Saturday, December 30
Wichita, Kan.
2:00 pm
Tulsa
at
Wichita State
Tulsa vs. Wichita State Preview
12/28/2017 9:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Saturday, December 30 ~ 2:00 pm Central ~ Charles Koch Arena ~ Wichita, Kan.
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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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 7th Year
Career Record: 235-202 (15 years)
Record at Tulsa: 88-109 (7 years)
Wichita State: Keitha Adams (Southwestern, 1989), 1st Year
Career Record: 416-255 (22 years)
Record at Wichita State: 5-9 (First Year)
Tulsa's Probable Starters
G 3 Erika Wakefield, 5-4, Sr-3L, Moore, Okla., 8.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg
G 11 Ebony Parker, 5-8, Sr-1L, Houston, Texas, 6.7 ppg, 1.3 rpg
G 12 Shug Dickson, 5-9, So-1L, St. Louis, Mo., 15.5 ppg, 5.1 rpg
G 21 Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, Fr-HS, Plano, Texas, 3.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg
F 25 Tyjae' Scales, 6-1, Jr-2L, Houston, Texas, 2.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Wichita State's Probable Starters
G 1 Keke Thompson, 5-5, Sr, Montgomery, Ala., 6.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg
G 4 Diamond, Lockhart, 5-5, Sr, Red Oak, Texas, 10.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg
F 11 Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage, 6-2, Jr, Santa Fe, N.M., 7.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg
G 30 Cesaria Ambrosio, 6-0, Jr, Fully, Switzerland, 3.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg
F 35 Rangie Bessard, 6-1, Sr, Rosharon, Texas, 18.3 ppg, 7.2 rpg
Facing Wichita State
- This is the 17th meeting between Tulsa and Wichita State
- WSU has a 15-1 lead in the all-time series
- The Shockers earned an 85-65 win during the 1999-2000 season in Wichita
Scouting Wichita State
- Wichita State is 5-9 on the season, but are 4-2 at home
- WSU is coming off a 96-64 loss to South Dakota State
- Rangie Bessard and Diamond Lockhart both average double-digit points with 18.3 and 10.4 points per game, respectively
- Bessard has a team-best 7.2 rebounds per game and 10 blocks
- Cesaria Ambrosio has 44 assists, while Jeliah Preston and Keke Thompson each have 16 steals
The Last Game: Arkansas State
- Shug Dickson had her second-straight 20+ scoring game with 24 points and Ebony Parker added a season-high 16 points in a 68-58 win over Arkansas State
- Tyjae' Scales also had a season-high with eight points, while Kendrian Elliott tied her season high of 14 rebounds.
- Tulsa had a 40-34 advantage in rebounds, a 9-5 lead in assists, an 8-6 edge in steals and a 5-3 lead in blocks
- TU also had a 34-22 lead in points in the paint and a 22-16 advantage in points off turnovers.
In the Nation...
- Tulsa is ... 26th in turnovers per game (12.8)
- Tulsa is ... 51st in rebounds (514)
- Tulsa is ... 53rd in free throw percentage (73.8)
- Tulsa is ... 66th in three-point field goal defense (28.2)
- Tulsa is ... 83rd in fewest turnovers (166)
- Tulsa is ... 98th in field goal percentage defense (37.8)
- Shug Dickson is ... 8th in free throw percentage (91.9)
Dickson's Scoring
- Shug Dickson's 33 points against Saint Louis (12-19-17) ranks third in school history for points scored in a single game by a player, as she ties the mark hit by Carla Morrow, Jillian Robbins (twice), Taleya Mayberry and Ashley Clark.
- 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
- Dickson became the sixth player overall to reach this feat (Taleya Mayberry, Larrissa Williams, Jillian Robbins, Allison Curtin and Lila Osceola did it before her.)
- Dickson has scored 20+ points in nine games, including four times this season
Making Assists
- Erika Wakefield ranks in the top-10 on Tulsa's Career Chart for assists
- She currently has 272 assists for eighth place
- She needs five 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 10th-place with a .470 (125-266) field goal percentage
Last Year's Freshmen Made 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 235 Career Wins
- Matilda Mossman has collected 235 career victories
- She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 88 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.
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