Tulsa vs. American Preview

Friday, November 10 ~ 7:00 pm Central ~ Donald W. Reynolds Center ~ Tulsa, Okla.

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

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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Rosters: Tulsa ~ American

2016-17 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ American

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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 7th Year
Career Record: 229-195 (14 years)
Record at Tulsa: 82-102 (6 years)

American: Megan Gebbia (Towson, 1994), 5th Year
Record: 69-58 (4 years)
Record at AU: same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
F          00       Kendrian Elliott, 6-2, So-1L, Wichita, Kan., 9.0 ppg, 7.9 rpg
G          2          Tatyana Perez, 5-6, Jr-2L, Cypress, Texas, 6.2 ppg, 1.5 rpg
G          10       Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, So-1L, Broken Arrow, Okla., 7.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg
G          12       Shug Dickson, 5-9, So-1L, St. Louis, Mo., 8.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg
F          33       Crystal Polk, 6-2, Jr-2L, Lawton, Okla., 3.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg

American's Probable Starters
G          3          Kaitlyn Lewis, 5-7, Jr, Scranton, Pa., 7.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg
G          4          Emily Kinneston, 5-8, Sr, Shelburne, Vt., 12.9 ppg, 4.8 rpg
G          14       Maria Liddane, 5-8, Sr, Grosse Point Woods, Mich., 6.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg
F          33       Michael Harris, 6-1, Sr, Abington, Pa., 5.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg
F          44       Cecily Carl, 6-3, Jr, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 10.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg

Facing American

This is the first meeting between Tulsa and American on the women's basketball court.

Scouting American

The Eagles are coming off a 15-16 season
American returns four starters from last year's team
AU was picked third in the Patriot League

Against UAFS

Shug Dickson led the Tulsa attack with 18 points against Arkansas-Fort Smith in exhibition play
Alexis Gaulden (16) and Kendrian Elliott (11) also scored in double figures
Elliott had a team-best nine rebounds, Gaulden had four steals and Dickson had three assists

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 East Carolina)
ranking 76th in the nation is fewest turnovers (448), 97th in free throw percentage (72.3) and 98th in three-point field goals made per game (6.6).
Shug Dickson and Kendrian Elliott were tabbed to The American All-Freshman Team

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

Making Assists

Senior Erika Wakefield ranks in the top-10 on Tulsa's Career Chart for assists

She currently has 254 assists for eighth place
She needs 23 more to tie Ashley Clark (2012-16) who has the No. 7 slot with 277.

An Accurate Shot

Addison Richards and Kendrian Elliott are also currently rank on the Tulsa Individual Career List
Richards has a .387 three-point field goal percentage for second place
Elliott sits in fifth-place with a .497 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 229 Career Wins

Matilda Mossman has collected 229 career victories
She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 82 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

Eleven postseason teams highlight the 2017-18 Tulsa women's basketball 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 Golden 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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