Tulsa Women’s Basketball vs. Drake Preview

Saturday, November 28

Las Vegas, Nev.

4:30 pm

Tulsa

Drake

Tulsa Women’s Basketball vs. Drake Preview

11/27/2015 8:57:00 PM | Women's Basketball

By: Stephanie Hall

Saturday, November 28 ~ 4:30 pm Central ~ Cox Pavilion ~ Las Vegas, Nev.

Game Notes: Tulsa

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.

Video: None

Live Stats: Click Here

Rosters: Tulsa ~ Drake

2015-16 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Drake

Tulsa Facebook: TulsaHurricane ~ TulsaWBasketball

Drake Facebook: Drake WBB

Tulsa Twitter: TulsaHurricane ~ TUWBasketball

Drake Twitter: Drake WBB

Tulsa Instagram: TulsaHurricanePics ~ TulsaWBB

Drake Instagram: Drake WBB


The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 5th Year
Career Record: 208-158 (13 years)
Record at Tulsa: 61-65 (5 years)

Drake: Jennie Baranczyk (Iowa, 2004), 5th Year
Career Record: 52-46 (5 years)
Record at Drake: Same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
G          00       Kelsee Grovey, 5-8, Sr.-3L, Shawnee, Okla., 9.5 ppg, 3.0 apg
G          3          Erika Wakefield, 5-4, So.-1L, Moore, Okla., 13.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg
F          21       Te'era Williams, 5-11, Jr.-RS, Oklahoma City, Okla., 7.8 ppg, 6.5 rpg
G          23       Ashley Clark, 5-11, Sr.-3L, Midwest City, Okla., 9.5 ppg, 8.3 rpg
F          33       Crystal Polk, 6-2, Fr.-HS, Lawton, Okla., 9.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg

Drake's Probable Starters
F          3          Lizzy Wendell, 6-0, Jr., Blue Springs, Mo., 18.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg
C          5          Emma Donahue, 6-3, Sr., Naperville, Ill., 4.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg
G          20       Maddy Dean, 5-9, So., Jordan, Minn., 11.8 ppg, 7.3 rpg
G          21       Sammie Bachrodt, 5-10, Fr., Wichita, Kan., 6.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg
G          22       Caitlin Ingle, 5-8, Jr., Runnells, Iowa, 11.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg

Tulsa to Face Drake in UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up
            The Tulsa women's basketball team will face Drake on Saturday, November 28 at the UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nev. TU will also play either UNLV or George Mason in the tournament on Sunday.

The Last Game
            Three Tulsa women's basketball players scored in double figures to lead the Golden Hurricane to a 74-67 win over Arkansas on Monday night at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark.
            Ashley Clark had a team-best 15 points, four assists and two blocks, while Te'era Williams scored a career-high 14 points and pulled down a career-best nine rebounds, and Erika Wakefield added 12 points. Tatyana Perez and Crystal Polk both tallied eight points, and Antoinet Webster scored seven. Tulsa shot 43-percent from the field, including 41-percent from three-point range, and hit 19-of-26 free throw attempts for 73-percent.

The Opponent
            Drake has a perfect 4-0 record, including an 81-72 win over Creighton in their last contest. The Bulldogs are led by four players in double figures, including 18.5 ppg by Lizzy Wendell, as well as Maddy Dean (11.8), Caitlin Ingle (11.0) and Sara Rhine (10.8). Dean has a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game.

Series History
            This will be the first meeting between Tulsa and Drake on the women's basketball court.

On the Bench
            The Golden Hurricane returns eight letterwinners, including three starters, and one squad member, and welcomes five newcomers this season. The roster features three seniors - Ashley Clark, Kelsee Grovey and Antoinet Webster; four juniors - Ashley Hughes, Jessica Pongonis, Teanna Reid and Te'era Williams; three sophomores - Jordyn Holmes, Liesl Spoerl and Erika Wakefield; and four freshmen - Jasmine Butler, Tatyana Perez, Crystal Polk and Tyjae' Scales.

Returning Starters
            Tulsa returns three starters from last season, including seniors Ashley Clark and Kelsee Grovey, and junior Teanna Reid. Clark averaged 14.5 ppg, 7.6 rpg and 2.1 apg, Grovey added 10.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.2 apg and 1.5 spg, and Reid tallied 7.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.1 apg and 1.4 spg.

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 American Athletic Conference Championship, while USF was second and Temple third. East Carolina, Tulane, Tulsa, Memphis, SMU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston round out the poll.

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 1,107 points and Grovey has 1,070 points.

Mossman Has 208 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 61 wins at TU for 208 career victories.

In Tulsa's Top 10
            Five 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), fifth in field goals made (436), seventh in rebounds (582), eighth in points (1,107), ninth in assists (221) and 10th in free throws made (196)
- Kelsee Grovey is second in three-point field goals made (170), eighth in assists (240) and free throw percentage with a .809 clip (174 of 215), ninth in field goals made (363) and three-point field goal percentage with a .363 clip (170 of 468), and 10th in points (1,070) and steals (139)
- Ashley Hughes is fourth in free throw percentage with a .833 clip (20 of 24) and 10th in three-point field goal percentage with a .358 clip (24 of 67)
- Teanna Reid is first in three-point field goal percentage with a .424 clip (36 of 85)
- Antoinet Webster is 10th in free throw percentage with a .775 clip (31 of 40)

The Non-Conference Slate
            Tulsa's 11-game non-conference slate features seven games against 2015 postseason teams, five home contests, including games against Oklahoma and Kansas State of the Big 12, and a trip to Las Vegas for the UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up.
            All 12 of TU's potential 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 Women's Hoops to Have 12 Games Broadcast Live
            The Tulsa women's basketball team will play 12 games that will be broadcast live on either television or internet. The Hurricane will play six games on the American Digital Network, three games on ESPN3, two games on both ESPN3 and SportsNet New York (SNY), and one on ESPNU.