Wednesday, January 10
Greenville, N.C.
6:00 pm
Tulsa
at
ECU
Tulsa vs. ECU Preview
1/8/2018 4:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Wednesday, January 10 ~ 6:00 pm Central ~ Minges Coliseum ~ Greenville, N.C.
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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Video: Watch Live on ECUPirates.com
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Rosters: Tulsa ~ ECU
2017-18 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ ECU
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 7th Year
Career Record: 237-203 (15 years)
Record at Tulsa: 90-110 (7 years)
ECU: Heather Macy (Greensboro College, 2000), 8th Year
Career Record: 241-149 (13 years)
Record at ECU: 126-110 (8 years)
Tulsa's Probable Starters
G 3 Erika Wakefield, 5-4, Sr-3L, Moore, Okla., 8.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg
G 10 Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, So-1L, Broken Arrow, Okla., 9.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg
G 21 Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, Fr-HS, Plano, Texas, 4.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg
G 22 Morgan Brady, 5-7, Fr-HS, Hensley, Ark., 4.4 ppg, 1.5 rpg
F 25 Tyjae' Scales, 6-1, Jr-2L, Houston, Texas, 2.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg
ECU's Probable Starters
G 1 Alex Frazier, Jr, Lawrenceville, Ga., 5.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg
G 14 Ariyana Williams, Fr, Morganton, N.C., 10.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg
C 15 Thais Oliveira, Sr, Manaus Amazonas, Brazil, 9.7 ppg, 7.0 rpg
G 23 Dominique Claytor, So, Winston-Salem, N.C., 6.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg
F 44 Destiny Campbell, Jr, Laurinburg, N.C., 6.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Facing ECU
- This is the 19th meeting between Tulsa and ECU
- The Golden Hurricane has a 10-8 lead in the all-time series
- Tulsa picked up a 100-92 overtime win last season in Tulsa
Scouting ECU
- ECU has an 8-8 overall record, but are 0-3 in conference play
- The Pirates dropped a 72-36 decision to Memphis in their last contest
- ECU is led by Ariyana Williams with 10.4 points per game, while Thais Oliveira adds 9.7 ppg and has a team-high 7.0 rebounds per game
- The Pirates shoot 36-percent from the field, but just 24-percent from behind the arc and 59-percent from the free throw line
The Last Game: Cincinnati
- Sophomore Alexis Gaulden scored a career-high 24 points as Tulsa posted a 64-51 win over the Cincinnati Bearcats
- Gaulden also had a season-best eight rebounds to lead the Hurricane
- Freshman Morgan Brady also had a career-high with 14 points and senior Erika Wakefield added 13
- Tulsa's defense, holding the Bearcats to 31-percent from the field and 19-percent from the free throw line, and the home team's percentages from behind the arc and the free throw line proved to be the difference in the game
- Tulsa shot just under 40-percent for the game, but knocked down 56-percent of its three-pointers (9-of-16) and 93-percent from the charity stripe (13-of-14)
In the Nation...
- Tulsa is ... 29th in free throw percentage (75.7)
- Tulsa is ... 32nd in three-point field goal defense (27.2)
- Tulsa is ... 46th in turnovers per game (13.8)
- Tulsa is ... 83rd in rebounds (622)
- Tulsa is ... 86th in fewest turnovers (220)
- Tulsa is ... 99th in field goal percentage defense (38.1)
- Shug Dickson is ... seventh in free throw percentage (90.7)
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 282 assists for the No. 7 slot
- She needs two more to tie Kelsee Grovey (2012-16) for the No. 6 slot
An Accurate Shot
- Kendrian Elliott currently ranks on the Tulsa Individual Career List
- Elliott sits in 10th-place with a .468 (133-284) 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 237 Career Wins
- Matilda Mossman has collected 236 career victories
- She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 90 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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