Tulsa Women’s Basketball vs. SMU

Wednesday, February 17 ~ 7:00 pm Central ~ Moody Coliseum ~ Dallas, Texas

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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 5th Year
Career Record: 217-170 (13 years)
Record at Tulsa: 70-77 (5 years)

SMU: Rhonda Rompola (SMU, 1983), 25th Year
Career Record: 437-315 (25 years)
Record at SMU: same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
G          00       Kelsee Grovey, 5-8, Sr.-3L, Shawnee, Okla., 10.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg
G          3          Erika Wakefield, 5-4, So.-1L, Moore, Okla., 9.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.1 apg
G          13       Ashley Hughes, 5-7, Jr.-2L, Sulphur, Okla., 2.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg
G          23       Ashley Clark, 5-11, Sr.-3L, Midwest City, Okla., 14.1 ppg, 6.2 rpg
F          25       Tyjae' Scales, 6-1, Fr.-HS., Houston, Texas, 2.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg

SMU's Probable Starters
G          2          McKenzie Adams, 5-9, So.-TR, Frisco, Texas, 13.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg
G          3          Gabrielle Wilkins, 5-9, Sr.-3L, Garland, Texas, 8.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg
G          12       Morgan Bolton, 5-6, Jr.-1L, Duncanville, Texas, 5.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg
F          15       Stephanie Collins, 6-5, So.-1L, Melbourne, Australia, 8.5 ppg, 6.2 rpg
F          20       Dai'ja Thomas, 6-2, Fr.-HS, Dallas, Texas, 4.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg

The Last Game
            Kelsee Grovey set two school records with a career-high 32 points in Tulsa's 95-71 victory over UCF Saturday afternoon in front of 273 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
            Grovey entered the game needing nine three-point baskets to tie the school's all-time record for three-pointers made in a career. She bettered that record by one trey when she knocked down a personal-best and school single-game record 10 three-pointers.
                        The hot-shooting Hurricane finished the game by knocking down 52.5-percent of its shots from the field, 50-percent from three-point range and 90-percent from the free throw line.
            Fellow senior Ashley Clark had her second straight double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while adding four assists and four steals in 31 minutes. Te'era Williams was one-point shy of tying her career-high with 13 points.

The Opponent
            SMU has an 11-13 overall record, including a 6-7 mark in The American, but dropped a 64-76 decision to Tulane in their last contest. The Mustangs are led by McKenzie Adams and Alicia Froling with 13.4 and 13.0 points per game, respectively. Froling has a team-high 11.4 rebounds per game, Stephanie Collins has 56 blocks, Gabrielle Wilkins has 41 steals and Adams has 60 assists.

Series History
            This will be the 42nd meeting in the all-time series with SMU as the Mustangs have a 25-16 lead. It was TU, however, that earned a 56-54 win at home earlier this season, and picked up both wins last season, including a 72-59 win in Dallas.

The Losses
            In seven of Tulsa's 15 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 UCF when Tulsa had the lead with 17-seconds to play. TU also led Indiana State (0:51 left), 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).

95 Points
            Tulsa's 95 points against UCF (2-13-16) is the third-most in school history and the most since scoring 97 points against Langston University in January 2013.

Grovey is All-Time Three-Points Leader
            Kelsee Grovey entered the UCF game (2-13-16) needing nine three-point baskets to tie the school's all-time record for three-pointers made in a career. She bettered that record by one trey when she knocked down a personal-best and school single-game record 10 three-pointers. Her 10 three's gave her 223 career three-pointers breaking the mark of 222 set by Kara Pongonis-Paslay (2002-06). The previous single-game high for a Tulsa player was seven three-pointers, established three times before, but the latest in January 2002 by Carla Morrow.

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 1,422 points and Grovey has 1,304 points.

In Their 30's
            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.
            Clark scored 32 points against UCF (1-30-16) 10 days later to tie the eighth-most points in a game with four others, while Kelsee Grovey countered with 32 points against UCF (2-13-16) in the second meeting of the season.

Making Assists
            Erika Wakefield has a team-best 78 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 Crystal Polk and Tyjae' Scales have been hitting their mark this season, boasting the two best field goal percentages on the team. Scales has a 50.0 field goal percentage (20-40), while Polk posts a 48.9 percent clip (64-131).

10+ Free Throws
            Ashley Clark and Erika Wakefield have both hit 10 free throws in a single game this season. Wakefield's 10 free throws made came against East Carolina on 12-30-15, while Clark's came one month later against UCF on 1-30-16. Wakefield went 10-for-10, while Clark went 10-for-11.

Mossman Has 216 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 68 wins at TU for 216 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 (13), fourth in points (1,422), field goals made (558) and rebounds (704), seventh in assists (260) and games played (119), eighth in free throws made (254), and ninth in steals (151)
- Kelsee Grovey is first in three-point field goals made (233), sixth in points (1,304) assists (278), steals (165) and field goals made (447), ninth in three-point field goal percentage with a .366 clip (223 of 608) and in games played (117), and 10th in free throw percentage with a .799 clip (187 of 234)
- Ashley Hughes is second in free throw percentage with a .852 clip (29 of 34)
- Teanna Reid is sixth in three-point field goal percentage with a .369 clip (61 of 165)

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.

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.

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Players Mentioned

Ashley Clark

Kelsee Grovey

Ashley Hughes

Crystal Polk

Teanna Reid

Tyjae' Scales

Erika Wakefield

Te'era Williams