Saturday, November 17
Tulsa, Okla. (at ORU)
2:00 pm
Tulsa
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Oral Roberts
Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts Preview
11/15/2018 5:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Saturday, November 17 ~ 2:00 pm Central ~ Mabee Center ~ Tulsa, Okla. (at ORU)
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.
Live Audio: Listen Here
Video: Watch Live on the ORU Sports Network
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Rosters: Tulsa ~ Oral Roberts
2018-19 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Oral Roberts
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 8th Year
Career Record: 240-218 (16 years)
Record at Tulsa: 93-125 (8 years)
Oral Roberts: Misti Cussen (Southern Nazarene, 1993), 7th Year
Career Record: 92-95 (7 years)
Record at Oral Roberts: same
Tulsa's Probable Starters
G 10 Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, Jr., Broken Arrow, Okla., 3.7 ppg, 2.0 apg
G 11 Maddie Bittle, 5-8, Fr., Bixby, Okla., 7.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg
G 21 Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, So., Plano, Texas, 5.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.0 apg
F 32 Desiree Lewis, 5-10, Fr., Converse, Texas, 5.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg
F 33 Crystal Polk, 6-2, Sr., Lawton, Okla., 9.7 ppg, 5.7 rpg
Oral Roberts' Probable Starters
G 3 Katie Kirkhart, 5-9, So., Muskogee, Okla., 5.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg
G 10 Maya Mayberry, 5-8, So., Fayetteville, Ark., 10.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
G 21 Rylie Torrey, 5-11, Jr., Locust Grove, Okla., 6.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg
G 23 Lakota Beatty, 5-8, Sr., Anadarko, Okla., 18.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg
C 24 Montserrat Brotons, 6-4, Jr., Cocentaina, Spain, 8.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg
In the Last Game
- Shug Dickson and Crystal Polk both scored in double figures for Tulsa, but Belmont came out on top, 78-53,
- Dickson scored a team-best 11 points, while Polk added 10 and Morgan Brady tallied eight
- Jasmine Butler pulled down a team-leading eight rebounds
- Belmont had a 50-37 lead in rebounds and a 17-9 advantage in assists, while both teams had seven steals
- Tulsa shot 33-percent from the field, including just 23-percent from behind the arc, and 33-percent from the free throw line, while Belmont shot 42-percent from the field, 32-percent from three-point range and 72-percent from the charity stripe
Facing Oral Roberts
- Oral Roberts has a 1-2 overall record this season, and are coming off a 70-58 loss at Kansas
- Three players are averaging double-digit points, including Lakota Beatty (18.3), KeniJo Lippe (11.0) and Maya Mayberry (10.0)
- Montserrat Brotons has a team-high 5.7 rebounds per game
- ORU has a 31-8 lead in the all-time series with Tulsa, including a four-game winning streak and a 53-41 decision at TU last year
The Mayberry Connection
- Taleya Mayberry is an assistant coach at Tulsa
- Lee Mayberry, Taleya's dad, is an assistant coach at Oral Roberts
- Maya Mayberry, Taleya's sister, is a player on the ORU team
- Kaylan Mayberry, another sister, was a former Golden Eagle
- Taleya played her four years at TU, but was a graduate assistant the past two years at ORU
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 .500 (209-418) 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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