Tulsa vs. South Dakota Preview

Saturday, December 16

Vermillion, S.D.

1:00 pm

Tulsa

South Dakota

Tulsa vs. South Dakota Preview

12/14/2017 9:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Saturday, December 16 ~ 1:00 pm Central ~ Coyote Sports Center ~ Vermillion, S.D.

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 ~ South Dakota

2017-18 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ South Dakota

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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 7th Year
Career Record: 233-201 (15 years)
Record at Tulsa: 86-108 (7 years)

South Dakota: Dawn Plitzuweit (Michigan Tech, 1995), 2nd Year
Career Record: 216-106 (11 years)
Record at South Dakota: 29-13 (2 years)

Tulsa's Probable Starters
G          2          Tatyana Perez, 5-6, Jr-2L, Cypress, Texas, 6.6 ppg, 2.6 rpg
G          3          Erika Wakefield, 5-4, Sr-3L, Moore, Okla., 6.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg
G          12       Shug Dickson, 5-9, So-1L, St. Louis, Mo., 14.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg
G          21       Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, Fr-HS, Plano, Texas, 2.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg
F          33       Crystal Polk, 6-2, Jr-2L, Lawton, Okla., 10.1 ppg, 6.5 rpg

South Dakota's Probable Starters
G          5          Jasmine Trimboli, 5-9, Sr, Adelaide, Australia, 7.8 ppg, 5.9 rpg
G          10       Allison Arens, 5-10, Jr, Crofton, Neb., 11.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg
G          12       Jaycee Bradley, 5-9, Jr, Norfolk, Neb., 9.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg
G          23       Madison McKeever, 5-7, So, Erskine, Minn., 8.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg
C          34       Kate Liveringhouse, 6-0, Sr, Bellevue, Neb., 7.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg

Facing South Dakota
This is the second meeting between Tulsa and South Dakota
The Coyotes earned a 71-68 win last season in Tulsa

Scouting South Dakota

South Dakota is 6-4 on the season, including 3-0 at home
The Coyotes are led by Allison Arens with 11.5 points per game
Jasmine Trimboli has 5.9 rebounds per game and four blocks
Madison McKeever has 29 steals and 24 assists

The Last Game: Arkansas

Tulsa dropped a 67-41 decision to Arkansas
Crystal Polk led Tulsa with eight points, eight rebounds and two blocks
Shug Dickson scored seven points, and Erika Wakefield, Kendrian Elliott and Ebony Parker all had six points
Arkansas had a 61-39 lead in rebounds, a 13-5 advantage in assists and a 7-3 edge in blocks, while Tulsa had a 4-2 lead in steals.

On the Bench

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

Morgan Brady

Morgan Brady was a walk-on student-athlete to start her career
She was awarded a full athletic scholarship after the Tulsa-UAPB game on December 5, 2017
"Morgan was a walk-on, we didn't recruit her, but she was a kid that wanted to be at Tulsa because of the academics, and wanted to be a part of our program," Mossman said. "She has worked really hard ever since she got on campus, she continues to do the right things, and she is here on academic aid, probably 85%, but we wanted to give her that full scholarship. She has earned it and she is the kind of kid that will continue to do the things to make that scholarship be hers."

In the Nation...

Tulsa is ... 35th in three-point field goal defense (26.1)
Tulsa is ... 35th in turnovers per game (13.4)
Tulsa is ... 52nd in rebounds (403)
Tulsa is ... 78th in free throw percentage (73.0)
Tulsa is ... 76th in field goal percentage defense (36.9)
Shug Dickson is ... 29th in free throw percentage (88.9)

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

Erika Wakefield ranks in the top-10 on Tulsa's Career Chart for assists
She currently has 271 assists for eighth place
She needs six more to tie Ashley Clark (2012-16) who has the No. 7 slot with 277

An Accurate Shot

Kendrian Elliott currently ranks on the Tulsa Individual Career List
Elliott sits in eighth-place with a .482 (122-253) 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 233 Career Wins

Matilda Mossman has collected 233 career victories
She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 86 wins at TU

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.

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).

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.