Tulsa Women’s Basketball vs. Memphis

Saturday, January 23

Reynolds Center

2:00 pm

Tulsa

Memphis

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Tulsa Women’s Basketball vs. Memphis

1/22/2016 10:11:00 AM | Women's Basketball

By: Stephanie Hall

Saturday, January 23 ~ 2:00 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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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 5th Year
Career Record: 214-167 (13 years)
Record at Tulsa: 67-74 (5 years)

Memphis: Melissa McFerrin (Missouri, 1983), 8th Year
Career Record: 182-182 (12 years)
Record at Memphis: 132-112 (8 years)

Tulsa's Probable Starters
G          00       Kelsee Grovey, 5-8, Sr.-3L, Shawnee, Okla., 10.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg
G          3          Erika Wakefield, 5-4, So.-1L, Moore, Okla., 9.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 3.3 apg
G          13       Ashley Hughes, 5-7, Jr.-2L, Sulphur, Okla., 2.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg
G          23       Ashley Clark, 5-11, Sr.-3L, Midwest City, Okla., 13.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg
F          25       Tyjae' Scales, 6-1, Fr.-HS, Houston, Texas, 2.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg

Memphis' Probable Starters
G          2          Loysha Morris, 5-9, Jr., Toronto, Ontario, 5.3 ppg, 1.5 rpg
G          4          Ariel Hearn, 5-8, Sr., Memphis, Tenn., 14.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg
F          21       Asianna Fuqua-Bey, 6-1, Sr., Chicago, Ill., 7.9 ppg, 6.7 rpg
G          24       Mooriah Rowser, 5-9, Jr., Rockville, Md., 9.1 ppg, 1.8 rpg
F          33       Brianna Wright, 6-1, Sr., Greenville, Miss., 9.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg

The Last Game
            Senior guard Ashley Clark scored a career-high 33 points and led five players in double figures to give Tulsa a 79-62 win over Houston on Wednesday night at Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston, Texas.
            Kelsee Grovey added 12 points, Erika Wakefield and Teanna Reid both had 11, and Crystal Polk tallied 10 points. Tyjae' Scales pulled down 11 rebounds.
            Tulsa had 44 points in the paint, 22 points off the bench, 20 second chance points and 19 points off turnovers, compared to Houston's 30 points in the paint, 29 points off the bench two second chance points and 19 points off turnovers.
            The Hurricane had a 47-33 lead in rebounds, a 17-9 advantage in assists and a 14-9 lead in steals, while the Cougars had a 6-2 lead in blocks.

The Opponent
            Memphis has a 10-9 overall record and a 4-4 mark in The American, including an impressive overtime win vs. USF (88-87) on Wednesday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak by the Tigers, which includes a 65-59 loss to TU 10 days earlier. Ariel Hearn leads Memphis with 14.8 points per game, followed by Brianna Wright (9.7) and Mooriah Rowser (9.1). Asianna Fuqua-Bey has a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game, Hearn has 64 assists and 45 steals, and Wright has 18 blocks.

Series History
            This will be the 14th meeting between Tulsa and Memphis, as TU leads the series 7-6. The Golden Hurricane has earned wins in the last four meetings, including a 65-59 win over the Tigers in Memphis earlier this season.

The Losses
            In six of Tulsa's 12 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 Indiana State when Tulsa had the lead with 51-seconds to play. TU also led 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 1,319 points and Grovey has 1,222 points.

Just 22 More
            Senior guard Kelsee Grovey needs just 22 more three-point baskets to take the top mark in school history. Kara Pongonis-Paslay (2002-06) currently has the record with 222 threes, while Grovey is in second with 201.

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.

Making Assists
            Erika Wakefield has a team-best 63 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 Tyjae' Scales and Crystal Polk have been hitting their mark this season, boasting the two best field goal percentages on the team. Scales has a 57.1 field goal percentage (16-28), while Polk posts a 51.9 percent clip (55-106).

Mossman Has 214 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 67 wins at TU for 214 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 field goals made (522) and rebounds (664), fifth in points (1,319), seventh in assists (248), ninth in free throws made (229), and 10th in steals (141)
- Kelsee Grovey is second in three-point field goals made (201), sixth in assists (266), seventh in points (1,222), steals (157) and three-point field goal percentage with a .358 clip (201 of 560), eighth in free throw percentage with a .809 clip (183 of 226), and ninth in field goals made (419)
- 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 .375 clip (56 of 149)

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.