulane and UCF.
Hurricane Picked Ninth in The American Preseason Coaches' Poll
- In the American Athletic Conference coaches' poll, Tulsa was picked to finish ninth by the league's coaches
- UConn, which has won four-straight American Athletic Conference Championships, was picked first
- USF was selected to finish second and Temple was selected third
- UCF, SMU, Tulane, Memphis, Cincinnati, Tulsa, Wichita State, Houston and ECU round out the poll
The 2018 American Athletic Conference Championship
- The American Athletic Conference and Mohegan Sun Arena have agreed to a multi-year agreement for Mohegan Sun to host the Conference's Women's Basketball Championship from 2018 through 2020
- The 2018 championship will mark the fifth consecutive year the tournament has been played at the Uncasville, Connecticut arena
- The 2018 tournament is set for March 3-6
Tulsa in The American Championship
- Tulsa has a 2-3 mark in American Athletic Conference Championship play
- TU earned wins in the first round of the 2016 and 2017 tournaments
- The Golden Hurricane lost matches in the quarterfinals in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Tulsa in Postseason
- Tulsa has made five postseason appearances
- TU earned WNIT bids in 2004, 2005 and 2015
- The Hurricane played in the NCAA Tournament in 2006 and 2013.
- Tulsa 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)
- The Hurricane has a 2-5 overall mark in postseason play
A Hurricane in Tulsa?
The Origination of The University of Tulsa nickname - Golden Hurricane - was created in 1922. A new football coach, Howard Archer came to town and inherited a slew of nicknames dating back to 1895. In the past, Tulsa had been named "Kendallites," "Presbyterians," "Tigers," "Orange and Black," "Tulsans," and of course, "Yellow Jackets." The team started working out in the fall with a new nickname "Yellow Jackets" which was apparently due to the fact that the team was wearing new black and yellow uniforms. The team opened the season and it was apparent that Tulsa was going to have a great year, and trying to seize some publicity for his team, Archer wanted to find a new nickname quickly. After a remark was made in practice one day about "roaring through opponents," and because of their new jersey colors, he thought of "Golden Tornadoes." But a check showed that Georgia Tech already had chosen that tag in 1917. From the tornado, he evolved meteorologically to the hurricane. A few days before the team left for a game against Texas A&M, Archer asked the squad to vote on the name, and thus "Golden Hurricane" was born.
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