Monday, November 12
Nashville, Tenn.
5:00 pm
Tulsa
at
Belmont
Tulsa vs. Belmont Preview
11/11/2018 3:54:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Monday, November 12 ~ 5:00 pm Central ~ Curb Event Center ~ Nashville, Tenn.
Game Notes: Tulsa
Radio: TU's regular season games can be heard on 93.5 FM The Jet, 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 ~ Belmont
2018-19 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Belmont
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 8th Year
Career Record: 240-217 (16 years)
Record at Tulsa: 93-124 (8 years)
Belmont: Bart Brooks (Wyoming, 2004), 2nd Year
Career Record: 31-5 (2 years)
Record at Belmont: same
Tulsa's Probable Starters
G 10 Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, Jr., Broken Arrow, Okla., 3.0 ppg, 2.0 apg
G 12 Shug Dickson, 5-9, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., 3.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
G 21 Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, So., Plano, Texas, 5.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.0 apg
F 32 Desiree Lewis, 5-10, Fr., Converse, Texas, 6.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
F 33 Crystal Polk, 6-2, Sr., Lawton, Okla., 9.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg
Belmont's Probable Starters
G 22 Maddie Cook, 5-10, Fr., Murfreesboro, Tenn., 2.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
G 24 Jenny Roy, 5-11, Sr., Bretwood, Tenn., 14.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg
F 30 Ellie Harmeyer, 6-0, Jr., Kenosha, Wisc., 13.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg
G 33 Darby Maggard, 5-5, Sr., Larwill, Ind., 13.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
F 55 Maddie Wright, 6-1, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn., 4.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg
In the Last Game
- Maddie Bittle scored 15 points in her first collegiate contest, but it wasn't enough as Tulsa dropped a 68-52 decision to American on Friday night at Bender Arena in Washington, D.C.
- Bittle went 5-of-7 from behind the arc for her 15 points, making Tulsa's only three's of the contest, while her teammates were 0-10 from behind the arc
- Addison Richards tallied career-tying best nine-points, seven of which came from the free throw line, while Desiree Lewis added eight points
- Crystal Polk pulled down six rebounds, Rebecca Lescay had three assists and Bittle had two steals in the contest
Facing Belmont
- Belmont dropped a 77-62 decision at #17 NC State in their season opener
- Jenny Roy scored a team-best 14 points, while Ellie Harmeyer and Darby Maggard both added 13
- Roy also had a team-best nine rebounds, five assists and five steals
- The Bruins attempted 44 three-pointers in the contest, while TU has 43 in two games, however BU only shot 29-percent from behind the arc
- The series between Tulsa and Belmont is tied, 1-1. TU earned a win in Cancun in 2007, while the Bruins picked up a 90-65 win last year in Tulsa
On the Bench
- Tulsa returns 10 letterwinners, including four starters from last year
- The Golden Hurricane added five newcomers to the squad
Building Off Last Year
- Tulsa returns 77-percent of its scoring and 88-percent of its rebounding from a year ago
- TU lost in The American quarterfinals, but not before upsetting No. 5 Houston, 98-72, in the first round
- The Golden Hurricane ranked 73rd in fewest turnovers (443), 81st in free throw percentage (73.3) and 86th in turnovers per game (14.3) in the nation last year
- Tulsa had the smallest margin of loss to UConn in the league (18 points)
Twelve 2018 Postseason Teams Highlight 2018-19 Schedule
- TU will take on a potential 12 postseason teams from the 2017-18 season this year
- NCAA Tournament teams include American, Arizona State, Belmont, Little Rock, UConn and USF
- WNIT teams include Alabama, Cincinnati, Houston, Saint Louis, Stephen F. Austin and UCF
An Accurate Shot
- Crystal Polk is in fifth place with a .499 (205-411) field goal percentage in her career
- Kendrian Elliott is in 10th place with a .473 (151-319) field goal percentage
Mossman Has 240 Career Wins
- Matilda Mossman has collected 240 career victories
- She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 93 wins at TU
- Mossman has the most wins by a TU women's basketball coach
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 tied 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), and in three-straight games in 2017-18, including 23 points (UCF), 21 points (USF) and 29 points (Temple)
- 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 14 games, including nine times during the 2017-18 season
Freshmen Made Marks
- Morgan Brady and Rebecca Lescay concluded their freshmen season's on the Tulsa Freshman Single-Season Records list
- Brady ranked second in free throw percentage (.824)
- Lescay ranked fifth in games played (31)
Tulsa Picked 12th in The American Preseason Coaches' Poll
- In the American Athletic Conference coaches' poll, Tulsa was picked to finish 12th by the league's coaches
- Tulsa finished tied for 11th in the league in 2017-18
The 2019 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 through 2020
- The 2019 championship will mark the sixth consecutive year the tournament has been played at the Uncasville, Conn. arena
- The 2019 tournament is set for March 8-11
Tulsa in The American Championship
- Tulsa has a 3-4 mark in American Athletic Conference Championship play
- TU earned wins in the first round of the 2016, 2017 and 2018 tournaments
- The Golden Hurricane lost matches in the quarterfinals in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
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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