Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts Preview

Wednesday, November 29

Reynolds Center

7:00 pm

Tulsa

Oral Roberts

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Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts Preview

11/28/2017 9:24:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Wednesday, November 29 ~ 7:00 pm Central ~ Donald W. Reynolds Center ~ Tulsa, Okla.

Tickets: Single game tickets are $5 general admission and season passes are $50. Tickets can be purchased ONLINE, at the Reynolds Center ticket office or by calling 918.631.GoTU (4688).

Game Notes: Tulsa

Radio: TU's regular season games can be heard on CHROME 93.5 FM, KWTU 88.7 FM HD2, free on the iHeart Radio App and online at TulsaHurricane.com. Brandon Hart calls play-by-play.

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Rosters: Tulsa ~ Oral Roberts

2017-18 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Oral Roberts

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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 7th Year
Career Record: 232-198 (15 years)
Record at Tulsa: 85-105 (7 years)

Oral Roberts: Misti Cussen (Southern Nazarene, 1993), 6th Year
Career Record: 76-83 (6 years)
Record at Oral Roberts: same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
F          00       Kendrian Elliott, 6-2, So-1L, Wichita, Kan., 13.5 ppg, 7.8 rpg
G          2          Tatyana Perez, 5-6, Jr-2L, Cypress, Texas, 7.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg
G          10       Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, So-1L, Broken Arrow, Okla., 9.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg
G          12       Shug Dickson, 5-9, So-1L, St. Louis, Mo., 16.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg
F          33       Crystal Polk, 6-2, Jr-2L, Lawton, Okla., 11.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg

Oral Roberts' Probable Starters
G          13       Rachel Skalnik, 5-8, So, Owasso, Okla., 3.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg
F          15       Faith Ihim, 5-10, Sr, Tulsa, Okla., 10.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg
G          32       Sarah Garvie, 5-8, So, Burlington, Okla., 10.8 ppg, 1.8 rpg
G          33       Keni Jo Lippe, 5-9, Fr, Adair, Okla., 8.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg
F          44       Maria Martianez, 6-3, Jr, Barcelona, Spain, 11.0 ppg, 9.2 rpg

Facing Oral Roberts

This is the 41st meeting between Tulsa and Oral Roberts
ORU has a 32-8 lead in the all-time series, including wins in the last three-straight meetings
The Golden Eagles picked up a 76-68 win last season at home

Scouting Oral Roberts

ORU is 2-3 on the season and 0-2 when not on their home court
Oral Roberts earned a 78-56 win over Houston Baptist in their last contest
The Golden Eagles are led by four players with double-digit points per game, including Maria Martianez (11.0), Sarah Garvie (10.8), Maya Mayberry (10.6) and Faith Ihim (10.4)
Maria Martianez has a team-best 9.2 rebounds per game

The Last Game: Alaska-Anchorage

Tulsa dropped a 59-53 decision to 2nd-ranked Division II Alaska-Anchorage in the 40th annual and final Great Alaska Shootout
Crystal Polk had a team-leading 12 points
Kendrian Elliott added 11 and Shug Dickson scored 10
Dickson had a team-best nine rebounds and four assists
For their efforts, Dickson and Polk were named to the all-tournament team

On the Bench

Tulsa returns 10 letterwinners, including four starters, from last year
The Golden Hurricane added three newcomers to the squad

Building Off Last Year

Some highlights TU is looking to build off of from last year include:
the programs' first-ever 100-point scoring game, a 100-92 win over ECU
ranking 76th in the nation is fewest turnovers (448), 97th in free throw percentage (72.3) and 98th in 3-point field goals made per game (6.6).
Shug Dickson and Kendrian Elliott were tabbed to The American All-Freshman Team

In the Nation...

Tulsa is ... 33rd in rebounds (235)
Tulsa is ... 48th in free throw percentage (75.0)
Tulsa is ... 56th in turnovers per game (14.0)
Tulsa is ... 58th in free throws made (75)
Shug Dickson is ... 56th in points (97)
Shug Dickson is ... 60th in free throws made (23)
Shug Dickson is ... 66th in free throw percentage (88.5)
Shug Dickson is ... 83rd in field goals made (32)

Dickson's Scoring Streak

Shug Dickson scored 20+ points in three-straight games in 2016-17, including 21 points (Temple), 21 points (#1 UConn) and 22 points (UCF)
Dickson was the first freshman in school history (dating back to the 1996-97 season) to score 20+ points in three-straight games
She became the sixth player overall to reach this feat (Taleya Mayberry, Larrissa Williams, Jillian Robbins, Allison Curtin and Lila Osceola did it before her.)
15 times now a Tulsa women's basketball player has scored 20+ points three or more times in a row

Dickson in the 20's

Shug Dickson has scored 20+ points in seven games
Dickson has a personal-best 22 points three times in her career

Making Assists

Senior Erika Wakefield ranks in the top-10 on Tulsa's Career Chart for assists
She currently has 269 assists for eighth place
She needs 8 more to tie Ashley Clark (2012-16) who has the No. 7 slot with 277

An Accurate Shot

Kendrian Elliott and Crystal Polk currently rank on the Tulsa Individual Career List
Elliott sits in fifth-place with a .498 (116-233) field goal percentage
Polk is in 10th place with a .476 (119-250) field goal percentage

Freshmen Making Marks

Addison Richards and Kendrian Elliott concluded their freshmen season's on the Tulsa Freshman Single-Season Records list
Richards ranked second in three-point field goal percentage (.387) and third in games played (31)
Elliott finished second in blocks (24), rebounds (220) and field goal percentage (.497), and fourth in free throw percentage (.774).

Mossman Has 232 Career Wins

Matilda Mossman has collected 232 career victories
She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 85 wins at TU

Parker for Three

Tulsa's Ebony Parker knocked down an NJCAA Division I record 144 three-point shots during the 2015-16 season
In comparison, the most in a single season at Tulsa was 77 by Athena Pirpich (2000-01).

Eleven 2016-17 Postseason Teams Highlight 2017-18 Schedule

11 postseason teams highlight the 2017-18 Tulsa schedule
NCAA Tournament teams include Alaska Anchorage (Division II), Belmont, Temple, UConn and USF
WNIT participants were Little Rock, Saint Louis, SMU, South Dakota, Tulane and UCF.

Hurricane Picked Ninth in The American Preseason Coaches' Poll

In the American Athletic Conference coaches' poll, Tulsa was picked to finish ninth by the league's coaches
UConn, which has won four-straight American Athletic Conference Championships, was picked first
USF was selected to finish second and Temple was selected third
UCF, SMU, Tulane, Memphis, Cincinnati, Tulsa, Wichita State, Houston and ECU round out the poll

The 2018 American Athletic Conference Championship

The American Athletic Conference and Mohegan Sun Arena have agreed to a multi-year agreement for Mohegan Sun to host the Conference's Women's Basketball Championship from 2018 through 2020
The 2018 championship will mark the fifth consecutive year the tournament has been played at the Uncasville, Connecticut arena
The 2018 tournament is set for March 3-6

Tulsa in The American Championship

Tulsa has a 2-3 mark in American Athletic Conference Championship play
TU earned wins in the first round of the 2016 and 2017 tournaments
The Golden Hurricane lost matches in the quarterfinals in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Tulsa in Postseason

Tulsa has made five postseason appearances
TU earned WNIT bids in 2004, 2005 and 2015
The Hurricane played in the NCAA Tournament in 2006 and 2013.
Tulsa 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)
The Hurricane has a 2-5 overall mark in postseason play

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.