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WBB Game 1 Preview: Northern Iowa
11/13/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Game Notes: Tulsa | Northern Iowa
Radio: CHROME 93.5 FM and KWTU 88.7 FM HD2
Video: Watch Live
Game Tracker: Live Stats
Rosters: Tulsa | Northern Iowa
2013-14 Statistics: Tulsa | Northern Iowa
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 4th Year
Career Record: 189-141 (11 years)
Record at Tulsa: 42-48 (3 years)
Northern Iowa: Tanya Warren (Creighton, 1988), 8th year
Career Record: 121-104 (8 years)
Record at UNI: same
Tulsa's Probable Starters G 00 Kelsee Grovey, 5-8, Jr.-2L, Shawnee, Okla., 12.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 4.0 spg, 3.0 apg G 3 Erika Wakefield, 5-4, Fr.-HS, Moore, Okla., 7.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.0 spg, 2.0 apg G 23 Ashley Clark, 5-11, Jr.-2L, Midwest City, Okla., 15.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.0 apg F 32 Mariah Turner, 6-2, Sr.-3L, Norman, Okla., 10.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.5 apg G 35 Kadan Brady, 5-9,. Sr.-3L, Healdton, Okla., 7.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 3.0 spg, 3.0 apg * Stats are from the two 2014 exhibition games.Double Figure ScoringNorthern Iowa's Probable Starters G 2 Madison Weekly, 5-7, So., Atkins, Iowa, 9.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.0 spg F 5 Amber Sorenson, 6-2, Jr., Caledonia, Minn., 0.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.0 bpg G 14 Stephanie Davison, 5-10, Jr., Maple Grove, Minn., 11.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.0 apg G 22 Brooke Brown, 5-8, Sr., Chanhassen, Minn., 11.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.0 spg F 42 Jen Keitel, 6-3, Jr., DeWitt, Iowa, 20.0 ppg, 13.0 rpg, 2.0 bpg, 2.0 spg, 2.0 apg * Stats are from the 2014 exhibition game.
Five players averaged double-digit points in the two exhibition games for Tulsa, including a team-best 15.0 ppg by Ashley Clark, followed by Teanna Reid (14.0 ppg), Kelsee Grovey (12.5), Rickae Jinks (10.5) and Mariah Turner (10.0).
Rebound that Ball
Newcomers Erika Wakefield and Jordyn Holmes each pulled down a team-best 6.0 rebounds per game in the exhibition contests.
Reid is Ready
Sophomore transfer Teanna Reid is ready to play. She picked up 13 steals and 12 assists in the two exhibition contests.
Block that Ball
Ashley Clark, Rickae Jinks and Erika Wakefield all tallied a block in exhibition play.
More than 50
Tulsa had solid shooting in the exhibition contests, averaging 51.9-percent from the field. The Golden Hurricane also shot 32.4-percent from behind the arc and 65.3-percent from the free throw line.
Everyone Contributes
All 10 Tulsa players that played in exhibition scored at least one basket and had at least two rebounds. They all also had an assist, block or steal.
On the Bench
The Golden Hurricane returns nine letterwinners, including four starters, and welcomes four newcomers this year. The roster features two seniors - Kadan Brady and Mariah Turner; four juniors - Ashley Clark, Kelsee Grovey, Antoinet Webster and Te'era Williams; five sophomores - Autura Campbell, Ashley Hughes, Rickae Jinks, Teanna Reid and Liesl Spoerl; and two freshmen - Jordyn Holmes and Erika Wakefield.
The Non-Conference Slate
Tulsa will play an 11-game non-conference slate, which features six home contests, three games against 2014 postseason teams and a trip to Miami for the Thanksgiving Tournament.
Nine of the 12 teams that TU could face during the first half of the season finished last year with double-digit wins, while seven had winning records, and Lamar, Miami and Texas Southern all competed in the WNIT.
The League Opponents
Home-and-home games against the defending National Champion UConn Huskies highlight Tulsa's American Athletic Conference schedule for the 2014-15 season.
Five teams in The American advanced to postseason play last year, including NCAA Champion UConn, as well as WNIT participants East Carolina, SMU, Tulane and USF.
Four Returning Starters
Tulsa returns four starters from last season, including seniors Kadan Brady and Mariah Turner, and juniors Ashley Clark and Kelsee Grovey. Clark averaged 14.6 ppg and 6.4 rpg, Grovey added 12.5 ppg and 2.4 rpg, Turner scored 10.8 ppg and 5.4 rpg, and Brady had 9.2 ppg and 3.2 rpg.
In Tulsa's Top 10
Mariah Turner, Kelsee Grovey and Kadan Brady have already earned their way into Tulsa's Top 10 career lists.
Turner is first with a .574 field goal percentage; Grovey is seventh in three-point field goals made (114), three-point field goal percentage (.366) and free throw percentage (.818); and Brady is ninth in three-point field goals made (101).
Adding Up
Tulsa juniors Ashley Clark and Kelsee Grovey are looking to join the 1,000 point club this season. Only eight players have scored 1,000 points or more in their careers at Tulsa. Clark currently has 606 points, while Grovey has 686.
Tulsa Women's Hoops to Have 13 Games Broadcast Live
The Tulsa women's basketball team will play 13 games that will be broadcast live on either television or internet. The Hurricane will play six games on the American Digital Network, five games on ESPN3 and two games on SportsNet New York (SNY).
UConn to Host American Championship
UConn will host the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., from March 6-9.
Tulsa in The American
After nine seasons as a member of Conference USA, The University of Tulsa began its membership in the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2014.
The American membership in 2014-15 will consist of 11 institutions: Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF, UConn and USF.
TulsaHurricane.com
Keep up with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team by accessing the official University of Tulsa athletic department web site at www.TulsaHurricane.com.
This site features up-to-date information on TU athletics, including game results, press releases, statistics, box scores, schedules and rosters.
ExperienceTulsaAthletics.com
For an in depth look at Tulsa Athletics, including Chalk Talk's from Tulsa coaches, facility tours and a look at TU's success, visit ExperienceTulsaAthletics.com.
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.
