Tuesday, January 17
Reynolds Center
7:00 pm
Tulsa
5-13 (1-4AAC)
58
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98
UConn
17-0 (5-0AAC)
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Tulsa Falls to #1 UConn 98-58
1/17/2017 9:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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TULSA, Okla. –– Tulsa put up a strong effort before falling 98-58 to the No.1-ranked UConn Huskies Wednesday night in front of 1,391 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. UConn won for the 92nd straight time and improved its season record to 17-0 and an American Athletic Conference mark to 5-0, while Tulsa fell to 5-13 overall and 1-4 in conference play.
Freshman Shug Dickson led the Hurricane with 21 points, followed by 11 points from junior Liesl Spoerl and sophomore Tatyana Perez. Katie Samuelson led UConn with a game-high 34 points, while Napheesa Collier added 21 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
Tulsa's 58 points is the most against UConn this year in the Huskies' first five American Athletic Conference games. UConn shot 61-percent from the field for the game and 46-percent from three-point range, while the Hurricane connected on 32-percent overall and 38-percent from behind the arc.
The Huskies controlled the interior, out-scoring Tulsa in the paint 44-12, and took advantage of just 12 Tulsa turnovers for a 24-5 edge in scoring off the miscues.
Leading by 22 at halftime, the Huskies came out in the third quarter and outscored the Hurricane 29-13 in that stanza for an 84-46 lead after three periods.
Tulsa went scoreless for nearly 10 minutes in the second half. Spoerl's jumper at the 5:27 mark of the fourth quarter was Tulsa's first basket since 4:07 of the third period, making the score 89-48. After that, Tulsa closed out the fourth quarter scoring 10 more points in the final 4:47 for its 58 points.
The Huskies held a 14-12 scoring advantage in the fourth quarter, it's lowest scoring out-put for a quarter on the night by 11 points.
UConn jumped out to a 14-0 lead to start the game as the Huskies knocked down their first six shots, while Tulsa started 0-of-8 from the field. Dickson's three-pointer at the 5:03 mark snapped Tulsa's drought to make the score 14-3.
The first quarter ended with UConn holding a 30-16 lead as the Huskies made 10-of-16 field goals, while Tulsa was just 6-of-17 from the field.
Tulsa knocked down a three-pointer by Dickson to start the second quarter and pull the Hurricane to within 11 points at 30-19. The Hurricane kept it close in the second period, being out-scored by just eight points, 25-17. In the final three minutes, Tulsa scored six points on treys by Liesl Spoerl and Tatyana Perez to UConn's three points.
The first half ended with UConn holding a 55-33 lead, as the Huskies shot 61-percent from the field and 45-percent from three-point range. UConn also had the advantage in the paint, outscoring Tulsa 24-8, and also had a 15-0 edge in points off turnovers.
The Hurricane shot 39-percent from the field, but knocked down 47-percent of its three-point shots, making 8-of-17 treys. Tulsa's eight three-pointers was a new opponent first-half high against the Huskies, and was just one shy of tying an entire game-high of nine by Dayton earlier this season.
Tulsa's 33 points at halftime against the Huskies was just one point shy of tying #12 Ohio State, #1 Notre Dame and #12 Florida State for the most first-half points against UConn this season.
Dickson led the Hurricane in the first half with 15 points, coming on 5-of-7 from three-point range. For UConn, Samuelson had 23 of the Huskies 55 first-half points.
TULSA, Okla. –– Tulsa put up a strong effort before falling 98-58 to the No.1-ranked UConn Huskies Wednesday night in front of 1,391 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. UConn won for the 92nd straight time and improved its season record to 17-0 and an American Athletic Conference mark to 5-0, while Tulsa fell to 5-13 overall and 1-4 in conference play.
Freshman Shug Dickson led the Hurricane with 21 points, followed by 11 points from junior Liesl Spoerl and sophomore Tatyana Perez. Katie Samuelson led UConn with a game-high 34 points, while Napheesa Collier added 21 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
Tulsa's 58 points is the most against UConn this year in the Huskies' first five American Athletic Conference games. UConn shot 61-percent from the field for the game and 46-percent from three-point range, while the Hurricane connected on 32-percent overall and 38-percent from behind the arc.
The Huskies controlled the interior, out-scoring Tulsa in the paint 44-12, and took advantage of just 12 Tulsa turnovers for a 24-5 edge in scoring off the miscues.
Leading by 22 at halftime, the Huskies came out in the third quarter and outscored the Hurricane 29-13 in that stanza for an 84-46 lead after three periods.
Tulsa went scoreless for nearly 10 minutes in the second half. Spoerl's jumper at the 5:27 mark of the fourth quarter was Tulsa's first basket since 4:07 of the third period, making the score 89-48. After that, Tulsa closed out the fourth quarter scoring 10 more points in the final 4:47 for its 58 points.
The Huskies held a 14-12 scoring advantage in the fourth quarter, it's lowest scoring out-put for a quarter on the night by 11 points.
UConn jumped out to a 14-0 lead to start the game as the Huskies knocked down their first six shots, while Tulsa started 0-of-8 from the field. Dickson's three-pointer at the 5:03 mark snapped Tulsa's drought to make the score 14-3.
The first quarter ended with UConn holding a 30-16 lead as the Huskies made 10-of-16 field goals, while Tulsa was just 6-of-17 from the field.
Tulsa knocked down a three-pointer by Dickson to start the second quarter and pull the Hurricane to within 11 points at 30-19. The Hurricane kept it close in the second period, being out-scored by just eight points, 25-17. In the final three minutes, Tulsa scored six points on treys by Liesl Spoerl and Tatyana Perez to UConn's three points.
The first half ended with UConn holding a 55-33 lead, as the Huskies shot 61-percent from the field and 45-percent from three-point range. UConn also had the advantage in the paint, outscoring Tulsa 24-8, and also had a 15-0 edge in points off turnovers.
The Hurricane shot 39-percent from the field, but knocked down 47-percent of its three-point shots, making 8-of-17 treys. Tulsa's eight three-pointers was a new opponent first-half high against the Huskies, and was just one shy of tying an entire game-high of nine by Dayton earlier this season.
Tulsa's 33 points at halftime against the Huskies was just one point shy of tying #12 Ohio State, #1 Notre Dame and #12 Florida State for the most first-half points against UConn this season.
Dickson led the Hurricane in the first half with 15 points, coming on 5-of-7 from three-point range. For UConn, Samuelson had 23 of the Huskies 55 first-half points.
Team Stats
UCONN
TLS
FG%
.610
.318
3FG%
.458
.382
FT%
.750
.750
RB
41
31
TO
7
12
STL
8
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
8
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
5
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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